RPI RANKING: FEEL FREE TO ADD OTHER RANKINGS

[Edrick]

I think with their underwhelming "smart" numbers, PC is going to want to avoid Bubble talk.

[stever20]

I think with their underwhelming "smart" numbers, PC is going to want to avoid Bubble talk.

think that's a fair point. if PC can handle though DePaul, Marquette, and then win 2 of the other 7 games, that gets them to 20 wins and that's a pretty magical number quite frankly. But even 1 of 7 gets them to 19-12, and with a 38 RPI. Generally speaking- RPI is a MUCH better predictor of a tourney bid than Ken Pom is.

[stever20]

I think with their underwhelming "smart" numbers, PC is going to want to avoid Bubble talk.

also to expand on that- looked and 6 of the end of the regular season top 43 didn't make the tourney from Ken Pom. Meanwhile #13 in Ken Pom Tennessee made it as a PIG team.

[Amase2]

I think with their underwhelming "smart" numbers, PC is going to want to avoid Bubble talk.

think that's a fair point. if PC can handle though DePaul, Marquette, and then win 2 of the other 7 games, that gets them to 20 wins and that's a pretty magical number quite frankly. But even 1 of 7 gets them to 19-12, and with a 38 RPI. Generally speaking- RPI is a MUCH better predictor of a tourney bid than Ken Pom is.

Loosing 7 of 10 games is a rpi killer. Even if against well ranked teams. But yes, 4-7 would probably give them a shot. They just better hope the last spot doesnt come down to them and SJU. Sweeps hurt.

[stever20]

I think with their underwhelming "smart" numbers, PC is going to want to avoid Bubble talk.

think that's a fair point. if PC can handle though DePaul, Marquette, and then win 2 of the other 7 games, that gets them to 20 wins and that's a pretty magical number quite frankly. But even 1 of 7 gets them to 19-12, and with a 38 RPI. Generally speaking- RPI is a MUCH better predictor of a tourney bid than Ken Pom is.

Loosing 7 of 10 games is a rpi killer. Even if against well ranked teams. But yes, 4-7 would probably give them a shot. They just better hope the last spot doesnt come down to them and SJU. Sweeps hurt.

Thing is 19-12 with the wins that PC has- ND, Butler, Georgetown, Xavier- plus 1 more solid win- they would still be in good shape.

And bottom line- RPI is a much better predictor of a team getting in vs Ken Pom.

[Bill Marsh]

Big East (to date)

7. Villanova
19. Xavier
20. Butler
22. Georgetown
38. St John's
42. Seton Hall
52. Providence
104. Marquette
128. Creighton
136. Depaul

http://kenpom.com

RPI Forecast to date:

8. Villanova
20. Georgetown
21. Butler
26. Xavier
29. Providence
37. Seton Hall
58. St. John's
128. Marquette
165. DePaul
173. Creighton

[robinreed]

LOOKS LIKE SIX BIDS ARE BECOMING PROBABLE IN THE BIG EAST

Big East Conference (5.5 Projected Bids)
Projected Seed Current Record & Projected Finish NCAA Tournament Bid Odds Seed Projection Detail
Seed S-Curve Team Proj W/L Bid Auto Bid At Large Bid Avg Seed 1-4 Seed 1 Seed
2 7 Villanova (19-2) 27-4 100% 43% 57% 2.3 95% 22%
5 19 Butler (16-6) 22-9 98% 17% 81% 5.8 33% 0%
6 24 Georgetown (15-6) 20-9 97% 14% 83% 7.1 14% 0%
7 27 Providence (16-6) 20-11 82% 5% 77% 7.0 14% 0%
7 26 Xavier (14-8) 20-11 86% 12% 75% 6.9 16% 0%
10 39 Seton Hall (15-6) 19-11 58% 4% 54% 8.9 2% 0%
St Johns (14-7) 19-12 31% 4% 27% 9.1 1% 0%
Creighton (10-13) 12-19 0% 0% 0% 14.1 0% 0%
Marquette (10-11) 13-17 1% 1% 0% 12.7 0% 0%
DePaul (11-12) 13-18 0% 0% 0% 14.1 0% 0%

[robinreed]

