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Wyoming is dead last in opponents' average 2014-15 RPI.

Yabadabadoo

Yabadabadoo

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Can someone translate this for me? Does this mean we have the easiest schedule in the entire country? Just asking.
 
LanderPoke said:
On paper. We have to play Cal, who's going to be a juggernaut this year, but was mediocre last year.
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Exactly. The RPI used for this statistic has Cal at 93. They're expected be a top 15 team by the end of the year. Of course, other teams will be facing opponents that have improved from last year. But Cal is one of the better teams, possibly the best, that any MW team will face this year.
 
Matt Stephens wrote this article and he may be the worst beat writer out there. But preseason things like this don't matter much at all. It's a new year for a reason. Cal should be a top 20 RPI all year so we will obviously go up. Still going to be a better out of conference schedule than CSU anyways.
 
NebraskaCowboy said:
Matt Stephens wrote this article and he may be the worst beat writer out there. But preseason things like this don't matter much at all. It's a new year for a reason. Cal should be a top 20 RPI all year so we will obviously go up. Still going to be a better out of conference schedule than CSU anyways.
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Yes it will, and he only used that metric to slam Wyoming. I'm not saying Wyoming has a stellar OOC schedule, but it's not the worst in the conference. CSU doesn't have a top 15 PAC12 school coming to Moby. They're also not facing the same UNI team that beat us last year. Those are 2 examples of many that destroy the metric he used.
 
wyopig said:
NebraskaCowboy said:
Matt Stephens wrote this article and he may be the worst beat writer out there. But preseason things like this don't matter much at all. It's a new year for a reason. Cal should be a top 20 RPI all year so we will obviously go up. Still going to be a better out of conference schedule than CSU anyways.
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Yes it will, and he only used that metric to slam Wyoming. I'm not saying Wyoming has a stellar OOC schedule, but it's not the worst in the conference. CSU doesn't have a top 15 PAC12 school coming to Moby. They're also not facing the same UNI team that beat us last year. Those are 2 examples of many that destroy the metric he used.
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Our schedule is weak, but I don't have a problem with that this year. I was critical of Shyatt's scheduling last season because I felt that we had an at-large type of team, but we didn't put together an OOC schedule that would allow us to earn an at-large bid.

This year, we have a very young team and a soft schedule is fine. Try to build up some wins and build some experience/confidence for the future.
 
NowherePoke said:
wyopig said:
NebraskaCowboy said:
Matt Stephens wrote this article and he may be the worst beat writer out there. But preseason things like this don't matter much at all. It's a new year for a reason. Cal should be a top 20 RPI all year so we will obviously go up. Still going to be a better out of conference schedule than CSU anyways.
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Yes it will, and he only used that metric to slam Wyoming. I'm not saying Wyoming has a stellar OOC schedule, but it's not the worst in the conference. CSU doesn't have a top 15 PAC12 school coming to Moby. They're also not facing the same UNI team that beat us last year. Those are 2 examples of many that destroy the metric he used.
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Our schedule is weak, but I don't have a problem with that this year. I was critical of Shyatt's scheduling last season because I felt that we had an at-large type of team, but we didn't put together an OOC schedule that would allow us to earn an at-large bid.

This year, we have a very young team and a soft schedule is fine. Try to build up some wins and build some experience/confidence for the future.
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Absolutely. This team will need some cupcakes to get their confidence up and get their understanding of the game at this level where it needs to be. Come conference I expect this team to hold their own against anyone but maybe Boise and UNLV.
 
Just win when it matters and the rest will play out. Honestly, the first ten games or so really don't matter anyway. Win or los. I think a variety of both helps these kids learn. Pounding Casper College won't help a whole lot, but neither will getting run off the floor by Duke.

Pokes got hot when they needed to last year and it paid off. When it comes to NCAA basketball, rankings during the season really don't mean crap. Especially an artificial and sporadic "#25" ranking or so. Gives players and fans a false sense of reality.

I am going to try and not get too caught up in the W-L total until later next month.
 
djm19 said:
Just win when it matters and the rest will play out. Honestly, the first ten games or so really don't matter anyway. Win or los. I think a variety of both helps these kids learn. Pounding Casper College won't help a whole lot, but neither will getting run off the floor by Duke.

Pokes got hot when they needed to last year and it paid off. When it comes to NCAA basketball, rankings during the season really don't mean crap. Especially an artificial and sporadic "#25" ranking or so. Gives players and fans a false sense of reality.

I am going to try and not get too caught up in the W-L total until later next month.
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Depends on what your goals are. If at-large berths and NCAA seeding are your goals (SDSU, for example) than the OOC is critical both in terms of building quality wins and in terms of the statistical profile for selection (RPI, SOS, KenPom, etc.). However, if you are in a rebuilding phase than its more about the process of improving and getting better.
 
Yeah, I agree. I am just saying that the MWC is always a crapshoot to get at large bid. (outside of SDSU...usually). I just don't want top get too caught up in RPI before season starts. Win the conf, or the tourney and see what happens.
 
Win the tourney, we get an auto bid to the big dance. Win the regular season title, bid to the big dance is not a sure thing, though still a nice thing to have.
 
fromolwyoming said:
Win the tourney, we get an auto bid to the big dance. Win the regular season title, bid to the big dance is not a sure thing, though still a nice thing to have.
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Outright regular season champ has never not made the tournament. Not saying your wrong but it has never happened. One of the only times I can think of that a co champ didn't make it was when we split it with BYU and Utah and those 2 made it and we didn't. So that was with 3 co-champs. Sure there is probably another examply but can't think of one off the top of my head.
 
Not saying we wouldn't go to the NCAA with only a regular season title, just that the conference tourney title makes it 100% thing is all.
 
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