Posted on 03/08/2006 3:47:27 PM PST by southwilby
I hate to say (Hail to thee dear P.B. High) it but he looks better in baby blue than he does in Mules maroon.
Just curious, what does the photo have to do with the game?
That picture is Tyler in high school.
Has anybody ever heard you say that in your sleep? :)
I'm sure they have a time or two..... :-)
Well, the ACC has a rich tradition and Memphis does not. Perhaps unfair, but that is the way it is.
Adam Morrison is player of the year. Gonzaga owns the ACC.
Don't be surprised if Duke doesn't make it to the Sweet Sixteen. Lack of back court quickness could hurt them. Duke's interior defense is also suspect.
UConn, Memphis or Gonzaga will win it all.
You got that right. How does the #1 team lose twice and only drop two spots. Duke cannot beat Memphis, UConn, or Gonzaga.
Duke losing to FSU last week; and beating FSU at the earlier meeting with officiating so bad, the refs were suspended for a game.
In every poll I've seen it's (1)Duke, (2)Villanova and (3)Connecticut (6)Tennessee.
I understand that ESPN plans to change the P to D . . .
Everybody Sees Duke Now.
Sheesh.
(and I actually like Duke's style of basketball . . . )
I think it's the RPI. According to various RPI calculations Duke is still on top.
Thanks for letting us know about them....this is the first I have heard.
LK (Raleigh, NC)
(Just kidding...just kidding!!!)
There is also a rivalry between the two which adds to the hype.
I can't stand ESPN. Except for baseball and hockey games, I can't watch that channel for more than 5 minutes.
| The Collegiate Basketball News Men's RPI College Basketball Ratings Through games of Sun., Mar. 5, 2006 CARMEL, INDIANA - The Rating Percentage Index (RPI) has been used by the NCAA since 1981 to supplement the selection of at-large teams and the seeding of all teams for the NCAA basketball tournament. This list is an independent duplication of the RPI without input from the NCAA, which does not release the RPI to the public. It is derived from three component factors: Div. I winning percentage (FI, 25%), schedule strength (FII, 50%); and opponent's schedule strength (FIII, 25%). Different weights are given to the location of the game for both the winner and loser of the game. Games against non-Division I opponents are not used in calculating the RPI. Copyright © 2006 by Collegiate Basketball News Co. All Rights Reserved. Note: Conference rankings follow team rankings Sched SS Wtd Rank Team W L Strg Rk RPI 1. Duke 27 3 .6399 1 .6843 2. Villanova 24 3 .6218 5 .6746 3. Connecticut 27 2 .5686 46 .6615 4. Memphis 27 3 .5825 32 .6469 5. Ohio St. 23 4 .5849 29 .6452 6. Tennessee 21 6 .6329 2 .6440 7. Texas 25 5 .5684 47 .6312 8. North