Who to root for tonight (to boost RPI)

[SMU Section F]

We need to worry more about winning our own games...

Well our team certainly does. I for one think it's fun to play "what if" from the bleachers.

[CalallenStang]

Mizzou beat Arkansas. Now we NEED UVA to win

[Pony147]

UVA got it done

[OhioBrownFan]

UVA got it done

They ripped em. ND in a tail-spin since they lost their best player. Not sure Brey can right that ship, it's sinking quick.

[LHS81]

Need to root for Arkansas and A&M to win all season. . . But, both teams are fading so fast in the SEC. Don't see much improvement for the rest of the season

[ojaipony]

Dumb question: so is our RPI impacted by what the RPI of the team was WHEN WE PLAYED THAT TEAM or where they are when our "final" RPI is set when tournament select evaluations are done?

[OhioBrownFan]

Dumb question: so is our RPI impacted by what the RPI of the team was WHEN WE PLAYED THAT TEAM or where they are when our "final" RPI is set when tournament select evaluations are done?

It's a moving piece all year. So for example, let's say Arkansas is #61 or something. If at the end of the year they are #43, they would bolster our RPI. RPI is not impacted by when you played them.

[OhioBrownFan]

Dumb question: so is our RPI impacted by what the RPI of the team was WHEN WE PLAYED THAT TEAM or where they are when our "final" RPI is set when tournament select evaluations are done?

It's a moving piece all year. So for example, let's say Arkansas is #61 or something. If at the end of the year they are #43, they would bolster our RPI. RPI is not impacted by when you played them. And honestly, it's a minute piece of the puzzle what other teams RPI is. One of our past opponents wins, another loses, doesn't matter much. The only way to really improve your RPI dramatically is to keep winning. That's the quickest way for it to rise or fall. It's interesting to follow, but it will drive you up a wall rooting for teams every night.

[CalallenStang]

How the Mustangs Can Boost Their RPI Today
Illinois-Chicago needs to beat Detroit
Game Info: 6:00 PM
Hofstra needs to beat Drexel
Game Info: 6:00 PM
Texas A&M needs to beat South Carolina
Game Info: 6:00 PM
Wyoming needs to beat Fresno State
Game Info: 9:00 PM

[PonySnob]

We lay many more turds like we did last night and it won't matter what our past opponents do.

[mrydel]

I have continually said that as long as Arkansas was mentioned in the same breath as SMU we needed Arkansas to lose. To heck with the RPI. If it is us or them, they beat us. But it appears that Arkansas is going to prove my preseason prediction of lower half of the SEC so we should be ok from their standpoint. Now we just need to win games.

As a side note, local Arkansas sports show today opened their program with the Roy Orbison classic "It's Over".

[CalallenStang]

UIC lost
Texas A&M lost
Hofstra lost

[CalallenStang]

Wyoming lost too. We have had a bad couple of days

[CalallenStang]

How the Mustangs Can Boost Their RPI Today
Texas-Pan American needs to beat Utah Valley
Game Info: 7:00 PM
McNeese State needs to beat Central Arkansas
Game Info: 7:30 PM
Sam Houston State needs to beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Game Info: 7:45 PM

[Nacho]

we need to win our games. who cares about the others. if we take care of business we will be fine. if we go on a losing streak it is all over.