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hoosnowahokie

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Eliminating 1 opponent (Morehead St, for example) would net VT


4 spots in the RPI. The game of the RPI is having a systematic approach to scheduling decent teams all around. The schedule this year has tanked recently, even Kentucky and that's out of Tech's hands.

Heck, if Kentucky was something like 22-3 (like people thought they would be), VT would gain 2 or 3 spots in the RPI.

Or, let's add 2 wins to each team VT has played with a sub .500 record. And let's only look at OOC teams. Two more wins for each team would net around 10 spots for VT. That's where scheduling better teams comes in.

OR if you replace Morehead St, with an Elon (a 12-12 team) you could improve your RPI by about 5 spots with that simple change. However, you run the risk of losing that game, more than Morehead St and you would lose or so spots in the RPI versus where VT is now.

The point? The RPI is a tool, and you have to use it right. Coaches/DBOs need to know how to schedule, and people need to know what the purpose of the RPI actually is. When you try to use it to definitely rank teams in the middle of the season, you are using it wrong. If you use it to try and determine which team is better on a neutral court, you are also using it wrong. The RPI is there to tell you which teams played their schedule the best, and attempt to rank those teams by how hard their schedule is. It is not a predictive ranking system like advanced stat metrics, it's a reactive system and needs to be seen as such.
[Post edited by hoosnowahokie at 02/14/2018 09:36AM]

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Posted: 02/14/2018 at 09:34AM



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