March 11, 200818 yr Are you saying its not a factor in the room next weekend? The RPI factor is Top 25, 50, 100, 200 and beyond records when it gets to selection. If you think Conference RPI is a factor, you are mistaken...
March 11, 200818 yr It will not be. They will look at who they beat and how good those teams are. But a conference as a whole will not matter. Did UK play every team twice? No, they played most of the bad ones twice (Iknow they played UT and Vandy 2x), so the coneference RPI is usuless at that point. I see it used this way. Two teams are in contention for a seed or even getting in. All things being equal or close, they then look at the combination of SOS and conference they play in. UK has a SOS of 12 in a conference with an RPI of 4. Are you going to say that doesn't weigh into the equation?
March 11, 200818 yr I see it used this way. Two teams are in contention for a seed or even getting in. All things being equal or close, they then look at the combination of SOS and conference they play in. UK has a SOS of 12 in a conference with an RPI of 4. Are you going to say that doesn't weigh into the equation? SOS is factored into RPI, so there would be no reason to quantify. Not only am I saying it, but people that have been in that room have said it.
March 11, 200818 yr The RPI factor is Top 25, 50, 100, 200 and beyond records when it gets to selection. If you think Conference RPI is a factor, you are mistaken... But part of the conference RPI is the accumulation of the above and other factors. So to say its not a factor is to ignore what the rating consists of.
March 11, 200818 yr Not only am I saying it, but people that have been in that room have said it. Then they're ignorant as to the factors involved in a team's RPI which then affects the conference RPI. How am I wrong?
March 11, 200818 yr Then they're ignorant as to the factors involved in a team's RPI which then affects the conference RPI. How am I wrong? If it were just straight RPI there would be no need for a selection. Top 35 non conference winners go.
March 11, 200818 yr If it were just straight RPI there would be no need for a selection. Top 35 non conference winners go. Who said it was straight RPI? You and GT are saying conference strength/RPI don't matter. Of course it matters since its part of the overall RPI calc. If the RPI is a factor (and please tell me we agree that it is) then by simple mathematical deduction, conference RPI matters.
March 11, 200818 yr If it were just straight RPI there would be no need for a selection. Top 35 non conference winners go.34, sorry.
March 11, 200818 yr Who said it was straight RPI? You and GT are saying conference strength/RPI don't matter. Of course it matters since its part of the overall RPI calc. If the RPI is a factor (and please tell me we agree that it is) then by simple mathematical deduction, conference RPI matters. Not in the sense you're saying it does. It's not going to be a "tiebreaker". It's most likely not even going to be mentioned at all.
March 11, 200818 yr Not in the sense you're saying it does. It's not going to be a "tiebreaker". All other things being equal and they're not going to look at the strength of the conference a team comes from? If not , then what is the deciding factor?
March 11, 200818 yr All other things being equal and they're not going to look at the strength of the conference a team comes from? No.
March 11, 200818 yr If not , then what is the deciding factor? More than likely, record against Top 25, 50, 100, and so on, like GT already told you.
March 11, 200818 yr More than likely, record against Top 25, 50, 100, and so on, like GT already told you. But one of the factors in determining the top 25, 50, etc is team and conference SOS, thus, its a factor. I'm not sure how you can ignore the mathematical side of this but I have a 6:00 alarm awaiting me so we'll resume this tomorrow.
March 11, 200818 yr It will not be. They will look at who they beat and how good those teams are. But a conference as a whole will not matter. Did UK play every team twice? No, they played most of the bad ones twice (Iknow they played UT and Vandy 2x), so the coneference RPI is usuless at that point. SEC East is always stronger than the SEC West. East was 23-13 against the West. This is how it is every year. So with you saying they didn't even play the good teams in the SEC twice, is an inaccurate statement.
March 11, 200818 yr SEC East is always stronger than the SEC West. East was 23-13 against the West. This is how it is every year. So with you saying they didn't even play the good teams in the SEC twice, is an inaccurate statement. That's good b/c I didn't say that.
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