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2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 8:58 am
by Ramulous
I am proposing a permanent thread....similar to "weekly games of interest" to track the RPI from all available sources as we make our way through this season.

I must leave it to the more technologically astute IT posters here to figure out how to do it...

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Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:36 am
by Rhody Dude
I think we moved about 100 spots up to 89 with that win

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:39 am
by ATPTourFan
So you want to bookmark this page. Rhody jumped almost 50 spots with yesterday's win. Now 62

http://www.rpiforecast.com/live-rpi.html

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:42 am
by Blue Man
I saw us at 62. Cinci is at 125. Charlotte is at 1. Way too early for rpi to be viable, but it'll be fun to watch come conference time.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:54 am
by ATPTourFan
Spot position is not indicative of how good a team is, but the probable end of season RPI that is forecasted is certainly useful guidance. That site will load yesterday's results soon and recalculate the forecast in a few hours.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 7:40 am
by ATPTourFan
So with the loss the rpi dropped back to 110, but that's not what matters. So early in the season the win loss %changes so much with each game we just went from 100% to 80% and took on Duke's present day win loss and their opponents' win loss.

What you want to watch later today is when the forecast page updates. You will see a jump in the predicted end or regular season rpi. You will know it is updated when it shows our current record correctly here: http://www.rpiforecast.com/teams/Rhode%20Island.html

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 7:49 pm
by RhowdyRam02
Expected RPI of 27

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:21 pm
by rambone 78
27 based on expected wins and losses the rest of the season.....wish it was that easy.....25 games left, some teams will get better, some will get worse.....I would take that though, right now!

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 9:29 pm
by ATPTourFan
Yes. It is the best guidance available for RPI. There will be some unexpected results of course.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:22 pm
by Rhody83
RPI is useless early in the season. Elon is 6th, PC is 19th and Duke is 66th. Nough said

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:14 am
by reef
When we get in conf our RPI should get dragged down

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:30 am
by ATPTourFan
Follow the expected RPI.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:42 pm
by Ramulous
That is why I would like this to be pinned or bookmarked at the top so we can follow the RPI as it moves after each game...

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 4:59 pm
by ATPTourFan
Expected RPI: 27.9
Today's RPI: 107

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 5:19 pm
by Ramulous
Thank you ATP

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:23 pm
by URIGONZO
My thinking is we should be paying very close attention to what Cincinatti does each game they play. They are going to be our marquee win of the year. Amy I crazy to be thinking like that? Or should we all be rooting very hard for them?

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:41 pm
by Shaolin Swat
URIGONZO wrote:My thinking is we should be paying very close attention to what Cincinatti does each game they play. They are going to be our marquee win of the year. Amy I crazy to be thinking like that? Or should we all be rooting very hard for them?
The better Cincinnati looks, the better that win looks. In all likelihood, that will be the marquee win from our OOC schedule. I think pulling for Cincy the rest of the way will only continue to make that win look more impressive.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 1:52 pm
by SmartyBarrett
Another good link to check: http://natstat.com/mbb/team/rhode-island-rams/rpi

This also has the (reported) selection sheet that the NCAA Tournament committee uses.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:51 pm
by ATPTourFan
Later in the season when each team is more closely slotted with their season-end RPI, that selection sheet will make more sense. Looking at it based of today's RPI ranks isn't so fruitful.

The Rhode Island page on RPIForecast includes the full schedule and shows expected RPI next to each opponent kind of like how KenPom does on his team pages.

http://www.rpiforecast.com/teams/Rhode%20Island.html

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 2:54 pm
by RhowdyRam02
I really used to like natstat.com, but it's been terrible since their server got hijacked and they changed the format. An ugly site that is a mess to navigate and missing a lot of information that I really liked.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 3:06 pm
by ATPTourFan
Yeah, agree. I miss the old BB State. It's the challenge in making a site mobile friendly. More of the old features are coming back one at a time. I look forward to the A10 vs other Conferences page.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2016 6:19 pm
by RhowdyRam02
Expected RPI of 26.3 with an 84.56% chance of having an RPI of 35 or better.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:27 am
by reef
That's what I am talking about sign me up for that

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 7:27 am
by CT Rhody
RPI up to 77 today per ESPN. Big jump from yesterdays 115 ranking.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:24 am
by ATPTourFan
Hate to sound like a broken record but present-day RPI doesn't mean anything. Just follow the expected RPI. As the season progresses, the expected RPI confidence will increase and the daily spot RPI will fall into alignment by selection sunday - the only day the spot RPI matters.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 1:13 pm
by Ramulous
In reality the RPI only matters if you are in a P5 conference....if not they look for ways to screw you even if you are 24 and a mid-major....

