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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 2639213, member: 1220"] You go into great detail to make a point. Still that isn't even necessary because the system is flawed at it's very foundations. I believe it was created to give more value to a teams won loss record. If a team plays a number of really low rated teams to begin with they have an up hill battle to get a decent RPI. They would have to play a considerably number of higher rated teams to balance out the low ones. Teams that have a much higher probability of giving them a loss. Thus they have nothing to gain and everything to lose. Logically what difference is it to a team that is say top 10, 25, or 50 in respect to beating a team in the 200's or 300's. It logically should have no effect on their won loss record. They should all realistically be wins. Yet higher rated team that plays and beats a team rated in the 150 to 200's by a few points is rated far higher than a team that plays and blows out a team in the 250' and below. None of the teams played by either team has any chance to beat them so in reality those games have little impact on their won loss records. This negates the intent and purpose of the RPI. The better a team is the less impact teams lesser quality teams have on their won/loss records. The won loss record is only realistically effected by teams that have an actual shot at beating you. The better the team the higher the cut off for that actually is. Some top teams use the early preseason as a combination of a practice and a boon to an ex assistant coach or local program. Now some teams with built in reps might use it to avoid playing out of conference teams to avoid an early loss which would bring down not only their rating but the conference as a whole. That whole problem could be solved by playing out most of the season and then making an adjustment by elimination any team a certain distance from them in the RPI evaluation. For example any team that had no legitimate shot at beating you is eliminated from the RPI calculations in respect to your team unless they beat you. What is left would constitute the new RPI used for calculating a teams actual strength of schedule. This would eliminate the drastic drop a team takes by playing a few really low rated cup cakes. Why should playing a lower rated cup cake hurt a teams RPI more than playing a higher rated cup cake?. All a team good team has to do to beat the RPI teams they should easily beat but not low enough to hurt them RPI wise. I say eliminate them all. Teams can also raise their RPI by playing and getting blown out by a lot of really good teams. Play Uconn and another top team and your RPI goes way up despite the fact that you are blown out. This raises your RPI and also the RPI of every other team you play. Conversely a team effected by a lowered RPI based on playing some really low competition also effects the RPI of everyone they play as well. [B]In what logical reality is it possible to raise your RPI from a blow out loss and lower it from a blow out win.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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