Stetson (ASUN tournament)

[brandon]

Mar 8, 2020 16:45:52 GMT -6 unafied said:

Mar 8, 2020 13:51:53 GMT -6 northalaspectator said:

The difference RPI basic comes down to the Pre Conference SOS, we schedule and played.

Alabama State - 7-20 RPI 326
Tennessee State - 2-24 RPI 334
Mississippi Valley State - 2-27 RPI 351

Playing
Iowa - 23-7 RPI 15
Iowa State - 17-11 RPI 49

Help, but not enough to outweigh those HBCU.

I know the School & Coach has no control over what teams we play in tourneys and match ups at other schools when the coaches at those schools matched the teams up.

Where as Liberty Pre Conference schedule has not played anyone whose RPI is in the 300’s.

The Rating Percentage Index, commonly known as the RPI, is a quantity used to rank sports teams based upon a team's wins and losses and its strength of schedule.
The three component factors which make up the RPI are as follows:
Factor I- is the team's Division I winning percentage and is 25 percent of the RPI. Games against non-Division I opponents are not included in the normal RPI. Home wins are weighted 0.6, neutral wins 1.0, and road wins count 1.4, and road losses are 0.6, neutral losses 1.0, and home losses 1.4.
Factor II - is the team's opponents' Division I winning percentage, or the team's schedule strength, excluding results against the team in question. It is 50 percent of the RPI.
Factor III - is the team's opponents' opponents' Division I winning percentage, or the team's opponents' strength of schedule, excluding results against the team in question. Factor III is 25 percent of the RPI.

It’s a catch-22, really. The higher RPI teams tend to be ones we have an easier time convincing to come to Florence. We either play a tougher schedule for a bit of a lower RPI and stay on the road all through November or December, or we play some teams like we did and get a few home games out of it. It’s a hard choice to make, IMO. Unfortunately our weaker schedule has made it to where we probably have a razor-thin margin in making the WNIT. I think if we make it to the ASUN championship game and play FGCU (presumably) a close one, we’ll be the ASUN rep. But you just never know.

Hopefully they focus, I would like to see a championship personally, then worry about tournaments.

[unafied]

Mar 8, 2020 18:48:00 GMT -6 brandon said:

Mar 8, 2020 16:45:52 GMT -6 unafied said:

It’s a catch-22, really. The higher RPI teams tend to be ones we have an easier time convincing to come to Florence. We either play a tougher schedule for a bit of a lower RPI and stay on the road all through November or December, or we play some teams like we did and get a few home games out of it. It’s a hard choice to make, IMO. Unfortunately our weaker schedule has made it to where we probably have a razor-thin margin in making the WNIT. I think if we make it to the ASUN championship game and play FGCU (presumably) a close one, we’ll be the ASUN rep. But you just never know.

Hopefully they focus, I would like to see a championship personally, then worry about tournaments.

I don't disagree, but the postseason tournaments are fun for the kids and good for recruiting. I certainly want that AND a championship, though. Been a while since we hung a banner in Flowers.