Greenfields Rankings

[Jason]

Withe Saturdays win and Rices Loss we jumped ahead of them in the rankings. Our RPI is also climbing!! If we win out the rest of the season I think our RPI will be close to an at large bid! But we will win the tournament anyway!



51. Villanova (12-7) 84.252 0-3 1-1 3-2
52. Kent (14-3) 84.000 0-0 1-1 1-0
53. Oregon (11-6) 83.753 0-2 0-2 3-0
54. Rutgers (13-7) 83.737 1-2 0-3 3-1
55. Ul Lafayette (11-5) 83.490 0-1 0-2 0-1
56. Troy St (15-4) 83.421 0-1 0-0 2-1
57. Tennessee (11-8) 83.365 1-7 1-0 1-1
58. Hawaii (15-4) 83.265 0-0 2-1 2-2
59. Geo Washington (13-8) 83.260 0-3 1-2 3-0
60. Rice (14-7) 83.218 0-2 1-2 4-1

http://teamrankings.com/ncb/

[CajunFanatic91]

If we win out and finish 20-5 with at least one sunbelt tournement win I would be shocked if we were denied a at-large bid. A win over Rice can help our cause.

[CajunNation]

Even if we run the table and lose in the tourney finals, I still don't think we get the at-large bid. That is the tragedy of the early ineligibles. Should we lose the tourney we are a lock for the NIT.

[Crawfish]

"If we win out and finish 20-5 with at least one sunbelt tournement win I would be shocked if we were denied a at-large bid. A win over Rice can help our cause."

As someone who has followed this stuff for many years, all I can tell you is that the only way we get in the Big Dance will be to win the SBC Tournament.
Some reasons:
Our RPI would have to be 50 or below to have a chance at an at large. this cannot happen with our remaining schedule. You have to remember that several of "Automatic bid" teams will have a RPI above 65. For everyone of those teams let in, it eliminates a sub-65 RPI team. Example; If UL does not win the tournament and a Belt team gets in other than UL, they will most likely have an RPI of at least 125-150. Then you have conferences like the Southland, their representative could have a 200+ Rpi. This does not seem fair, but it is what makes the Big Dance the true "open for all" championship. I hope it never changes because if it does, the mid-majors are the ones that will suffer. We just need to win out, then win the Conference Tournament.

[ATXCajun]

these rankings will lag behind all year for us. the team on the floor now is not the 6-man rotation that lost 4 games. that's cool though. Maybe Rice doesn't know we are closer to top 25 than to 50.