RPI Musings

[wcd35]

Wow. That is strange. Seems basketball should have a bigger home/road component as it seems to be much harder to win on the road in basketball.

Yep, I missed the note on that formula. That is my bad.

The home road factors in baseball are 1.3 and 0.7.

Basketball is 1.4 and 0.6. Even harsher penalty for a home loss and bigger reward for road win. That affects the first portion of the formula (your win percentage)

[IberiaCajun]

Thanks. That's what I was using, but wanted to confirm. There are sure a bunch of different sites out there......I guess they have different processes to try to rank teams/conferences?

And here is another one for your perusal: TeamRankings.com

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Louisiana-Lafayette Basketball
Predictions Update
Jan 8, 2017
• After beating LA Monroe 69-60 yesterday, Louisiana-Lafayette is now projected to finish the regular season 22-9 (12-6 Sun Belt).
• The odds that the Ragin' Cajuns make the NCAA tournament are currently 35%.
• We currently rank Louisiana-Lafayette as the #96 team in the country, and the #2 team in the Sun Belt.
• Next game: Sat, Jan 14 vs. #133 GA Southern. Our power ratings give the Ragin' Cajuns a 74% chance to win.
Bracketology Projections

[VObserver]

NCAA Updated: Cajuns at 83.

Women at 184

[LaCajunsFan]

NCAA Updated: Cajuns at 83.

Women at 184

Another stupid question: what's the sagarin rating thing about? Is that based on rpi? I guess I just don't understand the huge, seemingly endless, proliferation of different 'ranking' sites out there.

[Cajunsmike]

Another stupid question: what's the sagarin rating thing about? Is that based on rpi? I guess I just don't understand the huge, seemingly endless, proliferation of different 'ranking' sites out there.

My understanding is that Sagarin takes margin of victory into account in compiling their rankings. Not sure how else it compares to RPI.

[Policarp]

Sagarin still has some of the 2015-16 year weighted in. When this ages out (dont know when, it's well overdue) you'll see UL shoot up here. Sunbelt in general will improve.

[LaCajunsFan]

Sagarin still has some of the 2015-16 year weighted in. When this ages out (dont know when, it's well overdue) you'll see UL shoot up here. Sunbelt in general will improve.

Ah, that explains a lot: i saw on the @ruston board they have a thread based on sagarin rankings. In it, we are at virtuallty the same ranking as the mutts, when of course that is not at all the case. Guess you have to hang your hat on something when your team breaks the loosing streak of one of the worst teams currently playing, utsa.....in rustonia. Lol.

[BeauCajun]

My understanding is that Sagarin takes margin of victory into account in compiling their rankings. Not sure how else it compares to RPI.

Check with Boomer regarding the Sag. He's already the master of Mass. I'm sure he's fully aware of the Sag.

[Boomer]

Check with Boomer regarding the Sag. He's already the master of Mass. I'm sure he's fully aware of the Sag.

---No Beau you got this one wrong---VOB got me on the Massey deal and I have been faithful to it and how easy it is to just check it---BTW enjoyed the athleticism of the ladies this w/e!!!

[lcitsh]

Delaware State's 1 point road victory over a team with a winning record bumped the men up 3 spots.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weekly...17MBBrpi3.html

42 43 UT Arlington Sun Belt 12-4 6-4 0-0 4-0 2-0
72 72 Arkansas St. Sun Belt 11-6 4-5 1-1 5-0 1-0
84 87 Louisiana Sun Belt 12-4 4-4 0-0 6-0 2-0
103 103 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 10-6 3-5 2-0 3-1 2-0
137 143 Georgia St. Sun Belt 8-7 1-5 2-0 3-2 2-0
196 188 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 8-9 1-5 1-0 4-4 2-0
214 214 Little Rock Sun Belt 11-6 3-3 2-1 4-2 2-0
224 224 Troy Sun Belt 9-8 2-7 2-0 3-1 2-0
227 229 South Ala. Sun Belt 8-8 2-5 0-0 4-3 2-0
244 240 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 6-9 1-7 0-0 3-2 2-0
284 283 Texas St. Sun Belt 9-6 1-4 2-0 4-2 2-0
295 293 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 6-10 1-7 0-3 3-0 2-0

Women have work to do.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weekly...17WBBrpi3.html

47 46 UT Arlington Sun Belt 10-3 3-2 1-0 4-1 2-0
51 52 Little Rock Sun Belt 10-6 5-4 0-0 5-2 0-0
105 100 Troy Sun Belt 10-4 4-3 2-0 2-1 2-0
155 164 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 7-8 3-5 1-0 3-3 0-0
168 170 South Ala. Sun Belt 7-7 3-3 1-1 1-3 2-0
184 185 Louisiana Sun Belt 8-4 2-2 1-1 3-1 2-0
244 244 Texas St. Sun Belt 6-8 2-4 0-0 4-3 0-1
250 249 Georgia St. Sun Belt 5-9 2-2 1-2 1-5 1-0
259 263 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 6-8 2-5 1-0 2-2 1-1
313 315 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 4-10 1-5 0-0 2-5 1-0
320 319 Arkansas St. Sun Belt 3-13 0-8 1-2 2-3 0-0
340 340 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 3-11 1-7 0-0 0-4 2-0