Lunardi

[soccrcubs7]

Has us last 4 out today, what am I missing here?

 

[Novocaine]

Good point, I'm pretty convinced we have to win the conference tournament at this point.

 

[ctt8410]

We've got 7 more shots at top 50 wins. I think a 21-9 regular season gets us in, so that's 16-6 from here on. That's tough, but doable. It starts tonight against a good Iona team.

 

[drboobay]

Right now, our losses are against #16, #23 and #43 RPI teams. Thus our RPI is sitting at #58. Two of those teams though are likely to see their RPI plummet once they get into conference play unless they win every game or nearly every game.

So I think that's where Lunardi is coming from. Everyone's performance to date and not projections to the end of the year.

 

[lawpoke87]

Agree....RPI is pretty meaningless at this point. I remember last year when posters were talking about Incarnate Word's RPI after our win only to see it free fall once they started their main schedule. Expect UALR and ORU to do likewise.

 

[astonmartin708]

Agree....RPI is pretty meaningless at this point. I remember last year when posters were talking about Incarnate Word's RPI after our win only to see it free fall once they started their main schedule. Expect UALR and ORU to do likewise.

Their RPI's will only plummet when they start losing to bad teams. Both could very well be contenders in their respective conferences.

 

[drboobay]

Right - if ORU and Little Rock run through their conferences with few if any blemishes, and avoid any bad non-conference losses in December, their RPIs could hold up in the top 50 or 100. It is not out of the question, but things rarely work out that way.

 

[Tu Geo]

RPI Forecast has UALR #76 and ORU #77 by seasons end.

Not sure I buy it but that is what they project.

Tulsa is projected to finish #98 by the way.

GO TU!!!!!!

 

[lawpoke87]

Both those teams would have to win their conferences to finish near those marks based on historical trends. That's possible but improbable imo. Been awhile since either of those teams finished in the RPI top 100.

 

[Tulsafanzz]

If we would supply all of ORU's opponents with uniforms that say "TULSA" on them, ORU would be top 40 RPI by March.