SB SBC Tourney G1 Final: Louisiana 8, JMU 0

[CajunSID]

I would think UL wants Stanford to win. Cal is pretty far behind UL in RPI but would imagine we don’t want them closing the gap.

[ULvictory]

The Cajuns have just passed (temporarily) UCLA in the official RPI ... now at #10. But it is still tightly packed. Many more games today that will impact these rankings.

Brian

What was our RPI on selection day last year? #12?

[GoneGolfin]

Brian, I noticed that Chattanooga is now back in the top 75 base RPI. We get a bonus for that, do we not?

We get a bonus of .0026, yes ... but Chattanooga was already in the Base RPI Top 75 through yesterday (#72). So nothing new here.

But as I mentioned in the other thread ... Louisiana Tech moved into the Base RPI Top 75 (from 76 to 73) today (thus far). So the Cajuns now get this one game RPI bonus (.0013).

We are still behind Missouri (.6627 to .6615). UCLA is now at .6596.

The Cajuns currently have a total RPI bonus of .0229. Missouri has an RPI bonus of .0230. Both teams have RPI bonus games on the edge of tiers. Missouri is close to having some games move from .0020 to .0026 bonus. Whereas, the Cajuns are at risk of dropping bonuses (La Tech and Chattanooga). Colorado State is at #85.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

What was our RPI on selection day last year? #12?

#11 ... just behind #10 Texas ... and well ahead of #12 Alabama.

But RPI ranking was not the reason for not being awarded a national seed in 2023. The Cajuns did not meet other important criteria necessary to be a national seed. Namely, they did not have enough RPI Top 25 wins (wins against the peer group for which you are being evaluated). Their record was 2-10. Meanwhile, they were only 1-6 vs. the RPI Top 10. It was obvious that the Cajuns were not going to qualify as a national seed last year ... for those that paid attention to the selection criteria.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

I would think UL wants Stanford to win. Cal is pretty far behind UL in RPI but would imagine we don’t want them closing the gap.

Per my writeup analysis the other day, Cal is not a threat. We want Stanford to lose. Cal is a #2 seed. Conference record is very poor.

Brian

[GoneGolfin]

I’m assuming we need to pull for ASU vs UCLA; but what about Stanford vs Cal? Golden Bears all the way?

Yes, we want Cal.

Brian

[VObserver]

Yes, we want Cal.

Brian

To make sure they remain in top 25?

[GoneGolfin]

To make sure they remain in top 25?

Yes. ... and to potentially catch Stanford. They are in striking distance if the Cajuns win out.

Brian

[VObserver]

I had not realized we could possibly catch Stanford.

[8675309]

Like I said, like brother, like sister . . .

Talking too yourself again? They warned me about you.

[CajunVic]

Talking too yourself again? They warned me about you.

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[CAJUNJUDO]

Like I said, like brother, like sister . . .

Too bad FastCar didn’t say that….or did they?