Strength of schedule is not in itself a ranking. It is a statistic, like average margin of victory or team shooting percentage. It is helpful but doesn't tell the whole story. Oklahoma played a top 3 schedule but they are a bubble team. This is one of the flaws of the RPI, that who you play is more important than how you play.
Baylor making the FF that is a good one lmao!
I recognize the importance of the RPI in the eyes of the committee. It has Baylor at 4. By that, Baylor should be a top seed. I'm not sure who gets demoted, but if RPI is really what matters then someone has to move down.
If Mulkey would play some good teams out of conference, we might know that, but she won't.
The Maryland example is not valid here, as Baylor has a much more difficult schedule than last year's Maryland team. Maryland played something like 3 ranked teams, and lost to a not terribly strong Ohio State team. Interestingly, this year's Baylor team has a higher RPI and RPI SOS than last year. Last year's team was a 1 seed with no controversy, so I'm not sure what has changed.
I love the Height of Texas and Mississippi State going at each other.
S Curve is out... Geographic locations play a big part of this...
In truth, I wasn't arguing for the S-curve. For one thing, if two of the top five teams (according to the AP) are in the same conference, an S-curve could force them to meet prior to the Final Four. I would find it objectionable that two teams that had already met twice or maybe 3 times in the regular season and conference tournament met again in the same region. I'd think it more equitable that both have a shot at the championship game. After all, the AP Poll is a subjective measure. Maybe the teams are actually the two best squads in the country but one of them just got beat up by the other in pre-tourney play and was punished by the voters.
