Well, he's averaging 10ppg and is 8/18 (44%) from 3 in the last 5 games. He keeps that up, and he may end up our second leading scorer...enough to make it clear it was a big deal he was gone. Selection committee would have to take that seriously, even if they ignored the injuries to Purvis and Boatright.Will our injuries be played up? I mean we heard about Florida's injuries the entire season when we beat them last year.
No Boatright in OT loss to Temple. No Calhoun, our best outside shooter, in the other 4 losses. Purvis and Boatright banged up in those losses as well.
Well, he's averaging 10ppg and is 8/18 (44%) from 3 in the last 5 games. He keeps that up, and he may end up our second leading scorer...enough to make it clear it was a big deal he was gone. Selection committee would have to take that seriously, even if they ignored the injuries to Purvis and Boatright.
Cool. All you have to do is figure out a year or two in advance which teams will have RPI's in the 100-150 range and send that list to the athletic dept. I'm sure they'll take it from there.Got to stop playing games against teams like Central with an RPI of 344 and Coppin St. at 307. With having multiple teams in the AAC with RPIs in the 250 range, need to schedule teams in the 100-150 range instead of terrible teams in the 300's.
I never really have been a fan of RPI. Tulsa is 2-3 vs RPI top 100. We're 3-5 with 2 losses coming on buzzer beaters and another in which our best player was out for the second half and OT yet Tulsa's RPI is 32 and we are 63 according to ESPN.
Tulsa's RPI would be a lot worse if their loss to Division II SE Oklahoma State counted. Let's all be thankful it doesn't.
BPI is a much better tool than the RPI. RPI is literally the worst "advanced" metric tool to measure basketball teams.Obviously the NCAA selection committee looks at RPI but to me the BPI (basketball power index) that ESPN puts out is very very credible. (Or maybe I'm just biased bc UConn is the highest ranked team from the American in these rankings).
UConn - 36
SMU - 37
Cincy - 38
Temple - 87
Memphis - 103
Tulsa - 114
I never really have been a fan of RPI. Tulsa is 2-3 vs RPI top 100. We're 3-5 with 2 losses coming on buzzer beaters and another in which our best player was out for the second half and OT yet Tulsa's RPI is 32 and we are 63 according to ESPN.
I tend to like KenPom, even if we didn't finish #1 in any year we won the title. You can use KenPom and pretty accurately eliminate teams not in the Top 20 Defensive Efficiency from title contention. It is a strong and effective tool.
Well, first, RPI does take into consideration home/away losses.I prefer the RPI. Is a strict formula based on who you beat, and who your opponents beat. Simple and clear. You want to make it to the NCAA? Then beat a lot of teams that will beat a lot of teams. Simple as that
Is the only unbiased way to choose teams... based on Win and Loses. Any other way you are adding weight to home/away loses, D/O efficiency, and a bunch other metrics that at the end of the day still WONT choose the best 50+ at-large teams
the bad thing about the RPI is that only credible late in the season
While there are merits to both sides of the argument, I believe it is safe to say no one would disagree with your fourth point.Well, first, RPI does take into consideration home/away losses.
Second, playing a team ranked 200 is roughly the same as playing a team ranked 350, yet the RPI treats them as vastly different.
Third, BPI takes into consideration who was playing games, and RPI doesn't. Teams shouldn't be overly penalized when key players were hurt.
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Fifth, RPI does not take into consideration how you play teams. Was it a close game? Was it a blow-out?
Sixth, when you look at the RPI, you see a number of teams in the Top 25, or Top 100 that don't belong there by any reasonable POV. Is Colorado State really a Top 20 team? Is Wofford a Top 50 team? Is Is Notre Dame the 50th best team? It defies reason. Look at BPI or KenPom, and those rankings more closely match your eyes.
All champions but 2009 UNC finished in the Top 20 Adj. D (21)...but they had the top offense.With that it should be stated that UConn is 13th in defensive efficiency (90th in off. .) according to KenPom. I also really like KenPom and his metrics.