Standings after 4 games

[Ace Dad]

At the moment, if the committee were able to choose the top 68 teams objectively, the Valley would have four bids. (This is based on the computer ratings: MVC has 4 teams in the top 68 in RPI, KenPom, and Sagarin)

If you assume that all of the auto-bids are consumed by teams outside the top 68 and the top 37 teams should get bids the Valley is probably a two bid league.

The potential bugabo is the relatively mediocre scheduling.

RPI is a large consideration and I agree. However, once you draw the line under Team 68, a look at teams 69-82 may present a compelling case for not going with just RPI. This is more or an Art, as opposed to a Science, and I have no problem with a group of men in a room picking 68 teams out of the so-called Top 90 or so.

[shockerengr]

At the moment, if the committee were able to choose the top 68 teams objectively, the Valley would have four bids. (This is based on the computer ratings: MVC has 4 teams in the top 68 in RPI, KenPom, and Sagarin)

If you assume that all of the auto-bids are consumed by teams outside the top 68 and the top 37 teams should get bids the Valley is probably a two bid league.

The potential bugabo is the relatively mediocre scheduling.

And again, the RPI isn't used so much to evaluate the quality of a team as much as it's used to evaluate the quality of a teams wins and losses.

The important stats are top 50 and top 100 wins and bottom 200 losses.

[Kip Dynamite]

Here is what the top 5 MVC teams look like according to Real Time RPI and using the following criteria:

Creighton
Top 50 wins: 3 (Northwestern, San Diego State, Wichita St)
Top 100 wins 3 (same list as above)
Losses to teams 150 or below: 0

Missouri State
Top 50 wins: 1 (Creighton)
Top 100 wins: 3 (Creighton, Nevada, Indiana State)
Losses to teams 150 or below: 0

Wichita State
Top 50 wins: 1 (UNLV)
Top 100 wins: 2 (UNLV, Colorado)
Losses to teams 150 or below: 0

Illinois State
Top 50 wins: 1 (UNI)
Top 100 wins: 3 (Norfolk St, UNI, Missouri St)
Losses to teams 150 or below: 2 (Fresno St, SIU)

Northern Iowa
Top 50 wins: 2 (Iowa St, Colorado St)
Top 100 wins: 3 (Iowa St, Colorado St, Indiana St)
Losses to teams 150 or below: 0