look at mr. palm, quoted in the NY Times today...nice...hey Jerry, how do i
start my "boycottthebcs.com" site??
-----Original Message-----
From: rob42@... [mailto:rob42@...]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 2:55 PM
To: collegerpi@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [collegerpi] RPI modification?


Hello,

I just saw read an NCAA press release at:
http://www.ncaa.org/releases/makepage.cgi/champother/2001071201co.htm
<http://www.ncaa.org/releases/makepage.cgi/champother/2001071201co.htm>

One thing that really stood out for me was the following:
"Tranghese said the committee stressed the importance of regularly
evaluating the tools it uses to make decisions in the process. For
example, he said, the committee has appointed a subcommittee to review
the Rating Percentage Index (RPI). The review will include a
discussion about increasing the credit teams receive for playing - and
winning - games away from home."

Does that last bit sound like a good idea to anyone? Additionally,
should a home loss be more of a penalty than an away loss? What about
neutral court wins an losses? As an Oklahoma State alumnus and
die-hard Cowboy fan, I have to say that playing the old Big 8
Tournaments in Kansas City (a "neutral" site), hardly ever seemed
fair. Kansas always had the most fans there.

But I digress... if the selection committee is going to start looking
at home v. away games and mucking with the RPI to that effect, how
long will it be before they start looking at margin of victory? In my
opinion, if a team wins an away game by 50 points, or by 1 point at
the last second in overtime at home, it should go down in the books
(and the RPI) as a "W". A win is a win.
Robert Shelton



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