re: NCAA Regional bids, host sites

That's all true about the problems with RPI, and it was exacerbated this year by the change in RPI formula, with the 1.3/.7 road win/home win factor. Still, I expect the committee to continue to lean heavily on RPI when it comes to making the field of 64, and as justification for rewarding undeserving northern teams with host and seeding decision. They will probably cite other factors in making some of the key decisions, such as hosting and national seeds, that are too important to be left to a calculator, but its still going to play a big role in the process.