Techster's RPI

[olddawgfan]

Over the weekend the 3 teams the Techsters have lost to had the following results:

LSU lost at Nebraska by 14

Mississippi State lost at Xavier by 21

Baylor had a 4 point victory at home

How did these results affect the Techsters' RPI?

[tigtoo30]

Down to 145 according to Real Time RPI.

[LT]

According to

http://www.collegerpi.com/women/

we have as of 12/21

Fresno 88
Boise 106
NMSU 113
LATech 138
Nevada 141

[champion110]

It will start to rise again when those teams get in conference play. lsu is over rated, though, so I have a feeling that they might get beat several times this year. We SHOULD have beat them and MSU. Anyway, all we can do is concentrate on winning from here on out. If we win for 3 weeks in a row, we should hit top 25 in the AP. Then, we just keep winning and win that WAC tournament. We can't depend on rpi this year at all - it is not going to get us in.

[olddog75]

It will start to rise again when those teams get in conference play. lsu is over rated, though, so I have a feeling that they might get beat several times this year. We SHOULD have beat them and MSU. Anyway, all we can do is concentrate on winning from here on out. If we win for 3 weeks in a row, we should hit top 25 in the AP. Then, we just keep winning and win that WAC tournament. We can't depend on rpi this year at all - it is not going to get us in.

We must win the conference championship.

[champion110]

We must win the conference championship.

The conference tournament championship. We need and should win the conference championship, as well, but we need that tournament championship to get in the NCAA's. I know that is probably what you meant, though.

[champion110]

With Anderson starting up by conference time, I hope it gives us some needed depth at Dowdell's position.

[BuzDawg73]

Have you heard anything about Anderson? Is she still scheduled to play this season?

[champion110]

Have you heard anything about Anderson? Is she still scheduled to play this season?

Yes, I wrote Spoon and she wrote me back stating that Anderson was doing great and "should" be ready by conference time.

[Wes]

Tech shouldn't worry about RPI. At the end of the day, you MUST win the WAC to end up in the tournament. Tech would have to go undefeated the rest of the way and then lose in the conference tournament finals to someone like Hawaii to even be considered an NCAA Tournament team without winning the conference. The women's draw is even more slanted and biased toward the power conferences than the men and the committee continues to justify its power conference bias by pointing out the small number of upsets in the tournament every year. The WAC is and will be an automatic bid conference for the forseeable future. I also would not look for Tech to enter the Top 25 this year. Realistically, they needed to beat Baylor and LSU for that to happen and even then they likely would have hovered at 24/25 for a while and dropped out once conference play began. There are a few power schools on the outside of the Top 25 with much, much higher RPI's than Tech who will play Top 50 teams for the rest of the year as part of their conference play.

[cranberry]

Tech shouldn't worry about RPI. At the end of the day, you MUST win the WAC to end up in the tournament. Tech would have to go undefeated the rest of the way and then lose in the conference tournament finals to someone like Hawaii to even be considered an NCAA Tournament team without winning the conference. The women's draw is even more slanted and biased toward the power conferences than the men and the committee continues to justify its power conference bias by pointing out the small number of upsets in the tournament every year. The WAC is and will be an automatic bid conference for the forseeable future. I also would not look for Tech to enter the Top 25 this year. Realistically, they needed to beat Baylor and LSU for that to happen and even then they likely would have hovered at 24/25 for a while and dropped out once conference play began. There are a few power schools on the outside of the Top 25 with much, much higher RPI's than Tech who will play Top 50 teams for the rest of the year as part of their conference play.

I agree.

[fanfromafar]

Tech shouldn't worry about RPI. At the end of the day, you MUST win the WAC to end up in the tournament. Tech would have to go undefeated the rest of the way and then lose in the conference tournament finals to someone like Hawaii to even be considered an NCAA Tournament team without winning the conference. The women's draw is even more slanted and biased toward the power conferences than the men and the committee continues to justify its power conference bias by pointing out the small number of upsets in the tournament every year. The WAC is and will be an automatic bid conference for the forseeable future. I also would not look for Tech to enter the Top 25 this year. Realistically, they needed to beat Baylor and LSU for that to happen and even then they likely would have hovered at 24/25 for a while and dropped out once conference play began. There are a few power schools on the outside of the Top 25 with much, much higher RPI's than Tech who will play Top 50 teams for the rest of the year as part of their conference play.

