RPI Ranking

[Jacks02]

Was just checking out Sagarin RPI rankings for women's basketball and noticed we had moved up to 23rd on the list.

http://www.rpiratings.com/womrate.htm

Here is the top 60, quite a few teams on the list that we've beaten or have future games with.

1  North Carolina
2  Tennessee
3  Duke
4  Maryland
5  Oklahoma
6  Connecticut
7  LSU
8  Purdue
9  Vanderbilt
10  Ohio St.
11  California
12  Arizona St.
13  Baylor (9-1, beat SDSU 71-53)
14  DePaul
15  Middle Tennessee (6-3, lost to SDSU 72-61)
16  Arkansas
17  Louisville
18  Marquette (9-1, Play in Brookings Dec. 31)
19  Nebraska
20  Geo. Washington
21  South Florida
22  Georgia
23  South Dakota St. (7-2)
24  Bowling Green
25  UW-Green Bay
26  Oklahoma St.
27  New Mexico
28  Wisconsin
29  Hofstra
30  Texas
31  Iowa St.
32  Texas A&M
33  Pittsburgh
34  Michigan St.
35  Delaware
36  Stanford
37  Kansas St.
38  Montana
39  Auburn
40  Indiana
41  Virginia (7-2, lost to SDSU 62-55)
42  La.-Lafayette
43  Southern Cal (4-4, lost to SDSU 67-63)
44  Notre Dame
45  Western Kentucky (5-3, plays SDSU Jan. 7)
46  Mississippi
47  Wyoming
48  Missouri (8-1, plays SDSU Dec. 17)
49  Minnesota (8-3, plays SDSU Jan. 14)
50  Northern Ill.
51  Ball St.
52  Texas Tech
53  Tulane
54  Illinois St.
55  TCU
56  Arkansas St. (6-4, beat SDSU 67-52)
57  Rutgers
58  Arizona
59  Marist
60  James Madison

[el_presidente]

Re: RPI Ranking

Someone must have lost a game because today SDSU moved up to 22 in the Sagarin rankings

[Jacks02]

Re: RPI Ranking

Looks like they passed South Florida...

[Jacks02]

Re: RPI Ranking

Here is the updated RPI list as of this morning from http://www.rpiratings.com/womrate.htm

We have a couple really big games over the next 8 days.  Western Kentucky and Minnesota will likely be our last chance to move up in the RPI standing before we begin play in the UBC.  Most of the teams in the UBC are rated in the 200's and 300's so our rating will likely start dropping after next week because the strength of schedule will drop.  Getting a win against either WK or MN will be big in helping us down the line as it will be another win over a possible top 50 RPI team, after that we just need to beat the teams we should beat and rack up a nice win total.

1  North Carolina
2  Duke
3  Tennessee
4  Maryland
5  Connecticut
6  LSU
7  Purdue
8  Baylor (14-1, beat SDSU 71-53)
9  Ohio St.
10  Vanderbilt
11  Arizona St.
12  Oklahoma
13  Stanford
14  Middle Tennessee (11-3, lost to SDSU 72-61)
15  Bowling Green
16  Marquette (14-1, beat SDSU 80-63)
17  Geo. Washington
18  Georgia
19  Michigan St.
20  Montana
21  Nebraska
22  Oklahoma St.
23  California
24  Arkansas
25  Pittsburgh
26  South Florida
27  Kansas St.
28  Washington
29  Hofstra
30  Missouri (12-2, beat SDSU 79-62)
31  Louisville
32  UW-Green Bay
33  South Dakota St. (10-4)
34  Iowa St.
35  New Mexico
36  Wisconsin
37  Wyoming
38  Delaware
39  Texas A&M
40 Western Kentucky (8-4, plays SDSU tomorrow!)
41  Auburn
42  Notre Dame
43  Davidson
44  Mississippi
45  DePaul
46  Arkansas St. (10-4, beast SDSU 67-52)
47  Kentucky
48  Texas
49  TCU
50  N.C. St.
51  UTEP
52  Indiana
53  Temple
54  Illinois
55  Texas Tech
56  Virginia (10-4, lost to SDSU 62-55)
57  James Madison
58  Ball St.
59  BYU
60  Minnesota (9-6, plays SDSU on 1/14)
61  Southern Cal (8-7, lost to SDSU 67-63)

[propar80]

Re: RPI Ranking

Western Kentucky is 40th.  the Jacks play them tomorrow, I believe.  Should be a good one and would be a great win for a future WNIT bid if they can pull it out.  Gotta play better than last night though.

Go Jacks!!

[Jacks02]

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Heh, must have deleted them on accident when I tried to bold it, added WKU back onto the last.

