rjsuperfly66 wrote:KenPom and RPI are unrelated. I hate the RPI, KenPom is simply rating the strength of a team in a given year. For example, in 10-11, that 15 win PC team was noticably stronger than a 20 win URI team according to KenPom.
I really don't care about the past 5 years since both teams sucked, just pointing out the facts from the experts
I don't know that many here care to discuss this, but it was brought up by seanmc.
So URI was better than PC for two of the last 5 years, PC better than URI for 3 of the 5 years based on your data.
The last two years have been debacles at URI, and some would argue the last 3 years have been debacles considering the collopse of 3 years ago at Rhody in the 2nd half of the year. Quite clear that URI is in the process of a complete turnaround in facility upgrades, Coaching talent, recruiting talent, marketing, on and on - exciting times here at Rhody.
PC has been a bottom dweller in the BE for most of the past 5 years - but program also looking up
Comparing Conference Strength:
The new Conference Director for the BE has said publicly that she likes the size of the Conference at 10 teams and does not want to grow it - so it is a moot point as to the BE raiding the A10 to take whoever they want in the future. The Leader says she won't expand.
The A10 has improved from 5 years ago. Not from last year having lost Temple, Xavier, Charlotte and Butler but over the longer haul, which is what counts, the trend of the A10 is up. Adding VCU, George Mason and Davidson PLUS with many current teams in the A10 showing some nice improvement including LaSalle, UMASS and now soon to be URI.
Catholic 7 BE is a shadow of what they once were having lost teams to the Big 10, ACC and AAC. Can argue of course current A10 versus current BE but it is a much, much closer arguement today than 1,2,3 or 10 years ago. BE has trended down, A10 has trended up.
More and more College Basketball games are televised. More and more High School Basketball games are televised. The trend will be for more and more and more as we get faster, cheaper and easier video technology. We will be watching the entire URI schedule from our Cell Phone before too long. Point is that the BE TV Contract with Fox becomes less and less attractive and relevant to the general public as access to College and HS Games increases every year.
Agree with RF1, not much difference between the two programs.