I agree. To date the Techsters have not demonstrated the material to be top 25. The potential is there, but it has not materialized.

LSU is and was overrated, and we still lost to them on our home court. Baylor is a phenomenal team, but the reality is that Britney Griner is just coming into her own (thanks in no small part to Leon Barmore) and if they played us again today I would bet anyone on this board that the score would be very lopsided in Baylor's favor.

Mississippi State is not a great team. They are good, but not great, and we lost to them at home.

The Techsters have not shown dominance against anything but the weakest of the teams in the country. That does not make them top 25 material. Wins against paltry programs will not likely move them up in the rankings, but demolishing the WAC field may translate into a return to the bottom of the top-25 pack.

Regardless, the only way the Techsters make the tourney is to win the WAC tourney. We all know that. The tradition may be returning, but it sure isn't here just yet.

[Russdawg]

I agree. To date the Techsters have not demonstrated the material to be top 25. The potential is there, but it has not materialized.

LSU is and was overrated, and we still lost to them on our home court. Baylor is a phenomenal team, but the reality is that Britney Griner is just coming into her own (thanks in no small part to Leon Barmore) and if they played us again today I would bet anyone on this board that the score would be very lopsided in Baylor's favor.

Mississippi State is not a great team. They are good, but not great, and we lost to them at home.

The Techsters have not shown dominance against anything but the weakest of the teams in the country. That does not make them top 25 material. Wins against paltry programs will not likely move them up in the rankings, but demolishing the WAC field may translate into a return to the bottom of the top-25 pack.

Regardless, the only way the Techsters make the tourney is to win the WAC tourney. We all know that. The tradition may be returning, but it sure isn't here just yet.

Bullseye. That's telling it like it is!!

[champion110]

Tech shouldn't worry about RPI. At the end of the day, you MUST win the WAC to end up in the tournament. Tech would have to go undefeated the rest of the way and then lose in the conference tournament finals to someone like Hawaii to even be considered an NCAA Tournament team without winning the conference. The women's draw is even more slanted and biased toward the power conferences than the men and the committee continues to justify its power conference bias by pointing out the small number of upsets in the tournament every year. The WAC is and will be an automatic bid conference for the forseeable future. I also would not look for Tech to enter the Top 25 this year. Realistically, they needed to beat Baylor and LSU for that to happen and even then they likely would have hovered at 24/25 for a while and dropped out once conference play began. There are a few power schools on the outside of the Top 25 with much, much higher RPI's than Tech who will play Top 50 teams for the rest of the year as part of their conference play.

Good post

I agree that winning the WAC tournament is the only way to get in the NCAA's. We are still a one bid conference. However, the AP poll is a curious thing. RPI doesn't really matter in it, nor does it assure you a place in the NCAA tournament. It goes off of wins, basically. We have 3 losses. If we keep winning, we should hit the top 25 about mid WAC. It is an Associated Press thing and Spoon is in the spotlight - ESPN has been all over this. We will gain votes by winning - even against WAC teams, as long as teams in the top 25 lose.

Anyway, we all agree that there is only one ticket and you get that ticket by winning the WAC tournament.

Right now, I just want to beat Memphis. They beat us last year and have one of those guards that we have trouble defending.

[BlindDog]

Good post

I agree that winning the WAC tournament is the only way to get in the NCAA's. We are still a one bid conference. However, the AP poll is a curious thing. RPI doesn't really matter in it, nor does it assure you a place in the NCAA tournament. It goes off of wins, basically. We have 3 losses. If we keep winning, we should hit the top 25 about mid WAC. It is an Associated Press thing and Spoon is in the spotlight - ESPN has been all over this. We will gain votes by winning - even against WAC teams, as long as teams in the top 25 lose.

Anyway, we all agree that there is only one ticket and you get that ticket by winning the WAC tournament.

Right now, I just want to beat Memphis. They beat us last year and have one of those guards that we have trouble defending.

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Speaking of guards we have trouble defending, Ross, of Fresno, only scored 9 points in their loss at WV!
I couldn't find the WAC stats but think this may move Johnson into the leading scoring spot in the WAC?