I don't know Bob. My preseason pick has Butler playing Texas-Arlington in the NCAA championship game at the Final Four. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Bennett, Robert [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thu 11/16/2006 4:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Shameless gloating--feel free to ignore I know this is shameless gloating, but I will probably never have another opportunity (I think that it says more about the flawed nature of the RPI than the quality of the Butler's Bball team). However, read it and weep: http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php 2007 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 <http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/rpi_help/> . Comments and questions are welcomed. Send them to [log in to unmask] Teams that are ineligible for the post-season are in italics Through games of Wednesday, November 15 <http://kenpom.com/date.php?d=2006-11-15> SOS <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=6> 1-50 51-100 101-200 201+ Non Conference L10 RD/NT Rnk <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007> Team Conf W <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=3> - L <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=4> RPI <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007> SOS <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=6> Rk W <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=8> - L <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=9> W <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=10> - L <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=11> W <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=12> - L <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=13> W <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=14> - L <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=15> W <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=16> - L <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=17> RPI <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=18> SOS <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=20> W-L <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=21> W <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=23> - L <http://www.kenpom.com/rpi.php?y=2007&s=24> 1 Butler <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Butler> Horz <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=Horz> 3-0 .9097 .8796 2 1-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 1 2 3-0 3-0 2 Cornell <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Cornell> Ivy <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=Ivy> 2-0 .8750 .8333 4 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 2 4 2-0 1-0 2 Duke <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Duke> ACC <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=ACC> 2-0 .8750 .8333 4 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 4 2-0 0-0 2 Marquette <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Marquette> BE <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=BE> 2-0 .8750 .8333 4 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 4 2-0 0-0 2 Texas Arlington <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Texas%20Arlington> Slnd <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=Slnd> 1-0 .8750 .8333 4 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 2 4 1-0 1-0 2 Texas Christian <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Texas%20Christian> MWC <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=MWC> 2-0 .8750 .8333 4 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 2 4 2-0 0-0 7 Ohio St. <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Ohio%20St.> B10 <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=B10> 3-0 .8194 .7593 17 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 3-0 7 17 3-0 0-0 8 Virginia <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Virginia> ACC <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=ACC> 1-0 .8125 .7500 19 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 8 19 1-0 0-0 9 Loyola Chicago <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=Loyola%20Chicago> Horz <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=Horz> 2-1 .7618 .7593 17 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 9 17 2-1 2-1 10 California <http://www.kenpom.com/sked.php?&y=2007&team=California> P10 <http://www.kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2007&c=P10> 1-0 .7500 .6667 23 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 10 23 1-0 0-0 Your friend, Bob Robert B. Bennett, Jr. Professor of Business Law College of Business Administration Butler University 4600 Sunset Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46208 Phone: (317) 940-9502 Fax: (317) 940-9455 E-mail: [log in to unmask]
