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Gaucho Don
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rebkell Site Admin
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Posted: 06/17/05 8:11 pm ::: |
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Road OOC games at: Michigan St, Stanford, Louisville, BYU, Weber State, Loyola Marymount
Home OOC games: Richmond, St. Mary's, UCLA, Arizona, Pepperdine |
LSU out of the loop?
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Gaucho Don
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PUmatty
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Posted: 06/18/05 11:05 am ::: |
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Dang it. I had been holding out hope that Purdue would play UCSB. Maybe next year.
Our schedule is looking worse and worse.
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Gaucho Don
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boilerjay
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Posted: 06/18/05 1:37 pm ::: |
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UCSB's RPI has brought Purdue's down the past couple seasons.
Regardless of how good a team they are and how good the games have been, it's really a lose-lose situation for Purdue.
A win is always tough against UCSB, but it hurts the RPI even if Purdue wins.
Lose and it REALLY hurts the RPI.
I thinks it's a smart decision on Kristy Curry's part.
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PUmatty
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Posted: 06/19/05 1:13 am ::: |
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boilerjay wrote: |
UCSB's RPI has brought Purdue's down the past couple seasons.
Regardless of how good a team they are and how good the games have been, it's really a lose-lose situation for Purdue.
A win is always tough against UCSB, but it hurts the RPI even if Purdue wins.
Lose and it REALLY hurts the RPI.
I thinks it's a smart decision on Kristy Curry's part. |
I almost buy that. But given that the likes of Butler, IPFW, Western Michigan and Valpo all had RPIs below UCSB -- and three of them far far below -- I find it very hard to believe that was the justification for not playing the Gauchos.
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Gaucho Don
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Posted: 06/20/05 8:15 am ::: |
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Yeah, I don't buy that either... we definitely have a low RPI, but even in a down year like last year, we are basically about average for Purdue's SOS
Our 21-8 record last season being 2/3 of the SOS means that our Opponent's Winning % only need to be about 33% to make us an average SOS contributor for Purdue last year.
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PUmatty
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Posted: 06/20/05 9:53 am ::: |
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Gaucho Don wrote: |
Yeah, I don't buy that either... we definitely have a low RPI, but even in a down year like last year, we are basically about average for Purdue's SOS
Our 21-8 record last season being 2/3 of the SOS means that our Opponent's Winning % only need to be about 33% to make us an average SOS contributor for Purdue last year. |
The other misconception is that a loss against a team with a lower RPI hurts you more than one against a high RPI. That isn't how it works. The three factors that make up RPI (winning percentage, opponent's winning percentage, and opponents' opponents' winning percentage) affect the formula independently. Meaning a loss to Centenary and a win against Tennessee affect your RPI the same as a win against Centenary and a loss against Tennessee.
Now rankings and public opinion are a different matter, but the formula's don't distinguish.
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