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Monday, February 07, 2005

New Math

As of a week ago, the Illini men's basketball team was unanimously ranked #1 in the country in both the coaches' and sportwriters' polls. They have won against a number of ranked teams, including the former #1 Wake Forest, and are currently undefeated, at 23-0.

Their RPI ranking last Monday?

RankTeamWLSched StrgSS RkWtd RPI
1Kansas161.69721.7231
2Boston College180.559963.6703
3Wake Forest173.609811.6684
4Duke161.606614.6662
5Oklahoma St.143.63293.6658
6Washington163.61467.6639
7Illinois210.536896.6580
8North Carolina172.575641.6514
9Arizona174.62304.6496
10Kentucky162.564055.6392

This would put the #1 team somewhere around a low 2 seed. I'm starting to see why people complain about the RPI.

UPDATE: As of today, (after beating #10-ranked Michigan State and slaughtering Indiana, the Illini surge ahead to the 4 spot in the RPI rankings, behind Kansas, Wake Forest, and Boston College. Whoo-hoo.

posted by Max Power | 10:46 AM
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