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