One could make the argument that losing to Duke, rather than beating a cream puff shows some amount of effort and risk-taking (to play a tougher schedule) that should perhaps be rewarded.
By the way, always enjoy your math posts.

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Posted by lsumatt

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Posted on 2/12/09 at 2:48 pm to TigerNacho

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shows some amount of effort and risk-taking (to play a tougher schedule)

But the RPI isn't a participation trophy you get for trying really hard, its supposed to be a measure of how good you are

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Posted by Tigercat

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Posted on 2/12/09 at 2:50 pm to TigerNacho

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One could make the argument that losing to Duke, rather than beating a cream puff shows some amount of effort and risk-taking (to play a tougher schedule) that should perhaps be rewarded. By the way, always enjoy your math posts.

The problem is, that is something that should be awarded in qualitative thought processes, not in quantitative.

The players, and often the coaches, don't make the schedules, and you don't know for sure who will pan out in your schedule or not. Add in the fact that teams play close to 30 games in college basketball, and it becomes ridiculous to overcompensate for losses to good teams.

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Posted by Tigah in the ATL

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Posted on 2/12/09 at 3:28 pm to TigerNacho

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One could make the argument that losing to Duke, rather than beating a cream puff shows some amount of effort and risk-taking (to play a tougher schedule) that should perhaps be rewarded

It would be a weak argument though.

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