RPI is a Joke

[Bigtenchamp]

This. RPI is almost worthless until conference play, the back end not the beginning.

Dunno I kind of agree.... but At the end of last year I thought the RPI was a joke also.

I mean I get it and stuff but even at "the back end" it a sucky rating system.

 

[Campbell]

Dunno I kind of agree.... but At the end of last year I thought the RPI was a joke also.

I mean I get it and stuff but even at "the back end" it a sucky rating system.

If you think about, it's the best system possible.

Your RPI is dictated by how good the teams you play are. You beat a good team, you're rewarded for it. You lose to a good team, you're not rewarded but you aren't killed for it either. You lose to a bad team, you deserve to be punished for it and you are. And all the good team/bad team stuff is decided relative to every other team in the NCAA.

Over the last 8-10 years teams have realized they need to schedule up because of the potential gains from winning those games, and if they lose, their RPI doesnt drop a ton. It's win-win to schedule better games and we're seeing that.

 

[Bigtenchamp]

If you think about, it's the best system possible.

Your RPI is dictated by how good the teams you play are. You beat a good team, you're rewarded for it. You lose to a good team, you're not rewarded but you aren't killed for it either. You lose to a bad team, you deserve to be punished for it and you are. And all the good team/bad team stuff is decided relative to every other team in the NCAA.

Over the last 8-10 years teams have realized they need to schedule up because of the potential gains from winning those games, and if they lose, their RPI doesnt drop a ton. It's win-win to schedule better games and we're seeing that.

I just don't agree that its the best possible system - I remember a lot of question marks about certain teams that got in last year based on RPI's that really didnt make sense.

There is a lot more to determine the quality of a team than just schedule alone.