RPI WATCH: 2/18/2011
by BracketCat on Feb 18, 2011 12:01 PM CST
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PrintLet's call Thursday night a split decision for the Evergreen State.
Although Washington State was swept by Arizona to fall to a perfectly NIT-worthy 7-7, Gonzaga won its fifth straight conference game to keep alive its fledgling NCAA Tournament hopes by avenging a prior loss to Santa Clara, despite an encore scoring performance by WCC Player of the Year candidate Kevin Foster.
Also, UMKC logged a nice road win at Western Illinois to boost its league record to 9-6.
And in the WTF chronicles, Savannah State rose back to .333 and took out all of its frustrations on a horribly outmatched opponent named "Trinity Baptist College."
Despite a protracted Google search, I couldn't determine at which level TBC plays, so I just guessed NAIA — incorrectly, it seems. Thanks to loyal reader jonfmorse, we now know it to be the USCAA.
Regardless, the Eagles are nothing short of horrible. They were held to 11 points in the first half and 13 in the second frame of an 84-24 beat-down by a team that usually is the recipient of such whippings.
Overall Record = 17-9
Big 12 Record = 5-6
RPI = 31
SOS = 8
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Kansas
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = James Madison, Virginia Tech, Gonzaga, Washington State, Baylor, Nebraska
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- James Madison (19-9, 9-7 CAA) | RPI = 84
- Virginia Tech (17-7, 7-4 ACC) | RPI = 57
- Presbyterian (12-16, 6-10 Big South) | RPI = 188
- Gonzaga (18-9, 8-3 WCC) | RPI = 68: Win over Santa Clara (85-76)
- No. 5 Duke (24-2, 11-1 ACC) | RPI = 6
- Texas Southern (13-10, 11-1 SWAC) | RPI = 169
- Emporia State (12-13, 9-10 MIAA*)
- Washington State (17-9, 7-7 Pac-10) | RPI = 72: Loss at No. 12 Arizona (70-79)
- Alcorn State (3-21, 3-11 SWAC) | RPI = 336
- Loyola-Chicago (15-12, 6-10 Horizon League) | RPI = 206
- No. 14 Florida (20-5, 9-2 SEC) | RPI = 12
- UNLV (19-7, 7-5 Mountain West) | RPI = 28
- UMKC (16-10, 9-6 Summit League) | RPI = 197: Win at Western Illinois (66-61)
- North Florida (10-17, 7-9 Atlantic Sun) | RPI = 157
- Savannah State (9-18) | RPI = 268: Win over Trinity Baptist College** (84-24)
- Oklahoma State (16-9, 4-7 Big 12) | RPI = 52
- Colorado (16-10, 5-6 Big 12) | RPI = 90
- Texas Tech (11-15, 3-8 Big 12) | RPI = 152
- No. 20 Missouri (20-6, 6-5 Big 12) | RPI = 30
- No. 21 Texas A&M (20-5, 7-4 Big 12) | RPI = 29
- Baylor (17-8, 6-5 Big 12) | RPI = 64
- No. 1 Kansas (24-2, 9-2 Big 12) | RPI = 1
- Nebraska (17-8, 5-6 Big 12) | RPI = 74
- Iowa State (14-12, 1-10 Big 12) | RPI = 142
- Oklahoma (12-13, 4-7 Big 12) | RPI = 126
- No. 3 Texas (23-3, 11-0 Big 12) | RPI = 8
*Division II
**USCAA
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Despite a protracted Google search, I couldn’t determine at which level TBC plays, so I just guessed NAIA.
On matters such as this, one should always follow one simple rule: Ask Jon.
TBC competes in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, which is about on the same level as the National Christian College Athletic Association. Both are a solid competitive step down from even NCAA D-III; here’s how I generally slot the various four-year college divisions:
NCAA D-I
NCAA D-II
NAIA D-I
NCAA D-III
NAIA D-II
NCCAA D-I
USCCA
NCCAA D-II
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I was just coming here to say something similar.
I am thinking that Manhattan Christian College played against Trinity Baptist back in the mid-90s, and MCC is NCCAA.
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by K. Scott Bailey on Feb 18, 2011 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
In all seriousness
probably. The better JUCOs are on a par with NCAA D-III, and the best high schools could probably hold their own against NCCAA teams. That said, the best NCAA D-III teams could put up a valiant-if-doomed effort in a lower-tier D-I conference, and the best NCCAA teams are more than capable of stumbling into the NCAA D-III or NAIA post-season fields. TBC, while a member of the USCAA, doesn’t even really compete for the USCAA championship.
I’ve never really gotten a handle on the logic of HBCU scheduling. A typical HBCU non-conference schedule consists of (a) collecting paychecks and (b) playing schools even I have to look up.
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I had no idea there was anything below NAIA, or that they even had a D2...
I learned something today. Thank you, Jon.
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