RPI Musings

[CajunEXPRESS]

Wisconsin wins tonight against Indiana. That's a good thing. They're 13/2.

[VObserver]

Wisconsin wins tonight against Indiana. That's a good thing. They're 13/2.

It is no doubt good for Wisconsin, but it is RPI neutral for us. our OOR picked up a win and a loss.

[VObserver]

Today's RPI update:

UTA: 33
AState: 45
Louisiana: 81
GaSt: 117
GaSo: 127
USA: 205
Little Rock: 228
Coastal: 231
Troy: 236
Appy: 253
ULM: 297
TxSt: 323

As an aside: Our RPI would also be the third best in the WCC, behind Gonzaga and St. Mary's, but ahead of BYU.

[wcd35]

Wouldn't have guessed the top RPI team in LA is Nicholls until I looked at their schedule. They have the number 6 non-conf SOS. The RPI will keep falling now of course in conference. Their OWP is pretty high (got an ok ACC team in BC, a great ACC team in FSU, a really good UCF, a WCC team in USD, Samford with a good record and our good record on there.) FSU is the only team to beat them worse than we did.

Texas Southern is another team we played with a good RPI, though they don't help us too much because their WP isn't great. Their RPI is top 60

Minnesota as well helps obviously

[Cajunsmike]

Wouldn't have guessed the top RPI team in LA is Nicholls until I looked at their schedule. They have the number 6 non-conf SOS. The RPI will keep falling now of course in conference. Their OWP is pretty high (got an ok ACC team in BC, a great ACC team in FSU, a really good UCF, a WCC team in USD, Samford with a good record and our good record on there.) FSU is the only team to beat them worse than we did.

Texas Southern is another team we played with a good RPI, though they don't help us too much because their WP isn't great. Their RPI is top 60

Minnesota as well helps obviously

Texas Southern winning percentage isn't that high due to the fact they played 14 straight road games. That is how they fund their program. Their winning % will improve greatly now that are starting conference play. I expect they will be the top SWAC team once again.

[wcd35]

Texas Southern winning percentage isn't that high due to the fact they played 14 straight road games. That is how they fund their program. Their winning % will improve greatly now that are starting conference play. I expect they will be the top SWAC team once again.

Oh wow, that is a crazy schedule. Played some top teams as well (Louisville, Baylor, Arizona.)

[Hatch]

We played Texas Southern as part of that tournament. Did they request to play all of their tournament games on the road?

[CajunEXPRESS]

It is no doubt good for Wisconsin, but it is RPI neutral for us. our OOR picked up a win and a loss.

Yeah,I was thinking of Minnesota. Tonight UGA lost.

[VObserver]

Yeah,I was thinking of Minnesota. Tonight UGA lost.

UGA lost, Texas Southern won.

[VObserver]

Cajuns RPI went up this morning to 74 from 81; thanks to a 5-2 performance by Cajuns OOC opponents last night.

For a school not in a power conference, it cannot be emphasized enough how important it is to play winning programs in non-conference games.

[CajunNation]

...For a school not in a power conference, it cannot be emphasized enough how important it is to play winning programs in non-conference games.

Yep. IMHO, you can never have too tough a non-conference schedule with the exception of a very young team.

[Cajun90]

Yep. IMHO, you can never have too tough a non-conference schedule with the exception of a very young team.

It doesn't have to be a tough schedule for RPI purposes. It has to be against teams with wins. Two very different things. Stay away from the bottom feeders at any level. Play teams that historically have had winning records. Doesn't matter if they are in the SWAC or SEC.

You also have to stay away from the teams that consistently have horrible records. Softball was guilty of this for many years because they didn't understand the significance of playing a three game series against a team that was going to lose 30 games before the year was out and add 90 loses to your OWP.

There are obviously reasons to play a tough non-conference schedule but not in regards to RPI.