After the UNC loss, ISU should be #1 in the RPI tomorrow!
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/sort/RPI
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/sort/RPI
Nobody uses RPI in December or even January in media. The press comes from polls which is fine.I'll take any top ranking press we can get! Also, you'd be wrong if you didn't think early impressions influence the seedings in the NCAA tournament.
The RPI is archaic which fits the selection committee.
I show us ahead by that exact margin. .003
I show us ahead by that exact margin. .003
It's not. It's too early to get a read on the SOS, but the teams we beat have winning records for the most part. Those have skewed things a bit. Outside of Colorado and perhaps Iowa, the other teams will tend to drift down the RPI. Cincy and Texas A&M should help some.I had no idea our SOS rank was so high, or I guess it would be low.
So are polls but we got wood over that.is worthless for another 2 months
I had to work today, so didn't realize UNC lost. Was Paige injured again because the media pretty much told us they were unbeatable with him.
I won't scoff at a high RPI at any point, even when it's too early to mean much. But it could drop even if ISU crushes Pine Bluff tomorrow. In fact, I expect it to happen. That's a resume drag-down game -- although it would only truly 'hurt' if it were a loss. Knock on wood. Not that it should require wood-knocking.