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funk, name for me the 15 or 17 best RPI teams who have been left out of the NCAA over the past 3 years......
Let's just pick the past 3 years since that's the era I have been arguing the mid-major bias as proven to Barry Hinson a couple years ago...
Now, recall the RPI was the invention of the NCAA in order to be sure the best teams got in...right?
Since I strongly suspect you don't know, I will give you a big hint.


#21 - Missouri State-2006
#30 - Hofstra-2006
#30 - Air Force-2007
#32 - Dayton- 2008
#33 - Illinois State- 2008
#36 - Missouri State-2007
#38 - Bradley- 2007
#39 - Creighton-2006
#40 - Cincinnati-2006
#41 - Florida State- 2007
#42 - UMass- 2008
#43 - Miami-Ohio-2005
#43 - St. Joseph's-2006
#43 - Drexel- 2007
#45 - Wichita State-2005
#45 - Utah State- 2007
#46 - Buffalo-2005

OK...whattya think............? Feel free to correct any errors...but......
all but two are mid-majors....just chance, you say.........?
Yeah...........right....no bias here??
Case pretty much closed I say

[pfunk880]

funk, name for me the 15 or 17 best RPI teams who have been left out of the NCAA over the past 3 years......
Let's just pick the past 3 years since that's the era I have been arguing the mid-major bias as proven to Barry Hinson a couple years ago...
Now, recall the RPI was the invention of the NCAA in order to be sure the best teams got in...right?
Since I strongly suspect you don't know, I will give you a big hint.


#21 - Missouri State-2006
#30 - Hofstra-2006
#30 - Air Force-2007
#32 - Dayton- 2008
#33 - Illinois State- 2008
#36 - Missouri State-2007
#38 - Bradley- 2007
#39 - Creighton-2006
#40 - Cincinnati-2006
#41 - Florida State- 2007
#42 - UMass- 2008
#43 - Miami-Ohio-2005
#43 - St. Joseph's-2006
#43 - Drexel- 2007
#45 - Wichita State-2005
#45 - Utah State- 2007
#46 - Buffalo-2005

OK...whattya think............? Feel free to correct any errors...but......
all but two are mid-majors....just chance, you say.........?
Yeah...........right....no bias here??
Case pretty much closed I say

Thanks for the subtle stab at my intelligence, but I was well aware of this information. And I'd like to point out that the majority of the teams you list are from 2006 and 2007. Like I said earlier, those are great years to use if you want to cite bias against mid-majors. But the point you made that I originally responded to was the fact that more major than mid-major bubble teams got in this year... which simply isn't true.

Case pretty much closed I say

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I apologize as no insult was intended, only to point out that what the bubble teams that are left out ARE.......
They are the best/highest RPI teams that were left out, and it is clear that over the past 3 years there is a huge change from before, and now it seems almost exclusively the mm's are being left out with RPI's under 40......