Bradley up to 38th in RPI

[romar]

I understand the thought process in giving each conference an automatic bid, but take a look at this.

Teams that are IN the tournament! All 8 of these teams are outside the top 65 in RPI & top 100 in SOS.

I love underdogs and think there is a possibility one of more of these teams may throw an upset, but what are the odds of 2 wins or 3 wins?

Niagra (22-11) RPI 139, SOS 241

N. Texas (20-10) 135, 274

E. Kentucky (19-11) 127, 238

Belmont (22-9) 113, 262

Oral Roberts (22-10) 85, 167

Pennsylvania (21-8 ) 77, 165

Wright St. (23-9) 71, 166

Winthrop (24-4) 69, 267

The remaining teams already holding automatic bids are Gonzaga (RPI-56), Davidson (51), VCU (47) & Creighton (21).

That's 12 of the 31 automatic bids with an Avg RPI of 82.58. As much as I think BU's resume this year is equal if not better than last year's, unless the conf RPI ends up at #5, I question the MVC getting 4 teams in. OUCH - it hurts to say that.

[Stryker]

Wow, alot of those teams that got automatic bids have terrible SOS. SOS kinda stinks because it is so hard for an "underdog" team to schedule a big conference foe these days to gain SOS or RPI by chance because none of the power conference teams want to play a game that they automatically expect to win and won't really benefit from.

[romar]

Funny thought is that if the tournament started today Creighton would be the number 1 seed - LOL.

[IlliBraves]

I feel the committee should revoke Butler's bid just because they lost to Wright State twice, a team BU DEMOLISHED ! If we don't get it, I have a feeling Butler is the reason.

[IlliBraves]

Oh, by the way....that puts us just one spot behind Missouri State in RPI...I know a lot of people don't think it's likely we jump them, but a lot of people feel that we got "their bid" last year.

[BUBalum05]

Oh, by the way....that puts us just one spot behind Missouri State in RPI...I know a lot of people don't think it's likely we jump them, but a lot of people feel that we got "their bid" last year.

Is there any way we can move ahead of MSU?

[amckillip]

Oh, by the way....that puts us just one spot behind Missouri State in RPI...I know a lot of people don't think it's likely we jump them, but a lot of people feel that we got "their bid" last year.

Is there any way we can move ahead of MSU?

In theory yes, if MSU's non-conference opponents lose(preferably to bad teams) and our's win(preferably against good teams). But we don't what the valley's rpi to fall either. However I don't how realistic it is that we pass MSU, but I hope it happens.