(01-26-2019 08:41 AM)owlsfan Wrote: [ -> ]http://warrennolan.com/basketballw/2019/rpi-live
They are getting close to getting an ncaa berth without winning the conference tournament, if they keep this up.
??? You need an RPI in the 30s, or at least the 40s, to have a shot at an at large birth.
If they keep this up.
Finally a Rice team other than baseball with some tangible success; be optimistic.
I can only hope our baseball team is 6-0 in conference after 6 conference games.
(01-26-2019 08:55 AM)owlsfan Wrote: [ -> ]If they keep this up.
Finally a Rice team other than baseball with some tangible success; be optimistic.
I can only hope our baseball team is 6-0 in conference after 6 conference games.
I love this team and am very optimistic, but there is no way we're going to get our RPI down into the 40s with our remaining schedule. That's reality. Consequently, an at large bid to the NCAAs would require everything falling our way.
If we win our next five games, we have a good chance of climbing into the forties (all games against teams with winning records and some are on the road, both of which are important in RPI). Unfortunately, those two home games against FAU and FIU are going to absolute RPI killers.
I'm kind of with Walt for a rare occasion on this one. We really had a dreadful non-conference schedule (outside of the 3 teams we lost to). But there are some decent RPI teams left that we play in Western Kentucky and Old Dominion (Marshall is okay too). Next year we have to do a better job of scheduling. I know we're supposedly hosting UCLA, A&M and UNC but I'll believe that when I see it. Honestly we need to play either Baylor or Texas - even if it's on the road. And why don't we ever play Houston - their RPI will be decent next year.
The only way we might get an at-large I'd say is if we run the table (16-0) or go 15-1 in the conference. Then even if our RPI is in the low 40's or upper 50's, I think we might have a chance. But no with a 14-2 record or worse than that.
RPI up to 58 after the win... As I said, next four games should be accretive to our RPI (if we win).
The Florida pair at home will be a killer.
Would be equivalent to playing a MAAC team in baseball for a weekend series the weekend before we’re in the running for a National seed in baseball.
I guess that site does predict our final RPI will be 42 (and that's with 1 conference loss although I'm not sure who to? Maybe Western Kentucky?).
I do wish we had 1 or 2 more decent RPI games in NC play. Western Kentucky had an amazing schedule - they played #1 Notre Dame, #3 Louisville, #10 Iowa, #14 Gonzaga, #23 Central Michigan and #40 Oregon State in NC play (losing them all by 14 or more points, usually way more). They also played Oklahoma and Little Rock (whose RPI is up to 75 now - that's Rice's best RPI win in NC play too).
I need to actually make it to a game this year. The ladies are playing well enough that they deserve a good home crowd.
Is there a home game remaining that will be a big deal?
(01-26-2019 04:10 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote: [ -> ]I need to actually make it to a game this year. The ladies are playing well enough that they deserve a good home crowd.
Is there a home game remaining that will be a big deal?
Feb 2nd vs ODU 14-5 (5-2) . They should move to 15-5 (6-2) after their game vs UTSA today.
(01-26-2019 03:44 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]RPI up to 58 after the win
Now 57 (+45 since Jan. 20). The "live" aspect of "
RPI-Live" is in action. :-)
Are the women using NET ratings this year?
(01-26-2019 04:47 PM)owl95 Wrote: [ -> ]Are the women using NET ratings this year?
No.
From an
NCAA.com article (updated Nov. 26, 2018):
Quote:The NCAA has developed a new ranking system to replace the RPI as the primary sorting tool for evaluating teams during the Division I men’s basketball season. ...
The NCAA Evaluation Tool, which will be known as the NET, relies on game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin, net offensive and defensive efficiency, and the quality of wins and losses. To make sense of team performance data, late-season games (including from the NCAA tournament) were used as test sets to develop a ranking model leveraging machine learning techniques. The model, which used team performance data to predict the outcome of games in test sets, was optimized until it was as accurate as possible. The resulting model is the one that will be used as the NET going forward.
...
This marks the second consecutive year the committee has made a significant change. Before last season, a quadrant system was adopted to place greater emphasis on success in games played away from home on the team sheets, which offer a snapshot of each team’s schedule and results. The existing quadrant system still will be used on team sheets, with the NET replacing the Rating Percentage Index to sort games based on the opponent’s ranking:
Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 135-240
Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353
...
The RPI still will be used by other Division I sports committees, including the Women’s Basketball Committee for the 2018-19 season.
(01-26-2019 04:37 PM)Almadenmike Wrote: [ -> ] (01-26-2019 03:44 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]RPI up to 58 after the win
Now 57 (+45 since Jan. 20). The "live" aspect of "RPI-Live" is in action. :-)
After all of Saturday's games were completed, Rice women were ranked #59.
Huge win for North Carolina right now (78-73 over #1 Notre Dame). So that should help the RPI.
(01-27-2019 03:48 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: [ -> ]Huge win for North Carolina right now (78-73 over #1 Notre Dame). So that should help the RPI.
Yep. Were up to #54.
Mulkey honored by NCAA as one of their "starting 5" in WBB for the week...
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-wom...s-starting
Quote:Nancy Mulkey, Rice
Rice ran its win streak to nine games with impressive conference road wins last week over Middle Tennessee and UAB as redshirt sophomore center Nancy Mulkey continues to shine. The Owls (16-3, 7-0) are now in sole possession of first place in Conference USA.
Mulkey, from Cypress, Texas, averaged 17.5 points 8.5 rebounds and 8.0 blocks per game while shooting 53.6 percent from the floor in 32 minutes over the two wins. The C-USA leader in total blocks (45), Mulkey tied the school record for blocks in a game twice, swatting away eight shots in each victory.
In Rice's 60-47 win at Middle Tennessee, Mulkey scored a career-high 20 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the floor to go along with seven rebounds, eight blocks, and two steals. Two days later at UAB, Mulkey recorded her first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds to go along with the eight blocks as the Owls prevailed 55-43.
Mulkey is the only player in the NCAA this season to record eight or more blocks at least three times.
The Owls are back home this week for a pair of games, beginning on Thursday when they host Charlotte and then again on Saturday versus Old Dominion.
RPI up to 49 I think this morning. It could go up a few more spots assuming we win tomorrow. But it will probably remain stagnant for a bit after this even if we keep winning, because the opponents' RPI really falls down after Western Kentucky (and Marshall).
Not sure if that is true. It will go up if we are undefeated by the end of the year.
(02-01-2019 08:04 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: [ -> ]RPI up to 49 I think this morning. It could go up a few more spots assuming we win tomorrow. But it will probably remain stagnant for a bit after this even if we keep winning, because the opponents' RPI really falls down after Western Kentucky (and Marshall).
If Rice can win the next eight games, I think we would have a good shot at an at large bid. I think we would have a top 45 RPI. No top 50 wins would be a negative, but regular season conference title would be a positive.
But winning the next eleven games would be even better.