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03-12-2007, 01:36 PM | #1 |
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OK, here's this year's RPI lowdown
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03-12-2007, 04:12 PM | #2 |
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Thanks. It is just as we all suspected. Although it looks like the correlation with RPI has taken such a significant dip. I wonder why? I am not at all surprised that the mid-majors are the teams that took it in the shorts again. The empirical evidence shows such an obvious bias that it is amazing to me that the commitee sells itself as objective. Virginia as a 4 seed my butt.
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03-12-2007, 04:17 PM | #3 |
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I'm no expert on this, not by a long shot, but the brackets seem a little "cute" this year.
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03-12-2007, 04:34 PM | #4 |
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Interesting, thanks. I was just going to do something like this because it looked like RPI wasn't as correlated this year. I was going to test rankings at
http://www.mratings.com/cb/compare.htm to see it RPI or computer rankings were more highly correlated. Did the committee have access to Sagarin or other rankings? This is pretty bogus. Set up a BCS-like standings with computer averages, feed the computer rules like no home games for underdogs (AHEM), the BYU Sunday rule, the no conference match up rule, and let the computer seed the teams. Give the Doctuh the time to find coaches he's fired and not pretend he's representing conference peers. |
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BYU may have been seeded lower than you thought it would, but that isn't the fault of Dr. Hill. It seems your dislike of all things Utah is showing through. Again.
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For the record I don't think Hill had much, if anything, to do with BYU or UNLV's seeding, but I find those who buy into the "They always leave the room schtick" highly guillable.
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03-12-2007, 09:32 PM | #8 |
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What was BYU's record against teams in the tournament? I note that in this thread, some fans points to USU and AFA as their marquee wins, but neither of those teams are dancing.
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1-4 away 2-0 home against top 50 RPI: 4-5 1-5 away 3-0 home |
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