Tulsa RPI now officially at #30
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Unless you're Hines who reported ESPN's RPI ratings in her article today of 37.
OU and apparently some others lost last night that affect us as we are at 32 at rpiforecast.
NCAA doesn't update theirs daily and having the RPI on your own website (ESPN, CBS, etc.) will increase their ad revenue even if it a tiny drop in the bucket its still increased revenue.
They do update their's daily. We're down to 33 officially.
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-rpi
I have no problems with the Folds of Honor layout Sunday. I am sure it was weeks in the works coinciding with the race. It is a positive light in things for the name of the race and the race sponsor are both heavy Tulsa in nature. QT is routinely rated one of the best companies to work for in the country and Maj. Rooney and his foundation are exploding and no one is going to argue with that.
Now the softball jersey thing...OSU is stupid, the girl griping is a whiner. The whole thing reeks of a Pretty Little Liars episode
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Now the softball jersey thing...OSU is stupid, the girl griping is a whiner. The whole thing reeks of a Pretty Little Liars episode
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RPI Wizard show sTU would end up with an SOS of 78 and RPI of 27 if they beat Cincy, lose to SMU then beat ECU and Temple in the AAC Tourney then lose to SMU in the finals.
BPI would be in the 322 range and ESPN RPI at 336 though ;o)
BPI would be in the 322 range and ESPN RPI at 336 though ;o)
Actually, I don't but the title makes it seem like there's a ton of pettiness going on which would seem to fit this jersey burning episode perfectlyOriginally posted by BasPlayr:
that you would know that worries me a little.
This is going to sound sexist but I promise it's not. I don't believe ANYONE who hasn't at least played basketball at a high level (if not collegiately) if they're going to vote in a meaningful poll, much less a female who can't probably hasn't even watched a full game of each of the top 50 teams or so. I know that's how it's always been done, but I think it's crazy. There should be a coach's poll and then an AP poll that consists of only writers that have actually played or was at least a student manager for a college team or something.
You can't say something is going to sound sexist but claim its not and then make a sexist statement...
Hines has admitted that she wasn't a sports fan until she was assigned to cover the same....I know. If journalist were required to play ball at the college level in order to cover the game we would have very few writers.
Originally posted by youngblood223:
Originally posted by Rippin:
Originally posted by TU_BLA:
Does anyone know if she was one of the 7 votes for us in the AP poll (or if she contributed a vote that got us pts in the poll?)
This is going to sound sexist but I promise it's not. I don't believe ANYONE who hasn't at least played basketball at a high level (if not collegiately) if they're going to vote in a meaningful poll, much less a female who can't probably hasn't even watched a full game of each of the top 50 teams or so. I know that's how it's always been done, but I think it's crazy. There should be a coach's poll and then an AP poll that consists of only writers that have actually played or was at least a student manager for a college team or something.
If that were the criteria, there wouldn't be any voters.
EXACTLY! It should be only the coaches! But if you must include a writers poll, at least use the writers that actually know what they're talking about. That the same writers whose votes affect the BCS also have votes in basketball is also absurd.
And it wasn't sexist. I wouldn't want anyone (male or female) voting if they don't have inside experience playing either playing or managing or something.
Originally posted by Rippin:
Originally posted by TU_BLA:
Does anyone know if she was one of the 7 votes for us in the AP poll (or if she contributed a vote that got us pts in the poll?)
This is going to sound sexist but I promise it's not. I don't believe ANYONE who hasn't at least played basketball at a high level (if not collegiately) if they're going to vote in a meaningful poll, much less a female who can't probably hasn't even watched a full game of each of the top 50 teams or so. I know that's how it's always been done, but I think it's crazy. There should be a coach's poll and then an AP poll that consists of only writers that have actually played or was at least a student manager for a college team or something.
If that were the criteria, there wouldn't be any voters.
EXACTLY! It should be only the coaches! But if you must include a writers poll, at least use the writers that actually know what they're talking about. That the same writers whose votes affect the BCS also have votes in basketball is also absurd.
And it wasn't sexist. I wouldn't want anyone (male or female) voting if they don't have inside experience playing either playing or managing or something.
She hasn't voted for TU all season. She is more concerned about following her beloved Aggies (good, bad, or indeferent) than writing about TU. It must have crushed her when she was taken off the OSU beat. She is full of excuses as to why TU does not get more pub in the Tulsa World.
The Memphis "Commerical Appeal" covers the Grizzlies and SEC on a daily basis, but not near as much as they do Memphis Tiger Atheltics. Even in a loss, The Tigers received more ink (full front sports page), than TU did in the Tulsa World. The name Tulsa World is very appropriate, it sure the hell ain't local.
She claims distribution placement is why TU does not get much coverage more???? WTF??? Last I checked the largest distribution of the Tulsa World is Tulsa, Oklahoma. I do not see how it is unreasonable when TU has it's own beat writer to dedicate a daily page or two to Golden Hurricane Athletics, and give full front sports page access before and after big games. I guess if she had to fill 1-2 pages it would require her to stop writing stories and tweeting about comings and goings at OSU.
The best stories about TU basketball this season have been written outside the state of Oklahoma.
Michael Peters is the worst thing to happen to the Tulsa World's coverage of TU sports.
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This post was edited on 3/3 3:56 PM by texcane1982
Pretty much any time you refer to a woman as a "female" you can count on sounding sexist. And following that up by making a blatantly sexist comment ("much less a female") doesn't help your case either.
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Originally posted by chito_and_leon:
Pretty much any time you refer to a woman as a "female" you can count on sounding sexist. And following that up by making a blatantly sexist comment ("much less a female") doesn't help your case either.
Posted from Rivals MobileYep, leave it 2 HOOTter 2 flush those sexist comments down the drain
Lawpoke: If only ex-jocks were permitted to cover sports we would have very few good sportswriters. Journalists are not required to have personal experience with, and expertise in, the beats they cover. If they were, only ex-politicians could cover politics or only ex-doctors could cover medicine. Journalists are supposed to be experts in journalism -- cultivating good sources, asking intelligent questions, organizing information and writing cogently. The cop reporter or fine arts reporter ought to be able to cover a basketball game almost as well a sportswriter, by not pretending to be a sports expert but instead by simply asking questions of the folks who are experts.
