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Current stats and MVC RPI...

Da Coach said:
I noticed with the games of last 3 days, the Missouri Valley jumped ahead of the CAA and CUSA into 9th place.
http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_conf_Men.html

Bradley's Strength of Schedule remains the best in the MVC, and their RPI is 4th best.
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Looking good so far. We need the top teams in the Valley to keep winning (except when they play us of course), and hope that three or four teams minimum separate themselves from the rest of the pack. This and a strong showing in the Bracketbuster should get us at least two bids. Here's hoping Bradley is one of them! :)
 
Bravesfan said:
Looking good so far. We need the top teams in the Valley to keep winning (except when they play us of course), and hope that three or four teams minimum separate themselves from the rest of the pack. This and a strong showing in the Bracketbuster should get us at least two bids. Here's hoping Bradley is one of them! :)
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Only way the Valley gets two bids is if one team blows through the conference, close to undefeated, then losses in the Championship game of the conference tourney.
 
The Valleys SOS is awful....

Its very clear that 5 schools ought to be ashamed of themselves.

ISU, WSU,SIU,UE, and DU ought be ashamed of themselves.

JL and KK did a good job of understanding how to schedule. If BU had 2 more wins as it should have, our RPI would probably be around MoST. (
 
srw said:
The Valleys SOS is awful....

Its very clear that 5 schools ought to be ashamed of themselves.

ISU, WSU,SIU,UE, and DU ought be ashamed of themselves.

JL and KK did a good job of understanding how to schedule. If BU had 2 more wins as it should have, our RPI would probably be around MoST. (
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They scheduled well, got real lucky with WCU and Loyola. But the lenght of time between games in December was absurd.
 
ISU's RPI is steadily climbing...comes in at 104 according to Realtime....Is it possible for them to get an RPI of around 35 or 40 by season's end in spite of their easy pre-conf schedule if they play well in conf play? If so, all of the ridicule about their soft schedule will ring a bit hollow...
 
the NCAA selection committee pays attention to the non-conference RPI and SOS, ISU's recent rise in RPI can be credited mostly to the fact that their conference mates, although not always strong, differ by LIGHT YEARS from the guys they were playing in the pre-conference portion of the schedule.
ISU could end the season with an RPI of 10 and likely still be passed over for an at-large bid.
 
srw said:
If BU had 2 more wins as it should have, our RPI would probably be around MoST. (
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Actually make that 3 wins...and REAL postseason talk (NCAA/NIT) wouldn't be foolish. We'd be in the 30's or 40's and have a great SOS to boot...hard to ignore....who'da thunk home games against mid to low major schools would be costing us...
 
tornado said:
the NCAA selection committee pays attention to the non-conference RPI and SOS, ISU's recent rise in RPI can be credited mostly to the fact that their conference mates, although not always strong, differ by LIGHT YEARS from the guys they were playing in the pre-conference portion of the schedule.
ISU could end the season with an RPI of 10 and likely still be passed over for an at-large bid.
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They'll be lucky to break top 50 by the end of the year, without a really, really gaudy record.
 
ISU's extremely weak pre-conference scheduling doesn't appear to be hurting them. They're gradually climbing the RPI ladder with a strong conference showing. The theory that because they "hadn't played anybody" they wouldn't be prepared for conf. play, also appears incorrect. Not an ISU fan, but just saying...
 
doug shank's crossover said:
The theory that because they "hadn't played anybody" they wouldn't be prepared for conf. play, also appears incorrect.
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I have never believed in this kind of thing. It's just as pointless as saying a baseball player has a certain career batting average against a particular team. Unless he's facing those same pitchers in those same circumstances, it just doesn't matter!
 
versace4pres said:
but our record is 7-7. Our SOS is very impressive, but we need to win a few of these games, so our RPI can follow.
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I agree. All Valley teams need to schedule strong AND win games. However, if it's wins that everyone is after, we could always strive for a 13-2 or 12-3 record and have our SOS in the 220's.
 
shaunguth said:
I agree. All Valley teams need to schedule strong AND win games. However, if it's wins that everyone is after, we could always strive for a 13-2 or 12-3 record and have our SOS in the 220's.
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and their FINISHING RPI was? And our FINISHING RPI was? We could dissect the numbers and stats all day. The fact of the matter remains the same...they have two NIT bids and a higher RPI and we get to write a check and get to play in the CBI and CIT tourneys.

All that being said...a couple guys I play ball with at the Y are ISU alums and they think there scheduling sucks too.
 
versace4pres said:
and their FINISHING RPI was? And our FINISHING RPI was? We could dissect the numbers and stats all day. The fact of the matter remains the same...they have two NIT bids and a higher RPI and we get to write a check and get to play in the CBI and CIT tourneys.
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Their finishing RPI was 47, which got them into the NIT. For some reason, I thought the NCAA tournament was the goal and I just don't see how it's possible for them to ever do it with their scheduling. They obviously just plan on winning the MVC tournament every year and that hasn't worked out too well for them even though they schedule a weekend tournament in November to get them prepared for the conference tournament four months later. :roll:
 
shaunguth said:
Their finishing RPI was 47, which got them into the NIT. For some reason, I thought the NCAA tournament was the goal and I just don't see how it's possible for them to ever do it with their scheduling. They obviously just plan on winning the MVC tournament every year and that hasn't worked out too well for them even though they schedule a weekend tournament in November to get them prepared for the conference tournament four months later. :roll:
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The NCAA is the goal every Valley school is aiming for. I am simply pointing out that although they failed the last previous two years under Jankovich, they were considerably closer than us. They came within one game of that goal and we came within...

Note-Do not take this as an endorsement of ISU's scheduling. It leaves them with NO wiggle room come March and a rather p o'ed fan base from what I can see.
 
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