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Post by bennyskid on Dec 20, 2015 21:03:09 GMT -8
From ESPN, the current estimated RPIs.
(19) Utah .6298 9-2 (24) Oregon State .6250 7-2 (31) Colorado .6100 9-1 (34) USC .6094 9-2 (36) Oregon .6080 9-2 (44) Arizona State .5989 8-3 (52) UCLA .5874 8-4 (55) Arizona .5851 11-1 (82) California .5586 9-2 (91) Stanford .5503 5-4 (94) Washington .5471 7-3 (209) Washington State .4743 6-2
Once the conference season starts, the average RPI within the conference isn't going to change much. Every game is going to benefit one team and hurt the other in roughly equal proportion. An RPI in the 40's is usually enough for an NCAA bid, which means that things are setting up nicely for the Pac-12 to be a five- or six-bid league this year. Right now I'd say that any team that wins 10 games in conference (except maybe WSU) will almost definitely be in the dance, and 9-9 might be good enough as well.
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Post by beaverbeliever71 on Dec 20, 2015 21:35:53 GMT -8
I could see that.. I know Oklahoma State has been in the tournament each of the last 2 seasons with an 8-10 conference record.. conference strength helps
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Post by beaverstever on Dec 21, 2015 9:37:35 GMT -8
The RPI still doesn't mirror the rankings very well at all, which it usually does by the end of the season. E.g. Xavior #1, Dayton #9, Valpo #16. Since these teams won't lose much in conference, I assume it's because just playing (and winning) in conference still brings their RPI down due to the conference's overall average hurting them? espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rpi/_/sort/RPIRegardless, getting 10 wins in conference this year is going to be a challenge. I'm expecting the conference champion to have at least 4 losses. *Edit: Didn't realize Xavier had joined the Big East ... examples otherwise apply
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