RPI & Sagarin

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WindsorHawk

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Iowa's RPI is 29. And the teams that have beaten us...

Iowa State - 2
Dayton - 3
Notre Dame - 42

Iowa is ranked 20th according to Sagarin. And the teams that have beaten us...

Iowa State - 11
Dayton - 23
Notre Dame - 26


A better non conference schedule...which I for one prefer...means the potential for more losses. But these games will serve us well when conference play begins. And those losses were by 12 total points combined.
 
WindsorHawk said:
Iowa's RPI is 29. And the teams that have beaten us...

Iowa State - 2
Dayton - 3
Notre Dame - 42

Iowa is ranked 20th according to Sagarin. And the teams that have beaten us...

Iowa State - 11
Dayton - 23
Notre Dame - 26


A better non conference schedule...which I for one prefer...means the potential for more losses. But these games will serve us well when conference play begins. And those losses were by 12 total points combined.
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Last year we lost 4 games in the non conference. As long as we take care of the next couple games, we should get in the tournament with a 10-8 conference record for sure.
 
Marquette sure has turned it around as well and the Big East looks nasty this year, so that win will be huge on the road for you guys.


My guess is even 9-9 gets you in if you win out in the non-conf and win one in the B1G.
 
Just reading about our rpi yesterday. We have played a pretty darn good schedule so far, Marquette, Dayton, notre dame, Wichita state, FSU, and ISU. If we can do ok in conference we should be ok for dancing with our rpi.
 
Guess it just goes to show that it's better to schedule tough and lose some games, than it is to beat up on cupcakes.

Even with a brutal start to the conference schedule, losing to MSU, Purdue, etc. shouldn't really hurt our RPI much, if at all. Any W's against those teams, of course, would be a good boost.
 
1977Hawkeye said:
Guess it just goes to show that it's better to schedule tough and lose some games, than it is to beat up on cupcakes.

Even with a brutal start to the conference schedule, losing to MSU, Purdue, etc. shouldn't really hurt our RPI much, if at all. Any W's against those teams, of course, would be a good boost.
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Year after year Michigan State plays the tough non conference schedule and is rewarded with a trip to the NCAAs and about a 2 seed bump. It's not whether we win or lose. It's about playing the games.
 
We need to bump our RPI in those first 8 conference games with a couple wins in the 4 games against MSU and Purdue and the game with Maryland. Our RPI will almost certainly slip gradually over the course of the last 10 conference games.
 
Today's Pomeroy ratings have Iowa at #13, ahead of #18 Iowa St. I don't know the full formula that Pomeroy uses, but Iowa's PythSOS to date (#57) is better than any team in the top 30 except UNC, Florida, and Valpo. (Iowa State is #241.) I'd love to see if Iowa can convert one or two of the next few games against ranked teams into W's.
 
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