Is the RPI the same as the top 25? or is that different? Is the top 25 effected by schedual to come as well as been played? otherwise we'd see no names on the...
... When you say Top 25, I assume you mean a top 25 poll. The answer is that they are two different things, although there is some commonality between the two....
RPI is a statistical calculation that rarely matches the AP or USA Today top 25. RPI only takes into account victories, opponents' victories, and opponents...
Welcome to College Basketball 101. The "Top 25" is a poll of writers or coaches. They are each asked to rank the top teams in order. There are about 60 people...
Classroom Notes. There are 2 polls, writers and college coaches. The two polls are not combined by anybody. As for the USA Today poll which done by the...
I just saw that the NCAA layed down the law with Mizzou on the AP wire. I saw a couple of stories on some sports websites. I tried to look on the ncaa.org...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Missouri's basketball team is on N-C-A-A probation for three years. The school also will lose one scholarship next season and two in the...
Can anyone explain why a #6 Utah team would get an automatic entry but a #5 Texas would not? I understand there are 2 at large teams but if Cal is #4 and Texas...
That's how they set the rules up, presumably to guarantee access for a good enough non-BCS school. Technically, Utah gets in ahead of both Cal and Texas...
Utah is winning their conference (they actually have already clinched the Mountain West Conference) and Texas is not. To be in a BCS bowl you have to either,...
GEEZ Boy o did I look like a fool wondering why #4 Cal was playing #18 Texas Tech, and Call was never in the game, which Texas Tech put a spanking on them. Oh...
All they need to do to the current system is add a provision that says that, if there are still two (or more) unbeaten teams after all of the bowl games ...
Back in 1985 when the NCAA basketball tournament expanded to 64 teams, people said the same thing about diminishing that tournament. I agree that it should...
You can access the NCAA's major infractions database here: https://goomer.ncaa.org/wdbctx/lsdbi/LSDBI.lsdbi_menu.homepage The page contains frames, and in the...
This is for all fans of college basketball and football. But we must be fans open-minded to each other's opinions. Looking, listening, watching, and willing to...
Welcome new guy. Your thirst of college hoops knowledge will be quenched in this group. <-----Original Message-----> From: titusville06 Sent: 2/19/2005...
I am a hugh NC Tar Heels fan and was very impressed by the way Maryland played. However, they have been so inconsistant - will they go to the big dance? ...
Mark, The Terps got into the Big Dance when they beat Duke in OT a week ago. They play in the toughest league in the land and have a high RPI. Duke,NC,Wake and...
You wrote: Boston College's facility is not last in the big east for capacity. Their on campus arena, the conte forum, is a good size college hoops venue. The...
Stephen While I agree and they are in my bracket but losses to NC State (2 times) and Clemson speak volumes of the type of team that will show up. You can see...
I don't think it is fair to say that BC's facilities are inferior because of the size to the MCI Cetner, Continental Arena and MSG. Have you been to a G'Town,...
After looking at the Longhorns resume, several issues jump out at me. First, ZERO quality road wins. Not good. Second, TWO wins vs. RPI top 50. Not great. ...
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