RPI projections for this weekend ...

[Bandwagon King]

I can understand the weight given to RPI if you had two shools with just a one or two win difference between them and an RPI difference of ten to twenty or more spots for selection to the tourney. But to penalize a team with possibly the best record in the whole country & a top twelve RPI is not only wrong, it makes those doing the process look extremely silly & not very smart. I appreciate your hard work & info Brian, & please forgive me for being so late to this party & reasking things I'd assume you've answered many times. But how can a higher learning authority not see that someone who achieves a winning percentage close to .900 in any sport in college by definition has to be one of the truly greatest shools in all the land at that specialty, especially if all get scholarships awarded as they do now?

[campo118]

It is cyclical. These guys (SEC, PAC12 etc) play cupcake pre-conference schedules getting a bunch of wins against teams that will win some games (giving them RPI boosts) but won't be contenders in the NCAA tournament, then the majority of the teams in the power conferences have high RPI's before they begin conference schedule. Doesn't matter whether they win or not against the conference because their RPI just goes up as they play each other (other teams with high RPI) It is a catch 22 and really flawed in my opinion. Between the SEC, PAC 12 and ACC, I guarantee you all 8 National Seeds will come from those three conferences, and it is perceived strength of schedule that will be the determining factor. We might have 5-10 less losses than a team that will get a national seed, bank on it.

[GoneGolfin]

Jeb, did you mean National seed and hosting a super regional? In my opinion, that is a more legitimate question as we will definitely host a regional with an rpi between 8-10. I think the better question is, would we host a super regional and get a national seed, at say #9 or #10 RPI with a record in the 5X-X range. Would our resume be strong enough despite the obvious bias given to those in the power conferences by the RPI system?

… and to help understand the Cajuns' chances, it is probably instructive to go back to this post from March.

Brian

[ulforlife]

… and to help understand the Cajuns' chances, it is probably instructive to go back to this post from March.

Brian

Brian, how much does WP weigh towards overall RPI? Sounds like while we can't really help who we play, we can keep winning and get that WP up as high as possible and hope it carries us through

[Cajun8]

I think you're looking at it all wrong. If we played ULM 60 times and went 55-5 and averaged 20 runs a game it wouldn't mean we are the #1 team in the country. It would probably mean ULM was the worst team in the country

It's not just about stats

That would make sence.but we don't play just ULM

[wcd35]

That would make sence.but we don't play just ULM

Yes, but his point stands. The strength of your schedule has to weigh into it somewhat. If your schedule is well weaker than another team and your stats are better, it stands to reason that the other team's numbers went down due to tougher opposition. Stats dont factor into NCAA tournament selection

[Just1More]

Yes, but his point stands. The strength of your schedule has to weigh into it somewhat. If your schedule is well weaker than another team and your stats are better, it stands to reason that the other team's numbers went down due to tougher opposition. Stats dont factor into NCAA tournament selection

That's right. If the shoe were on the other foot, and we were playing more top RPI opponents, we'd argue that we need consideration of the opponents we're playing. I do, however, think that adjustments need to be made to not double and triple down on a few inter-related RPI formula components. There are components that over reward teams playing high RPI opponents and under reward teams for being dominant regardless of opponents' RPI.

But, I consider baseball post season (and regular) to be less effected by home field advantage than other major men's sports. And I think the regionals properly awards the right 1 seeds, keeps 2s and 3s in the hunt, and puts 4 seeds as "this is your reward for a good season or conference tournament... you may now go home". I like baseball and softball postseason for fairness, with the RPI factored in, better than anything out there in college athletics postseason.

[wcd35]

Perfect Game's weekend preview has their early Top 8 projections. While I'm sure most of us wont agree with this necessarily (especially Cal Poly who we have beat in record, RPI, vs Top 25, 50 and 100), I certainly wouldn't be upset getting paired with a Houston or Texas should we emerge from the Regionals.

1. South Carolina
2. Florida St
3. Houston
4. Vandy
5. Texas
6. Virginia
7. Washington
8. Cal Poly

http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/...x?article=9692

[sportsfanatic21]

This RPI system is flawed.look at the stats and UL is in the top 5 in all categories ;yet #11 in Rpi. The word POWER is not accurate. If it was; we would be top 5 in RPI

I believe RPI stands for Rating Percentage Index or something like that. I don't think POWER has anything to do with it.