9 wins away from home, few opponents ranked above 200, usually translates into a
pretty good rpi.

Jerry palm really should do all bubble and bracket discussions for all major
outlets. He is the only one who understands how this works.



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-----Original Message-----
From: "beisthen" <beisthen@...>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:59:57
To:collegerpi@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [collegerpi] Crunch Time!

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