Greenhorn
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01-25-05 04:37 AM - Post#2635
That strikes me as awfully high, particularly since quality out-of-conference wins have been scarce. I seem to remember the league in the low to mid 20s over the last few years. Anyone know what's behind this surge?
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BRHPr91
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Re: League RPI Rating -- 17???
01-25-05 01:43 PM - Post#2636
In response to Greenhorn
I'm just guessing, but perhaps it has something to do with Princeton's 29th overall ranking in the RPI.
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penn nation
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Re: League RPI Rating -- 17???
01-25-05 02:14 PM - Post#2637
In response to BRHPr91
Probably a greater factor is that Dartmouth is the only Ivy squad that's a real RPI clunker to date.
No-one else is worse than 250--probably not too many years that claim could be made at this point in the season.
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SomeGuy
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Re: League RPI Rating -- 17???
01-25-05 02:19 PM - Post#2638
In response to penn nation
Tougher schedules are also a big part of it. Penn, Princeton, and Yale all are in the top 70 toughest schedules, and H, Cor, and D are all in the top 212. Columbia and Brown have played easy schedules, but they've made up for it by winning a decent number of games.
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penn nation
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Re: League RPI Rating -- 17???
01-25-05 02:24 PM - Post#2639
In response to SomeGuy
The quality of the opposition helps, but there's something else at play this year.
It's also the new RPI formula discussed in a thread a few months ago which factors in the location of the game.
By and large, Ivy teams haven't lost a ton of home games this year...and when they do their opponents are sometimes decent ones. Combine that with a decent number of away and neutral victories this year (particularly by Ivies who haven't done this so much in the past), and you get your #17 conference ranking.
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