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Per Ken Pomeroy
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Per realtimerpi.com
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Anyone have JPalm's?
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Per realtimerpi.com
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Anyone have JPalm's?
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Here is the MVC's RPIs. Southern Illinois may have a bit more urgency today than Bradley. With a 38 RPI, and if they lose today (this game is considered a home game for SIU by the NCAA's RPI formula), they could be on the bubble.
Wichita St. 23-8 14-4 26
Missouri St. 20-8 12-6 21
Southern Illinois 21-9 12-6 38
Creighton 19-9 12-6 41
Northern Iowa 21-9 11-7 27
Bradley 20-9 11-7 28
Drake 10-19 5-13 176
Evansville 10-19 5-13 190
Indiana St. 12-16 4-14 158
Illinois St. 8-19 4-14 228"Peoria, land of 10,000 coaches" -
One correction- SIU is actually 21-10. They lost to Division II Alaska Anchorage. Games against Div II teams don't count in the RPI, but the NCAA does look at them.From PJ Star sports expert Kirk Wessler in his Jan. 10, 2012 column following 8th loss in a row at Drake-
"Yes, the Braves are better than they were when the season started two months ago. By a light year or two, they??™re better."
And from the PJ Star 4/26/12, Dave Reynolds-
"Fields and Grier both appear to be difference makers. If Bradley continues to add the right players around them, happy days may be ahead for the Braves after a long dry spell."Comment
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Not knowing how much the RPI is really going to be used by the selection committee this year, I think this is a bigger game for the Salukis than the Braves. However, a Bradley loss could push them down toward SIU's level and make things dicey for us next Sunday. Last year, UNI got in with a 37 RPI. This year, that ranking would probably not cut it. If BU takes care of business, we don't have to wait in the sweater section of JC Penney with SIU or Creighton. There are lots of bubble teams in other major and mid-major conferences looking to make a statement this week, and they could surpass the loser of today's game when all is said and done by the 12th."The NCAA is so upset about alleged recruiting violations at Kentucky that they decided to give Cleveland State the Death Penalty"--Jerry TarkanianComment
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BU's RPI dropped to #32 on RealtimeRPI.
No team has ever failed to get an at-large bid with an RPI of under 34.
Here is a link to the discussion we have had about the highest RPI's in the past that did not get at-large bids--
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During halftime of the game, BU was listed at #31 of the OFFICIAL NCAA RPI. I'd imagine it wouldn't drop too much with the loss. BU WILL be dancingGo Braves!Comment
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its about 11:30 and according to realtime rpi this is the valley's top six run down
21 - Missouri State
26 - Witchita State
28 - Northern Iowa
30 - Southern Illinois
31 - Bradley
42 - CreightonComment
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Monday morning, and some of the RPI sites have updated--
Ken Pomeroy- Bradley 34
Warren Nolan- Bradley 34
RealtimeRPI- Bradley 31
Mike Greenfield's Power rankings- Bradley 38
RPI Ratings.com (not yet updated)
Sagarin Ratings- Bradley 37
Dunkel Ratings- Bradley 18
Massey Ratings- Bradley 54
CollegeRPI.com- not yet updated (unless you are a subscriber)
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