I'm sure many here have heard a few disparaging remarks about the American Athletic Conference... Well, here's a more rational reflection of the merits of the AAC:

per Real Time RPI:

1. Big 12
2. Big 10
3. AAC
4. ACC
5. Big East
6. P12
7. SEC
8. A10
9. Mountain West
10. Missouri Valley

The next time some ACC, Pac-12, Big East, or SEC apologist starts trashing The American, just send them to the link below:

http://www.realtimerpi.com/ncaab/conf_Men.html

Number 3 ain't bad. The Tigers will be seasoned and ready come March.

The top five are pound for pound as good as any.

Now if temple can step up next season we shouldn't miss a beat with Ville leaving....

(02-21-2014 09:30 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  The top five are pound for pound as good as any.

Yep, and the bottom 5 are like average to bad SEC teams.

We have 5 teams in and 0 teams on the bubble.

I'm not sure the $EC is better than the 3 conferences they are ahead of, no joke.

(02-21-2014 10:11 PM)tnzazz Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 09:30 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  The top five are pound for pound as good as any.

Yep, and the bottom 5 are like average to bad CUSA SEC teams.

(02-21-2014 10:27 PM)TigerJJ Wrote:  I'm not sure the $EC is better than the 3 conferences they are ahead of, no joke.

Likely not as good as A10. MVC is pretty weak w/ just Creighton.

(02-21-2014 11:01 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 10:27 PM)TigerJJ Wrote:  I'm not sure the $EC is better than the 3 conferences they are ahead of, no joke.

Likely not as good as A10. MVC is pretty weak w/ just Creighton.

I think you meant:
...MVC is pretty weak without Creighton.

or

...MVC is pretty weak w/ just Wichita State.

(02-21-2014 11:06 PM)DoomHaynesJr Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:01 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 10:27 PM)TigerJJ Wrote:  I'm not sure the $EC is better than the 3 conferences they are ahead of, no joke.

Likely not as good as A10. MVC is pretty weak w/ just Creighton.

I think you meant:
...MVC is pretty weak without Creighton.

or

...MVC is pretty weak w/ just Wichita State.

Yup.

Thanks.

(02-21-2014 11:10 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:06 PM)DoomHaynesJr Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:01 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 10:27 PM)TigerJJ Wrote:  I'm not sure the $EC is better than the 3 conferences they are ahead of, no joke.

Likely not as good as A10. MVC is pretty weak w/ just Creighton.

I think you meant:
...MVC is pretty weak without Creighton.

or

...MVC is pretty weak w/ just Wichita State.

Yup.

Thanks.

I wouldn't have noticed if was about any conference other than the Missouri Valley. Having been stuck living here in Shocker-ville for the past 22 years, it's become hard not to notice the acronym MVC!

(02-21-2014 11:14 PM)DoomHaynesJr Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:10 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:06 PM)DoomHaynesJr Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:01 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 10:27 PM)TigerJJ Wrote:  I'm not sure the $EC is better than the 3 conferences they are ahead of, no joke.

Likely not as good as A10. MVC is pretty weak w/ just Creighton.

I think you meant:
...MVC is pretty weak without Creighton.

or

...MVC is pretty weak w/ just Wichita State.

Yup.

Thanks.

I wouldn't have noticed if was about any conference other than the Missouri Valley. Having been stuck living here in Shocker-ville for the past 22 years, it's become hard not to notice the acronym MVC!

More embarrassing for me, with my username and all.

(02-21-2014 11:19 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:14 PM)DoomHaynesJr Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:10 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:06 PM)DoomHaynesJr Wrote:  

(02-21-2014 11:01 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  Likely not as good as A10. MVC is pretty weak w/ just Creighton.

I think you meant:
...MVC is pretty weak without Creighton.

or

...MVC is pretty weak w/ just Wichita State.

Yup.

Thanks.

I wouldn't have noticed if was about any conference other than the Missouri Valley. Having been stuck living here in Shocker-ville for the past 22 years, it's become hard not to notice the acronym MVC!

More embarrassing for me, with my username and all.

Aw, don't be embarrassed! A lot of people are blue. What's got you so sad, anyway?

So what's the difference between power ranking and RPI rankings? We are #8 in RPI as a conference and 3 as power rankings.

(02-22-2014 09:06 AM)virgosports Wrote:  So what's the difference between power ranking and RPI rankings? We are #8 in RPI as a conference and 3 as power rankings.

The RPI conference ranking is highly influenced by a conference's OOC win-loss record, and whether they play a balanced or unbalanced conference schedule.

By the end of the season, the AAC could move to 7th or 6th. We've made up a lot of ground in the past week. (Cut the difference between 8th and 6th in half.)