Season long look at UL's trek through the Baseball RPI rankings

[J-Town Cajun]

Doesn't basketball award road wins and penalized home losses.

[GoneGolfin]

Doesn't basketball award road wins and penalized home losses.

Basketball weights them differently, unlike baseball.

The bonuses/penalties are extended to conference opponents in basketball.

[CajunAmos]

Did they bring their own umpires from California as well?

[Duggie35]

_ Well HEADBEARCAT1 if Hatchell has your vote, Hatchell has my vote.

Miss you all, hope things are going well and according to plan. _

Turbine,

I agree with you. Based on the results Coach Hall had while here, I have no reason to question his recommendation of Coach Hatchell. I know David Walker will make the best hire possible and if it happens to be Coach Hatchell, so much the better.

[El Sidonio]

If Hatchell gets the promotion, do y'all think Bari would come as an assistant? If not, then I say take Bari and we have both Bari and Hatchell.

God Bless

[GoneGolfin]

Basketball weights them differently, unlike baseball.

The bonuses/penalties are extended to conference opponents in basketball.

Incidentally, we ran the RPI today using the basketball formula. The Cajuns came out with an RPI of 6. This is due to the number of road games (and road wins) the Cajuns have. Of course, if baseball ever did adopt a similar formula, the weightings for home and road games would be different than those used in basketball.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

On a related note, the NCAA made some mistakes with the RPI published today. Particularly with the classification of "neutral" games. Texas played eight games earlier in the season at Round Rock's stadium because Disch-Falk was being refurbished. These eight games were classified as neutral site games. Next week's report will be corrected. However, as a result, San Diego will be awarded two games worth of Top 25 RPI bonus points since it defeated Texas twice in the three game series held in early February. Thus, if the report were correct this week, the Cajuns would be at #20 instead of #19.

Brian

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weekly...07MBArpi1.html

It is interesting to note (but not surprising) that among the Top 20 RPI teams, only Wichita State (+3), Louisiana (+5), and San Diego (+2) have played more road games than home games. And only Wichita State (+3) and Louisiana (+5) have played more road games than home and neutral games combined. In most situations, this is not factored into the calculation of the RPI (unless it is a bonus/penalty scenario).

This is something I have stated in the past, but I hope the NCAA takes a hard look at the number of road games the Cajuns have played this season. By the conclusion of the regular season, the Cajuns will have played 32 road games and only 24 road games. Not many Top 25 teams schedule that many road games. The elite teams rack up the home games and generally travel very little in non-conference action. Unfortunately, the current RPI system does very little to encourage the scheduling of road games. In most situations, the RPI does not distinguish between road and home games. Only wins and losses matter.

The Cajuns have a poor record against the Top 25 Base RPI (0-3) and Top 50 Base RPI (3-6) for a team being considered for a #2 seed, which will hurt them come seeding time. But all nine of these games are on the road and I hope this point is driven home to the selection committee. Also, the record against the Base RPI Top 75 is not inspiring (10-9), but amazingly only three of these nineteen games were home games (FAU).

Brian

[Turbine]

Brian did I ever thank you for all your info and time?

If not let me do so now. It is MOST informative and appreciated.

[cajuns67]

Brian did I ever thank you for all your info and time?

If not let me do so now. It is MOST informative and appreciated.

I agree it is hard to find good college baseball info

[GoneGolfin]

Brian did I ever thank you for all your info and time?

If not let me do so now. It is MOST informative and appreciated.

Quite frequently. Thanks.