Most of them if they are not reading off a
teleprompter have no clue what is going on. You point
that out quite nicely
--- beisthen <beisthen@...> wrote:

> A month to go and yet another ESPN talking head
> exhibits only nominal
> understanding of the RPI (in this case, he knows
> that smaller numbers
> are better than bigger numbers). To wit, "I'll be
> honest and say I'm
> not sure why Nova's computer numbers are so strong.
> The win at
> Georgetown is nice, but the best nonconference win
> is over Texas. Next
> is ... at Oklahoma? Versus Iowa?" Lots of road
> games would be my
> answer. Yes, they beat Texas...they beat Oklahoma
> on the road,
> Georgetown on the road, Iowa on a neutral court,
> swept the Big Five
> (which includes two road games), beat Stony Brook on
> the road (which
> had to be an RPI-stuffer game because they knew they
> would win by 40
> and proceeded to do it). Compare that to Oklahoma
> State, which is 0-5
> on the road, barely more impressive in neutral court
> games but listed
> as "should be in" by this guy.
>
> BobE, obsessing
>
>
>
>




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