Comments on: NCAA Releases RPI http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2007/04/ncaa-releases-rpi/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Herb Orvis http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2007/04/ncaa-releases-rpi/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Herb Orvis Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:40:53 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=85#comment-1508 Coppin State is winless on the year, yet ranks ahead of three teams in the RPI. Nuff said. Coppin State is winless on the year, yet ranks ahead of three teams in the RPI. Nuff said.

]]> By: John Manuel http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2007/04/ncaa-releases-rpi/comment-page-1/#comment-1218 John Manuel Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:25:12 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=85#comment-1218 Just a quick note to let people know I've updated the Air Force entry above; the intial entry really didn't state the case of why Air Force ranks last properly, and gave no real context for why it matters. Air Force's only D-I win came at Hawaii-Hilo, and the Falcons lose bonus points for losses to NAIA schools Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) and York (Neb.). Of course, most D-I teams would be challenged by Lewis-Clark State, the 13-time NAIA champion, but more important is the fact that Air Force's rotten RPI helps drive down the rankings of good Mountain West Conference teams such as Texas Christian (52), Brigham Young (93) and San Diego State (120). The Aztecs, who beat Air Force 31-0 on Sunday, have six of their 27 victories against AFA but also have victories aginst San Diego (1-1), Big West Conference leader Cal Poly and Pac-10 leader UCLA (a series sweep). San Diego State is a pretty good team, and in reality should be a bubble team. Those six wins against Air Force, though, mean nothing to the committee, and SDSU has almost no chance at earning an at-large bid, despite making significant improvements in Tony Gwynn's fifth season as head coach. Just a quick note to let people know I’ve updated the Air Force entry above; the intial entry really didn’t state the case of why Air Force ranks last properly, and gave no real context for why it matters. Air Force’s only D-I win came at Hawaii-Hilo, and the Falcons lose bonus points for losses to NAIA schools Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) and York (Neb.). Of course, most D-I teams would be challenged by Lewis-Clark State, the 13-time NAIA champion, but more important is the fact that Air Force’s rotten RPI helps drive down the rankings of good Mountain West Conference teams such as Texas Christian (52), Brigham Young (93) and San Diego State (120). The Aztecs, who beat Air Force 31-0 on Sunday, have six of their 27 victories against AFA but also have victories aginst San Diego (1-1), Big West Conference leader Cal Poly and Pac-10 leader UCLA (a series sweep). San Diego State is a pretty good team, and in reality should be a bubble team. Those six wins against Air Force, though, mean nothing to the committee, and SDSU has almost no chance at earning an at-large bid, despite making significant improvements in Tony Gwynn’s fifth season as head coach.

]]> By: texd http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2007/04/ncaa-releases-rpi/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 texd Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:02:29 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=85#comment-1209 Looks like the move to the MWC for football may have killed off TCU's chances at baseball. Sitting at #52, they probably have to win the MWC tourney in order to make the postseason. 52 might be high enough to get them there, but looking at their remaining schedule, they can do nothing but sink the rest of the way: #45 x 1 game (Baylor) #64 x 1 (Texas Tech) #120 x 3 #169 x 3 #174 x 1 #204 x 3 #206 x 3 MWC Tourney (in which only one possible opponent -- BYU at 93 -- is in the top 100) Boyd Nation's RPI Needs analysis shows TCU needing to go 14-1 for the rest of the season in order to scrape the top 45 in RPI. P.S. Sorry about my total lack of formatting in my first comment. Looks like the move to the MWC for football may have killed off TCU’s chances at baseball. Sitting at #52, they probably have to win the MWC tourney in order to make the postseason. 52 might be high enough to get them there, but looking at their remaining schedule, they can do nothing but sink the rest of the way:

#45 x 1 game (Baylor)
#64 x 1 (Texas Tech)
#120 x 3
#169 x 3
#174 x 1
#204 x 3
#206 x 3

MWC Tourney (in which only one possible opponent — BYU at 93 — is in the top 100)

Boyd Nation’s RPI Needs analysis shows TCU needing to go 14-1 for the rest of the season in order to scrape the top 45 in RPI.

P.S. Sorry about my total lack of formatting in my first comment.

]]> By: texd http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/2007/04/ncaa-releases-rpi/comment-page-1/#comment-1208 texd Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:46:58 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=85#comment-1208 The NCAA has some erroneous data with regards to home/away vs neutral site games. Rice has several neutral site games which are counted as home (Minute Maid Classic) or away (TAMU-CC at the Whataburger Classic) despite the fact that these were clearly neutral site games (no team got unequal practice time at the facility, etc.) Meanwhile UT is shown at 5-3 at neutral sites despite never playing a true neutral site game. Their first 8 home games (as well as their alumni game) were played at local AAA ballpark the Dell Diamond, while construction went on at the Disch. During that period, Dell served as their home field and they practiced there, making it clearly a non-neutral site. Those are all small potatoes, but might matter up so high in the RPI where the difference between getting a national seed or not. The NCAA has some erroneous data with regards to home/away vs neutral site games. Rice has several neutral site games which are counted as home (Minute Maid Classic) or away (TAMU-CC at the Whataburger Classic) despite the fact that these were clearly neutral site games (no team got unequal practice time at the facility, etc.) Meanwhile UT is shown at 5-3 at neutral sites despite never playing a true neutral site game. Their first 8 home games (as well as their alumni game) were played at local AAA ballpark the Dell Diamond, while construction went on at the Disch. During that period, Dell served as their home field and they practiced there, making it clearly a non-neutral site. Those are all small potatoes, but might matter up so high in the RPI where the difference between getting a national seed or not.

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