MVC moves ahead of Atlantic 10 into #8 RPI conference

[MacabreMob]

After games played through December 31st, the MVC is 8th in Conference RPI based on all games. When considering Non-Conf games only, the MVC is 9th. This info from Jerry Palm's site at collegerpi.com. Here is a comment from Palm: "The NCAA calculates conference rankings both with and without conference games. I think a conference game is like a 'team' playing itself, so I prefer the non-conference version."

[houstontxbrave]

Like your precious Big 10 and i think MSt is for real and Ill. is under rared; I only wish I could save your post until march. The big 10 will fall to any of 6-8 A10 teams...

All posts on here are saved as are all the threads, feel free to come back here in March and talk about how great the A10 is, in your mind, and maybe by then you can give some depth to your analysis other then just saying someone is great or horrible... back it up with a little fact.

But Ill welcome your analysis in March of the Big 10 losing to 8 A10 teams... but again when you do, provide some sort of fact on how that has happened.

[georgethedog]

What if we named it "Big Massive Valley That Will Kill You in the Night?"

"BMVTWKYITN"

What about afternoon games?

[georgethedog]

I disagree. The WCC has two HORRENDOUS teams at the bottom with a combined record of 1-26! Plus Gonzaga has been in a free fall lately losing three in a row!

The MVC has some real impressive teams at the bottom too:

197 Southern Ill. 0-2 4-8 0.4813 70 0.5430
208 Wichita St. 0-2 5-7 0.4744 119 0.5192
252 Indiana St. 1-1 2-10 0.4466 100 0.5288

A couple bottom dwellers will not make or break the whole league's rpi I don't think. We shall see. My argument is based on SOS and The WCC is #1 right now, which by the way is mostly "out of conference" SOS. The MVC is #6. I think as time moves on the WCC's SOS will move them up. I could be wrong, but I am usually right on everything I say and do. Just ask my wife...

[ifarania]

"BMVTWKYITN"

What about afternoon games?

Afternoon games are for the weak and stupid. It's not as socially acceptable to drink heavily.

[Rusty 54]

What if we named it "Big Massive Valley That Will Kill You in the Night?"

"BMVTWKYITN"

What about afternoon games?

Big Massive Valley That Will Kill You Anytime Night Or Day?

"BMVTWKYANOD"

[ifarania]

Big Massive Valley That Will Kill You Anytime Night Or Day?

"BMVTWKYANOD"

I think I can actually hear our RPI improving. Somewhere Billy Packer is trembling and taking a handful of Tylenol PM.

[Rusty 54]

I think our automatic bid would be taken away because the announcers wouldn't want to pronounce or conference name. And at large bids? we think that we have a mountain to climb now.... hahaha

[ph]

"BMVTWKYANOD"

Would it be improper of me to say Milos could pronounce that?

[TheAsianSensation]

Oh, while we're here: Since the Valley starts conference play just a little bit earlier than most conferences, it's usually an annual tradition that we receive a spike in the CRPI before we tail off slightly.

The A-10 is a worthy conference who cannabalized themselves last year. There's no real shame if they beat out the MVC for 8th this year.