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Username Post: Around the NCAA 2017-18
Bison137 
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02-22-18 10:17 PM - Post#248967    
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  • Bison89 Said:
I see that the Bison are up to #79 in RPI (http://realtimerpi.com/college_Men_basketbal l_rpi2.html).

How much does RPI really count? Personally, it seems that kenpom.com does a much more realistic job of ranking teams.





RPI counts a lot in picking the field and in the seeding process since it was created by the NCAA. Yes, it is not nearly as good as systems like Pomeroy - which incorporate score differential. However using score differential is something the NCAA did not want to do. Once you take that step, there is every reason for every winning team to try to run up the score. Think of games where dominant teams never use the end of the bench, even when up by 60 points. And games where a team leading by 50 points continues to use an aggressive full court press. If Pomeroy was an official part of the selection process, that is what you'd see. And a lot of inevitable fights as well.

Having said that, the committee unofficially is allowed to look at other ranking systems.



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