Softball RPI through Games of 5/5/2024

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Softball RPI through Games of 5/5/2024

UL 11 0.65876
TxSt 19 0.63466
USA 34 0.59969
Troy 54 0.57015
JMU 67 0.55822
CCU 80 0.54801
ULM 94 0.53040
MU 118 0.51098
GaSo 121 0.50860
USM 130 0.49997
App St 178 0.47649
GaSt 254 0.42565

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KPI as of 5/6/2024

16 UL SBC 22-2 [0.428]
21 Tx St SBC 18-6 [0.388]
34 USA SBC 16-8 [0.282]
62 Troy SBC 13-11 [0.191]
70 JMU SBC 12-12 [0.170]
77 CCU SBC 14-10 [0.146]
89 ULM SBC 12-12 [0.111]
107 MU SBC 10-14 [0.062]
110 USM SBC 10-14 [0.055]
111 GaSoSBC 12-12 [0.052]
166 AppSt SBC 4-20 [-0.042]
248 GaSt SBC 1-23 [-0.174]

[GoneGolfin]

#10 UCLA .65909
#11 Louisiana .65876
#12 Florida .65843

are all on top of each other. #9 Missouri and #8 Oklahoma State are not far away either. #13 Florida State is a bit back of the above group.

Brian

[Rainman66]

#10 UCLA .65909
#11 Louisiana .65876
#12 Florida .65843

are all on top of each other. #9 Missouri and #8 Oklahoma State are not far away either. #13 Florida State is a bit back of the above group.

Brian

Bottom line, if we win the conference tournament, do we host?

[RaginScotsman]

Bottom line, if we win the conference tournament, do we host?

We have the resume this year, but resume and RPI are one thing. The committee is the other and they are human (ish )

Listening to some softball people, we may not even need to win the tournament. I mean, don’t lose it, you want to win and that just adds more to the resume. Could move you up in the seeding. Apparently this is a weak year for hosts. Lots of bubble teams, but it seems we’re on the good side of it right now.

[GoneGolfin]

Bottom line, if we win the conference tournament, do we host?

We do not need to win it, in my opinion. I am not seeing much threat from outside the RPI Top 16. Baylor and Mississippi State are minor threats. But they have flaws on their resumes ... especially Baylor. Washington has been falling. I think that teams like Florida State and Texas A&M in the RPI Top 16 are more at risk than the Cajuns.

Of course, I would prefer not to lose the tournament opener.

Win the tournament, and the #8 RPI is easily within reach. Will depend on how other teams do in this pack of top teams. Not that the Cajuns have a Top 8 national seed resume ... but it would be interesting and would help our national seeding.

Brian

[CajunVic]

It appears that we may have more to gain by winning the tournament than to lose by fairing poorly in the tournament. Nice place to be in.

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Top 25 RPI through Games of 5/5/2024

Texas 1 [0.70743]
Oklahoma 2 [0.69265]
LSU 3 [0.67568]
Duke 4 [0.67386]
Tennessee 5 [0.67179]
Stanford 6 [0.66870]
Georgia 7 [0.66615]
Okla.St. 8 [0.66313]
Missouri 9 [0.66192]
UCLA 10 [0.65909]
Louisiana 11 [0.65876]
Florida 12 [0.65843]
Florida St.13 [0.64874]
Alabama 14 [0.64669]
Arkansas 15 [0.64600]
Tx A&M 16 [0.64411]
Va Tech 17 [0.63620]
Baylor 18 [0.63502]
Tx St 19 [0.63466]
California 20 [0.63267]
Miss St 21 [0.63260]
Clemson 22 [0.63140]
Arizona 23 [0.62881]
Auburn 24 [0.62462]
Wash 25 [0.61902]

Teams on our schedule in bold

[VObserver]

We do not need to win it, in my opinion. I am not seeing much threat from outside the RPI Top 16. Baylor and Mississippi State are minor threats. But they have flaws on their resumes ... especially Baylor. Washington has been falling. I think that teams like Florida State and Texas A&M in the RPI Top 16 are more at risk than the Cajuns.

Of course, I would prefer not to lose the tournament opener.

Win the tournament, and the #8 RPI is easily within reach. Will depend on how other teams do in this pack of top teams. Not that the Cajuns have a Top 8 national seed resume ... but it would be interesting and would help our national seeding.

Brian

A 9,10, 11 or 12 Seed would not hurt my feelings.

[CajunVic]

A 9,10, 11 or 12 Seed would not hurt my feelings.

Why limit that? Why not 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12?