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It seems the only more sophisticated metric used this year is $$. How else do you explain powerhouses likeOriginally posted by BoilerDaddy:
I don't know much about CSU, but the RPI is a blunt instrument the very limited predictive power compared to more sophisticated metrics.
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Texas was really helped by SOS and the strength of the Big 12....I thought they would be left out, however. I'll get criticized for this, but I thought Indiana deserved a bid when you look at the entire season, partly because a lot of the other teams near the bottom of the field also lost late in the year. UCLA, I have barely a clue how they got a bid....that is the head-scratcher to me. Boise State might have been left out, too, but they got no break having to play Dayton in Dayton for the First Four.Originally posted by atmafola:
It seems the only more sophisticated metric used this year is $$. How else do you explain powerhouses likeOriginally posted by BoilerDaddy:
I don't know much about CSU, but the RPI is a blunt instrument the very limited predictive power compared to more sophisticated metrics.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
IU, UCLA and Texas being solidly in.
UCLA got in because of their entire book of work. They were 10-11 to finish the season, came from eighth in the conference to finish fourth. Personally, I would have loved to see a UCLA/IU play in game. Watch for MSU to get on a roll, and Davidson to defeat Iowa.Originally posted by Purdue Grad in Texas:
Texas was really helped by SOS and the strength of the Big 12....I thought they would be left out, however. I'll get criticized for this, but I thought Indiana deserved a bid when you look at the entire season, partly because a lot of the other teams near the bottom of the field also lost late in the year. UCLA, I have barely a clue how they got a bid....that is the head-scratcher to me. Boise State might have been left out, too, but they got no break having to play Dayton in Dayton for the First Four.Originally posted by atmafola:
It seems the only more sophisticated metric used this year is $$. How else do you explain powerhouses likeOriginally posted by BoilerDaddy:
I don't know much about CSU, but the RPI is a blunt instrument the very limited predictive power compared to more sophisticated metrics.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
IU, UCLA and Texas being solidly in.
Maybe Miami, Temple, Colorado State, and Murray State can make some arguments.....but when you're toward the bottom of the field, this can always happen. It looks like Temple was the odd team out from Wyoming's upset, and if UConn had won, I think Boise State would have been out.
Michigan State got a good draw I think, and I thought Ohio State would have been a #8 seed. Iowa/Davidson should be a good game.
ding ding ding. half the games are rigged anyway.Originally posted by atmafola:
It seems the only more sophisticated metric used this year is $$. How else do you explain powerhouses likeOriginally posted by BoilerDaddy:
I don't know much about CSU, but the RPI is a blunt instrument the very limited predictive power compared to more sophisticated metrics.
Posted from Rivals Mobile
IU, UCLA and Texas being solidly in.
Okay, we'll agree to disagree but tell me this....Originally posted by Purdue Grad in Texas:
Twin, we'll agree to disagree on UCLA. Actually, I think they won 9-13 with a few home games, and their only road win in that stretch was @ Stanford, who's not even in the field. Can they play, maybe even win? yes, but I just don't think they performed well enough to get in this year. I think they may have made it because they gave AZ a decent game in the Pac-12 tourney, but that's not supposed to be how it works. Or so we have been told.