re: RPI Rant

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How can losing (w/o scoring margin included) EVER be evidence of your team strength.

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I agree with your reasoning, and don't doubt your math, but maybe the example you chose is a rare anomaly that is mathematically possible only in conjunction with the other games on the team's schedule, but unlikely to occur often enough to actually mess up the rankings.

For instance, even assuming we would have gotten more out of a loss to Duke than we did out of our win over Alcorn, if you project those results over the whole season (i.e. 0-30 vs. a schedule of 30 games against Duke compared to 30-0 vs. a schedule of 30 games against Alcorn), do you think the 0-30 team would rate higher than the 30-0 team?