FredJacket
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I do bash RPI... & I stand by that. It is flawed & some tweaks would improve it. Namely more emphasis on a team's actual record & significantly lower weighting to the home/road factors.
However... by this time of the year... it is not complete nonsense. The better teams who managed to do ok against tougher opponents are ranked higher than those who aren't that good... generally.
The problem is how it appears (nobody really knows) it is used by the committee when it gets down to figuring out the last 5-10 teams who "deserve" to be in the 64 team field over those few who don't deserve it. Ga Tech appears to be one such [bubble] team. I believe they deserve it. AND I believe IF they are left out, the only thing the committee can point to is RPI... which, in GTs case, is deflated because of the flawed math. [this assumes Ga Tech will go at least 2-3 over final 5 games]
ETA... I don't keep track of the committee membership. But I seem to recall a Podcaster saying the ACC "finally" has a rep on the committee this year. Not sure how long the ACC hasn't been represented. The problem there is the rep is from FSU. FSU & the ACC are literally suing each other right now. Can't make this stuff up.
However... by this time of the year... it is not complete nonsense. The better teams who managed to do ok against tougher opponents are ranked higher than those who aren't that good... generally.
The problem is how it appears (nobody really knows) it is used by the committee when it gets down to figuring out the last 5-10 teams who "deserve" to be in the 64 team field over those few who don't deserve it. Ga Tech appears to be one such [bubble] team. I believe they deserve it. AND I believe IF they are left out, the only thing the committee can point to is RPI... which, in GTs case, is deflated because of the flawed math. [this assumes Ga Tech will go at least 2-3 over final 5 games]
ETA... I don't keep track of the committee membership. But I seem to recall a Podcaster saying the ACC "finally" has a rep on the committee this year. Not sure how long the ACC hasn't been represented. The problem there is the rep is from FSU. FSU & the ACC are literally suing each other right now. Can't make this stuff up.