The skinny on the Selection Committee / RPI / Odds

[Realm]

Read this for the full article: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100226/ap_on_sp_co_ne/bkc_it_s_almost_march

Here is the synopsis that will dispel wishful cheerleader thinking:

Any team who wins their respective conference tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. No matter the regular season record or RPI.

ELSE, these factors come into play...

1) The Selection Committee:

Chairman: Dan Guerrero, UCLA athletic director; Gene Smith, Ohio State athletic director; Laing Kennedy, Kent State athletic director; Stan Morrison, UC-Riverside athletic director; Jeff Hathaway, Connecticut athletic director; Lynn Hickey, Texas-San Antonio athletic director; Mike Bobinski, Xavier athletic director; Dab Beebe, Big 12 commissioner; Doug Fullerton, Big Sky commissioner; and Ron Wellman, Wake Forest athletic director.


2) RPI

The Ratings Percentage Index is used as a supplement by the committee to help determine the 34 at-large berths in the field. The RPI, according to Collegiate Basketball News, uses three component factors: winning percentage against Division I teams (25 percent), schedule strength (50 percent), and opponents' schedule strength (25 percent). Games against non-Division I teams are not used in calculating the RPI. Keep in mind Utep's current SOS is a very poor 125


3) The Big Dance Odds (since 1991) Keep in mind that Utep's current RPI is a very respectable 45

a) RPI 01 to 30 -- 99.3% of these teams will receive an at-large bid

b) RPI 31 to 40 -- 82.9% of these teams will receive an at-large bid

c) RPI 41 to 50 -- 55.1% of these teams will receive an at-large bid <-- YIKES... Dat's right !!

d) RPI 51 to 60 -- 25.7% of these teams will receive an at-large bid

e) RPI > 60 -- Only 10 teams have ever received an at-large bid



Now that you have it in black and white... does everyone still feel confident Utep will get a bid if they make it to the finals and not win ??

Realm...

[mistabinks]

Confident? No. Not even a cheerleader like myself feels confident. Like I was saying in another thread, in a fair world, winning the regular season title and making it to the conference tournament finals should be enough. I would not be confident about it though. Not at all.

[Realm]

The cheerleading comment wasn't aimed at you...

Apologies if I sounded that way...

It was aimed at the cheerleaders in Digs / Den who STILL feel all we need to do is win the season championship... and then show up at the final.

Misinformation needs to be corrected ASAP or it develops a life of its own.

Realm....

[mistabinks]

LOL, nah, I know where you are coming from. No need to worry about that my friend. I was just saying, even where I stand, I can't feel confident the way the selection process works right now.

[strelz]

this morning mike miller of nbc sports "beyond the arc" has the miners as a 10th. seed playing maryland in providence ri....I also saw another bracket with utep a 10 playing gonzaga in san jose ( I like that-easy to get to)

[mel]

Feb 27, 2010 10:12:27 GMT -5 strelz said:

this morning mike miller of nbc sports "beyond the arc" has the miners as a 10th. seed playing maryland in providence ri....I also saw another bracket with utep a 10 playing gonzaga in san jose ( I like that-easy to get to)

Would prefer Gonzaga to Maryland. Miners lost to Maryland 6 years ago and I still have nightmares from it.

Go Gold