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With Domo returning from injury, we have too much depth to not build off last season. If the team stays healthy, I could definitely see 23-24 wins. A victory over Tech would be nice, maybe an upset over LSU.

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I think we could take them..

Well...duh.

With Domo returning from injury, we have too much depth to not build off last season. If the team stays healthy, I could definitely see 23-24 wins. A victory over Tech would be nice, maybe an upset over LSU.

When those games roll around Tech will be a mild upset, but I'll bet we're favored by 5 1/2 over LSU. They should be really bad this season...which is a real shame. It would be better for our RPI to lose to a really good SEC school than to beat a really poor one.

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It would be better for our RPI to lose to a really good SEC school than to beat a really poor one.

Actually any road win against a team perceived to be better than you is healthy for RPI...

And any road win period helps... Road losses don't hurt that much...

The ones that kill your RPI are the home wins against weak sisters...

There was a great article someone wrote last year suggesting that mid-major teams would be smart to just become road warriors out of conference...

Schedule road games against reasonable opponents so your RPI at worst doesn't dip...

Not a terrible idea...

You'd have to win your fair share of those games to make it worth it, but that's the price...

This is from the Wikipedia article about the formula:

"For Division 1 NCAA Men's basketball, the WP factor of the RPI was updated in 2004 to account for differences in home, away, and neutral games. A home win now counts as 0.6 win, while a road win counts as 1.4 wins. Inversely, a home loss equals 1.4 losses, while a road loss counts as 0.6 loss. A neutral game counts as 1 win or 1 loss. Note that this location adjustment applies only to the WP factor and not the OWP and OOWP factors. Only games against Division 1 teams are included for all RPI factors. As an example, if a team loses to Duke at home, beats them away, and then loses to Cincinnati away, their record would be 1-2. Considering the weighted aspect of the WP, their winning percentage is 1.4 / (1.4 + 1.4 + 0.6) = 0.4117"

It seems that you had damn well better win those home games and play and win as many of those road games as you can...

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