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Titan Eric
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Date Posted: 11:31:14 03/11/03 Tue
In reply to:
Titan Eric
's message, "Update" on 11:25:33 03/11/03 Tue
>>right now we are 114 in the RPI(cbssportsline.com)
>>
>>here's a list of the teams ahead of us in the RPI who
>>are either at 1 game above .500, at .500, or 1 or more
>>games below .500. i also included who they play in
>>their conference tourney and i apologize if their are
>>any errors. if a team was a few games below .500 i
>>didn't bother to look up their opponent.
>>
>>1)Georgia, Fresno St,and Michigan-OUT
>>2)Texas A&M(14-13) vs. Iowa St---Thurs@1pm
>>3)Georgia Tech(14-13) vs NC St---Fri@2:30pm
>>*4)Villanova(15-14) vs Georgetown(14-13)---Wed@7pm
>>5)Ohio St(14-13) vs Iowa---Thrus@12pm
>>6)South Carolina(12-15)
>>7)Virginia(14-14) vs Duke---Fri@9:30pm
>>8)Florida St(13-14) vs Clemson---Thur@7pm
>>9)Charlotte(13-15) vs UAB---Wed@7pm
>>10)Ole Miss(13-14) vs Tennessee---Thurs@1pm
>>11)Arkansas(9-18)
>>12)Vanderbilt(10-17)
>>13)West Virginia(14-14) vs Providence--Wed@2pm
>>14)Baylor(14-13) vs Texas Tech---Thurs@7pm
>>15)Colorado St(14-13) vs Wyoming---Thurs@5:30pm
>>16)Temple(13-14) vs Richmond---Thurs@2:05pm
>>17)Kansas St(13-16)
>>18)Nebraska(12-17)
>>* one of the teams will be NIT eligible
>
>First, when I have followed the NIT selections in past
>years I have compare the selections to the RPI from
>www.collegerpi.com (the same stats used by ESPN).
>Although, the NIT selections did not run in complete
>order with the RPI from www.collegerpi.com, the
>selections were close.
>
>Second, it is my understanding that teams with a
>overall record (including wins against non-D1 schools)
>of .500 or better are eligible for the NIT. That
>means, that the only teams from your list that can
>finish BELOW .500 are South Carolina, Florida St.,
>Charlotte, Arkansas, West Virgina, and Temple.
>
>Virgina is listed as 14-14 on the RPI against D1
>schools, however they have a non-D1 win and thus have
>an overall record of 15-14 and even if they were to
>lose in the first round of the ACC tourney against
>Duke they'll finish 15-15 and get an NIT bid.
>
>South Carolina would have to win at least 4 games to
>finish .500
>
>Florida State would have to win at least 2 games to
>finish .500
>
>Arkansas (9-18) is out of the post season except for
>an auto NCAA bid.
>
>Temple would have to win at least 2 games to finish
>.500
>
>West Virgina needs to win at least 1 game to finish
>.500
More Updates
Charlotte needs to win at least three games
Ole Miss needs to win at least two games
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