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TEAM-BY-TEAM & PROFILE BREAKDOWN

Here is your boilerplate explanation for RPI and other ratings:

RPI (ratings percentage index) is the most well-known and prominent rating in college basketball. It may not always be the best rating, but it seems to be the most prominent one involved in the tournament selection process. So it’s important.

But to give us some more depth, we’ll look at ratings from the savant Ken Pomeroy and from Jeff Sagarin, long-time ratings calculator (and whose football ratings have been part of the BCS formula since the beginning). For a big picture number, I’ve averaged the three ratings in some places — but for the time being, RPI still remains the most important for tournament selection.

Here’s the full team-by-team and top-50/100 breakdown:

OPPONENT

 

RPI

KenPom

Sagarin

AVG

+/-

Weber State

W

173

170

169

171

+11

@ Stanford

W

38

35

29

34

+13

Mt St Mary’s

W

232

229

242

234

+15

Iowa State

L

8

20

13

14

Texas (n)

W

23

38

40

34

Wichita St (n)

L

6

11

16

11

-1

Utah State (n)

W

115

112

93

107

-10

North Texas

W

188

209

211

203

-31

UMass (n)

L

11

39

38

29

-8

Prairie View A&M

W

287

330

328

315

-27

@ Utah

L

104

44

54

67

+5

@ Oregon

L

40

32

35

36

+3

OPPONENT

 

RPI

KenPom

Sagarin

AVG

+/-

Loyola Marymount

1-1

149

178

179

169

-20

Pepperdine

1-1

119

132

115

122

+3

San Diego

1-0

170

157

142

156

-12

San Francisco

2-0

79

106

102

96

+14

Santa Clara

2-0

220

177

180

192

+1

Portland

0-1

158

102

101

120

+8

Gonzaga

0-1

21

28

22

25

Pacific

1-0

109

117

103

110

Saint Mary’s

1-0

56

64

58

59

vs. Top-50
RPI: 2-5
KP: 2-6
Sag: 2-5
AVG: 2-5

vs. Top-100
RPI: 5-5
KP: 3-6
Sag: 4-6
AVG: 5-6

vs. < 100
RPI: 11-4
KP: 13-3
Sag: 12-3
AVG: 11-3

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