CONFERENCE USA
RPI: #11
Sagarin: #12
**Record overall: 97-54 (.642)
**Record vs. Conference USA opponents: 0-0 (.000)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents: 97-54 (.642)
**Record vs. Division 1 non-conference opponents: 85-53 (.616)
**Record vs. non-Division 1 non-conference opponents: 12-1 (.923)
Record vs. the ACC: 0-7
Record vs. the Big East: 1-4
Record vs. the Big Ten: 1-2
Record vs. the Big XII: 3-6
Record vs. the Pac 12: 2-3
Record vs. the SEC: 2-3
**Record vs. the "big 6" conferences: 9-25 (.265)
Record vs. the Atlantic 10: 0-5
Record vs. the Missouri Valley: 3-6
Record vs. the Mountain West: 1-1
Record vs. the West Coast: 3-1
**Record vs. the top 10 conferences (the “big 6”, Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley, Mountain West and West Coast): 16-38 (.296)
**Record vs. non-top 10 conferences (including independents) in Division 1 (excluding C-USA): 69-15 (.821)
**Record vs. ranked non-conference opponents (AP): 0-10 (East Carolina: 0-1; Marshall: 0-1; Memphis: 0-1; Southern Mississippi: 0-1; Tulsa: 0-1; UCF: 0-1; UAB: 0-2; UTEP: 0-2)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents at HOME: 72-10 (.878)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents AWAY: 17-28 (.378)
**Record vs. non-conference opponents on a NEUTRAL court: 8-16 (.333)


**Current RPI of each member of Conference USA**
(in parenthesis is each team’s record vs. Division 1 opponents only)
-Southern Mississippi (9-4, 0-0): #50 (SOS: #163)
-Memphis (9-3, 0-0): #95 (SOS: #119)
-UTEP (6-5, 0-0): #105 (SOS: #21)
-East Carolina (5-3, 0-0): #117 (SOS: #216)
-UCF (8-3, 0-0): #120 (SOS: #202)
-UAB (6-6, 0-0): #127 (SOS: #69)
-Tulsa (6-6, 0-0): #128 (SOS: #102)
-Tulane (10-3, 0-0): #134 (SOS: #320)
-SMU (9-4, 0-0): #160 (SOS: #327)
-Houston (9-2, 0-0): #214 (SOS: #347)
-Marshall (6-6, 0-0): #229 (SOS: #229)
-Rice (2-8, 0-0): #320 (SOS: #237)


**Current RPI ranking of the top 10 conferences in Division 1**
(each conference’s record is vs. Division 1 non-conference opponents only)
1. Big Ten…120-31 (.795)…0.5869
2. Mountain West…78-25 (.757)…0.5737
3. Big East…150-34 (.815)…0.5689
4. ACC…110-36 (.753)…0.5680
5. Big XII…88-32 (.733)…0.5623
6. Pac 12…109-41 (.727)…0.5613
7. Atlantic 10…127-71 (.641)…0.5497
8. SEC…104-57 (.646)…0.5373
9. Missouri Valley…68-42 (.618)…0.5349
10. West Coast…68-43 (.613)…0.5247
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11. Conference USA…85-53 (.616)…0.5111


Conference USA’s RPI Finish Year-By-Year
2012-13 (so far): 0.5111 (#11)
2011-12: 0.5292 (#9)
2010-11: 0.5366 (#8)
2009-10: 0.5170 (#11)
2008-09: 0.5206 (#10)
2007-08: 0.5178 (#10)
2006-07: 0.5088 (#11)
2005-06: 0.5015 (#13)
2004-05: 0.5336 (#9)
2003-04: 0.5490 (#5)
2002-03: 0.5447 (#8)
2001-02: 0.5388 (#8)
2000-01: 0.5259 (#10)
1999-00: 0.5583 (#5)
1998-99: 0.5452 (#6)
1997-98: 0.5355 (#8)
1996-97: 0.5341 (#9)
1995-96: 0.5624 (#5)


Conference USA’s RPI History
(Team’s records consist of W-L's vs. only Division 1 opponents thru all games played in the regular season and conference tournament):
2011-12
C-USA RPI: #9
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*Memphis (26-8)…RPI: #16 (SOS: #20)…received #8 seed (West Region)
*Southern Mississippi (23-8)…RPI: #21 (SOS: #47)…received #9 seed (East Region)

2010-11
C-USA RPI: #8
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*Memphis (25-9)…RPI: #28 (SOS: #46)…received #12 seed (West Region)
*UAB (22-8)…RPI: #31 (SOS: #78)…received #12 seed (East Region)

2009-10
C-USA RPI: #11
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*UTEP (26-6)…RPI: #38 (SOS: #111)…received #12 seed (West Region)
*Houston (18-15)…RPI: #110 (SOS: #106)...received #14 seed (Midwest Region)

