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Title: quick question
Post by: sys on February 18, 2010, 12:41:59 PM
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Let’s say you were given the following task: From a list of 320 college basketball teams, pick the 34 best. Not the most deserving, not the most difficult to play against, not the ones with the best athletes or the cutest stories. You had to pick the best teams. How would you do it? Would you use the RPI? Except, you wouldn’t actually use a team’s RPI rank, but you’d look at the ranks of the opponents that each team had beaten and lost to. Who would do that? Please e-mail me if you are one of those people. Just wondering if I am nuts for thinking that this is not the best way to accomplish this task.
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: ArchE_Cat on February 18, 2010, 01:17:40 PM
who said this?
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: sys on February 18, 2010, 01:33:45 PM
ken pomeroy.
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: Kat Kid on February 18, 2010, 01:38:49 PM
 :combofan:
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: chum1 on February 18, 2010, 01:43:40 PM
Good stuff from KP once again.  Enjoyed that.
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: yosh on February 18, 2010, 01:44:16 PM
I'd have them each play a 319 game schedule against each other at a neutral site and call the 34 with the best record the best 34.   :users:
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: kso_FAN on February 23, 2010, 09:47:31 AM
The Answer... (http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/a_belated_answer/)

I enjoy's kenpom's dislike of the RPI, or at least how its used:

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I shouldn’t say any objective method, because clearly people are using an objective method to fill a bracket – some sort of bastardization of the RPI.
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: mcmwcat on February 23, 2010, 10:48:19 AM
The Answer... (http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/a_belated_answer/)

I enjoy's kenpom's dislike of the RPI, or at least how its used:

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I shouldn’t say any objective method, because clearly people are using an objective method to fill a bracket – some sort of bastardization of the RPI.
:driving:
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: mcmwcat on February 23, 2010, 03:06:15 PM
exactly to what extent does the committee use the RPI?
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: LinuxHuskerSometimesBasketballCat on February 23, 2010, 04:35:11 PM
I would say that we lock all the teams into a gym :pbj: and set fire to it. Therefore no more quick questions.  :pbj:
Title: Re: quick question
Post by: kso_FAN on March 02, 2010, 11:59:38 AM
kenpom on MOV and selection... (http://kenpom.com/blog/)

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I absolutely want the committee to consider the difference between Cornell getting screwed on a last-second call at Kansas, or falling behind 25-2 and losing by 40 at Kansas. The results are the same, but there’s much more useful information to be gathered from each game than just a result.