CSNbbs

There are 5 teams in the RPI top 50 that have 0, again ZERO, wins against top 50 RPI teams:


Southern Illinois
Miami (OH)
Holy Cross
Nevada
UAB

That my friend is the definition of pretender, not contenter.....and that is my ONLY concern when it comes selection time.....especially with those teams being listed in order of their current RPI.

Well hopefully that will change with games against DePaul and Cincy left (both Top 50)... we should at least be able to beat DePaul at home.

Maybe we should add those teams to our schedule in '05-'06.

Let's say we beat Depaul....

today they are RPI #42.... the road loss to UAB wont hurt them too much, but consider this....they have likely home loses to Cincy and Louisville on the schedule remaining, and those two together almost count as 3 losses.

If the above happens, it's likely that DePaul would no longer be top 50.

How many Top 50 wins did we have last year on selection sunday?

efhutton Wrote:Maybe we should add those teams to our schedule in '05-'06.

You have the right idea...but there's a better way to go about it.

I'm working now on this year's addition of a RPI scheduling cheat for UAB... There are plenty of teams that ususally have 60%+ winning percentages that are much easier to defeat than the above mentioned teams.

Remember, for the RPI, it's most important to get the win....secondly to have the teams you play win....then the Tier 3 criteria is actually quite minor (on a per team basis).

Blazer85 Wrote:How many Top 50 wins did we have last year on selection sunday?

Well....top of my head I remember Charlotte X2, Cincy X1, and Richmond X1...

That makes 4.

RobSmith Wrote:

Blazer85 Wrote:How many Top 50 wins did we have last year on selection sunday?

Well....top of my head I remember Charlotte X2, Cincy X1, and Richmond X1...

That makes 4.

2003-2004 Schedule & Results
Postgame Ratings
Date Rank Opponent Result RPIR RPI SOSR SOS
Nov 24 143 Georgia So W 94-73 142 0.2500 175 0.0000
$ Nov 29 47 Richmond W 83-75 3 0.8542 7 0.8056
Dec 3 161 Birmingham Southern W 90-67 3 0.8079 13 0.7438
Dec 6 4 @ Mississippi St L 84-86 13 0.6876 24 0.6668
Dec 15 44 vs Western Michigan L 62-69 17 0.6657 3 0.6877
Dec 18 54 @ VCU W 68-58 12 0.6756 4 0.6785
Dec 20 280 Alabama A&M W 81-68 15 0.6578 11 0.6390
Dec 23 158 Louisiana Tech W 79-67 14 0.6536 14 0.6214
Dec 27 38 vs LSU L 62-78 17 0.6492 6 0.6433
? Dec 30 150 Marshall L 66-68 38 0.6102 11 0.6136
Jan 3 191 South Alabama W 90-75 26 0.6204 9 0.6151
Jan 7 151 * @ East Carolina W 71-68 25 0.6235 8 0.6091
Jan 10 187 * Houston W 64-42 30 0.6220 16 0.5986
Jan 17 37 * @ DePaul L 64-75 35 0.6054 20 0.5929
Jan 20 222 * South Florida W 86-47 35 0.6050 24 0.5844
$ Jan 24 34 * @ Charlotte W 69-62 29 0.6143 23 0.5900
Jan 28 181 * Tulane W 80-59 30 0.6130 24 0.5820
Jan 31 64 * Saint Louis W 72-52 29 0.6186 23 0.5840
Feb 7 24 * @ Louisville L 55-73 29 0.6116 22 0.5874
Feb 11 123 * @ Southern Miss W 69-65 30 0.6132 23 0.5842
Feb 14 151 * East Carolina W 72-69 31 0.6106 30 0.5761
$$ Feb 18 11 * Cincinnati W 80-69 23 0.6172 22 0.5805
Feb 21 32 * @ Memphis L 66-73 27 0.6122 17 0.5844
? Feb 25 181 * @ Tulane L 69-74 32 0.6004 22 0.5783
Feb 28 83 * Marquette W 87-69 31 0.6012 28 0.5750
Mar 3 222 * @ South Florida W 61-59 33 0.5982 35 0.5668
Mar 6 120 * TCU W 87-62 34 0.5963 41 0.5605
$ Mar 11 34 vs Charlotte (1) W 77-66 29 0.6023 32 0.5649
Mar 12 37 vs DePaul (1) L 74-75 OT 32 0.5969 33 0.5659

@ - road game, vs - neutral site, * - conference game