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Conference
Tulane 5-8 (259) at East Carolina 6-5 (146) East Carolina wins 69-66
Marshall 5-6 (170) at Memphis 10-3 (27) Memphis wins 80-57
Tulsa 10-5 (103) at Southern Miss 9-5 (84) Tulsa wins 67-58

Out of Conference
South Florida 5-9 (211) vs Louisville 10-3 (41) Louisville wins 71-57
Old Dominion 9-5 (233) vs James Madison 10-6 (149) - Old Dominion loses 70-62
Boston College 13-3 (49) vs Harvard 7-6 (198) BC loses to the smart guys 82-70.
Cincinnati 9-5 (65) vs Providence 11-4 (72) Cincinnati loses 87-79

Our out of conference opponents stunk it up. The only winner was Louisville and it was a wash because it was over South Florida, another opponent.

Our RPI went from 34 yesterday to 38 today. The slide continues.

Memphis up 18 with under 12 left in the game.

Our first look at the Conference standings:

Memphis (1-0)
East Carolina (1-0)
Tulsa (1-0)
UAB
UTEP
UCF
Rice
Houston
SMU
Tulane (0-1)
Southern Miss (0-1)
Marshall (0-1)

Enjoy it while you can, ECU

I told you guys that our RPI would go south once conference play hits. I have to credit Mike Davis for getting it done on the scheduling. Although, UAB plays two really good teams in Oklahoma and Boston College by virtue of the PNIT. But games at Cincy, at Louisville, at Butler will help. It would have helped even more if we had won some of those games. Maybe go 3-2 or even 2-3 in those games.

Since we have not played a conference game, our RPI going down has nothing to do with CUSA. It is the losing by the non conference we have played that is causing the drop. The drop due to CUSA has not started yet.

My Tigers went from 25 to 28 after the win against Marshall
With the loss, Marshall went from 174 to 151.

Good luck against flagship.

Wow. According to RealTimeRPI, UAB's RPI dropped to 60.

(01-08-2009 08:40 AM)BlazintheATL Wrote:  Wow. According to RealTimeRPI, UAB's RPI dropped to 60.

I don't know what happened, but by 8 Jan 09, AM UAB's RPI per RealTimeRPI was at 35 with an SOS of 26.

I think he is looking at RealtimeRPI's Power rankings, not RPI rankings. Power rankings are a prediction of where UAB will be, I believe.

My bad. I was looking at Power Rankings. Their RPI is at 35.