Computer Rankings Update

[pnkranger]

These are important for the committee come tournament time:

Ken Pom - #1
Jeff Sagarin - #2
RPI - #6
BPI - #3

Beat Harvard and we'll move into the top 4 in every computer ranking. That positions us well for a 1 seed going into the #1 conference in america.

 

[DenverSooner]

I would expect the RPI to increase if OU does well in conference play.

 

[stormspencer]

These are important for the committee come tournament time:

Ken Pom - #1
Jeff Sagarin - #2
RPI - #6
BPI - #3

Beat Harvard and we'll move into the top 4 in every computer ranking. That positions us well for a 1 seed going into the #1 conference in america.

I'm a huge opponent of the use of RPI as a tool for the selection committee. The creators of that formula still refuse to make necessary tweaks to the system as to allow it to more accurately reflect results based upon scheduling. I'm echoing an article I ran across below:

"There are two huge flaws with the RPI. The first is that home/road is poorly taken into account. In fact, home/road is not taken into account at all in RPI SOS. So you want to avoid road games as much as you can. The second gigantic flaw is that the RPI does not consider how good the teams you play actually are, but rather what their W-L record is and what the W-L record of their opponents is."

http://basketballpredictions.blogspot.com/

Scroll down to the article about how Texas Tech has inflated their resume.

 

[chuckb]

I'm a huge opponent of the use of RPI as a tool for the selection committee. The creators of that formula still refuse to make necessary tweaks to the system as to allow it to more accurately reflect results based upon scheduling. I'm echoing an article I ran across below:

"There are two huge flaws with the RPI. The first is that home/road is poorly taken into account. In fact, home/road is not taken into account at all in RPI SOS. So you want to avoid road games as much as you can. The second gigantic flaw is that the RPI does not consider how good the teams you play actually are, but rather what their W-L record is and what the W-L record of their opponents is."

http://basketballpredictions.blogspot.com/

Scroll down to the article about how Texas Tech has inflated their resume.

But the committee uses RPI. Those may be reasonable objections but RPI matters as long as the committee cars about it.

 

[StatGeek]

All ranking systems have flaws and biases built into them, which is unavoidable and okay as long as those using them understand the limitations of the data being used.

 

[DenverSooner]

College administrators understand very little. Honestly I find many of them to be the dumbest smart people I have ever met, if tat makes sense