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 3:16 pm
by ATPTourFan
...and no respectable wins outside conference.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 6:32 pm
by reef
Agree things will start to take place with RPI in mid to late January now doesn't mean too much

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:49 am
by ATPTourFan
This morning's RPI is 78, still trending towards Expected RPI of 27.6.

Because the probability of a win @ Valpo is such a toss up, Rhody's expected RPI will jump to approximately 21 with a win on Tuesday.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:20 pm
by ATPTourFan
So instead of the hoped jump in our expected RPI from 28 to 21 with a Valpo win, we went the other way...

Expected RPI (entering A10 tournament): 36.3
Today's RPI: 59

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:20 pm
by RoadyJay
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Down to 35.2. All is good in Rhody Nation
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Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:51 pm
by josephski
Will be interesting to see how everything plays out. Those numbers look like a 10 seed to me.

For reference, Dayton ended up with a 7 seed last year with these numbers:
RPI: 21
OOC Record: 10-2
Record: 25-7 (including a10 tournament)
OOC SOS: 9
Overall SOS: 49
RPI 1-25: 0-3
RPI 26-50: 3-1
RPI 51-100: 6-1

Their other losses were to La Salle (232) and us (116).

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 7:10 pm
by rambone 78
That 8-4 OOC record looks likely....although win Saturday and we will have a great chance to better that....

21-9 would put us on the bubble with a 35 rpi......need a little better......

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 2:42 am
by reef
Yes need to do better than 21-9 and 13-5

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:40 am
by RoadyJay
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33.6 is nice... Must've been that great Cincy win!
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Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:54 am
by reef
Find it a bit hard if we go 21-9 and 13-5 that we will have an RPI of 33

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:57 am
by rambone 78
reef, if we go 21-9 we will be on the outside looking in, like you said, we need to be at least a game or two better, and of course it matters who we beat and who we lose to....it never goes according to Hoyle.....

If we stay healthy we have 23-24 win talent......for every game we finish worse than that....it's on Hurley.....if he doesn't improve as a bench coach it's not likely to happen....

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:08 am
by reef
Yes I agree with that bone

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 9:17 am
by UCH21377
Rambone when do you sleep?

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:09 pm
by RoadyJay
reef wrote:Find it a bit hard if we go 21-9 and 13-5 that we will have an RPI of 33

A top 50 schedule with a 21-9 record and you don't think that translates to a 33 RPI?

Believe in math.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 4:14 pm
by twisted3829
That would be 7 top 100 wins and 3 top 50 wins with those projections

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 7:41 pm
by UCH21377
If we don't win the A10 tourney, or regular season title, we don't belong. Don't care what our RPI is.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 12:02 am
by reef
Need to do major damage in the A10 now hopefully 14-4 or better

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:25 am
by ATPTourFan
Through Saturday's games... later today I will update when it includes Sunday's games.
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Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 11:33 am
by ramster
UCH21377 wrote:If we don't win the A10 tourney, or regular season title, we don't belong. Don't care what our RPI is.
So if that happens and we still get a bid you are saying we should turn it down. Does that mean we should accept NIT or just look to next year?

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:12 pm
by UCH21377
Of course not. I admit that post was overly severe. But if we lose our games this week, we will need to win the A10, regular season or tourney, IMO.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 1:02 am
by reef
If we don't win the A10 tourney or reg season title we better have 23 or more wins or it is pribably NIT

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2016 5:20 pm
by RhowdyRam02
It looks like 21-9 would do it. Play around in rpiforecast.com. Mark every game how they have us projected to do today, that makes us 25-5. So change the four games we're the smallest favorite in to losses (@ Davidson, Dayton, @ LaSalle, VCU) to get us to 21-9. Our projected RPI is 26. Now go the other way and start off at 25-5 but have us lose the games we're the biggest favorites in (Holy Cross, @ St. Louis, George Washington, Fordham) and our projected RPI is still 28. 21-9 looks to be the magic record.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 9:32 am
by ATPTourFan
The wizard is so fun.

Re: 2016-2017 RPI watch

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:45 am
by Billyboy78
I don't imagine RPI takes injuries into consideration.