RANKULATOR INCLUDES 3 BIG EAST TEAMS IN TOP 25

As of 01 Feb 2015

Rankulator Ranking

Rk Name Avg Rnk Points
--- ---------------------- -------- ------
1 Kentucky 8.49 81.67
2 Virginia 25.02 78.84
3 Gonzaga 32.85 76.43
4 Wisconsin 21.78 75.88
5 Kansas 25.46 74.41
6 Arizona 19.48 74.24
7 Duke 31.96 73.80
8 Villanova 26.29 73.40
9 Virginia Commonwealth 42.27 73.10
10 Louisville 34.17 72.47
11 Wichita St 51.30 72.33
12 Notre Dame 57.80 71.96
13 Northern Iowa 72.48 70.85
14 North Carolina 41.73 70.83
15 Utah 28.74 70.70
16 West Virginia 57.25 70.62
17 Iowa State 49.78 69.06
18 SMU 51.45 69.04
19 Butler 33.51 68.78
20 Baylor 36.43 68.44
21 Colorado St 79.84 68.33
22 Georgetown 44.53 67.98
23 Murray St 128.39 67.73
24 LSU 69.95 67.60
25 Maryland 57.02 67.34

[robinreed]

Big East Conference
Expected RPI: 2
Current RPI: 2
Current OOC Record: 92-30 (0.7541)
Expected OOC Record: 93-30 (0.7561)
Expected OOC RPI: 2
Expected OOC SOS: 2

RPI
8.0 Villanova 0.6445 0.5686 34 19-2 26-5 6-2 13-5 4-2 4-2 5-0 10-0 3-0 13-0 7 67 6
21.2 Georgetown 0.6102 0.5979 3 15-6 20-9 7-4 12-7 2-6 3-3 2-1 9-0 3-0 8-2 17 7 19
23.0 Butler 0.6068 0.5718 29 16-6 22-9 7-3 13-6 4-4 3-2 2-1 10-1 4-0 9-3 58 107 16
27.9 Xavier 0.5994 0.5840 9 14-8 20-11 5-5 10-8 3-3 4-3 4-2 7-3 2-0 10-3 26 27 26
32.3 Providence 0.5934 0.5830 10 16-6 20-11 6-3 10-8 3-4 3-2 4-2 7-3 2-1 10-3 23 28 23
39.9 Seton Hall 0.5845 0.5613 42 15-6 20-10 5-4 10-8 2-5 2-3 3-1 8-2 5-0 10-2 31 155 35
62.6 St. John's 0.5655 0.5739 22 13-7 18-12 3-5 8-10 2-7 3-2 3-0 5-3 4-0 10-2 39 63 49
134.5 Marquette 0.5191 0.5685 35 10-11 13-17 2-7 5-13 1-8 1-5 2-1 6-2 3-1 8-4 126 115 137
162.8 DePaul 0.5037 0.5439 75 11-12 13-18 5-5 7-11 1-6 3-4 1-3 3-4 5-2 6-7 281 299 136
167.9 Creighton 0.5011 0.5566 54 10-13 12-19 1-9 3-15 1-6 1-6 1-3 5-3 4-1 9-4 121 201 142

[robinreed]

RPI FOR TOP 15 CONFERENCES

Rank Conference Rating Top Team Last
1 Big 12 0.598 Kansas (19-3) 1
2 Big East 0.587 Villanova (20-2) 2
3 ACC 0.576 Virginia (20-1) 3
4 Big Ten 0.573 Wisconsin (20-2) 4
5 SEC 0.570 Kentucky (22-0) 5
6 Pac-12 0.567 Arizona (20-2) 6
7 Atlantic 10 0.540 VCU (18-4) 7
8 American 0.532 S Methodist (18-4) 8
9 WCC 0.526 Gonzaga (22-1) 9
10 MVC 0.519 Wichita St (19-3) 10
11 MAC 0.517 Buffalo (15-6) 11
12 Mountain West 0.513 San Diego St (17-5) 12
13 Big West 0.500 Lg Beach St (12-11) 13
14 Independents 0.497 NJIT (14-10) 14
15 Horizon League 0.493 WI-Grn Bay (18-5) 15