Carolina 21 6 .6112 12 .6292 9. Illinois 25 5 .5571 62 .6286 10. Gonzaga 26 3 .5332 93 .6286 11. LSU 21 7 .6026 16 .6268 12. Oklahoma 20 7 .5992 18 .6245 13. UCLA 24 6 .5878 26 .6218 14. Iowa 22 8 .5839 31 .6216 15. Pittsburgh 21 6 .5567 63 .6153 16. Michigan St. 19 10 .6149 8 .6104 17. Wisconsin 19 10 .6149 9 .6086 18. Nevada 23 5 .5331 94 .6060 19. Marquette 19 9 .5966 20 .6059 20. Washington 24 5 .5389 82 .6056 21. Missouri St. 20 8 .5772 39 .6032 22. Geo. Washington 26 1 .4611 242 .6021 23. Florida 24 6 .5346 90 .6019 24. Hofstra 24 5 .5068 148 .6018 25. Arizona 18 11 .6197 7 .6013 26. Northern Iowa 21 9 .5800 34 .5998 27. West Virginia 19 9 .5883 25 .5995 28. Wichita St. 23 8 .5616 55 .5989 29. George Mason 23 7 .5436 79 .5985 30. Southern Ill. 22 9 .5586 59 .5978 31. Cincinnati 18 11 .6226 4 .5972 32. Boston College 23 6 .5223 111 .5953 33. Indiana 17 10 .5917 24 .5945 34. Bradley 20 10 .5666 49 .5938 35. Kansas 21 7 .5539 65 .5938 36. Michigan 18 9 .5784 38 .5928 37. UNC Wilmington 24 7 .5183 126 .5926 38. Air Force 22 5 .4987 163 .5919 39. Kentucky 19 11 .6026 15 .5915 40. N.C. St. 21 8 .5608 57 .5911 41. Georgetown 19 8 .5380 84 .5900 42. Creighton 19 9 .5585 60 .5891 43. Syracuse 19 11 .6205 6 .5880 44. UAB 21 5 .4999 161 .5874 45. Arkansas 21 8 .5365 87 .5867 46. Alabama 17 11 .6143 10 .5854 47. Maryland 17 11 .6123 11 .5846 48. Seton Hall 18 10 .5823 33 .5830 49. Texas A&M 20 7 .5374 85 .5829 50. Saint Joseph's 15 12 .6074 13 .5819 51. Bucknell 24 4 .4722 206 .5816 52. Colorado 19 8 .5287 102 .5801 53. Western Kentucky 21 6 .5136 135 .5788 54. Utah St. 20 7 .5240 108 .5778 55. BYU 19 7 .5191 123 .5776 56. Florida St. 19 8 .5276 104 .5771 57. Houston 18 8 .5416 80 .5749 58. UW-Milwaukee 19 8 .5280 103 .5740 59. California 18 9 .5471 72 .5692 60. Kent St. 21 8 .5155 133 .5665 61. San Diego St. 19 8 .5185 124 .5663 62. Murray St. 23 6 .4821 191 .5661 63. Louisville 18 11 .5733 44 .5661 64. Akron 20 8 .4940 173 .5658 65. Vanderbilt 16 11 .5767 40 .5651 66. Old Dominion 21 9 .5084 144 .5642 67. Northwestern St. 19 7 .4745 202 .5641 68. Louisiana Tech 18 11 .5329 95 .5634 69. Iona 22 7 .4982 164 .5633 70. Clemson 17 11 .5619 54 .5628 71. Winthrop 21 7 .4808 192 .5594 72. Montana 19 6 .4744 203 .5594 73. UTEP 17 8 .5151 134 .5567 74. Miami-OH 18 9 .5076 146 .5566 75. South Alabama 21 6 .4618 237 .5557 76. Virginia 14 13 .5842 30 .5541 77. Stanford 15 12 .5614 56 .5530 78. Butler 19 11 .5167 130 .5517 79. South Carolina 14 14 .5960 22 .5511 80. Va. Commonwealth 19 10 .5240 107 .5507 81. Miami-FL 15 14 .5923 23 .5499 82. Rutgers 16 12 .5622 52 .5492 83. Minnesota 14 13 .5961 21 .5489 84. Iowa St. 15 13 .5790 37 .5486 85. Temple 15 13 .5623 51 .5482 86. Notre Dame 15 12 .5635 50 .5482 87. Northwestern 13 14 .5875 28 .5478 88. Hawaii 17 10 .5317 99 .5468 89. DePaul 12 15 .5985 19 .5459 90. Oklahoma St. 16 14 .5762 42 .5456 91. Manhattan 18 10 .5115 139 .5456 92. La Salle 18 9 .4920 177 .5453 93. Pennsylvania 19 7 .4964 167 .5448 94. Kansas St. 15 12 .5765 41 .5438 95. Northeastern 18 11 .5045 152 .5437 96. Saint Louis 16 12 .5444 77 .5426 97. Ohio 16 10 .5180 127 .5417 98. UNLV 16 12 .5452 74 .5413 99. Xavier 17 10 .5202 121 .5406 100. Pacific 20 7 .4678 219 .5401 101. Davidson 17 10 .4989 162 .5392 102. Charlotte 18 11 .5128 136 .5388 103. Mississippi St. 15 14 .5749 43 .5379 104. Georgia 15 14 .5579 61 .5371 105. Providence 12 15 .6013 17 .5363 106. Marist 19 10 .4824 190 .5353 107. Wake Forest 15 15 .5793 36 .5349 108. Samford 18 11 .5000 160 .5343 109. Auburn 12 15 .6052 14 .5340 110. New Mexico St. 14 13 .5455 73 .5327 111. Nebraska 17 12 .5395 81 .5324 112. Penn St. 14 13 .5621 53 .5322 113. Southern Cal 16 12 .5318 97 .5321 114. New Mexico 17 12 .5223 110 .5299 115. Holy Cross 20 11 .4900 180 .5296 116. Middle Tennessee 15 12 .5228 109 .5291 117. Belmont 20 10 .4720 207 .5287 118. Northern Arizona 17 9 .4620 236 .5280 119. Northern Ill. 16 10 .4891 181 .5257 120. Massachusetts 13 14 .5511 67 .5250 121. Sam Houston St. 16 8 .4494 266 .5246 122. Siena 15 13 .5221 112 .5240 123. Delaware St. 18 12 .4768 198 .5231 124. Fresno St. 15 13 .5202 120 .5224 125. St. Mary's 16 12 .5195 122 .5223 126. Coastal Carolina 16 10 .4688 214 .5221 127. Buffalo 17 12 .4913 178 .5221 128. Albany 20 10 .4576 244 .5204 129. Drexel 15 16 .5486 70 .5197 130. St. Peter's 17 14 .5095 142 .5189 131. Virginia Tech 14 15 .5508 68 .5187 132. Missouri 12 15 .5876 27 .5181 133. Fair. Dickinson 19 10 .4468 271 .5172 134. Illinois-Chicago 16 14 .5164 131 .5168 135. St. John's 12 15 .5727 45 .5168 136. Oral Roberts 18 11 .4625 234 .5151 137. Eastern Wash. 14 14 .5216 115 .5147 138. Tennessee Tech 17 12 .4834 189 .5147 139. La.-Lafayette 13 15 .5294 101 .5141 140. Loyola-Chicago 17 11 .4660 225 .5129 141. San Diego 17 12 .4656 226 .5121 142. Lipscomb 21 10 .4300 300 .5110 143. IUPUI 17 9 .4354 288 .5109 144. Colorado St. 13 14 .5256 105 .5107 145. Southern U. 16 12 .4617 238 .5094 146. Texas Tech 14 16 .5368 86 .5091 147. Rhode Island 14 13 .5206 119 .5087 148. Fordham 14 15 .5118 137 .5081 149. Mississippi 14 15 .5364 88 .5080 150. Georgia Tech 11 16 .5674 48 .5079 151. Lehigh 17 12 .4730 204 .5072 152. Loyola Marymount 12 17 .5447 75 .5035 153. Washington St. 11 16 .5489 69 .5034 154. Gardner-Webb 17 12 .4543 250 .5019 155. Sacramento St. 13 14 .5046 151 .5017 156. Monmouth 17 14 .4766 199 .5016 157. Baylor 4 12 .6281 3 .5016 158. Austin Peay 17 14 .4689 213 .5008 