Regional 2019

[GeauxLouisiana]

The RPI factors in everything already presented here.

How well did you do? Who were your opponents? How well did you do against them? Who were your opponents opponents? How well did they do?

When everything was factored in, Louisiana tops Mississippi.

The NCAA says we don't just look at the RPI.

What do they look at? A piece of the RPI. Something that was already in the RPI.

They are double dipping, giving double value to something the RPI already factored in.

I like UL's chances, JMU aside, I don't like getting robbed of hosting.

We weren't robbed of hosting. Even if go with your theory of strictly looking at RPI, we wouldn't have hosted.

The ranking of teams is NOT factored in the rpi. You can have two teams on your schedule with identical 43-13 records. One can be #13 in the rpi, one can be #33. Both have the same impact on your rpi (assuming you won both games), but you should get rewarded for beating #13 in the rpi than #33 when you comparing like teams.

[CajunVic]

We weren’t robbed of hosting. Even if go with your theory of strictly looking at RPI, we wouldn’t have hosted.

The ranking of teams is NOT factored in the rpi. You can have two teams on your schedule with identical 43-13 records. One can be #13 in the rpi, one can be #33. Both have the same impact on your rpi (assuming you won both games), but you should get rewarded for beating #13 in the rpi than #33 when you comparing like teams.

It’s their system. They manipulate it to get where they want. Let’s just go prove them wrong.

But don’t fool yourself, we were robbed and will continue to be robbed in the selection process.

[jaxmc1023]

You know how hard it is to win 50 of 54 baseball/softball games? It doesnt matter who your opponent is ...

[GeauxLouisiana]

It’s their system. They manipulate it to get where they want. Let’s just go prove them wrong.

But don’t fool yourself, we were robbed and will continue to be robbed in the selection process.

I guess we got robbed in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016 too?

[CajunVic]

I guess we got robbed in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016 too?

And don’t hold your breath. It’s coming again.

[GeauxLouisiana]

And don’t hold your breath. It’s coming again.

Yes we’ll host again, just like the years I listed.

[CajunVic]

Yes we’ll host again, just like the years I listed.

I never said we would never host. We will have to be below 16 RPI and have good wins to do so. P5 can host above 16 with good losses. Crazy.

[LifeTimeCajun]

What you shouldn’t get rewarded for is coming out last place in your conference. It doesn’t matter how good of a conference you play in. And if you come out last and are in conversations for an at large bid, your RPI was boosted by your conference schedule. I dislike the value of RPI when it comes to host sites and seeding. In my opinion it’s not the “best” 16 teams that get rewarded host sites. The teams with the best schedules/conference affiliation seem to be the ones rewarded most of the time.

[Turbine]

We weren’t robbed of hosting. Even if go with your theory of strictly looking at RPI, we wouldn’t have hosted.

The ranking of teams is NOT factored in the rpi. You can have two teams on your schedule with identical 43-13 records. One can be #13 in the rpi, one can be #33. Both have the same impact on your rpi (assuming you won both games), but you should get rewarded for beating #13 in the rpi than #33 when you comparing like teams.

All those factors are inherently embedded into the RPI it doesn't need an analog view.

As far as still not hosting? Ican count to 16 and UL was 17, but you miss the point. Ole Miss should not be hosting.

Why did the other team not host? I don't know, maybe they didn't put in a bid. One year UL couldn't host because of lights. Another year they couldn't host because of the press box. Another year it was facilities.

It's always something, something Du jour.

[Turbine]

I guess we got robbed in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016 too?

How many times has UL's seeding been bumped up?

It may happen often, I don't know. I know it didn't happen in 2012.

[Balanced_view]

All those factors are inherently embedded into the RPI it doesn't need an analog view.

As far as still not hosting? Ican count to 16 and UL was 17, but you miss the point. Ole Miss should not be hosting.

Why did the other team not host? I don't know, maybe they didn't put in a bid. One year UL couldn't host because of lights. Another year they couldn't host because of the press box. Another year it was facilities.

It's always something, something Du jour.

JMU at RPI 13th, was the only top 16 RPI team not to host and ole miss took their spot as the RPI 18th team. im as certain as an outsider can be that JMU put in a bid to host. but i will give you one guess at what different about JMU and the 16 other teams that did get to host.

oh, and your correct, if RPI is going to be the go to stat for hosting, which SOS is already included, then ols miss should not be hosting. just let the top 16 host and a committee should only determine the seeding and other teams that will be placed.

[GeauxLouisiana]

How many times has UL's seeding been bumped up?

It may happen often, I don't know. I know it didn't happen in 2012.

Doesn’t matter. Each time we have hosted, the team earned it. This year, it wasn’t in the card to have a host worthy resume.

Next time, answer the question instead of dodging the question by asking another question.