Monday, March 17, 2008

RPI answer

RPI is the basketball equivalent of Football's strength of schedule. RPI stands for the ratings percentage index.

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2008 College Basketball Ratings Percentage Index (RPI)

This is a re-creation of the Ratings Percentage Index for NCAA men's college basketball.
The basic RPI formula is 1/4*(Winning Percentage) + 1/2*(Opponents' Average Winning Percentage) + 1/4*(Opponents' Opponents' Winning Percentage)

An explanation of the RPI formula can be found here.

link: http://kenpom.com/rpi.php

I hope this helps

2 comments:

Old Dog said...

thanks !!!!

Zach Roddy said...

The selection committee needs to be a bit more consistent with the use of the RPI. They choose to use it more with some teams and less with others, leaving a lot of friends scratching their heads (not as much this year) over some of the selections made. I wonder how much the RPI had to do with Arizona State getting left out instead of Arizona. Beats me.