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Post by hoyalove4ever on Dec 29, 2004 14:22:25 GMT -5
RPI makes the BCS look like E=MC^2
The notion that, for instance, a major conference team losing to the RPI 175 team is any better than a loss to the RPI 300 team is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
I'm all for some sort of playoff is college football, but I will put up with the BCS until the end of time if we could wipe out the RPI and go back to the good old days when NCAA selections were done in a cursory, but fairly accurate, manner. The system we have today where BC's 2002 RPI trumps our better conference record and the fact that we beat BC by 27 on their court is broken. Badly.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Dec 29, 2004 16:09:51 GMT -5
The change apparently hurts middle of the road big conference teams in favor of mid-majors. Not sure that's accurate, but the RPI has never been a predictive stat. It's a political move by the NCAA.
A Pomeroy Update after the game that was Norfolk State:
Ranked 95th overall (9th in BE), SOS 114 (3rd in BE).
We're ranked ahead of Rutgers, Seton Hall and St. John's.
Projected Record of 15-12 (7-9).
Remaining Home Games as Underdog:
UConn (+3) West Virginia (+2) Villanova (+4)
Favored to beat Howard, Rutgers, Notre Dame, St. John's, Seton Hall and Providence.
Road Games as Favorite
St. John's (-3)
Pomeroy's overall records don't correspond to his game by game predictions; the extra win overall is randomness that we are more likely to win a game we shouldn't than lose one more than we should win.
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