26 wins in the Valley

[WSUwatcher]

10 vs 7

Royal, I don't know what the betting lines were in those games of Altman's, but the 10-7 matchup is often pretty even. So I'm not sure I'd say he's really outperformed expectations.

[OTR Shockfan]

Re: 10 vs 7

Royal, I don't know what the betting lines were in those games of Altman's, but the 10-7 matchup is often pretty even. So I'm not sure I'd say he's really outperformed expectations.

Some help for ya when you start thinkin about filling out your Bracket

Since the inception of the 64-team tournament in 1985

The #1 seed has beaten the #16 seed all 96 times (100%).
The #2 seed has beaten the #15 seed 92 times (96%).
The #3 seed has beaten the #14 seed 81 times (84%).
The #4 seed has beaten the #13 seed 79 times (82%).
The #5 seed has beaten the #12 seed 65 times (67%).
The #6 seed has beaten the #11 seed 66 times (69%).
The #7 seed has beaten the #10 seed 60 times (62%).
The #8 seed has beaten the #9 seed 44 times (46%).

[_kai_]

What I don't understand about the selection committee and the RPI, is the that the RPI for all intensive purposes calculates statistically who is the best team. So if you have 64 spots open, obviously deducting conference champs, and conf tournament winners, someone with an RPI lower than 50 should be a lock, no matter what conference.

[RoyalShock]

What I don't understand about the selection committee and the RPI, is the that the RPI for all intensive purposes calculates statistically who is the best team . . .

. . . based on how they played against their schedule, which isn't a reliable measure since all teams don't play each other.

A team's RPI is not a determining factor for inclusion/exclusion but used to judge good wins and bad losses. While those things end up in the RPI providing a loose indicator of how the teams rank in relation to one another, it is still a one-off conclusion.

Every year it seems, the selection committee has to defend why such-and-such team with X RPI is selected and a team with X-Y RPI isn't, or why a team with a better RPI is seeded lower than a team with a worse RPI. It's because of all the other factors used to determine a deserviing team. The RPI doesn't factor in the importance of the last 10 games, by how much a team won or lost against other teams, or when a certain win/loss occured in the season.

[Rosewood]

What I don't understand about the selection committee and the RPI, is the that the RPI for all intensive purposes calculates statistically who is the best team. So if you have 64 spots open, obviously deducting conference champs, and conf tournament winners, someone with an RPI lower than 50 should be a lock, no matter what conference.

That is what the RPI should be, an open formulatic ruberic with reliable results.

Royal nailed it for what it is.