Adjusted RPI (4/14)

[J-Town Cajun]

_ Correct. Right now they have ZERO incentive RPI wise to ever leave home.






igeaux.mobi _

There is a small incentive. If you get a top 25 road victory you will be awarded bonus points, and if you get a home lose against a weak RPI team (something like 200 or worse) you will get points taken away. So there is incentive but not enough to encourage the big teams to play away from home.

[CajunRed]

Still time to make some movement upward...but a 1 and 2 weekend means we're still at "63" as of Monday morning. We needed to finish out the season winning 2 of every 3 remaining games. Losing yet another series means we will need a sweep to cancel this one out.

Our hole got just a little deeper this weekend.

igeaux.mobi

[GoneGolfin]

_ Still time to make some movement upward...but a 1 and 2 weekend means we're still at "63" as of Monday morning. We needed to finish out the season winning 2 of every 3 remaining games. Losing yet another series means we will need a sweep to cancel this one out.

Our hole got just a little deeper this weekend.

Honestly, this team is doing a little better than I thought they would (overall). I figured the most likely scenario was that the Cajuns were a year out from another NCAA regional appearance. That still may be the case, but the Cajuns are not out of it.

Brian

[Dad04]

They are doing well for a team that lost nearly automatic winner Zach Osborne and now has two freshman closers. Next year should be better, assuming we don't get hurt in the draft too badly.

[Rebel02]

_ Honestly, this team is doing a little better than I thought they would (overall). I figured the most likely scenario was that the Cajuns were a year out from another NCAA regional appearance. That still may be the case, but the Cajuns are not out of it.

Brian _

Three games out of 1st in the Belt, with the league leader still on the schedule. An outright championship or a tie should give us at least an at-large bid....would you agree?

ULM is the only regular season champion I can remember the Belt having that did not make the field of 64, mainly because their RPI rank that year around 100.

[GoneGolfin]

_ Three games out of 1st in the Belt, with the league leader still on the schedule. An outright championship or a tie should give us at least an at-large bid....would you agree?

Coupled with an RPI rank of 63? Yes, I am confident the Cajuns would get an at-large bid. Though, to get to a tie for 1st place would result in an RPI rank considerably higher than 63.

I think the Cajuns can finish third in conference and make the field with an RPI of around 50. It simply depends on how many conference tournament upsets occur (the number of "stolen" bids).

ULM is the only regular season champion I can remember the Belt having that did not make the field of 64, mainly because their RPI rank that year around 100. _

Correct. But they also had other things out of their favor. For example, record vs. RPI Top 25/50/75.

Brian