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re: Big East's Catholic schools unhappy with conference's new members, could split
Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:34 am to LeonPhelps
Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:34 am to LeonPhelps
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So what is the significance of that number? What do they use it for?
It's a factor for the selection committee. Have you seriously never heard of it before?
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Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:38 am to LeonPhelps
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So what is the significance of that number? What do they use it for?
It's almost solely used for NCAA Tournament selection purposes. It pretty much boils down to how tough a team's schedule was, and how they performed against those teams. It makes who you play important instead of just wins and losses.
This post was edited on 12/11/12 at 11:40 am
Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:50 am to LeonPhelps
quote:A formula that calculates how good you are based on your schedule and your opponents' schedules. It is used heavily in determining who gets into the tourney and their seeding.
What in the hell is RPI?
By adding teams like Tulane, who are terrible in basketball, the basketball-focused schools are going to lose some points in their RPI - so they mad.
Posted on 12/11/12 at 11:54 am to Spirit of Dunson
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By adding teams like Tulane, who are terrible in basketball, the basketball-focused schools are going to lose some points in their RPI - so they mad.
Now I understand. I clearly do not watch college basketball at all.
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:00 pm to LeonPhelps
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Now I understand.
quote:i don't watch any college basketball.
I clearly do not watch college basketball at all.
FWIW, you may hear the term "RPI" come up again in conversations in late spring regarding baseball. Don't listen to it - it is just other posters messing with you.
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:00 pm to Buckeye Backer
So is UMass the only FBS football program in that group?
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:03 pm to DollaChoppa
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So is UMass the only FBS football program in that group?
Temple...
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:06 pm to TN Bhoy
why do some of you think UMass would want to join a bball only conference when they just moved up to FBS?
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:13 pm to Spirit of Dunson
Which is a stupid and shortsighted point of view.
Tulane has been good in basketball in the past and has just shown a commitment to its basketball program, which means that we can and will be good again.
Sports teams and programs are not static.
Tulane has been good in basketball in the past and has just shown a commitment to its basketball program, which means that we can and will be good again.
Sports teams and programs are not static.
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:14 pm to Dr RC
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why do some of you think UMass would want to join a bball only conference when they just moved up to FBS?
I honestly think there are people in this thread that don't realize that UMass is FBS, and that some of the other schools even have football at all.
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:20 pm to Sophandros
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Dan Wolken ?@DanWolken
Isn't it kind of hard to say you're upset with Tulane, currently pouring 100 million into sports, when Seton Hall and DePaul are around?
If Tulane will be pouring 100 million into sports everyone involved in making that decision should be drawn and quartered.
How high do they want their tuition to go? 60K a year?
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:25 pm to molsusports
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If Tulane will be pouring 100 million into sports everyone involved in making that decision should be drawn and quartered.
About $40 or so mil of that is for the on campus stadium and is all from donated money, as are most of their capital improvement projects. If they can get the funding privately and significantly upgrade their situation, what is the issue?
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:38 pm to ProjectP2294
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Xavier
Dayton
Villanova
St Joes
St Louis U
St Bonnie
G'Town
Fordham
St Johns
DePaul
Seton Hall
Providence
Marquette
LaSalle
Duquesne
Creighton
Would be a damn solid bball conference and one of the worse football conferences in America.
Posted on 12/11/12 at 12:49 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Would be a damn solid bball conference and one of the worse football conferences in America.
Any school in that conference with a football team plays on the FCS level. Some with and some without scholarships. However they compete would dictate what football conference they compete in, as it currently does.
Georgetown and Villanova do not compete in the same football conference because Villanova offers football scholarships and Georgetown does not.
Posted on 12/11/12 at 4:50 pm to ProjectP2294
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Just mentioned on PTI that the Big East basketball schools and the Atlantic 10 are considering a merger with 21 schools? That would be crazy!
Just mentioned on PTI that the Big East basketball schools and the Atlantic 10 are considering a merger with 21 schools? That would be crazy!
This post was edited on 12/11/12 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 12/11/12 at 5:55 pm to Augustus
while they are catholic schools, they also do not play football. i think they want out but the exit fees are huge so they are scheming to dissolve the league and no one pays exit fees. imo, if they have a little patience they will get their wish.
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