Wichita State's Opponent RPI and Record

[Steeleshocker]

Got to root for Drake, MSU, UNI, and ISUb to pound everyone else and somehow get 4 100 top rpi teams. Certainly don't see that happening.

This, if we get 5 top 100 teams (counting WSU), and the top half dominates the bottom, that will give us 8 more games against top 100 competition for the 'ol resume.

[RoyalShock]

UMKC currently has an RPI of 122. That's 6th best in the Valley. Not great but actually better than UNLV, who is just behind them and KState at 178... Would glady take two games with UMKC instead of games with Loyola and SIU... I could see at least one more game in KC...
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By the time UMKC is finished with their Jan 16 game TX-Pan Am I expect their RPI will be somewhere in the 225-250 range. Right now their respectable RPI is from having played (and losing) six games against top-100 teams. They have won the three 100+ RPI games, however.

Let's face it, we don't have any choice but to play SIU and Loyola. We do have a choice with UMKC and I'd only be in favor a game/series with them as an alternative to playing another 250+ RPI foe.

[jocoshock]

By the time UMKC is finished with their Jan 16 game TX-Pan Am I expect their RPI will be somewhere in the 225-250 range. Right now their respectable RPI is from having played (and losing) six games against top-100 teams. They have won the three 100+ RPI games, however.

Let's face it, we don't have any choice but to play SIU and Loyola. We do have a choice with UMKC and I'd only be in favor a game/series with them as an alternative to playing another 250+ RPI foe.

You are correct. That's pretty much where I was going with this... If we have to play teams 1 for 1 with crappy RPIs, it would be nice tk do it as close to Wichita as possible.

[1972Shocker]

RealTimeRPI is expecting UMKC to finish the year with an RPI of 181.

[ShockTalk]

RealTimeRPI is expecting UMKC to finish the year with an RPI of 181.

RPI Forecast not as generous at 251.

[WSUwatcher]

Got to root for Drake, MSU, UNI, and ISUb to pound everyone else and somehow get 4 100 top rpi teams. Certainly don't see that happening.

I expect Indiana St. to reach the top 100 with no trouble. I don't like the chances of having the other three still in there by the end, though. Maybe UNI -- Drake and MoSt, not so much.

[EB 22]

RPI updated as of today.

An interesting blurb from Paul

The other warning sign for WSU is the non-conference schedule which, despite great intentions, is trending toward good, not great. Neither Tennessee nor Alabama is an NCAA Tournament team at this point. BYU has lost three in a row, while maintaining a top-30 RPI. The Shockers really need Saint Louis (RPI rank No. 66) to win at Vanderbilt on Monday. WSU scheduled tough and went on the road. While it’s paying off with a No. 12 RPI, it’s not yielding a bounty of top-50 victories. That kind of hair-splitting may hurt come seeding time for the NCAA Tournament. On the plus side, SLU should rise in the RPI by playing in the Atlantic 10 and Oral Roberts has a fighting chance to remain a top-100 win despite playing in the miserable Southland Conference. If SLU can return to the top 50, it can be the same kind of landmark road non-conference win that VCU was last season. Not many teams get those.

[WuDrWu]

I expect Indiana St. to reach the top 100 with no trouble. I don't like the chances of having the other three still in there by the end, though. Maybe UNI -- Drake and MoSt, not so much.

I expect Drake in the top 100. Not sure about UNI and Mo State but ISU is a lock. If they don't make the top 100, UNI and MoState will be close.

[Play Angry]

I expect Drake in the top 100.

It is hard to say too many good things about the job Giacoletti is doing in Des Moines this year. I am very, very impressed.

[wufan]

It is hard to say too many good things about the job Giacoletti is doing in Des Moines this year. I am very, very impressed.

I agree 100%. He appears to be a good recruiter, so what went wrong in Utah?

[KC Shox]

Like the last few years, this team needs to strive to avoid bad losses (although that will be hard to say in this year's MVC). Losing any game to the cellar dwellers of the MVC is going to kill us. We can't avoid playing in the MVC, we sure as heck can do everything in our power to not lose games like SIU and EU twice last year.

Just maintain that top 10 or top 15 ranking and I'd love to see a top 4 seed in the NCAA's. Lose a couple of games to the MVC bottom feeders, you sure as 'chit' will see us dramatically fall in the rankings - quickly. We'll then fall to the dreaded 8/9 seed.

[EB 22]

First update of the year (all on the first post of the thread). Including conference records now.

[im4wsu]

First update of the year. Including conference records now.

Thanks, EB. Maybe you should make it clear that you updated the very first post in this thread!

[shocktheheart]

First update of the year (all on the first post of the thread). Including conference records now.

DePaul is 1-3 in conference and 9-8 overall as they beat Butler last night in double OT at Butler.

[Shockeriffic]

Oral Roberts scheduled too many games against non-DI opponents and has to forfeit their games against Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word. Since those two teams are transitional DI schools does that count against their RPI?