RPI drops 20 places just stepping on court with CCSU.

[Hi-Low]

Dropped to Rpi of 120.....yuck. Hate to be a downer on Christmas Eve it just bums me out that we have 3 teams with 300+ Rpi's in our non-conference schedule....makes little sense that we played Maine(310), Sacred Heart(340) & CCSU(350) not to mention UNH(224) & UMass-Lowell(255) in same season. I know it's hard to predict sometimes how bad teams will be but we hit the crap jackpot. Can we maybe schedule just 1 America East team in the future and not 3.

We have 7 "Legit" games in non-conference but they are almost cancelled out by these other horrendous teams. You can't schedule all those cupcakes when the bottom half of the AAC is less than stellar. Our Rpi ceiling is probably now in the 50's unless we pull off some good road wins at TX, Cincy, SMU, or Tulsa.

 

[David 76]

Central makes sense (play an instate team). Maybe UMass-Lowell is a tip to Hockey East. But I don't know why we play the others. Too many.

 

[upstater]

It just doesn't matter at all.

 

[Hi-Low]

It just doesn't matter at all.

OK....well it mattered to SMU in 2014 & Temple in 2015 when they were left out of the Tourney....SMU was even ranked in top 25.

 

[8893]

OK....well it mattered to SMU in 2014 & Temple in 2015 when they were left out of the Tourney....SMU was even ranked in top 25.

I believe he means that our RPI on Christmas Eve doesn't matter.

 

[Hi-Low]

I believe he means that our RPI on Christmas Eve doesn't matter.

Hmmm....these games count...little chance CCSU, Maine, UNH, Sacred Heart, Umass-Lowell, Furman crack the top 200 by March. That puts a ceiling on our Rpi that little can fix now. Just saying when you play multiple bad AAC teams why compound the problem.

 

[David 76]

It is hard to dramatically improve our RPI in AAC play.

 

[8893]

Hmmm....these games count...little chance CCSU, Maine, UNH, Sacred Heart, Umass-Lowell, Furman crack the top 200 by March. That puts a ceiling on our Rpi that little can fix now. Just saying when you play multiple bad AAC teams why compound the problem.

Yes, I understand the arithmetic relevance. I just don't get worked up about it unless/until it matters.

 

[Hi-Low]

Yes, I understand the arithmetic relevance. I just don't get worked up about it unless/until it matters.

Not worked up just questioning the logic when we've seen first hand the last few years the lack of respect AAC gets come March. Hopefully it's not an issue and we go 16-2 in AAC but go 13-5 and we'll be sweating it.

 

[upstater]

Hmmm....these games count...little chance CCSU, Maine, UNH, Sacred Heart, Umass-Lowell, Furman crack the top 200 by March. That puts a ceiling on our Rpi that little can fix now. Just saying when you play multiple bad AAC teams why compound the problem.

And what of the 7 games against P5 teams? Not many schools do that. Those teams are going to offset the rest.

But regardless, UConn is going to go 23-11 and that will be more than good enough to get in precisely because of the tough OOC schedule, and because we'll have Brimah back. This is why I don't look at Texas a a must win. The Texas game is different than the Georgetown game, which is a must win. When the committee looks at UConn, that RPI will be weighed against the fact that UConn played Michigan, Ohio St, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Maryland, Texas and Georgetown. It will make a difference to them. The problem with SMU was that they had 10 losses, had lost the last 3 games to end the season, and OOC they had a bunch of cream puffs and 3 P5s (Arkansas 21-12, Texas A&M 18-16, Virginia 30-7), and they lost two of them. Their best win out of conference was over a .500 Texas A&M team. This is why SMU was left off, though they deserved to be in (by the way, SMU was not even ranked).

I think you might have gotten SMU 2013 confused with last year's SMU team, which was ranked. Last year's SMU team obviously made the NCAA.

 

[tzznandrew]

It is hard to dramatically improve our RPI in AAC play.

Not really. You just win a lot and you're RPI will be fine. It probably caps out in the league in the low teens, if they went undefeated.

If they go 16-2 in league play and beat Texas/Georgetown, they'd have a Top 20 RPI. For a 5 loss team, that's pretty good.

It's all about winning. The RPI will look bad if they don't. If they do, it will look fine.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

RPI also has Florida and Texas Tech in the top 10 and Monmouth at 17, so...

 

[imno1]

Let's go out and beat Texas. I'll feel much better about our situation if we do. Lose and we will have very little margin for error. Of course we'll have as good a shot as anyone to win the AAC tournament.

And what of the 7 games against P5 teams? Not many schools do that. Those teams are going to offset the rest.

But regardless, UConn is going to go 23-11 and that will be more than good enough to get in precisely because of the tough OOC schedule, and because we'll have Brimah back. This is why I don't look at Texas a a must win. The Texas game is different than the Georgetown game, which is a must win.

Doubt we'd get in at 23-11 unless we win the tourney.

