RPI WATCH: 1/9/12
by BracketCat on Jan 9, 2012 3:00 PM CST
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PrintAs always, Big 12 Conference games will be discussed later today in BIG 12 OUTLOOK.
West Virginia probably gave us the biggest non-con boost by upending then-top-10 Georgetown at home, while Alabama crept back closer to the polls by handling Georgia in Athens.
Long Beach State, North Florida and UTEP also posted nice conference wins. But while North Florida came out on the right end of an overtime game, Charleston Southern did not.
And unfortunately, George Washington, Loyola and UMES all reside at the very bottom of their conferences, so don't look for much help there, while Virginia Tech appears bound and determined to stay on the bubble, losing to Wake.
All in all, though, with four wins over top-50 teams (three more than we had last season as a No. 5 seed, by the way), this is beginning to look like Frank Martin's best tournament profile yet. But there's still more work to be done.
Associated Press Ranking = 18
ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 18
Overall Record = 12-2
Big 12 Record = 1-1
Top 50 Record = 4-2
RPI = 18
SOS = 53
Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Alabama, Long Beach State, Missouri
Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Virginia Tech
Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = none
- Charleston Southern (10-6, 4-2 Big South) | RPI = 148: Loss to Coastal Carolina (77-80 in overtime)
- Loyola Chicago (5-11, 0-6 Horizon) | RPI = 262: Loss at Cleveland State (48-69)
- UMES (3-12, 0-2 MEAC) | RPI = 290: Loss at Norfolk State (72-78)
- George Washington (5-10, 0-2 A-10) | RPI = 221
- Virginia Tech (11-4, 0-1 ACC) | RPI = 40: Loss at Wake Forest (55-58)
- West Virginia (12-4, 3-1 Big East) | RPI = 13: Win over No. 9 Georgetown (74-62)
- North Florida (9-8, 3-1 A-Sun) | RPI = 132: Win at Florida Gulf Coast (88-81 in overtime)
- Alabama (12-3, 1-0 SEC) | RPI = 15: Win at Georgia (74-59)
- Southern Illinois (5-10, 2-2 MVC) | RPI = 257: Loss to Wichita State (73-83)
- UTEP (8-8, 1-1 C-USA) | RPI = 143: Win over Houston (70-50)
- Long Beach State (10-6, 3-0 Big West) | RPI = 23: Win at Cal State Northridge (81-68)
- Howard (4-13, 1-3 MEAC) | RPI = 301: Loss at Hampton (55-57)
- No. 10 Kansas (12-3, 2-0 Big 12) | RPI = 22: Win at Oklahoma (72-61)
- No. 9 Missouri (14-1, 1-1 Big 12) | RPI = 27: Loss at No. 23 Kansas State (59-75)
- No. 4 Baylor (15-0, 2-0 Big 12) | RPI = 4: Win at Texas Tech (73-60)
- Oklahoma (10-4, 0-2 Big 12) | RPI = 65: Loss to No. 14 Kansas (61-72)
- Texas (11-4, 1-1 Big 12) | RPI = 73: Win over Oklahoma State (58-49)
- Oklahoma State (8-7, 1-1 Big 12) | RPI = 119: Loss at Texas (49-58)
- Texas Tech (7-7, 0-2 Big 12) | RPI = 196: Loss to No. 4 Baylor (60-73)
- Iowa State (12-3, 2-0 Big 12) | RPI = 46: Win at Texas A&M (74-50)
- Texas A&M (9-5, 0-2 Big 12) | RPI = 224: Loss to Iowa State (50-74)
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I hope we can win both games against Baylor this year.
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by Anon_the_younger on Jan 9, 2012 3:33 PM CST reply actions
I hope the Cats can win every game the rest of the year :p
Seriously though, I’d rather beat MU in Columbia than Baylor in Waco.
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Wow, Rodney's face. Yikes.
So it seems like the polls and the numbers agree – we are the 18th best team in the country right now.
Really like the trajectory this team is on and the resume it’s building. Should get a pretty high tourney seed if they stick to this path.
SB Nation's Bracketology has us as a 4 today
We'll carry the banner high!
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by TB on Jan 9, 2012 3:45 PM CST up reply actions
I must send them a fruit basket.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Fight till Hell freezes over and then fight them on the ice.
Has Rodney spent some time in the weight room since last year?
he looks like a linebacker with those biceps.
oh hail the Purple and White
Yes
Some have blamed his shooting troubles at the beginning of the season on getting used to his new body at full speed.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Fight till Hell freezes over and then fight them on the ice.
BC - the Cats had 1 (!!) win over a top 50 last year?
Good lord. Baylor, UT, A&M were all that crappy?
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Maybe he means in preseason...
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on non-conference, if you prefer
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No, I think that was total.
I believe we finished 1-6 against the Top 50, with the one being Kansas.
I want to say Texas fell out late, but I’d have to look it up to confirm. Maybe it was two wins.
not trying to start a fight (ok maybe I am a little bit)
but according to realtimerpi.com,
We had 4 wins over top 50 RPI teams: KU(1), Mizzou(37), @Texas(11), and Utah St.(15).
And as I was looking over this list, we played some atrocious games last year. 44-57 against Florida (yeesh…and I was AT that game, I guess I really did a good job of blocking that abortion of a game from my mind), 59-63 against UNLV, 59-75 at Mizzou, 56-64 @ aTm, 56-58 @Colorado. Yuck to all of those!
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by Jeremy Sharp on Jan 10, 2012 4:27 PM CST up reply actions
forgot to include these gems
62-76 @OSU, and 66-74 against Colorado.
Puke.
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by Jeremy Sharp on Jan 10, 2012 4:28 PM CST up reply actions
The FL game was a train wreck last year.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
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by Anon_the_younger on Jan 10, 2012 4:35 PM CST up reply actions
As I was typing these comments
it came back to me.
I told my buddy as we were leaving that game last year…“that was the ugliest basketball game I have seen all season long” (and even after the season concluded, that still holds true..in all of college basketball last year, I know EYE didn’t see an uglier game played than the KSU/UF game.)
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by Jeremy Sharp on Jan 10, 2012 4:42 PM CST up reply actions
I wasn't counting Utah State.
I was referring to pre-Selection Sunday stats.
I guess Texas was still up there. Still, just three all season ain’t that great. We missed a lot of opportunities in the non-con and early conference play.
Ironically, we just beat Mizzou by the exact same score in Bramlage. LOL
Revenge is a dish best served mirrored.
according to realtimerpi
Baylor finished with an RPI of 94.
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by Jeremy Sharp on Jan 10, 2012 4:29 PM CST up reply actions
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