UT-Arlington impact on the Cajuns' RPI

[Cajun90]

I bet after the weekend he would have rathered not come.

I doubt it. Bama gets to play on the road in an environment that gets them ready for SEC play. Our WP is helping them nicely as well and they have an RPI rank of 23. The fact that they sit atop the SEC West and are ranked in the polls leaves them sitting pretty nice at the moment.

[wcd35]

In the words of Robe, "iron sharpens iron". They are 19-6 since playing us (4 losses by a run) and have won all but 1 series.

[jllanclos]

I bet after the weekend he would have rathered not come.

It's my understanding that Alabama always tries to schedule a tough road series before conference (unlike their SEC buddies) to get battle-tested.

We were that team, and I bet they're glad they came here.

Who knows? Maybe they'll come here again, with a trip to Omaha on the line.

[MelRock]

My problem with the NCAA is, it's all about regional match ups to help out travel cost until Refineryville has to come here. Personally I do not care if they come here are not, because who ever comes here will get a beat down. I am not afraid of any other team in the tournament and more importantly this team is not afraid of anyone.

[raginsaints]

Brian, are we rooting for Southern Miss or LSU tonight?

[wcd35]

Southern Miss. 3 vs 1 and LSU wont drop out of any Top ## with an SEC schedule and their current form

[RaginDave]

My assumption, and not being Brian, is that we are pulling for USM, since we played them 3 times and LSU only once. We would love to have USM's RPI and record continue to improve.

I would assume either way does not hurt us too much, but I am sure Brian will answer.

[raginsaints]

Yeah, figured the 3 games with USM would be better but I don't know their RPI and how it would affect LSU's.

[CajunRage]

Brian, are we rooting for Southern Miss or LSU tonight?

I would think Southern Miss to keep them in the top 50

[cajundiehard]

Brian, one other question: In calculating OWP (and OOWP), you confirmed that the other teams' home/road wins/losses were treated the same... What about from our perspective? Is a team's contribution to our OWP weighted more or less because of where we played them? E.g.... EIU's WP contribution to our OWP - would it be EIU WP x 4 or x 2.8?