RPI'S (Rumors, Protestations, Insinuations and Such)

[ripemupshocks]

1-22-16

	Rank	Overall SOS Rank	NonCon SOS Rank
Realtime RPI	34	43	N/A
Basketball State	29	49	4
Warren Nolan NPI	34	42	3
Kenpom	17	30	18
KPI Sports	36	55	N/A
ESPN BPI	25	73	N/A
Joe Lunardi	36	49	9
Massey Ratings	28	46	N/A
Jeff Sagarin	26	37	N/A
Team Rankings	30	42	5

[Cdizzle]

Holy non-con schedule, Batman.

Sometimes, I am very sad about the injuries in November. I'm pretty certain we would be #1 in the country right now.

Other times, I am reminded of 2013, and that often things work out the way they should in the end. Who knows if we would have unleashed McDuffie if not for the injuries.

[ShockTalk]

I don't understand. How come we're not #1 anyway with all those quality loses? Must be because they don't count as much if you have key injuries.

[WSUwatcher]

Great point, ST -- if only Seton Hall hadn't lost to Creighton. That took some of the quality shine off that loss.

[ripemupshocks]

1-25-16

	Rank	Overall SOS Rank	NonCon SOS Rank
Realtime RPI	42	81	N/A
Basketball State	37	84	4
Warren Nolan NPI	32	81	3
Kenpom	16	63	17
KPI Sports	41	78	N/A
ESPN BPI	26	87	N/A
Joe Lunardi	37	49	7
Massey Ratings	32	61	N/A
Jeff Sagarin	23	58	N/A
Team Rankings	33	52	5

[ripemupshocks]

1-29-16

	Rank	Overall SOS Rank	NonCon SOS Rank
Realtime RPI	43	98	N/A
Basketball State	36	101	5
Warren Nolan NPI	30	98	4
Kenpom	16	93	18
KPI Sports	40	92	N/A
ESPN BPI	25	96	N/A
Joe Lunardi	52	116	15
Massey Ratings	30	71	N/A
Jeff Sagarin	25	78	N/A
Team Rankings	31	60	7

[SHOCKvalue]

Thanks for the work, rip.

Have you thought about adding the official NCAA RPI figures to your metric table?

[ShockTalk]

1-29-16

	Rank	Overall SOS Rank	NonCon SOS Rank
Realtime RPI	43	98	N/A
Basketball State	36	101	5
Warren Nolan NPI	30	98	4
Kenpom	16	93	18
KPI Sports	40	92	N/A
ESPN BPI	25	96	N/A
Joe Lunardi	52	116	15
Massey Ratings	30	71	N/A
Jeff Sagarin	25	78	N/A
Team Rankings	31	60	7

Hard to imagine over four days in which you only have a win can drop you 67 spots in Overall SOS (49 to 116), 8 spots in NonCon SOS (7 to 15 and you didn't play a NC team) and 15 spots in ranking (37 to 52). What gives Lunardi?!?!?!

[ShockdaWorld]

Hard to imagine over four days in which you only have a win can drop you 67 spots in Overall SOS (49 to 116), 8 spots in NonCon SOS (7 to 15 and you didn't play a NC team) and 15 spots in ranking (37 to 52). What gives Lunardi?!?!?!

Lunardi is becoming more and more like Jerry Palm every day. Get drunk and throw darts at a wall.

[WSUwatcher]

I thought Lunardi had WSU at 25 on his S-curve? How does that square with a ranking of #52 -- is there a typo buzzing around here somewhere?

[WUpigsooie]

I think that's ESPNs RPI, not Lunardi's S-Curve

[Shockersarelife]

Lunardi is becoming more and more like Jerry Palm every day. Get drunk and throw darts at a wall.

The more of Lunardi I see the less I like

[ripemupshocks]

Thanks for the work, rip.

Have you thought about adding the official NCAA RPI figures to your metric table?

I'll add the NCAA RPI. The only reason I left it out is Realtime RPI uses the same RPI formula as the NCAA, so the number should always be the same, plus Realtime RPI provides SOS, which the NCAA doesn't. I'll also switch the Realtime metric from RPI to their Power Rating, which includes additional information (such as winning margin) in the formula. The Realtime Power Rating Rank for WSU is currently 25, and the SOS Rank is 101.

[ripemupshocks]

I thought Lunardi had WSU at 25 on his S-curve? How does that square with a ranking of #52 -- is there a typo buzzing around here somewhere?

I think that's ESPNs RPI, not Lunardi's S-Curve

That is correct. It is not the Lunardi S-curve, but rather the ESPN RPI. My impression is Lunardi is the top RPI guy for ESPN, and that's the reason I listed it as Joe Lunardi. I only included Lunardi because so many people seem to follow his Bracketology (I don't), so it might be interesting to see if his numbers jibe. Also, even though Lunardi supposedly uses the same RPI formula as the NCAA, with daily updates, his RPI number never seems to match the NCAA number, so he must be using a different formula, but I don't know what it is. Lunardi also provides all the SOS numbers.

[ripemupshocks]

2-2-16

	Rank	Overall SOS Rank	NonCon SOS Rank
NCAA RPI	33	N/A	N/A
Realtime TPR	21	99	N/A
Basketball State	33	89	6
Warren Nolan NPI	24	84	5
Kenpom	12	77	19
KPI Sports	32	87	N/A
ESPN BPI	24	97	N/A
Joe Lunardi	37	100	13
Massey Ratings	21	66	N/A
Sagarin Ratings	23	73	N/A
Team Rankings	27	57	9