Well the Cincy game is the only reason we're higher in that stat, Bonnies had two top 25 wins on the road and an overall road record of 8-5. I don't know if the tournament committee uses that stat but if they do I'm sure they'll see right through it.TruePoint wrote:Glad you brought that up. St. Bona finished last season with a LRPI (road and neutral games only) of 51. URI is better even in an area that we perceive as a weakness - ours is 43.
The committee can always find a nit to pick. When you're dealing with 9, 10, 11, seeds, nobody's resume is going to be perfect. Bona had an almost unprecedentedly bad OOC schedule last year and they got dinged for it. I don't think URI has a similar egregious flaw.
Also the Bonnies non conference wasn't as bad as people make it out to be. They had a OOC SOS of 149 with an RPI of 30, here are some teams who made the tourney:
Cincinatti : 9 Seed : RPI 45 : OOC SOS 145
Providence : 9 Seed : RPI 38 : OOC SOS 225
Colorado : 8 Seed : RPI 34 : OOC SOS 139
Butler : 9 Seed : RPI 54 : OOC SOS 267
Pittsburgh : 10 seed : RPI 52 : OOC SOS 183
Michigan : Last 4 : RPI 58 : OOC SOS 203
If the selection committee doesn't want an a10 team in they'll find an excuse to not include them. Just because we have a better OOC SOS than the Bonnies doesn't mean we're safe.