Marquette got in at 64, USC at 67 last year. Alabama was 12-4 in the SEC West with wins over Kentucky and Georgia but missed the tournament with an RPI of 80. Colorado and Virginia Tech were in the 60's as well. It seems to me that big conference schools need to be in the top 40 to feel good. Top 50 seems safe as well if you have a really good conference record. Anything from 50 through 70 is up for the debate but I couldn't see a Cincinnati team with 12 or more conference wins being left out because UC's rpi is going to be a lot better than 80 if they win more than 12 games.

I am not going to worry about it because this team is going to have double bye in the conference tournament and there is no way a team that finishes in the top four in the Big East is going to be left out.