[rabidrabbit]

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Play of the "Independents"

Over the next 7 weeks we have 10 games vs our 5 UBC "members".    As we enter this run, we are clearly the RPI leaders in rank and strength of schedule.  IF  : (BIG WORD, for only two letters) we do what we're supposed to do (run the table on these teams) we'd finish 22-5 (D-I only), and could very well be the highest RPI team NOT in the NCAA's.   The WNIT last year was won by a team with a mid-40's RPI.

Current (1/16) Sagarin's Information on the UBC:


 27  INDEPENDENTS =  61.65 62.00  ( 25)   TEAMS= 11
Women's College Basketball 2006-2007  Div I games only    through games of  2007 January 14 Sunday
HOME ADVANTAGE=  4.03     RATING    W   L  SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 25 | VS top 50 |    
 32  South Dakota St.  =  83.97   11   5   77.58(  13)    1   2  |    1   4  |
154  North Dakota St.  =  69.13    5   7   73.71(  59)    0   1  |    0   2  |  
163  IPFW =  68.47    5   6   70.70( 137)    0   0  |    0   1  |  
164  Utah Valley St.     =  68.33    8   8   68.11( 214)    0   0  |    0   1  |  
273  Texas-Pan Am.    =  59.49    4  11   68.55( 201)    0   1  |    0   3  |  
328  New Jersey Tech  =  47.87    2  12   59.38( 334)    0   0  |    0   0  |  

Sagarin's shows us about 32, but above Missouri, WKU, & Ark St., teams we lost against.

There's another RPI, (Mike Greenfield's) that IMHO, is right on target, has Lady Jacks at 41, with all our loses better ranked, and all our wins (except MTSU) lower.  

http://teamrankings.com/ncw/8powerratings.php3

Hopefully, winning out against the UBC will keep us in the 50's or lower.  AND THAT, my fellow JACKS Backers, should get us into the WNIT, and maybe even a 1st round bye?   Here's hoping the Ladies keep excelling on the courts like they have in the classroom!

[Jacks_NL]

Re: RPI Ranking

RPI from the ncaa website

http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weekly...07WBBrpi1.html

jacks at 38

[Jacks99]

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One above Minnesota and 6 above Nebrask ;D

[Rabbit3467]

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The next Division I independent rings in at number 170, anyone guess who it is? Its NDSU with a 6-7 record.

On to the next question, can you tell me what Mid-con team has the highest RPI???
That would be Oakland at 168 with a record of 6-10.

The mid-con womens basketball teams have to be worried that they may never make the big dance again after the jacks and bison join the league.

[filbert]

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I'm not concerned about the Mid-Con right now.

I want the Jacks to run the table and force the Women's NIT to include South Dakota State University in the field.

Then, I want the Jackrabbits to win the WNIT. Preferably by beating Minnesota again, just to prove it wasn't a fluke (or referee's mistake) the first time this year).

After that, I'll let the Mid-Con worry about what will happen next.

(it's a little thing I dream of. It's nothing, really . . . )

[SUPERBUNNY]

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Does anyone know what will happen to their RPI from here on out?

My questions are:

1. Will our RPI drop even if they win the rest of our games?

2. Which has a bigger impact, record or strength of schedule?

Obviously the strength of the remaining schedule pales in comparison to the games already played. My fear is a slow drop in RPI even if they win out.

SUPERBUNNY

[rabidrabbit]

Re: RPI Ranking

Does anyone know what will happen to their RPI from here on out?

My questions are:

1. Will our RPI drop even if they win the rest of our games? YES

2. Which has a bigger impact, record or strength of schedule? It's a combo. And it's also the SOS of your opponents

Obviously the strength of the remaining schedule pales in comparison to the games already played.  My fear is a slow drop in RPI even if they win out.

SUPERBUNNY

The SOS matters. Thank goodness that AJ & Fred worked out many top-notched opponents early. The UBC teams should be warm-up quality games compared to those already experienced. I'm most worried about encountering a fired up Bison team in Fargo. They shouldn't be able to pull the upset, but you know that they'll have special sights set on the 'Rabbits.

[iowasioux]

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Are you sure that during the transition that the NIT owned by the NCAA will (or is allowed ) to select a team still in transition. Have they before chosen a team in transition.

I'm by no means trying to be a smart a, but have a great interest as UND begins this process.

[JackerRabbit]

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Are you sure that during the transition that the NIT owned by the NCAA will (or is allowed ) to select a team still in transition. Have they before chosen a team in transition.

I'm by no means trying to be a smart a, but have a great interest as UND begins this process.

AJ has talked about it before the season even started, and we were in the running for it last year, so unless there was a pretty big mistake, I think we can be selected.