they changed the RPI this year to distinguish between home and away games. i dont have a problem with the theory, but the results are skewed. LSU (13-7) RPI #46 11/19/2004 Home W 83-58 vs. #210 Tulane 11/21/2004 Home W 83-69 vs. #86 Ul Lafayette 11/24/2004 Home W 95-79 vs. #195 New Orleans 11/27/2004 Home L 69-84 vs. #47 West Virginia 12/11/2004 Home W 83-74 vs. #180 Northwestern St 12/13/2004 Home W 82-79 vs. #300 McNeese St 12/18/2004 Neut L 84-88 vs. #221 SO Mississippi 12/21/2004 Away L 72-81 vs. #90 Houston 12/30/2004 Neut W 67-50 vs. #83 Florida St 1/3/2005 Away L 55-69 vs. #12 Utah 1/8/2005 Away L 58-73 vs. #15 Alabama 1/12/2005 Home W 79-64 vs. #53 South Carolina 1/15/2005 Home W 113-101 vs. #45 Ohio St 1/19/2005 Home W 66-63 vs. #43 Arkansas 1/22/2005 Away L 58-89 vs. #6 Kentucky 1/26/2005 Home W 70-60 vs. #113 Mississippi 1/29/2005 Home W 69-62 vs. #33 Mississippi St 2/2/2005 Away W 95-79 vs. #200 Georgia 2/5/2005 Away L 55-77 vs. #105 Tennessee 2/9/2005 Home W 90-69 vs. #134 Auburn Southern Ill (18-6) RPI #22. 11/23/2004 Home W 83-60 vs. #177 Tennessee St 11/26/2004 Neut W 67-53 vs. #63 Vanderbilt 11/27/2004 Neut W 68-62 vs. #60 Texas El Paso 11/29/2004 Away L 64-66 vs. #93 Hawaii 12/7/2004 Away L 53-70 vs. #114 Arkansas Lr 12/11/2004 Home W 80-71 vs. #175 Murray St 12/14/2004 Home W 54-42 vs. #169 Wright St 12/18/2004 Away W 72-68 vs. #164 SE Missouri St 12/21/2004 Home W 67-41 vs. #199 St Louis 12/23/2004 Home W 61-49 vs. #73 Illinois St 12/30/2004 Home W 81-69 vs. #92 Wyoming 1/2/2005 Home W 51-45 vs. #148 Drake 1/5/2005 Away L 61-63 vs. #86 Ul Lafayette 1/9/2005 Away W 69-63 vs. #79 Creighton 1/12/2005 Away W 69-57 vs. #144 Evansville 1/15/2005 Home W 61-60 vs. #57 SW Missouri St 1/19/2005 Home W 67-59 vs. #118 Bradley 1/22/2005 Away L 56-58 vs. #25 Wichita St 1/26/2005 Away L 77-92 vs. #57 SW Missouri St 1/29/2005 Home W 79-55 vs. #144 Evansville 2/2/2005 Away W 89-73 vs. #118 Bradley 2/5/2005 Away L 61-67 vs. #56 Northern Iowa 2/7/2005 Away W 58-57 vs. #148 Drake 2/9/2005 Home W 64-53 vs. #171 Indiana St We don't know how much weight the selection committee gives the RPI, but I don't like the huge difference between LSU and S. Ill. their best win against Vandy #48. they also beat UTEP #58. but nothing else decent. they play in a crappy conference. Wichita St is good this year, SW Mo St is decent. Best team they played is #24 Wichita St, and they lost. our best win against MSU #31. we also beat Ohio St #51, USC #42, Ark #59. We've played (and lost to) UK #8, Utah #25, Bama #14. we only have one more loss than them (some how they have played several more games, so several more wins). our SOS is much higher #44 vs. #58. so how are they 24 spots higher than us?
gumborue ... what rpi site are you looking at? I use collegerpi.com, which I heard was one of the best and closely mirrors the NCAA formula. It doesn't say anything about factoring road wins into its formula. Just curious where you get your rpi info...
http://teamrankings.com/ncb/8powerratings.php3 this is supposed to be the one used by the committee. i used to use collegerpi, too, but that is just some guy that tried to come up with a formula that gives similar results.
What exactly are things in LSU's favor compared to having won four times LESS games on the road than the team you're comparing them to? Doesn't exactly scream out to potential selection committee members that LSU can hold it's own on neutral road sites...
sos 44 vs 58 their best win against Vandy #48. they also beat UTEP #58. but nothing else decent. they play in a crappy conference. Wichita St is good this year, SW Mo St is decent. Best team they played is #24 Wichita St, and they lost. our best win against MSU #31. we also beat Ohio St #51, USC #42, Ark #59. We've played (and lost to) UK #8, Utah #25, Bama #14.
We beat all those teams you list as positives at home, which we won't have the luxury of come tourney time... We lost to all the teams you list as "moral victory losses" on the road...and we still have to face Bama at home again... Bottom line, this team isn't tournament worthy...and it isn't worthy by a long shot...
umm, im not arguing about tournament worthiness i would agree that lsu isnt tournament worthy, but youre showing your inexcusable anti-lsu bias by saying they arent "worthy by a long shot". its not even debatable. we are currently a bubble team
I've already covered the fact that I do NOT have an anti-LSU bias...I have a John Brady bias...and the bottom line is that this team-as coached by him-isn't close to an NCAA Tournament Berth... Not now, definitely. As the future will unfortunately bear out, not then, either. Period. I can call a spade a spade and still most decidedly be an LSU fan...I don't have to goose step with you and fellate Brady in order to keep from being called anti-LSU, and I resent the assertion...
