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I was just curious to see what UNI's current RPI is, and Ken Pomeroy's at http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php, has UNI at 9th, and CBS Sportsline has UNI 10th http://www.sportsline.com/collegebas...lls/rpi/index1. Teams that are near UNI that play in the next couple of days are Wisconsin, Gonzaga, and Tennessee. Another excellent RPI site that's often cited is but he hasn't updated his yet.
According to Pomeroy, the MVC is still 5th in RPI. RealTimeRPI, http://realtimerpi.com has the Missouri Valley RPI down to 6th at .5740, but that's not really a surprise. The Pac-10 is 7th at .5406, and that's the one BCS conference I would expect the MVC to finish ahead at the end of the regular season. I would expect the Big 12 to finish ahead of the MVC. 8th is the A-10 at .5245.
It appears the difference in where UNI. and other teams, are ranked on these RPI calculations is UNI's SOS. Pomeroy and Sportsline defer greatly from RealTimeRPI.
It's interesting, after the Brooks McKowen thread, to see Brooks' game stats from last night:
Min: 33 FG: 4-7 3Pt: 2-3 FT:0-0 Off Reb:0 Total Reb:5 Ast: 2 TO: 2 Stl: 1 Blk:0 PF:2 Pts:10
Aside from the assist to turnover ratio, which is hard to judge because of the low number of assists and turnovers, he statistically had a good game. I'm not sure whom he guarded, but none of the guards I imagine he was matched up with had a great night. For those concerned in the Brooks’ thread about teams not guarding him, he doesn't have to score many points to have teams guard him; he just has to have a shooting percentage similar to last night's because he's a threat to knock down an open shot.
Last, at http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/column...ndy&id=2284228 is a story on UNI fans' new second favorite team, LSU. Andy Katz insists that Arkansas and LSU are still the favorites in the SEC West. In the story you'll see G Darrel Mitchell comment that LSU should've won all their close games (including UNI), and at the end Katz writes:
"The nonconference portion of the season is done. The Tigers did not maximize it because they didn't finish off Cincinnati, Ohio State or UConn. But they came close, won at West Virginia and clearly have a résumé that is stronger than most as they launch into SEC play". Gee, I think he forgot to mention a team. Might want to send him an e-mail at http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/mailbagESPN?event_id=8439. The e-mail page will come up with a July 2005 date at the top of the page, but that's the page that comes up when you hit "feedback" next to one of his recent blogs. I'm not sure if you need to be an ESPN Insider to e-mail him.
According to Pomeroy, the MVC is still 5th in RPI. RealTimeRPI, http://realtimerpi.com has the Missouri Valley RPI down to 6th at .5740, but that's not really a surprise. The Pac-10 is 7th at .5406, and that's the one BCS conference I would expect the MVC to finish ahead at the end of the regular season. I would expect the Big 12 to finish ahead of the MVC. 8th is the A-10 at .5245.
It appears the difference in where UNI. and other teams, are ranked on these RPI calculations is UNI's SOS. Pomeroy and Sportsline defer greatly from RealTimeRPI.
It's interesting, after the Brooks McKowen thread, to see Brooks' game stats from last night:
Min: 33 FG: 4-7 3Pt: 2-3 FT:0-0 Off Reb:0 Total Reb:5 Ast: 2 TO: 2 Stl: 1 Blk:0 PF:2 Pts:10
Aside from the assist to turnover ratio, which is hard to judge because of the low number of assists and turnovers, he statistically had a good game. I'm not sure whom he guarded, but none of the guards I imagine he was matched up with had a great night. For those concerned in the Brooks’ thread about teams not guarding him, he doesn't have to score many points to have teams guard him; he just has to have a shooting percentage similar to last night's because he's a threat to knock down an open shot.
Last, at http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/column...ndy&id=2284228 is a story on UNI fans' new second favorite team, LSU. Andy Katz insists that Arkansas and LSU are still the favorites in the SEC West. In the story you'll see G Darrel Mitchell comment that LSU should've won all their close games (including UNI), and at the end Katz writes:
"The nonconference portion of the season is done. The Tigers did not maximize it because they didn't finish off Cincinnati, Ohio State or UConn. But they came close, won at West Virginia and clearly have a résumé that is stronger than most as they launch into SEC play". Gee, I think he forgot to mention a team. Might want to send him an e-mail at http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/mailbagESPN?event_id=8439. The e-mail page will come up with a July 2005 date at the top of the page, but that's the page that comes up when you hit "feedback" next to one of his recent blogs. I'm not sure if you need to be an ESPN Insider to e-mail him.
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