159. Georgia Southern 18 9 .4070 321 .5000 160. Birmingham-So. 17 9 .4149 317 .4999 161. Indiana St. 12 16 .5246 106 .4994 162. Oregon 12 17 .5443 78 .4984 163. UC Irvine 16 10 .4520 258 .4977 164. Utah 12 14 .5210 116 .4974 165. High Point 14 13 .4685 216 .4958 166. Arizona St. 11 16 .5512 66 .4949 167. Cent. Conn. St. 18 11 .4445 274 .4948 168. Boise St. 13 14 .5004 159 .4935 169. Purdue 9 18 .5796 35 .4924 170. Toledo 16 10 .4268 304 .4924 171. Loyola-Maryland 15 13 .4524 254 .4922 172. Elon 12 14 .5076 145 .4914 173. Chattanooga 15 13 .4789 196 .4914 174. Denver 16 14 .4507 260 .4906 175. Long Beach St. 15 11 .4442 277 .4900 176. Southeastern La. 13 10 .4408 282 .4896 177. Dayton 13 16 .5184 125 .4886 178. Drake 10 19 .5485 71 .4884 179. Wright St. 12 15 .5020 157 .4880 180. Detroit 14 16 .4856 186 .4870 181. Jacksonville St. 15 13 .4686 215 .4858 182. Oregon St. 12 17 .5069 147 .4851 183. Valparaiso 16 11 .4197 311 .4851 184. Santa Clara 11 16 .5117 138 .4838 185. San Francisco 11 17 .5353 89 .4838 186. UW-Green Bay 14 16 .4957 169 .4836 187. Col. Charleston 15 11 .4489 267 .4831 188. Binghamton 16 13 .4562 248 .4822 189. Tulsa 10 16 .5314 100 .4817 190. Evansville 10 19 .5339 92 .4791 191. UCF 11 14 .5114 140 .4786 192. McNeese St. 11 13 .4573 245 .4783 193. Wyoming 11 17 .5319 96 .4781 194. Western Michigan 12 16 .4967 166 .4779 195. Richmond 13 16 .5063 149 .4772 196. Eastern Kentucky 13 16 .4867 184 .4757 197. Radford 14 13 .4443 276 .4755 198. UC Santa Barbara 13 13 .4523 256 .4755 199. Texas-Arlington 10 15 .4972 165 .4747 200. Portland St. 10 16 .4908 179 .4747 201. Rice 10 15 .5171 129 .4741 202. Texas A&M-CC 16 8 .3461 334 .4738 203. North Texas 11 14 .4889 182 .4735 204. Niagara 11 18 .5102 141 .4722 205. Yale 15 14 .4373 286 .4720 206. American 12 17 .4874 183 .4719 207. Coppin St. 12 17 .4794 195 .4710 208. Boston U. 12 16 .4802 193 .4706 209. Tennessee St. 12 15 .4573 246 .4704 210. Marshall 12 15 .4800 194 .4691 211. Idaho St. 11 14 .4784 197 .4688 212. Cornell 12 15 .4678 218 .4687 213. Florida Atlantic 15 13 .4333 292 .4683 214. Lamar 13 12 .4341 290 .4679 215. Robert Morris 13 14 .4392 284 .4674 216. Harvard 13 14 .4611 241 .4674 217. Vermont 13 16 .4689 212 .4671 218. Ark.-Little Rock 13 15 .4725 205 .4667 219. North Dakota St. 12 12 .4187 312 .4660 220. Towson 12 16 .4647 231 .4643 221. East Tenn. St. 15 13 .4313 296 .4643 222. Tennessee-Martin 11 15 .4656 227 .4641 223. Furman 12 13 .4471 269 .4636 224. Charleston So. 10 15 .4671 222 .4629 225. Arkansas St. 10 18 .5006 158 .4628 226. Princeton 11 14 .4567 247 .4627 227. South Florida 7 22 .5549 64 .4614 228. Mount St. Mary's 13 17 .4706 209 .4613 229. Illinois St. 8 19 .5444 76 .4608 230. Appalachian