re: 2017-18 Alabama Basketball Season Thread: 20-16 (10-11)

Memphis and BYU help our RPI though just by having solid winning percentages in respectable conferences. While the committee is phasing out RPI, I still don't see them leaving us out if we end up high enough in it.

I don't know why someone down voted you on that. Miss State's schedule was horrendous. I mean it was bad enough that Sankey would be justified telling them to fix it next year.

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Memphis and BYU are better wins now than people realize. We tested ourselves

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Testing yourself is playing @Zona, Texas or vs Rhode Island and expected to be Minnesota

Playing BYU/Memphis this year was just playing more challenging tune up games. It is like scheduling a MAAC school in football instead of a FCS school

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I wish we had a D2 win instead of AAMU.

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Hypothetical- if a team like Vermont beat 11 D2 teams ooc and lost to a 10-2 Kentucky team or something, Vermont would probably be #1 in RPI right?

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Hypothetical- if a team like Vermont beat 11 D2 teams ooc and lost to a 10-2 Kentucky team or something, Vermont would probably be #1 in RPI right?

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They would just be 0-1, technically, as all the non D1 games would be viewed as exhibitions.

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While the committee is phasing out RPI, I still don't see them leaving us out if we end up high enough in it.

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Oh your point is totally fair about RPI making the tourney. I'm just saying in terms of seeding those games aren't going to be doing much for you

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The point is gene is that as was mentioned miss state's schedule was pathetic and the fact some have even suggested they could get in is laughable. They could win the sec tourney and it's null and void but if they get an at large with that schedule then Bama might has well scheduled that way.

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State's OOC schedule basically excluded them for the general discussion of SEC teams this year. And it will cost them a legitimate chance at the NCAAT.

And that's good, because their schedule was embarrassing.

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BYUs RPI is 82 and it was a neutral site. They are not that Bad.

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They are 2-4 vs Q1 and Q2.

I'm not saying BYU is bad, but they are just making bottom half of Bamas wins if you ordered on quality.


When talking seeding, the best predictor consistently is the Strength of Record which is typically pretty close. Wins like Memphis/BYU aren't big movers in that metric because they still are expected wins by top teams

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The point is gene is that as was mentioned miss state's schedule was pathetic and the fact some have even suggested they could get in is laughable.

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I mean there is a difference between Bama squarely in at this point and MSU being a dark horse to just be on the bubble conversation

Duquesne was a MAAC dynasty when the conference had football. I would say beating the basketball equivalent of them should be Q1 regardless of location.

Apparently from '01-'07, there was a poll that awarded a "mid-major national championship" at the FCS level. Duquesne won it once. San Diego won it twice with Jim Harbaugh as coach.