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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 3054068, member: 1052"] As of February 24, 2019, [URL='https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-rpi']the NCAA link[/URL] has Mississippi State 9th in RPI, with Baylor ranked 2nd. But in terms of rankings as of today (February 25, 2019), [URL='http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Women.html']RealTimeRPI has MSST 7th in current RPI[/URL], with Baylor second. In terms of projected RPI (for the end of the season before the NCAAT), RealTimeRPI still has [URL='http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_142_Women.html']Baylor 2nd[/URL] and [URL='http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_360_Women.html']MSST 7th[/URL]. If that ends up being the case, then the 2nd best #1 seed (Baylor) would be playing the 2nd weakest #2 seed (MSST). That being said, however, RealTimeRPI projects [URL='http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_128_Women.html']NC State as the 8th seed[/URL] and [URL='http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_158_Women.html']Notre Dame as the 1st seed[/URL]. My point is that even if you are not happy with Creme's bracket (and there is a different between not being happy and disagreeing based on specific evidence/links/rules, which I did not see in your post -- and I apologize if they were in another post in a different thread, as I did not see them) are certainly numbers out there that justify Charlie Creme's current placement of Mississippi State in the bracket with Baylor (along with [URL='http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26073622/women-bracketology-know-the-air']Creme's note[/URL] about the way the committee assigns regional placement based on a team's position on the S-curve). And this is why I provided all of the different links in my (this) post. In addition, there will be changing circumstances, especially since three of the top 8 seeds (the #1s and #2s) play in the same conference (NC State, Louisville, and Notre Dame), with NC State to play Louisville this week, plus the upcoming ACC Tournament. As of February 24, 2019, the NCAA link has [URL='https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-rpi']BYU 27th in RPI[/URL]. As of February 25, 2019, RealTimeRPI has [URL='http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Women.html']BYU as 29th in RPI[/URL]. With all due respect, the fact that you were not impressed with BYU in the games you saw is not exactly a criterion for not securing an at-large bid. [U][I]However[/I][/U], the fact that BYU's remaining games are against San Diego, San Francisco, and Santa Clara -- two of which have RPI ratings over 240, with the third at 166 -- certainly is, as it will bring down BYU's [URL='http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Women.html']current RPI (29) and SOS (76)[/URL] (as of February 25, 2019) to a proejcted [URL='http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_305_Women.html']RPI (36) and SOS (97[/URL]) -- and the projected RPI is assuming that BYU [I][U]wins all three[/U][/I] games. A loss would severely dampen BYU's chances for an at-large bid and likely would require winning the WCC Tournament to make the NCAAs. [/QUOTE]

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