We have one of the hardest, top 10 schedules. Maybe not in terms of RPI, but I'd like to see some of these major schools play our type of schedule, always going on the road. Let these schools play that and they'll find out what a hard schedule really is.
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A lot of crazy things have happened. ... You play to see if you can win the last four games and win two or three in the ACC tournament. All of a sudden you're on a six-game win streak and your RPI all of a sudden has jumped up, and maybe you've passed some people that are ahead of you.
We have to win until they tell us to go home. I'm not going to set parameters because then the NCAA (Selection) Committee might get a whiff of it. I don't want any parameters set on anybody in our league. I just want them to look at what our RPI is as a league, and do what they have done in the past with leagues with that same RPI.
Give the Missouri Valley credit, they have figured out the RPI. Why aren't we getting the exposure You are the ones who write the papers, not us. Maybe you should write more about it.
We are confident. I like our team's chances at an NCAA Tournament bid. We had a tough schedule at the end of the season, having to play at West Virginia, against Rutgers and at Notre Dame. We have a good RPI (64th) and are in one of the top conferences in the country.
I didn't know this was coming. People have been coming to my page kenpom. com to get the RPI, and I assume they'll continue to come for it.
I feel like we have a good schedule. It's a tough schedule, maybe one of the toughest in the country, but that's what we wanted. We are working to set a standard for our players and you do that by playing the best teams out there. It also helps the conference out. The tougher our schedule, the better we will look in the RPI and that helps the Atlantic Sun.
I've probably gotten caught up in it more than I should have. There has been some criticism of our schedule this season and it probably wasn't as tough as it could have been. If we can keep our RPI in the low or mid-30s, I think we'd have a pretty good chance. If we go into the 40s we won't have a very good chance.
I think it's always great to win, especially when you're confidence is in the balance. We've played a tough, grueling schedule. Texas AM Corpus Christi was ranked 53 in the RPI (ratings percentage index). They may not be a household name, but they're a good team. We've played some good folks and hopefully we'll benefit. We just had more enthusiasm tonight, and we really fought hard. And it's nice when the bench comes in and produces.
My sense is that people use the RPI numbers however they want to use them. They twist and turn them to benefit the (Bowl Championship Series) conferences.
There's always that adjusted RPI that the committee uses in the back room.
The last time I checked, we were one of two schools ... that had played against five top 50 teams in the country. The RPI that they're using for the NCAA tournament is largely based on strength of schedule and we were fourth out of 330 teams, so we've absolutely been tested.
It only counted as one win, but I think, in people's minds they had disregarded some of the things this team has accomplished and now it validates them. Honestly, perception is reality in everybody's business. I think if you stare at the numbers for where our team is - we have a very respectable RPI, and it's been respectable all year, we have a very respectable strength of schedule, and it's been respectable all year, two key non-league wins on the road - all the formulas that says why are you even talking bubble
We had a member of the selection committee speak to our spring committee. He told us the RPI is not even considered by them. He said they do not even have access to the RPI ... that it is just something for the media to talk about.
I don't think we've ever had a conference this deep. You look at our situation. We're a team that is 15th in RPI and the sixth seed. You're going to have some teams that in a normal situation would be getting a bye but in this conference they are going to be playing Wednesday night.
We can't control anything like that. A lot is going to depend on what happens with our RPI number and what happens with other teams.