First look at RPIs

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[B][U]Charlotte’s Week-by-week RPI Rankings[/U][/B]
[COLOR=Blue]11/25/06 - 2-2, 0-0, RPI 150, SOS 88[/COLOR]
12/09/06 - 3-5, 0-0, RPI 191, SOS 79
[COLOR=blue]12/16/06 - 3-5, 0-0, RPI 172, SOS 64[/COLOR]
12/23/06 - 5-6, 0-0, RPI 130, SOS 76
[COLOR=blue]12/30/06 - 5-6, 0-0, RPI 128, SOS 55[/COLOR]
01/06/07 - 6-8, 0-2, RPI 166, SOS 82
[COLOR=blue]01/13/07 - 7-8, 1-2, RPI 141, SOS 93[/COLOR]

VS. 1-50 RPI – 0-4
VS. 51-100 RPI – 1-2
VS. 101-200 RPI – 2-2
VS. 201+ RPI – 4-0

Last 10 Games- 5-5
Home – 4-2
Road – 2-4
Neutral – 1-2

[B][U]Through Games of Saturday, January 13[/U][/B]
[B]Atlantic 10 Opponents[/B]
[COLOR=blue]Massachusetts, 13-4, 3-0, RPI 71, SOS 16[/COLOR]
Saint Joseph’s, 9-6, 3-1, RPI 122, SOS 152
[COLOR=blue]Rhode Island, 8-8, 3-1, RPI 143, SOS 98[/COLOR]
Dayton, 12-4, 2-1, RPI 45, SOS 82
[COLOR=blue]Xavier, 12-5, 2-1, RPI 53, SOS 49[/COLOR]
George Washington, 11-4, 2-1, RPI 84, SOS 164
[COLOR=blue]Saint Louis, 11-5, 2-2, RPI 86, SOS 124[/COLOR]
Fordham, 8-7, 1-2, RPI 132, SOS 139
[B][COLOR=Green]Charlotte, 7-8, 1-2, RPI 141, SOS 93[/COLOR][/B]
Duquesne, 5-9, 1-2, RPI 229, SOS 204
[COLOR=blue]Richmond, 5-11, 1-2, RPI 276, SOS 222[/COLOR]
Saint Bonaventure, 4-12, 1-2, RPI 309, SOS 279
[COLOR=blue]La Salle, 7-9, 1-3, RPI 270, SOS 297[/COLOR]
Temple, 6-9, 0-3, RPI 150, SOS 68

[B]Non-Conference Opponents[/B]
[COLOR=blue]Indiana, 12-4, 3-1, RPI 22, SOS 25[/COLOR]
Syracuse, 14-4, 3-1, RPI 43, SOS 32
[COLOR=blue]Davidson, 13-3, 6-0, RPI 46, SOS 176[/COLOR]
Mississippi State, 10-6, 1-2, RPI 72, SOS 59
[COLOR=blue]Hofstra, 11-5, 5-1, RPI 75, SOS 173[/COLOR]
Houston, 6-8, 1-1, RPI 95, SOS 9
[COLOR=blue]Wyoming, 10-6, 2-1, RPI 110, SOS 148[/COLOR]
North Texas, 9-5, 3-3, RPI 142, SOS 287
[COLOR=blue]Valparaiso, 6-10, 2-2, RPI 186, SOS 140[/COLOR]
Georgia State, 6-10, 2-4, RPI 225, SOS 184
[COLOR=blue]Wofford, 2-12, 0-6, RPI 290, SOS 223[/COLOR]
UNC Asheville, 2-12, 1-2, RPI 295, SOS 198
[COLOR=blue]Louisiana Lafayette, 3-14, 2-6, RPI 298, SOS 167[/COLOR]

[B]Others[/B]
[COLOR=blue]Memphis, 13-3, 3-0, RPI 9, SOS 15[/COLOR]
Alabama Birmingham, 10-7, 2-1, RPI 65, SOS 53
[COLOR=blue]Louisville, 11-5, 2-1, RPI 74, SOS 40[/COLOR]
Marquette, 14-4, 2-2, RPI 49, SOS 48
[COLOR=blue]DePaul, 10-7, 2-2, RPI 55, SOS 19[/COLOR]
Southern Mississippi, 7-4, 1-1, RPI 131, SOS 169
[COLOR=blue]Cincinnati, 9-6, 0-1, RPI 146, SOS 104[/COLOR]
South Florida, 9-8, 0-3, RPI 180, SOS 199
[COLOR=blue]Tulane, 5-7, 0-2, RPI 223, SOS 183[/COLOR]
East Carolina, 2-10, 0-2, RPI 320, SOS 290