2008-09
C-USA RPI: #10
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 1
*Memphis (31-3)…RPI: #7 (SOS: #49)…received #2 seed (West Region)

2007-08
C-USA RPI: #10
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 1
*Memphis (33-1)…RPI: #3 (SOS: #27)…received #1 seed (South Region)

2006-07
C-USA RPI: #11
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 1
*Memphis (30-3)…RPI: #8 (SOS: #75)…received #2 seed (South Region)

2005-06
C-USA RPI: #13
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*Memphis (30-3)…RPI: #4 (SOS: #31)…received #1 seed (West Region)
*UAB (23-6)…RPI: #32 (SOS: #115)…received #9 seed (East Region)

2004-05
C-USA RPI: #9
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Louisville (27-4)…RPI: #12 (SOS: #54)…received #4 seed (West Region)
*Cincinnati (24-7)…RPI: #24 (SOS: #53)…received #7 seed (South Region)
*Charlotte (21-7)…RPI: #31 (SOS: #99)…received #7 seed (East Region)
*UAB (21-10)…RPI: #49 (SOS: #92)…received #11 seed (Midwest Region)

2003-04
C-USA RPI: #5
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 6
*Cincinnati (24-6)…RPI: #11 (SOS: #23)…received #4 seed (South Region)
*DePaul (21-9)…RPI: #37 (SOS: #51)…received #7 seed (West Region)
*Memphis (21-7)…RPI: #32 (SOS: #65)…received #7 seed (East Region)
*Charlotte (21-8)…RPI: #34 (SOS: #58)…received #9 seed (East Region)
*UAB (20-9)…RPI: #33 (SOS: #35)…received #9 seed (Midwest Region)
*Louisville (20-9)…RPI: #24 (SOS: #16)…received #10 seed (South Region)

2002-03
C-USA RPI: #8
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Marquette (23-5)…RPI: #10 (SOS: #39)…received #3 seed (Midwest Region)
*Louisville (24-6)…RPI: #11 (SOS: #26)…received #4 seed (East Region)
*Memphis (23-6)…RPI: #26 (SOS: #77)…received #7 seed (West Region)
*Cincinnati (17-11)…RPI: #29 (SOS: #9)…received #8 seed (West Region)

2001-02
C-USA RPI: #8
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 3
*Cincinnati (30-3)…RPI: #2 (SOS: #23)…received #1 seed (West Region)
*Marquette (26-6)…RPI: #23 (SOS: #87)…received #5 seed (East Region)
*Charlotte (18-11)…RPI: #37 (SOS: #22)…received #9 seed (South Region)

2000-01
C-USA RPI: #10
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 2
*Cincinnati (23-9)…RPI: #31 (SOS: #63)…received #5 seed (West Region)
*Charlotte (21-10)…RPI: #48 (SOS: #77)…received #9 seed (Midwest Region)

1999-00
C-USA RPI: #5
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Cincinnati (28-3)…RPI: #1 (SOS: #5)…received #2 seed (South Region)
*Louisville (18-11)…RPI: #29 (SOS: #15)…received #7 seed (West Region)
*DePaul (20-11)…RPI: #30 (SOS: #25)…received #9 seed (East Region)
*Saint Louis (19-13)…RPI: #33 (SOS: #10)…received #9 seed (Midwest Region)

1998-99
C-USA RPI: #6
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Cincinnati (25-5)…RPI: #9 (SOS: #35)…received #3 seed (East Region)
*Charlotte (22-10)…RPI: #19 (SOS: #18)…received #5 seed (Midwest Region)
*Louisville (19-10)…RPI: #22 (SOS: #21)…received #7 seed (South Region)
*UAB (20-11)…RPI: #48 (SOS: #68)…received #12 seed (West Region)

1997-98
C-USA RPI: #8
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 3
*Cincinnati (26-5)…RPI: #16 (SOS: #71)…received #2 seed (West Region)
*Charlotte (19-10)…RPI: #31 (SOS: #20)…received #8 seed (East Region)
*Saint Louis (21-10)…RPI: #47 (SOS: #75)…received #10 seed (South Region)

1996-97
C-USA RPI: #9
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Cincinnati (25-7)…RPI: #13 (SOS: #47)…received #3 seed (Midwest Region)
*Louisville (23-8)…RPI: #18 (SOS: #56)…received #6 seed (East Region)
*Charlotte (21-8)…RPI: #27 (SOS: #62)…received #7 seed (West Region)
*Marquette (22-8)…RPI: #51 (SOS: #106)…received #7 seed (Southeast Region)

1995-96
C-USA RPI: #5
C-USA schools receiving NCAA Tournament invitations: 4
*Cincinnati (25-4)…RPI: #4 (SOS: #19)…received #2 seed (Southeast Region)
*Marquette (22-7)…RPI: #23 (SOS: #47)…received #4 seed (East Region)
*Memphis (22-7)…RPI: #15 (SOS: #27)…received #5 seed (West Region)
*Louisville (19-11)…RPI: #19 (SOS: #5)…received #6 seed (Midwest Region)

Do you put all that together or is it from another site?

