Iowa now #17 RPI; 5th in Pomeroy Ratings

That is a solid rpi. Wont matter this season as Iowa wont be doing any sweating on selection Sunday. Bank it.
 
ESPN hasn't updated their BPI yet, but had Iowa 13th and OSU 4th at tipoff.

ISU sitting at 3rd, even after losing to OU.
 
ESPN now has our RPI at #21. The differences are confusing as the formula to figure the RPI is not hard.
 
ssckelley said:
ESPN now has our RPI at #21. The differences are confusing as the formula to figure the RPI is not hard.
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The whole RPI thing is ridiculous. First off, I rarely agree with it. Secondly, I never understood how there are always at a minimum, two sets of numbers out there.
 
I'm not sure why the selection committee relies so much on the RPI. It is the metric that teams can manipulate the most with scheduling. Not like it is going to matter this year, but I still just don't get why so much weight is put on that one.
 
DJL said:
The whole RPI thing is ridiculous. First off, I rarely agree with it. Secondly, I never understood how there are always at a minimum, two sets of numbers out there.
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It is ridiculous but a small defense of it is that RPI does force schools to balance their competition. As we found out last season the RPI exposes teams that play a soft non conference schedule. Why there are so many sites that have a RPI ranking and non of them seem to be on the same page is confusing. It is a simple formula that should be automated after a game completes.
 
ssckelley said:
It is ridiculous but a small defense of it is that RPI does force schools to balance their competition. As we found out last season the RPI exposes teams that play a soft non conference schedule. Why there are so many sites that have a RPI ranking and non of them seem to be on the same page is confusing. It is a simple formula that should be automated after a game completes.
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Actually, it allows schools to creatively schedule that doesn't actual give them a tough schedule, but gives them a good RPI. A couple years ago MWC had a great RPI by playing a slate full of 100-150 teams and avoiding the really low teams. If you play four teams ranked 100-150, you'll have a better RPI than playing 21, 51, 200 and 250.
 
Hey! Compared to last year ... I'll take it. Plus, since we have the toughest schedule in the B1G (IMHO), it should only get better, right?
 
ICHawk24 said:
Actually, it allows schools to creatively schedule that doesn't actual give them a tough schedule, but gives them a good RPI. A couple years ago MWC had a great RPI by playing a slate full of 100-150 teams and avoiding the really low teams. If you play four teams ranked 100-150, you'll have a better RPI than playing 21, 51, 200 and 250.
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Honestly, it is what Ohio State has done up to this point. I found there tournament resume to be interesting:

NCAA College Basketball RPI Rankings - ESPN

But I get your point, yes it does make it easy to manipulate. But in their defense they struggle to find quality opponents to play them.
 
ICHawk24 said:
Actually, it allows schools to creatively schedule that doesn't actual give them a tough schedule, but gives them a good RPI. A couple years ago MWC had a great RPI by playing a slate full of 100-150 teams and avoiding the really low teams. If you play four teams ranked 100-150, you'll have a better RPI than playing 21, 51, 200 and 250.
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Say the 75th best team played those 2 schedules in your example. They would likely go 4-0 in your first one and 2-2 in your second one. Any formula that says the first schedule is tougher should not be taken seriously.
 
ICHawk24 said:
Actually, it allows schools to creatively schedule that doesn't actual give them a tough schedule, but gives them a good RPI. A couple years ago MWC had a great RPI by playing a slate full of 100-150 teams and avoiding the really low teams. If you play four teams ranked 100-150, you'll have a better RPI than playing 21, 51, 200 and 250.
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I thought the Mountain West deal was to schedule Division 2 teams instead of bad Division 1 teams, so instead of hurting your strength of schedule, the games don't count.
 
volhawk50 said:
I thought the Mountain West deal was to schedule Division 2 teams instead of bad Division 1 teams, so instead of hurting your strength of schedule, the games don't count.
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Yep, instead of scheduling a RPI 300 team as a warm up they schedule a DII team so it does not count. They do not mind playing top schools as long as it is on the road. If your a Wyoming you do not mind going to Ohio State playing a game even if you think it will be a loss. The loss only counts as a .6 loss and you are hoping Ohio State ends up with a good win % overall to help their RPI thus increasing their chances to get into the tournament. The wins they have against Black Hills State and Western State do not count against them.

Here is their tournament resume:
NCAA College Basketball RPI Rankings - ESPN
 
So if you play bad teams it doesn't hurt you that bad. If you play really bad teams (that you're going to beat just the same as the bad teams) it hurts you really bad. If you play really really bad teams, it doesn't hurt you at all. Do I have that right?
 
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