[B]Other NC/SC Teams[/B]
[COLOR=blue]UNC-Chapel Hill, 15-2, 2-1, RPI 4, SOS 6[/COLOR]
Clemson, 17-1, 3-1, RPI 7, SOS 71
[COLOR=blue]Duke, 13-3, 0-2, RPI 11, SOS 4[/COLOR]
Appalachian State, 9-4, 4-1, RPI 41, SOS 75
[COLOR=blue]Winthrop, 9-4, 3-0, RPI 68, SOS 168[/COLOR]
South Carolina, 10-5, 0-2, RPI 77, SOS 60
[COLOR=Blue]College of Charleston, 11-7, 4-2, RPI 112, SOS 177[/COLOR]
Wake Forest, 9-7, 1-3, RPI 126, SOS 101
[COLOR=blue]North Carolina State, 11-6, 1-3, RPI 138, SOS 150[/COLOR]
High Point, 8-5, 3-0, RPI 168, SOS 272
[COLOR=blue]Western Carolina, 5-9, 4-1, RPI 200, SOS 196[/COLOR]
Furman, 5-9, 1-4, RPI 217, SOS 170
[COLOR=blue]The Citadel, 3-11, 3-3, RPI 237, SOS 117[/COLOR]
UNC Greensboro, 8-9, 5-2, RPI 240, SOS 310
[COLOR=blue]Gardner Webb, 3-12, 2-3, RPI 247, SOS 146[/COLOR]
Elon, 2-11, 2-3, RPI 251, SOS 86
[COLOR=blue]UNC Wilmington, 4-11, 1-5, RPI 260, SOS 166[/COLOR]
Campbell, 5-8, 2-3, RPI 278, SOS 315
[COLOR=blue]Coastal Carolina, 5-7, 2-1, RPI 280, SOS 324[/COLOR]
North Carolina A&T, 4-10, 2-2, RPI 294, SOS 278
[COLOR=blue]South Carolina State, 5-10, 3-2, RPI 297, SOS 292[/COLOR]
Charleston Southern, 2-12, 0-3, RPI 319, SOS 255

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Interesting. Davidson goes one way, a “weak” schedule but a nice record equates to a good RPI. Houston goes the other, a “strong” schedule but a mediocre record equates to a good RPI. Looks like we’re stuck in the middle, a “middling” schedule and mediocre record puts up behind both of them.

Which model is preferable to follow?

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I would prefer to have a strong schedule, so that come conference time, your players will have played against solid competition almost everygame.

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For the most part I agree, because it’s going to be hard to be in an at-large position no matter what (Davidson likely would not be), and therefore you’re going to have to win the conference tournament to do it anyhow.

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For years, teams had an ‘every man for himself’ philosophy at scheduling. Little teams like Coppin State would go for ‘money games’ and get slaughtered on the road vs. top opponents, Temple had the ‘anyone, anywhere’ philosophy, Syracuse wanted as much home games as possible, etc. etc. Typical schedules were always a mish mash of rivals, ‘marquee’ opponents, money games, etc. But RPI-wise, teams typically tried to schedule the best teams they were still capable of beating.

Then the MVC got smart.

The teams in the MVC formed an alliance and decided to cooperatively rack up wins vs. losers. Normally that’s a sure-fire way of killing your own RPI, but what happens when everyone in the conference does it? You have a conference filled with 12-1 teams playing each other. By the end of the year, the MVC would have a bunch of 20+ win teams with enough quality wins to please the NCAA (vs. conference mates w/20+ wins, of course). Simple, yet ingenious.

Meanwhile, a conference like the A-10 - still using the ‘every man for himself’ - would be stepping over each other trying to get marquee games vs. Wake Forest or something and, as a result, turned themselves into a one bid league. This season, the A-10 finally (sort of) got the right strategy - as teams like St. Bonaventure and La Salle scheduled truly s***** opponents for the good of the rest of the league and teams on the top tried to schedule games against decent but beatable oppontents. The strategy was better, but the A-10 collectively forgot about the whole ‘winning’ aspect of the plan.

The MVC is like the old Oakland A’s when the A’s kept succeeding with a low-budget team. I keep thinking that the MVC’s success won’t last as other conferences imitate their style, but I’ll be damned if they still aren’t up there with ‘the big boys’. You gotta tip your hat to them. They’ve got people that know how to run a conference.

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Someone wanna explain to me how UMass can go 13-4 against the #16 schedule and be RPI #74, while App State is #41, going only 9-4 against the #75 schedule.

I don’t pretend to understand any of that stupid formula, but it sure smells like B.S. to me.

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As much as I love the RPI due to its impartiality, we all have to keep in mind that it is still pretty worthless right now. I’ve been checking it fairly often and App. St. was still like #5 in the RPI either this week or last.

Someone wanna explain to me how UMass can go 13-4 against the #16 schedule and be RPI #74, while App State is #41, going only 9-4 against the #75 schedule.

I don’t pretend to understand any of that stupid formula, but it sure smells like B.S. to me.

I promise you, it’s not BS. It’s just so early that it doesn’t quite make sense, though UMass’ SOS is not 16, it’s 161 which makes a lot more sense.