UTEP beat Nebraska from the big 10 FYI.

(01-02-2013 01:16 AM)DFWMINER Wrote:  Do you put all that together or is it from another site?

UTEP beat Nebraska from the big 10 FYI.

JMS has been providing those kind of stats on the Tiger board for a long, long time. The guy is a master with those stats and I greatly appreciate his work. Additionally, he's a straight-shooter when and if he adds any personal comments/opinions.

They are good reading for insight now, but the closer the season's end gets, the more valuable those stats are in helping understand where a team fits in the selection/left out process.

Wholy carp that is a lot of information. Great stuff. Care to keep it coming throughout the season?

**Record vs. non-Division 1 non-conference opponents: 12-1 (.923)


Alright...who is it that lost???

(01-02-2013 01:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(01-02-2013 01:16 AM)DFWMINER Wrote:  Do you put all that together or is it from another site?

UTEP beat Nebraska from the big 10 FYI.

JMS has been providing those kind of stats on the Tiger board for a long, long time. The guy is a master with those stats and I greatly appreciate his work. Additionally, he's a straight-shooter when and if he adds any personal comments/opinions.

They are good reading for insight now, but the closer the season's end gets, the more valuable those stats are in helping understand where a team fits in the selection/left out process.

I hope he will do it next year too.

(01-02-2013 09:10 AM)TTT Wrote:  **Record vs. non-Division 1 non-conference opponents: 12-1 (.923)


Alright...who is it that lost???

The pickup team that we're fielding after everyone transferred away lost to an NAIA team (St. Thomas in Houston) first game of the season.

Great work.
I will just point out though that C-USA's record against the Big 10 can't be 0-1. Tulane lost to Nebraska and UTEP beat them.

Who lost to a non-division 1 team?

(01-02-2013 01:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(01-02-2013 01:16 AM)DFWMINER Wrote:  Do you put all that together or is it from another site?

UTEP beat Nebraska from the big 10 FYI.

JMS has been providing those kind of stats on the Tiger board for a long, long time. The guy is a master with those stats and I greatly appreciate his work. Additionally, he's a straight-shooter when and if he adds any personal comments/opinions.

They are good reading for insight now, but the closer the season's end gets, the more valuable those stats are in helping understand where a team fits in the selection/left out process.

Thanks,

That's a ton of work. Appreciated.

(01-02-2013 12:30 PM)DFWMINER Wrote:  

(01-02-2013 01:41 AM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(01-02-2013 01:16 AM)DFWMINER Wrote:  Do you put all that together or is it from another site?

UTEP beat Nebraska from the big 10 FYI.

JMS has been providing those kind of stats on the Tiger board for a long, long time. The guy is a master with those stats and I greatly appreciate his work. Additionally, he's a straight-shooter when and if he adds any personal comments/opinions.

They are good reading for insight now, but the closer the season's end gets, the more valuable those stats are in helping understand where a team fits in the selection/left out process.

Thanks,

That's a ton of work. Appreciated.

All the thanks go to JMSTiger.

He does a great job with these numbers.

All I did was try to address your question.

(01-02-2013 01:16 AM)DFWMINER Wrote:  Do you put all that together or is it from another site?

UTEP beat Nebraska from the big 10 FYI.

I fixed it. Sorry about that. I still had it in my mind that Nebraska was in the Big XII. UTEP beat Nebraska, Tulane lost to them, so I placed that 1-1 in the Big Ten and took it away from the Big XII. Hopefully the rest is accurate.

I have been tracking RPI for years. A lot of it comes from that. I used to gather the data mostly from collegerpi.com, but the guy that ran that site sold out and went exclusively with CBSSports.com. His RPI data over there is messy and hard to find, so I mainly use WarrenNolan.com.

A few things that stood out to me.

First, almost every C-USA team is doing extremely well on their home court this year. The best since realignment. Here are homecourt records so far:

Tulane (9-0)
East Carolina (7-0)
Marshall (6-0)
UAB (6-0)
SMU (5-0)
Southern Miss (4-0)
Memphis (8-1)
Houston (7-1)
UTEP (6-1)
Tulsa (4-1)
UCF (7-2)
Rice (3-4)

That is extremely impressive and the way it ought to be. What has hurt the conference and one of the reasons why we are down at #11 is because the league has pretty much collectively laid an egg in games played on neutral courts.

One other positive is the conference's collective record vs. schools from outside the top 10 conferences. That is 69-15 (.821) which is pretty darn good historically for C-USA since realignment. The negative is that we have done poorly against the "big 6", A-10 and Missouri Valley.