I don't watch much basketball. In fact the only basketball I watch is grizzly basketball. I was wondering what exactly is RPI and how is it calculated? Also if the griz go to the tourney can you buy tickets to just their game or do you have to get a ticket for the entire round?
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RPI?????
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GrizBBIsKing
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What is RPI:argrizfan said:
What is the RPI?
The RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. It does not consider things like margin of victory, only whether or not a team won and where the game was played. It is used by the NCAA as one of their factors in deciding which teams to invite to the NCAA tournament and where to seed them.
It was created in 1981 and is maintained by the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee. They have always placed a premium on schedule strength when selecting teams for the tournament, so they wanted a relatively simple way to measure that and the RPI was born.
How it is calculated:
The basic formula is 25% team winning percentage (WP), 50% opponents' average winning percentage (OWP), and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage (OOWP).
For the 2004-05 season, the formula was changed to give more weight to road wins vs home wins. A team's win total for RPI purposes is 1.4 * road wins + neutral site wins + 0.6 * home wins. A team's losses is calculated as 0.6 * road losses + neutral site losses + 1.4 * home losses.
For example, a team that is 4-0 at home and 2-7 on the road has a RPI record of 5.2 wins (1.4 * 2 + 0.6 * 4) and 4.2 losses (0.6 * 7). That means that even though it is 6-7, for RPI purposes, it is above .500 (5.2-4.2).
This "weighted" record is only used for the 25% of the formula that is each team's winning percentage. The regular team records are used to calculate OWP and OOWP.
As always, only games against Division I opponents count in the RPI.
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there are several sites that the rpi rankings. but only the rankings as compiled by the NCAA are used. Technically, the rankings if they compiled the same games should be all the same, but there are not because some sites calculate them wrong. Most problems are determining neutral sites.
Looks like the rpi rankings in a different thread were from espn.com. Those aren't the official rankiings. I have seen today from 3 or 4 sites Montana ranked as high as 95 and as low as 109.
ncaasports.com that is sponsored by NCAA has montana ranked 101 but it didn't say up to what date the games were included. kenpom.com has Griz ranked 95th in RPI. I like this ranking much better.
Thanks alot. I just started posting on the basketball side of the board. I like it a whole lot better then the football side. There are to many people that are just over there trying to stir the pot and cause problems. I enjoy being able to come over here and get some real sports talk with legit information.
, but seem to be able to be calm over here. Can't explain it.
argrizfan said:
Welcome Arkansas! And yes, the BB section has fewer disrupters, but still more than enough spoiled little brats who crave attention, sadly. But I agree with you, it is better over here and not EVERY thread turns into a crap discussion.
As for the NCAA tickets, yes they are worth it, especially if the Griz play. But seeing an NCAA tournament live should be on everyone's bucket list.
becker2117
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YES! the boston college game i saw was one of the best sports moments of my life, then after we lost i was able to watch gonzaga vs indiana...NCAA tourney is one of the best decisions you can make. lets hope we dominate and get a game in the region!argrizfan said:
Ashley Schaeffer
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crackgina said:
Did you employ some gambling gains to purchase the seats, pard?
880 posts in 2 months. All of them shit, and not one of them funny.
It HAS to be sad to need attention so badly in order to validate one's worthless, pathetic life to waste that amount of time on a message board, saying -- 880 times no less -- "Look at ME! Look at ME!!"
It HAS to be sad to need attention so badly in order to validate one's worthless, pathetic life to waste that amount of time on a message board, saying -- 880 times no less -- "Look at ME! Look at ME!!"
djollieballs
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crackgina said:
He's right, I paid his share of the Denard Robinson Booster Fund (DRBF) for him.
