RPI Talk

[37620VOL]

RPI is more important than a weak conference's standings.

SEC is #4 in RPI - behind BigE, Big10ish, and Big<12. Is that weak?

BTW it just struck me that the Big10 and Big12 should have exchanged names this year for hoops.

 

[ukvols]

Yes over championship week because a lot does change. Look at it a few hours before the show when all tournaments are over.

And he doesn't have a source in the committee, C'mon man.

I've seen him list teams as Out, then they lose in their tournament, and suddenly he lists them as In.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I've seen him list teams as Out, then they lose in their tournament, and suddenly he lists them as In.

Because maybe more at larg became available or other teams he had as in lost bad games.

You may be right, id be more than willing to check it out this year, I was just saying from my experience dude is spot on picking who's in and who's out.

 

[zansdad]

I might post an analyis of Lunardi's movement over Championship Week just to make a point. I honestly give little weight to his opinion until the day before the Selection Show, when he's suddenly spot-on.

I once read an article where a guy talked about all the bracketology people. His point was that basically anyone with a reasonable grasp of the process can get the first 60 or so teams right(back when there were only 65). It's the last handful that are a problem and noone has really ever been able to guess what the committee is going to do from year to year.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

I once read an article where a guy talked about all the bracketology people. His point was that basically anyone with a reasonable grasp of the process can get the first 60 or so teams right(back when there were only 65). It's the last handful that are a problem and noone has really ever been able to guess what the committee is going to do from year to year.

This is true. Usually pretty clear once you have the 31 conference winners you can usually easily pick the next 20-25. As you said its the last 10 or so it get tricky.

That where it gets fun though.

 

[ukvols]

I once read an article where a guy talked about all the bracketology people. His point was that basically anyone with a reasonable grasp of the process can get the first 60 or so teams right(back when there were only 65). It's the last handful that are a problem and noone has really ever been able to guess what the committee is going to do from year to year.

I agree completely; this sums up my feelings. That's why I like ESPN's Bubble Watch page. It lays it out there, and you can easily spot the first 60 or so teams, as you say. After that, the determining factor seems to vary each year. My only criticism of the Bubble Watch is that they sometimes place teams in Lock status far too early. To me, a team is not a "Lock" unless they can lose the rest of their games and still be safely in the field.