Baseball rpi

[lcitsh]

Today's Sun Belt rankings:

Through Games of March 28, 2017
Generated: Wednesday 03/29/17 02:03 AM

77 74 South Ala. Sun Belt 15-10-0 4-7-0 3-2-0 8-1-0 0-0-0
81 96 Louisiana Sun Belt 14-9-0 6-4-0 1-1-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
88 77 Texas St. Sun Belt 16-9-0 4-2-0 0-0-0 12-7-0 0-0-0
91 84 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 10-15-0 5-8-0 3-3-0 2-4-0 0-0-0
100 102 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 15-10-0 2-3-0 0-0-0 13-7-0 0-0-0
106 116 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 15-10-0 7-4-0 0-0-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
124 126 Troy Sun Belt 13-10-0 5-3-0 1-2-0 7-5-0 0-0-0
141 143 UT Arlington Sun Belt 12-14-0 7-4-0 2-1-0 3-9-0 0-0-0
185 181 Georgia St. Sun Belt 11-13-0 2-7-0 2-2-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
206 200 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 8-18-0 3-14-0 0-0-0 5-4-0 0-0-0
210 219 Little Rock Sun Belt 9-16-0 2-12-0 0-0-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
244 252 Arkansas St. Sun Belt 12-12-0 3-6-0 0-0-0 9-6-0 0-0-0

I guess beating McNeese helped.

[Dad04]

Four teams inside top 100. Good Lord.

[lcitsh]

Four teams inside top 100. Good Lord.

I'm unhappy that...

1. it's only 4 and
2. no one is near at large status.

[GoneGolfin]

I'm unhappy that...

1. it's only 4 and
2. no one is near at large status.

The RPI is still early for many teams ... partly because connectivity is still not strong ... and because certain factors are affecting some teams more than others. For example, the point I surfaced several weeks ago ...
If Saint Peter's can actually get some games in (another ppd yesterday) ... win a few ... and remove that boat anchor of a three game weighted .000 RPI contribution, you will see a healthy lift to the Cajuns' RPI. Saint Peter's winning today will take them to 1-5 overall and move the contribution to the Cajuns' OWP from .00000 to .33333.

But certainly ... I have been concerned about the Sun Belt conference and their impact on the Cajuns' RPI. Not because of the RPI rankings, but because of the poor OOC play, which will damage the Cajuns.

Brian

[Dad04]

St. Peters can't possibly lose every game, but it's not good when we are paying attention to St. Peters in context of our RPI.

[GoneGolfin]

St. Peters can't possibly lose every game, but it's not good when we are paying attention to St. Peters in context of our RPI.

Only because the Saint Peter's situation is an anomaly at present ... and therefore prevents us from having a realistic view of Louisiana's RPI. Unless of course, they do lose every game. :-)

Once Saint Peter's settles into its season and is not a mere 0-2 .000 OWP contributor to the Cajuns, the focus on Saint Peter's will fade into the pool of our other opponents.

Brian

[Dad04]

We have moved up from 110+ to the 80's in a week. Hopefully that continues. It seems the RPI games remaining will be yuuuuge.

[wcd35]

Only because the Saint Peter's situation is an anomaly at present ... and therefore prevents us from having a realistic view of Louisiana's RPI. Unless of course, they do lose every game. :-)

Once Saint Peter's settles into its season and is not a mere 0-2 .000 OWP contributor to the Cajuns, the focus on Saint Peter's will fade into the pool of our other opponents.

Brian

I was just looking at Saint Peter's schedule. I don't know how they even function as a team with the number of postponements and cancellations.

5 games played (1 was a makeup of postponement)
5 games postponed
2 games canceled

Their two midweek games this week were postponed. One for rain/field conditions and one for scheduling conflict.

They have a weekend series vs Niagara this weekend finally.

[GoneGolfin]

I was just looking at Saint Peter's schedule. I don't know how they even function as a team with the number of postponements and cancellations.

5 games played (1 was a makeup of postponement)
5 games postponed
2 games canceled

Their two midweek games this week were postponed. One for rain/field conditions and one for scheduling conflict.

They have a weekend series vs Niagara this weekend finally.

Just brutal. They have played one game since the series in Lafayette.

While they were unable to play the Fordham game this week ... it does look like the Lehigh game was moved from today to tomorrow. We definitely want them to play Lehigh.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

Just brutal. They have played one game since the series in Lafayette.

While they were unable to play the Fordham game this week ... it does look like the Lehigh game was moved from today to tomorrow. We definitely want them to play Lehigh.

Brian

As an example ... if Saint Peter's were to defeat Lehigh tomorrow (running their record to 1-5), the Cajuns would move from an RPI ranking of #81 to #57 as the RPI stands today for other teams. Two wins would take them to #43.

Brian

[Dad04]

As an example ... if Saint Peter's were to defeat Lehigh tomorrow (running their record to 1-5), the Cajuns would move from an RPI ranking of #81 to #57 as the RPI stands today for other teams. Two wins would take them to #43.

Brian

I just ordered 10 pounds of Throwdown on Amazon Prime for the Peacocks. Strut yo stuff. Let's Geaux Peacocks!!!!

[lcitsh]

Cajuns drop down to 88 after the losses to SE.

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weekly...17MBArpi3.html

72 77 South Ala. Sun Belt 15-10-0 4-7-0 3-2-0 8-1-0 0-0-0
88 81 Louisiana Sun Belt 14-11-0 6-6-0 1-1-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
91 88 Texas St. Sun Belt 16-9-0 4-2-0 0-0-0 12-7-0 0-0-0
95 91 Appalachian St. Sun Belt 10-15-0 5-8-0 3-3-0 2-4-0 0-0-0
99 100 Coastal Caro. Sun Belt 16-10-0 2-3-0 0-0-0 14-7-0 0-0-0
104 106 Ga. Southern Sun Belt 15-10-0 7-4-0 0-0-0 8-6-0 0-0-0
135 124 Troy Sun Belt 13-10-0 5-3-0 1-2-0 7-5-0 0-0-0
144 141 UT Arlington Sun Belt 12-14-0 7-4-0 2-1-0 3-9-0 0-0-0
201 185 Georgia St. Sun Belt 11-14-0 2-7-0 2-2-0 7-5-0 0-0-0
202 206 La.-Monroe Sun Belt 8-18-0 3-14-0 0-0-0 5-4-0 0-0-0
212 210 Little Rock Sun Belt 9-16-0 2-12-0 0-0-0 7-4-0 0-0-0
246 244 Arkansas St. Sun Belt 12-12-0 3-6-0 0-0-0 9-6-0 0-0-0