Is Mizzou really

[StatGeek]

13-0 with an RPI around 40??

:clap

 

[Dave4OU]

Wow that is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sawyer]

Did Oklahoma really lose to SLU by 20?

 

[StatGeek]

Did Oklahoma really lose to SLU by 20?

weak, you can do better.

Do you not find it crazy that your RPI is so low?

 

[DFWHoopster]

by the end of the year, RPI ratings will be very important. This time of year, Kenpom ratings are more predictive of how strong the team is in my opinion. RPI ratings have:

5. Baylor
31. KSU
40. Missouri
52. Kansas
57. OU
72. Texas
77. Iowa St
92. OSU
187. Texas Tech
242. Texas A&M

KenPom

6. Kansas
10. Missouri
12. Baylor
24. KSU
26. Texas
51. OU
73. OSU
80. ISU
89. A&M
206. Texas Tech

I bet KenPom's ratings are closer to how the conference will play out.

 

[bocabull]

RPI is very accurate in non conference and gets skewed once conference play begins.

40 is accurate for Missouri. They have a 50% chance of making the 2nd round of the tournament

They have beat nobody and have no NBA talent. The usual for them.

 

[Sawyer]

weak, you can do better.

Do you not find it crazy that your RPI is so low?

Our RPI is a great example for why it's a stupid system for rating teams.

Oklahoma's strength of schedule is 100 spots higher than Mizzou's. You've played two teams with an RPI inside the top 100. Mizzou's played three (including a 39 point win over RPI 56 Cal). We have both played seven teams with a rating of 150+. It makes no sense how our schedule is killing us so much in the RPI. It's a stupid system and always has been. And I say that despite realtimerpi.com predicting a 28-3 season for Mizzou.

I'll go with kenpom's rankings now, and I'll stick with them at the end of the season. RPI is crap.

 

[Sawyer]

RPI is very accurate in non conference and gets skewed once conference play begins.

40 is accurate for Missouri. They have a 50% chance of making the 2nd round of the tournament

They have beat nobody and have no NBA talent. The usual for them.

I was going to list all the teams ranked higher than Mizzou that were clearly nowhere near MU's league, but the list got too long.

Anyone who can look at the RPI as it stands now and say it's an accurate picture of the best teams in college basketball has no idea what he's talking about.

 

[sys]

5. Baylor
31. KSU
40. Missouri
52. Kansas
57. OU
72. Texas
77. Iowa St
92. OSU
187. Texas Tech
242. Texas A&M

those rpi numbers are brutal (for the conference as a whole). it's going to be hard for bubble-level big 12 teams to get into the tournament this year.

 

[StatGeek]

I guess when it comes to the RPI, "Haithers gonna Haith", huh?

For the record all ranking systems are flawed until an entire data set is collected. I wouldn't sweat the RPI nor would I take solace in the lofty Kenpom ranking.

I just posted this as a little Sawyer bait since I was shocked Mizzou was so low. After reviewing MU's schedule the lower than expected ranking became clear; despite some good wins there are a lot of teams with 0-2 wins on that schedule.

 

[Sam]

those rpi numbers are brutal (for the conference as a whole). it's going to be hard for bubble-level big 12 teams to get into the tournament this year.

Which is exactly why I dont think 9-9 or 10-8 will get a team in the tournament. 11 or more wins should be needed.

 

[LoveDemSooners]

Let's face it. We are going to get destroyed. I'm still going to talk ish to Mizzou fans though

 

[MissouriFan]

We've played some real RPI anchors this year that are dragging down our RPI. Schools like SEMO (277), Binghamton (342), Navy (329), and William & Mary (330) are what are killing us. Having one opponent that bad is fine but having four of our thirteen opponents ranked that low is going to hurt our RPI all season.

 

[Max Power]

We've played some real RPI anchors this year that are dragging down our RPI. Schools like SEMO (277), Binghamton (342), Navy (329), and William & Mary (330) are what are killing us. Having one opponent that bad is fine but having four of our thirteen opponents ranked that low is going to hurt our RPI all season.

That would do it to you. However, since RPI is only one component that goes into Selection Sunday, If you finish with 2 or 3 losses in conference and have a strong showing in the conference tourney RPI wont hurt you seeding that much.