St. 12 16 .4542 251 .4608 231. Fairfield 9 19 .5024 155 .4605 232. S.C. St. 13 15 .4315 295 .4602 233. Wagner 12 14 .4503 261 .4602 234. CS Fullerton 14 12 .4010 325 .4586 235. Delaware 9 21 .5160 132 .4572 236. Tulane 10 15 .4526 253 .4566 237. UNC Asheville 8 18 .4962 168 .4565 238. Montana St. 13 14 .4471 270 .4558 239. Portland 11 17 .4655 228 .4558 240. Troy 11 15 .4514 259 .4556 241. Georgia St. 7 22 .5317 98 .4556 242. Chicago St. 10 18 .4718 208 .4549 243. Alabama A&M 11 11 .4126 319 .4544 244. Rider 8 20 .5218 114 .4542 245. Cleveland St. 8 18 .5086 143 .4529 246. Pepperdine 7 20 .5384 83 .4524 247. Kennesaw St. 11 15 .4600 243 .4519 248. Florida A&M 13 16 .4279 303 .4518 249. New Hampshire 12 17 .4524 255 .4510 250. Ball St. 8 17 .4937 174 .4509 251. New Orleans 8 19 .5034 154 .4495 252. Stephen F.Austin 13 11 .3806 328 .4493 253. Bowling Green 7 20 .5171 128 .4490 254. Canisius 9 20 .4950 170 .4488 255. Jackson St. 13 16 .4280 302 .4485 256. Southern Miss 6 20 .5593 58 .4478 257. Louisiana-Monroe 7 18 .5209 118 .4476 258. Quinnipiac 11 16 .4624 235 .4471 259. Texas-San Ant. 9 16 .4930 175 .4443 260. Weber St. 8 17 .4947 171 .4443 261. Norfolk St. 11 17 .4486 268 .4442 262. Sacred Heart 11 17 .4616 239 .4435 263. Lafayette 9 17 .4681 217 .4435 264. Western Carolina 10 17 .4538 252 .4431 265. UMKC 13 14 .4062 322 .4428 266. Stetson 14 18 .4232 306 .4418 267. William & Mary 8 20 .4925 176 .4410 268. Alabama St. 12 17 .4368 287 .4400 269. San Jose St. 6 24 .5209 117 .4397 270. Hartford 12 15 .4163 314 .4389 271. Bethune-Cookman 15 14 .3617 333 .4372 272. St. Francis NY 10 17 .4650 229 .4372 273. Florida Int. 7 20 .5035 153 .4362 274. Brown 10 17 .4503 262 .4351 275. Long Island 11 16 .4302 299 .4344 276. South Dakota St. 8 20 .4836 187 .4340 277. SMU 11 15 .4170 313 .4332 278. CS Northridge 10 16 .4308 297 .4331 279. Utah Valley St. 14 13 .3683 332 .4310 280. Grambling St. 11 12 .3734 330 .4305 281. UNC Greensboro 10 19 .4460 272 .4297 282. Maine 10 16 .4213 307 .4295 283. Oakland 9 18 .4503 263 .4283 284. TCU 6 23 .5341 91 .4277 285. Wofford 7 18 .4661 223 .4267 286. Colgate 9 19 .4555 249 .4246 287. Cal Poly 7 18 .4673 221 .4237 288. Columbia 10 16 .4204 310 .4234 289. St. Bonaventure 8 19 .4614 240 .4231 290. IPFW 8 18 .4324 294 .4223 291. Campbell 10 18 .4324 293 .4198 292. Nicholls St. 8 18 .4433 279 .4185 293. Mississippi Val. 9 17 .4302 298 .4169 294. East Carolina 6 19 .4864 185 .4154 295. Navy 8 18 .4458 273 .4153 296. UC Davis 7 20 .4751 201 .4148 297. UMBC 10 19 .4335 291 .4140 298. James Madison 5 23 .5023 156 .4133 299. Alcorn St. 8 19 .4267 305 .4081 300. Eastern Michigan 7 20 .4410 281 .4071 301. Idaho 3 24 .5218 113 .4066 302. Southern Utah 9 20 .4205 309 .4060 303. Ark.