http://www.baselinestats.com/20090227/dont-lose-at-home-the-story-of-the-new-rpi/ College hoops stats and analysis for the die-hard Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:53:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.baselinestats.com/20090227/dont-lose-at-home-the-story-of-the-new-rpi/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Lukas Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:55:39 +0000 http://www.baselinestats.com/?p=695#comment-90 Well, it pays for a high-major team to schedule an easier small conference team on the road as it can really boost up their adjusted winning percentage. I do agree though that most larger schools are worried about going on the road and taking a loss against a very strong mid-major, however a loss there really shouldn't drop their RPI much as Brendon stated. They want to keep home games purely for revenue, or they just don't understand the system, either way a lot of the bubble teams from BCS conferences could have been helped by a change in scheduling. Well, it pays for a high-major team to schedule an easier small conference team on the road as it can really boost up their adjusted winning percentage. I do agree though that most larger schools are worried about going on the road and taking a loss against a very strong mid-major, however a loss there really shouldn’t drop their RPI much as Brendon stated. They want to keep home games purely for revenue, or they just don’t understand the system, either way a lot of the bubble teams from BCS conferences could have been helped by a change in scheduling.

]]> http://www.baselinestats.com/20090227/dont-lose-at-home-the-story-of-the-new-rpi/comment-page-1/#comment-89 TheVertexVortex Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:30:12 +0000 http://www.baselinestats.com/?p=695#comment-89 Very interesting analysis. as a fan of a small conference school, tricks 1, 2, and 4 can have a huge impact on small schools like ours. Because we play in a small conference, we don't have much of an opportunity to improve RPI during conference play. But, if we could get some majors to come to our house or play us on a neutral court, it would give us a great opportunity to improve our RPI. Could this be one reason why RPI was changed, to entice big name schools to travel to lesser known ones?? I've heard the argument that there is no upside to playing a smaller school on the road, but your analysis seems to disprove this theory, at least somewhat. Very interesting analysis. as a fan of a small conference school, tricks 1, 2, and 4 can have a huge impact on small schools like ours. Because we play in a small conference, we don’t have much of an opportunity to improve RPI during conference play. But, if we could get some majors to come to our house or play us on a neutral court, it would give us a great opportunity to improve our RPI. Could this be one reason why RPI was changed, to entice big name schools to travel to lesser known ones?? I’ve heard the argument that there is no upside to playing a smaller school on the road, but your analysis seems to disprove this theory, at least somewhat.

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