Dauster: Conference record overblown when it comes to tournament profiles
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Section136
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Not a good tidibt of information for the Hawks.
golfingwags
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Why? I'm not banking on getting in the tournament due to being 9-9 or 6th in Big 10....I am planning on getting in because our RPI will move high enough not to be an eye sore and that our KenPom/SaraginELO are in the top 40.
ameshawkeye
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Its not a good tidbit only to the folks who keep bringing up this fact and fail to realize its virtually irrelevant. Same with conference standings.
storminspank
Justin VanLaere
NBC's college basketball guy
hawktransplant
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I'm counting on the Hawks winning the NIT this year.
I'm glad he was able to write an article explaining something that practically everyone already knew. That being said, it certainly doesn't hurt Iowa's chances to have .500 record in the nation's best conference. The committee members are human, and all things being equal, it could tip the scale in somebodies mind.
Rlesterfan
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Conference record is overblown, but so is the RPI. It is important, but not nearly as important as people fear. Everyone in the room has there own breakdown and opinion of teams. None of the members is simply going to break down his opinion on the RPI. This has been stated by nearly every member interviewed who has been in the room. The other computer 'metrics' really favor Iowa, and that will cancel out a lot of the RPI problems.
SpiderRico
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In the immortal words of Jake Taylor....."Well, I guess there's only one thing left to do.....win the whole f'n thing!"
WindsorHawk
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So...what do we have to do to get away from playing conference games? It seems they don't matter so what's the point.
LG210
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We have a ways to go to make our RPI significantly better. Here is a projected RPI with us beating Nebraska and our first round BTT opponent and losing in the second round.
It has us forecasted at 80 when it is all said and done. RPI Forecast
I just found this last night, so I am not too familiar with it or its accuracy, so impeach away (the source, that is; not me).
Do you honestly not understand how it's hard to compare conference record within the big 10. It is an unbalnaced schedule so not everyone plays the same conference schedule within the big 10.
Who cares if Iowa beat Illinois and is ahead of them. Illinois never got the chance to play Iowa at Illinois where they could have won.
When conferences have balanced schedules it is at least easier to to compare teams within a conference.
Also once you get all the auto bids handled you have a ton of teams in a giant pot trying to add them to the tournament field. It's kind of hard to look at conference schedule if you look at Nova and Iowa as they didn't even play in the same conference. All you can do is see how many games they won overall and who they beat.
I don't think it's as common knowledge as you think. Which is surprising since it's been stated for years.
You put this as well as anyone has.
1977Hawkeye
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So let me get this straight: Iowa's RPI is currently in the 70's. It could win its next two conference games, and DROP to 80? I get it, Nebraska and NW (if that's who we play in the BTT's Thursday game) are not good teams, but common, they are wins. And you drop? Ok, I guess that takes into account a loss to someone like Michigan or Michigan St. as well, but common. What if we lost that game by 1 point on a last second shot? The RPI doesn't consider this, either.
This is why the RPI is a joke and should not be relied upon when picking NCAA at-large teams. If you ask me, the only things that should matter are a team's record, how many good teams it has beaten (particularly away from home), and if it passes the eyeball test. Not a computer poll that says "a team is not very good".
LG210
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LG210
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Seems weird, but it is what it is. We better keep winning.