 

[Jerry1714]

Dropped to Rpi of 120.....yuck. Hate to be a downer on Christmas Eve it just bums me out that we have 3 teams with 300+ Rpi's in our non-conference schedule....makes little sense that we played Maine(310), Sacred Heart(340) & CCSU(350) not to mention UNH(224) & UMass-Lowell(255) in same season. I know it's hard to predict sometimes how bad teams will be but we hit the crap jackpot. Can we maybe schedule just 1 America East team in the future and not 3.

We have 7 "Legit" games in non-conference but they are almost cancelled out by these other horrendous teams. You can't schedule all those cupcakes when the bottom half of the AAC is less than stellar. Our Rpi ceiling is probably now in the 50's unless we pull off some good road wins at TX, Cincy, SMU, or Tulsa.

You think we lose 7 more games before the AAC tournament? Thats what it would take to end the year with an RPI in the 50s.

At 25-6 we would have an RPI in the low 20s

 

[BoatShow]

It's risky to play decent midmajors because a win is slightly better for the RPI but heaven forbid you catch them on a good night and you lose to Yale.

 

[HooperScooper]

And what of the 7 games against P5 teams? Not many schools do that. Those teams are going to offset the rest.

But regardless, UConn is going to go 23-11 and that will be more than good enough to get in precisely because of the tough OOC schedule, and because we'll have Brimah back. This is why I don't look at Texas a a must win. The Texas game is different than the Georgetown game, which is a must win. When the committee looks at UConn, that RPI will be weighed against the fact that UConn played Michigan, Ohio St, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Maryland, Texas and Georgetown. It will make a difference to them. The problem with SMU was that they had 10 losses, had lost the last 3 games to end the season, and OOC they had a bunch of cream puffs and 3 P5s (Arkansas 21-12, Texas A&M 18-16, Virginia 30-7), and they lost two of them. Their best win out of conference was over a .500 Texas A&M team. This is why SMU was left off, though they deserved to be in (by the way, SMU was not even ranked).

I think you might have gotten SMU 2013 confused with last year's SMU team, which was ranked. Last year's SMU team obviously made the NCAA.

Those 7 games against P5 teams won't offset the rest of the schedule unless they beat most of those 7 teams. The team is already 1-3 in those games. I hate to worry at this point also but there's not much room for error left on the schedule. Just win baby, just win.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Those 7 games against P5 teams won't offset the rest of the schedule unless they beat most of those 7 teams. The team is already 1-3 in those games. I hate to worry at this point also but there's not much room for error left on the schedule. Just win baby, just win.

They are 2-3.

 

[Hankster]

In my opinion we need to beat Texas. They beat UNC. That will look good on a resume. Additionally we play Tulane a couple of days away. Lose 2 road games? Not good. We beat Texas and Tulane we are back in the T-25.
Just an opinion.

 

[BFieldHusky]

As much as it is about beating teams like Texas, Georgetown, SMU and Cincy, it is also about not losing to teams like Houston or Tulane. In the first two years of this league we have suffered bad losses in conference. That can't happen this year. If it does, we might well be a bubble team.

I agree that Texas is huge, but we will still have opportunities after playing them. Just not that many.

 

[BoatShow]

Yes no losses in Houston's mausoleum

 

[SWHuskyFan]

What pains me is that anyone ever used this particular stat for anything. I think people now understand its limitations a bit better, I hope that has led to it not being used by the tournament committee,

 

[David 76]

Do the rest of you feel playing 5 teams outside of the top 220 is a good idea? I think that was part of the OP's point.
Personally, I think we would argue that we would be better served with tune-up games against 100-200 RPI .
I believe we will be fine too, but why are we playing 5 teams like these? They do little to help us.

 

[Kitaman]

Not worked up just questioning the logic when we've seen first hand the last few years the lack of respect AAC gets come March. Hopefully it's not an issue and we go 16-2 in AAC but go 13-5 and we'll be sweating it.

It's loyalty. If Howie requests for his team to play us we oblige if we can. What's RPI amoung family?

Tom as well. They need our help every now and again.

 

[CTBasketball]

We need to win either Texas or Georgetown. But in my opinion, if we have double-digit losses by conference tournament play (with those losses against Cincy, SMU, Memphis, or Tulsa) I think we get snubbed. Just because we have beaten no one.

 

[upstater]

Those 7 games against P5 teams won't offset the rest of the schedule unless they beat most of those 7 teams. The team is already 1-3 in those games. I hate to worry at this point also but there's not much room for error left on the schedule. Just win baby, just win.

Well, they are 2-3. Ohio State and Michigan. I'm expecting they finish 3-4.

All I'm saying is that at the end of the day, teams get credited for 3-4 OOC records when they play that many good teams. I remember Michigan St.. finished with 15 losses and got into a tourney for precisely this reason. Granted, they were in the B1G, and I ain't saying that UConn can get away with 15 losses. But I also think that if UConn holds its own in conference (and that means finishing 1st or 2nd in the conference tourney, 1st-3rd over the season) then it gets in.