-Pine Bluff 9 15 .3775 329 .4054 304. Hampton 12 15 .3699 331 .4044 305. Youngstown St. 6 21 .4495 265 .4043 306. Mercer 9 19 .4152 316 .4036 307. Texas Southern 6 22 .4646 232 .4017 308. Duquesne 3 24 .5058 150 .4010 309. Stony Brook 4 24 .4947 172 .3983 310. Eastern Illinois 6 21 .4407 283 .3978 311. Dartmouth 6 21 .4522 257 .3971 312. UC Riverside 5 21 .4649 230 .3951 313. SE Missouri St. 5 20 .4439 278 .3908 314. Longwood 8 20 .4137 318 .3894 315. Central Michigan 3 23 .4763 200 .3867 316. Liberty 4 23 .4835 188 .3865 317. The Citadel 6 21 .4123 320 .3841 318. VMI 4 20 .4416 280 .3829 319. Western Illinois 5 21 .4444 275 .3821 320. Md.-East. Shore 7 21 .4017 324 .3814 321. N.C. A&T 6 22 .4153 315 .3780 322. Morehead St. 3 23 .4502 264 .3774 323. Army 3 22 .4385 285 .3767 324. St. Francis PA 3 24 .4691 211 .3758 325. Centenary 3 23 .4660 224 .3723 326. Northern Colo. 3 24 .4693 210 .3704 327. Texas St. 2 22 .4631 233 .3680 328. Morgan St. 4 25 .4343 289 .3659 329. Howard 6 21 .3962 327 .3637 330. Texas-Pan Am. 3 24 .4292 301 .3630 331. Jacksonville 1 26 .4676 220 .3526 332. North Florida 4 22 .4043 323 .3417 333. Savannah St. 1 26 .4207 308 .3299 334. Prairie View 3 24 .3971 326 .3295 SS Wtd. Rank CONFERENCE W L FII Rank RPI 1. Big Ten 193 114 .5865 1 .5839 2. Big East 276 171 .5826 2 .5774 3. Atlantic Coast 214 126 .5758 4 .5742 4. Southeastern 209 132 .5809 3 .5725 5. Big 12 198 128 .5676 5 .5593 6. Missouri Valley 165 126 .5554 6 .5510 7. Pacific 10 161 121 .5538 7 .5465 8. Mountain West 135 112 .5240 9 .5245 9. Western Athletic 129 121 .5256 8 .5210 10. Colonial Athletic 185 167 .5135 12 .5169 11. Atlantic 10 203 185 .5197 10 .5165 12. West Coast 111 114 .5142 11 .5053 13. Conference USA 159 153 .5079 13 .5019 14. Metro Atlantic 143 144 .5006 14 .5015 15. Horizon 125 130 .4965 15 .4968 16. Mid-American 161 163 .4889 17 .4952 17. Big Sky 105 104 .4842 18 .4934 18. Sun Belt 146 154 .4908 16 .4921 19. Big South 108 128 .4629 21 .4713 20. Ohio Valley 140 166 .4679 19 .4707 21. Patriot 102 120 .4663 20 .4688 22. Southland 121 150 .4595 22 .4661 23. Southern 134 161 .4564 23 .4648 24. Big West 100 108 .4475 27 .4642 25. Ivy League 96 118 .4553 25 .4589 26. Northeast 138 170 .4560 24 .4582 27. America East 109 146 .4535 26 .4524 28. Mid-Continent 100 145 .4419 28 .4442 29. Atlantic Sun 137 176 .4385 29 .4442 30. Mid-Eastern 117 195 .4221 31 .4255 31. Independents 80 185 .4257 30 .4095 32. Southwestern 98 165 .3796 32 .3790 |
Thats OK by me...let them hype the ACC and Big East...and then watch the OSU Buckeyes and the Big Ten stun everyone come tourney time. Um, I'm not biased or anything...
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