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Date Posted: 17:12:13 04/21/03 Mon
Author: Patch
Subject: Re: AE vs. MAAC: The definitive question-I Agree
In reply to: BUfan2 's message, "Re: AE vs. MAAC: The definitive question" on 16:56:48 04/21/03 Mon

I agree with your post the only place I disagree and it's trivial is a Conference with and RPI of 25 should not be called a mid major - it's a low major. There are 32 conferences rated if your conference is near the bottom it's a low major.
I think until the AE RPI is in the very Low 20's it's a low major.

>>Are the players on the 3rd Team All-MAAC that
>>much better than, say, the players on the 2nd Team
>>All-AE? Jamar Wilson, Billy Collins, Nick Billings,
>>Justin Rowe, and D.J. Munir...how would these guys
>>stack up against the 3rd Team All-MAAC?
>
>You bring up a good point -- when comparing
>*individual* players on all star teams from different
>mid-major conferences (such as the MAAC and AE), the
>difference may be that the MAAC has more talent -- but
>not necessarily better individual top players -- just
>more of them -- per *team* than the AE. Therefore, it
>doesn't necessarily correlate that a first team
>all-MAAC player is better than a first team all-AE
>player, although that may be true in some instances.
>It may also be true that the POY in a lower mid-major
>conference is a better talent than the POY in a higher
>conference. No matter how high the MAAC's RPI is
>compared to the AE's, they are still a mid-major
>conference.
>
>What I mean is, you can't assume that the top 5 or 10
>individual players in the higher ranked conference are
>always going to be universally better than the top 5
>or 10 players in all lower ranked conferences. I think
>you *can* assume, though, that the majority of the
>rest of players (who aren't on an all conference team)
>are better than the majority of the rest of the
>players in the lower ranked league. That's what makes
>the difference in winning percentage -- and therefore
>RPI -- for the conference, as well as tougher
>schedules (I think someone already made the point that
>several mid-major conferences prevent ther schools
>from playing teams with low RPIs).
>
>So my point is, I don't think you can assume someone
>who made the 3rd team from a higher ranked mid-major
>conference would necessarily be a 1st team selection
>in the AE.

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[> [> [> [> Re: AE vs. MAAC: low major to mid major -- Josh, 20:19:42 04/21/03 Mon

One factor that will help the conference improve its RPI is to "play up", wherever and whenever possible. Granted, many schools are faced with conference rules about opponents RPI, which (allegedly) prohibits them from playing aspiring schools from weaker conferences. However, playing a bunch of Division III games in order to pad some coaches overall wins vs losses doesn't offer much in terms of credibility. Although games against non-division I opponents aren't considered in the RPI calculations, replacing those cream-puff games with some schools in the top 125 might help.

>I agree with your post the only place I disagree and
>it's trivial is a Conference with and RPI of 25 should
>not be called a mid major - it's a low major. There
>are 32 conferences rated if your conference is near
>the bottom it's a low major.
>I think until the AE RPI is in the very Low 20's it's
>a low major.
That's what makes
>>the difference in winning percentage -- and therefore
>>RPI -- for the conference, as well as tougher
>>schedules (I think someone already made the point that
>>several mid-major conferences prevent ther schools
>>from playing teams with low RPIs).

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