Sunbelt Scores 11/26/08

[CMJ]

Cleveland St. 66

Florida Intl. 58

Southern Illinois 70

Western Kentucky 79

Arkansas 79

South Alabama 77

New Orleans 60

Colorado State 78

Northern Colorado 71 OT

Denver 66

[meangreenacct]

Cleveland St. 66

Florida Intl. 58

Southern Illinois 70

Western Kentucky 79

Arkansas 79

South Alabama 77

New Orleans 60

Colorado State 78

Northern Colorado 71 OT

Denver 66

Nice win by WKU...SIU is always tough.

[CMJ]

Yeah, the WKU win was most impressive. USA led Arkansas most of the game, but gave it up in the closing seconds.

[CMJ]

RPI Update

19 Arkansas State

20 AR Little Rock

175 North Texas

200 South Alabama

207 Florida Atlantic

230 Middle Tennessee State

236 LA Lafayette

258 Western Kentucky

278 Florida International

306 New Orleans

310 LA Monroe

312 Denver

316 Troy

Edited November 27, 2008 by CMJ

[oldguystudent]

RPI Update

19 Arkansas State

20 AR Little Rock

That can't be right. Are you missing a digit there?

[CMJ]

That can't be right. Are you missing a digit there?

Nope. Early season RPI can be wildly crazy. Like...3 seasons ago maybe(?), we were in the top 10 in the RPI after our 2nd game or something. Obviously that dropped.

It's debatable how accurate the RPI is as far as ranking schools, even at season's end. But it's something fun to look at.

Edited November 27, 2008 by CMJ

[TheTastyGreek]

That can't be right. Are you missing a digit there?

It's accurate, but skewed because of how early in the season we are. For instance, Duke is 16th in RPI, one below Evansville from the MVC. And Western Carolina is ranked 38th with an 0-1 record because they lost to UConn, and that one game counts as the toughest schedule (so far) in NCAA basketball.

Once we've seen more games and the power conferences get into their conf. schedules, things will start to shake out like what you'd expect. But a team that plays decent OOC and keeps on winning, whether it's us, UALR, or Arkansas State, can end up with a pretty impressive RPI. I forget where South Alabama finished last season, but they earned their at-large bid.

[CMJ]

South Alabama finished last year at 40.