RPI WATCH: 3/8/2010

by BracketCat on Mar 8, 2010 12:00 PM CST in Men's Basketball

The Madness officially has begun!

Several conference tournaments already have been afflicted with "upset disorder" thus far, but none are crazier than that what happened in the America East Tournament on Sunday night.

No. 1 seed Stony Brook looked like it was poised to cruise through the tourney and secure an automatic bid, after blowing through the regular season with a 13-3 record.

But our old friends from Puerto Rico, the fourth-seeded Boston University Terriers, put a wrinkle in those plans with a 70-63 upset victory last night.

Now Boston U. is one win away from the Big Dance. Who knew?

AP Ranking = 9

ESPN/USA Today Ranking = 9

Overall Record = 24-6

Big 12 Record = 11-5

Big 12 Seed = 2

Projected NCAA Seed = 2

RPI = 6

SOS = 5

Signature Wins (RPI 1-30) = Xavier, Texas A&M, Texas, Baylor

Quality Wins (RPI 31-100) = Dayton, IUPUI, UNLV, Alabama, Texas Tech, Missouri

Bad Losses (RPI 101 or greater) = Iowa State

Loyola Chicago (14-16, 5-13) | RPI = 208
Western Illinois (13-17, 6-12) | RPI = 280
Boston University (19-12, 11-5) | RPI = 151: Win over Stony Brook (70-63 in the America East Tournament)
Ole Miss (21-9, 9-7) | RPI = 56
Dayton (19-11, 8-8) | RPI = 51
IUPUI (23-9, 15-3) | RPI = 92
No. 15* FHSU (21-6)
Washington State (16-14, 6-12) | RPI = 157
No. 25 Xavier (23-7, 14-2) | RPI = 21
UNLV (23-7, 11-5) | RPI = 47
Alabama (16-14, 6-10) | RPI = 98
UAPB (14-15, 14-4) | RPI = 197
Cleveland State (16-17, 10-8) | RPI = 159
South Dakota (20-9) | RPI = 224: Win over NJIT (83-49)
Missouri (22-9, 10-6) | RPI = 36
No. 23 Texas A&M (22-8, 11-5) | RPI = 12
Colorado (15-15, 6-10) | RPI = 103
Texas (23-8, 9-7) | RPI = 27
Oklahoma State (21-9, 9-7) | RPI = 28
No. 21 Baylor (24-6, 11-5) | RPI = 8
No. 2 Kansas (29-2, 15-1) | RPI = 1
Nebraska (14-17, 2-14) | RPI = 155
Iowa State (15-16, 4-12) | RPI = 113
Oklahoma (13-17, 4-12) | RPI = 108
Texas Tech (16-14, 4-12) | RPI = 72

*Division II Top 25

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Comments

Wow

That humiliating loss drops the Cats… 1 in the RPI. Holy crap.

Sean T - March 8, 2010 reply

It was 1 loss out of 6 total

and only 1 game out of 30 total, so it’s effects really aren’t extra-ordinarily painful. Except the fact that we lost that game BSOIBJ$W$B$#)BJREBJ$@

>.<

VegasCat07 - March 8, 2010 reply

Looks like somebody

stumbled upon the sarcasm font…

mystman995 - March 8, 2010 reply

That Bad Loss to Iowa State hurts my eyes.

Catbacker98 - March 8, 2010 reply

I know...that loss hurts really bad

We would have gone the whole season without a bad loss. I shut it off towards the end because I couldn’t stand to what the seniors shoot so bad anymore. I just hope we can redeem ourselves and win the big 12 tournament. After all this, I stil think if we did that and Duke doesn’t win the ACC and Ohio State doesn’t win the big 10, we could be the fourth #1. Mind boggling.

mjk7166 - March 8, 2010 reply

Bring On The Cats