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Post by cruskater31 on Mar 27, 2018 14:52:27 GMT -5
Massey has HC at #197 with a 194.12 rating. Our NCAA RPI is 99.
The league looks like this:
Massey RPI
Army 132 88
Navy 173 214
HC 197 99
Lehigh 246 200
Lafayette 262 222
Bucknell 259 248
Little surprised 18-8 Navy is ranked so low in RPI. Also surprised 5-17 Bucknell is listed by Massey as a tad better than 9-13 Lafayette. The level of competition/strength of schedule doesn't appear all that different. (Navy has played a very weak schedule, which explains a lower than expected RPI, but why would Massey rank them so high after losses to NJIT, Gardiner Webb, Air Force, Bucknell, HC, and Army?
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Post by hchoops on Mar 27, 2018 14:54:15 GMT -5
I presume this is for baseball ?
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 27, 2018 15:30:56 GMT -5
It is.
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Post by bison137 on Mar 27, 2018 19:06:49 GMT -5
Massey has HC at #197 with a 194.12 rating. Our NCAA RPI is 99. The league looks like this: Massey RPIArmy 132 88
Navy 173 214
HC 197 99
Lehigh 246 200
Lafayette 262 222
Bucknell 259 248
Little surprised 18-8 Navy is ranked so low in RPI. Also surprised 5-17 Bucknell is listed by Massey as a tad better than 9-13 Lafayette. The level of competition/strength of schedule doesn't appear all that different. (Navy has played a very weak schedule, which explains a lower than expected RPI, but why would Massey rank them so high after losses to NJIT, Gardiner Webb, Air Force, Bucknell, HC, and Army?
I think Bucknell's schedule is MUCH better than that of Lafayette. Six of their losses are to #6 Arkansas and #19 Duke - all on the road of course. LC hasn't played any particularly strong teams. Also Bucknell's 8 PL games were all against what appears to be the league's top three teams. LC thus far has only played a much weaker Lehigh team. Had Bucknell played the same schedule as LC, it is very likely they would have a better record than LC has. As for Navy, they definitely have been up and down, but they do have a win over Wake, two wins over Air Force, and three over Bucknell. |
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Post by actualfactual on Mar 28, 2018 6:26:11 GMT -5
Navy traditionally plays one of the ten weakest schedules among D1 baseball teams. Rumor has it the coach gets a bonus if the team has thirty wins. If you play enough non-league games against the likes of Maryland-Eastern Shores and Chestnut Hill it makes that easier. RPI emphasizes wins against strong opponents and gives little credit for walkovers.
I think it's a shame for the Navy players that they don't take advantage of the school's location and schedule baseball powers like Virginia, Maryland, etc. but you get the behavior from your AD and coaches that you pay for.
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