(03-08-2018 03:06 PM)Monarchblue Wrote: 75ish RPI would be great in a down year. Its not that impressive as a high point.
I would love for this to be true, but curiousity got to me.
Using KenPom, which goes back to 2002, we have 17 years worth of data. Our average KenPom ranking is 108. Taking out 2013, would indicate our average ranking is 98. Hard to tell what the years prior would prove, but I'm guessing our average ranking before that time was roughly similar. I think it is safe to say the average ODU team is about the 100th best team in America.
There have been 8 teams out of the 17 that have been below 100 (37, 48, 64, 65, 67, 70, 73). We made the NCAA tourney with rankings of 37 (10), 48 (11), 64 (07), and 73 (05).
The heyday was clearly 2005 to 2011, which saw tourney appearences in 4 out of 7 years. Our average ranking in that time frame was 71.
History would tell us that our average is around 100. Our best years are around 70.