Doesnât it hurt more that we even played Monmouth, win or not? Another win on our win total helps our overall score, but 50% still is made up with some really bad teams, plus another 25% that they are playing bad teams (and losing).
I wonder if weâd been better off losing to Illi-Chicago, then playing Wich St. (win or lose).
That said, even with two of our opponents losing in dbl overtime, our current rpi is up to 109. Hopefully that keeps creeping up with App St, Davidson, and High pt (who beat Winthrop last week) winning in conference.
The Clemson win was huge for us, but just playing them was huge for the rpi. That was the main reason our rpi jumped so much after that game, right?
Going forward, I think Fordham and Richmond will sink any chances for our rpi to rise enough to matter (unless we beat a lot of good teams), because we have to play them twice and they will have horrible conference records, killing our 50% opp win pct of rpi. Too bad the league didnât think weâd be better this year, and that Fordham has sucked so much worse than expected.
I know you're not bragging - but whenever I hear a fan of some team bring up the fact that they lose close .... I say to myself, "Who cares?" I think Jeff Sagarin factors in blowouts in his ratings - which I don't like. If Memphis runs up the score, they'll benefit over a stronger team that puts in its reserves late.
Nebraska got destroyed last year by Kansas 92-39. Rider, Mount St. Maryâs and St. Peterâs lost by one point to Monmouth last year. I donât mind Nebraska being rated as a stronger team - due to the high level of competition they have for themselves.
Besides, RPI should be treated like a stat. Itâs up to each person to come up with their own personal feelings.
Sagarinâs ratings do consider margin of victory. Also, they consider things like, âHow did Team Aâs offense do compared to Team Bâs defense (so far this year),â and âHow did Team Aâs defense do compared to Team Bâs offense (so far this year).â
RPI, unfortunately, only cares about who wins and who loses. I am not aware of any rating that considers every stat that we may view as important. Pomeroy may be the closest that we have at this point.
The Clemson win was huge for us, but just playing them was huge for the rpi. That was the main reason our rpi jumped so much after that game, right?
The fact that we played them (given their record and the teams theyâve played) did help quite a bit. But, a win on the road counts as 1.4 wins for figuring the RPI. That said, our RPI âoverall recordâ improved dramatically, and boosted our RPI even further.
With the next two games vs St Joes and at UMass, this team can really help their RPI with a win or two. The Dayton, Xavier and rematch with Temple as well as the final game at Rhode Island will also help. We just need to make sure we win a few of these and stomp the Richmonds and Fordhams of the league to get ourselves a better RPI.
[QUOTE=9erken;283981]Doesnât it hurt more that we even played Monmouth, win or not? Another win on our win total helps our overall score, but 50% still is made up with some really bad teams, plus another 25% that they are playing bad teams (and losing).[/QUOTE]
Well, sure would have been better if Wichita State had beaten Monmouth and we would have played the Shockers. BTW, Iâm sure Gregg Marshall â like Lutz â has asked himself over and over again how in the world did they lose to Monmouth as well!
With the next two games vs St Joes and at UMass, this team can really help their RPI with a win or two. The Dayton, Xavier and rematch with Temple as well as the final game at Rhode Island will also help. We just need to make sure we win a few of these and stomp the Richmonds and Fordhams of the league to get ourselves a better RPI.
Someone asked, in the shoutbox a little earlier, how would our RPI look if we won against St. Joes and at UMass. This will depend, partly, on how our opponents and their opponents fair during the next week. But, wins against SJU and UM (assuming a UMass loss to Dayton on Wednesday) could put our RPI somewhere around 65. Of course, if our opponents continue to win during that period, it could go even higher. Given that some of our upcoming opponents have high RPIs at this point, we could help ourselves tremendously if we continue to win.