Wednesday, March 08, 2006
New vs. Old RPI
While you’re waiting impatiently (You are impatient, right? Tell me you are. Please.) for my latest at espn.com to get posted, you can check out our boy Yoni’s piece on how the road rage RPI is possibly affecting the selection process. Let’s just say the CAA will owe a big thank you to the new formula if they get an at-large bid or two.
Also, reader Sean McGrath took the log5 formula and applied it to the Pythagorean Ratings to come up with some probabilities for the Big East and ACC tourneys. Enjoy.
Seed Team Quarters Semis Finals Champion 1 UConn 100.00% 81.66% 61.21% 39.71% 2 Villanova 100.00% 80.60% 52.64% 28.00% 6 Pitsburgh 66.54% 37.86% 17.53% 7.66% 3 West Virginia 100.00% 48.79% 19.52% 7.33% 4 Marquette 100.00% 47.14% 14.17% 5.34% 5 Georgetown 55.89% 30.99% 10.67% 4.56% 12 Notre Dame 44.11% 21.86% 6.50% 2.42% 11 Louisville 33.46% 13.35% 4.19% 1.22% 8 Cincinnati 57.95% 11.77% 5.10% 1.70% 10 Rutgers 51.81% 10.33% 3.33% 0.80% 9 Syracuse 42.05% 6.57% 2.35% 0.63% 7 Seton Hall 48.19% 9.06% 2.79% 0.63% Seed Team Quarters Semis Finals Champion 1 Duke 100.00% 83.06% 65.29% 40.83% 2 UNC 100.00% 84.94% 66.47% 38.08% 3 Boston Col. 100.00% 61.49% 18.74% 6.11% 4 NC State 100.00% 54.43% 15.37% 5.34% 5 Florida St. 67.02% 34.33% 10.01% 3.58% 6 Maryland 61.73% 26.40% 6.65% 1.80% 9 Clemson 51.78% 9.02% 3.97% 1.15% 8 Miami 48.22% 7.92% 3.35% 0.93% 10 Va. Tech 53.86% 8.60% 3.54% 0.81% 7 Virginia 46.14% 6.46% 2.42% 0.50% 12 Wake Forest 32.98% 11.24% 1.99% 0.45% 11 Georgia Tech 38.27% 12.12% 2.18% 0.42%
Line o’ the Night
FG 3pt FT Reb
Min M-A M-A M-A O-T A F S TO BLK Pts
Karandick Ogunride 32 5-10 0-0 8-12 9-16 0 0 2 4 0 18
Result: Win. Norfolk St. 73, UMES 71.
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