Georgetown goes down in 2OT

[UConn76]

RPI killer for our game with them. .

 

[Leebo]

It's one loss out of 30+ that they'll play... hardly going to be noticeable in our RPI.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

And again, doesn't really hurt our RPI if we beat them

 

[Leebo]

What it does do is remove some of the luster off of playing them. Still, it's a long season. Maybe it's a blip for them and outsiders will still care about that game when it happens.

 

[UConn76]

And again, doesn't really hurt our RPI if we beat them

True...but we're still talking about Radford. RPI 150 last year

 

[huskiesnyc]

I absolutely hate Georgetown and the NBE and I'm glad they lost. Let's just handle our business and kick their ass in Hartford like we should...easily

 

[Leebo]

True...but we're still talking about Radford. RPI 150 last year

If you schedule a game with Radford, you automatically get their Winning % and their Opponents' Winning % in your own RPI. That's 75% of the calculation in the game's value. Then you can add 25% by winning the game. (Yes, I realize that home and away are weighted slightly).

Playing a bad team is bad for your RPI, and only slightly better if you beat them. It's not crushing to lose that game.

tl;dr - 75% of the RPI value comes from who the opponent is whether you win or lose.

EDIT: Sorry, but this is a pet peeve of mine... imagine you were playing 2 teams on a neutral floor, one with a great RPI and one with a terrible RPI... there is no difference between going 1-1 while beating the great one and going 1-1 while beating the terrible one. People act like losing to the terrible team would give you a worse RPI... that's not the case.