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It is time to start looking at the RPI and Projected RPI.
The NCAA publishes the official RPI of course, but Figstats publishes an RPI based on their understanding of the NCAA version, and it has proven to be very accurate in the past. They publish their numbers daily.
Over on Volleytalk, a poster publishes a projected end-of-season RPI using the Pablo ratings to determine the results of future matches. It usually does not appear until Tuesday or Wednesday of the week, using the Pablo numbers that usually are available by Tuesday.
To begin with, a (lightly edited) paragraph from 1972Shocker that appears in another thread.
"Lambo ... in his pre-Memphis match comments to the Match Club. He said he feels very good about this non-con schedule's worth in contributing to a strong RPI and we will continue to schedule in this manner to the best of his ability. However, the Shocks still need to take care of business in conference play or it won't make much difference other than to make it seem like the team is better than they really are. He said if the Shocks finish 4th but have the 2nd best RPI in the AAC it would be very difficult for the committee to passover those other 2 teams to take the Shockers. Lambo also said it might be time to lower expectations for this year implying that at this point he is not confident that this team has the goods to be an NCAA team this year."
Figstats has the following RPI for the AAC teams for the matches through Sunday:
19 - UCF
37 - Shockers
54 - Cincinnati
82 - Tulsa
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I think the official NCAA RPI should appear later today and the Projected RPI later in the week.
The NCAA publishes the official RPI of course, but Figstats publishes an RPI based on their understanding of the NCAA version, and it has proven to be very accurate in the past. They publish their numbers daily.
Over on Volleytalk, a poster publishes a projected end-of-season RPI using the Pablo ratings to determine the results of future matches. It usually does not appear until Tuesday or Wednesday of the week, using the Pablo numbers that usually are available by Tuesday.
To begin with, a (lightly edited) paragraph from 1972Shocker that appears in another thread.
"Lambo ... in his pre-Memphis match comments to the Match Club. He said he feels very good about this non-con schedule's worth in contributing to a strong RPI and we will continue to schedule in this manner to the best of his ability. However, the Shocks still need to take care of business in conference play or it won't make much difference other than to make it seem like the team is better than they really are. He said if the Shocks finish 4th but have the 2nd best RPI in the AAC it would be very difficult for the committee to passover those other 2 teams to take the Shockers. Lambo also said it might be time to lower expectations for this year implying that at this point he is not confident that this team has the goods to be an NCAA team this year."
Figstats has the following RPI for the AAC teams for the matches through Sunday:
19 - UCF
37 - Shockers
54 - Cincinnati
82 - Tulsa
...
I think the official NCAA RPI should appear later today and the Projected RPI later in the week.
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