(04-01-2013 01:13 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  With the departure of the Sun Belt schools to C-USA and the Sun Belt's addition of new programs our basketball has taken a huge hit that it couldn't afford to take. Unless several teams make commitments to basketball we are in trouble and will be a perennial 16 seed, likely in the play-game type of team in the NCAA Tourney. Look below at the average RPI over the last 8 years. This can give us some idea of what to expect (in terms of basketball commitment).

149 -- South Alabama
185 -- Texas-Arlington
189 -- Appalachian State
195 -- Arkansas-Little Rock
212 -- Arkansas State
217 -- Louisiana-Lafayette
222 -- Troy
225 -- Georgia State
240 -- Georgia Southern
273 -- Texas State
278 -- Louisiana-Monroe

Potential basketball members:
94 -- New Mexico State
214 -- James Madison
250 -- Liberty

This is where that "football-only" invite to NMSU really hurts. Also, this perhaps shows JMU would be better to replace WKU than Liberty based on basketball strength (JMU had a higher RPI 6 of the last 8 years) of you can call it strength. I think Louisiana-Lafayette will turn their program around starting next season, so that will help. I know football drives the proverbial bus, but anyone else worried about the future of our basketball like I am?

Wow! NMSU's RPI dropped into the 90's. Before the NCAA tournament started, we were in the 60's. I guess that loss to Saint Louis really hurt us.

Next season, NMSU returns four starters and all but two players on the roster with also a pretty good 2013 recruiting class coming. Unfortunately, we are stuck steam rolling through a really weak WAC for the foreseeable future; as Aggie fans hope and pray our AD will find our Olympic sports a new home.

You want to feel a little better? Look up the RPI of next season's WAC members.

(04-02-2013 03:26 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 01:13 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  With the departure of the Sun Belt schools to C-USA and the Sun Belt's addition of new programs our basketball has taken a huge hit that it couldn't afford to take. Unless several teams make commitments to basketball we are in trouble and will be a perennial 16 seed, likely in the play-game type of team in the NCAA Tourney. Look below at the average RPI over the last 8 years. This can give us some idea of what to expect (in terms of basketball commitment).

149 -- South Alabama
185 -- Texas-Arlington
189 -- Appalachian State
195 -- Arkansas-Little Rock
212 -- Arkansas State
217 -- Louisiana-Lafayette
222 -- Troy
225 -- Georgia State
240 -- Georgia Southern
273 -- Texas State
278 -- Louisiana-Monroe

Potential basketball members:
94 -- New Mexico State
214 -- James Madison
250 -- Liberty

This is where that "football-only" invite to NMSU really hurts. Also, this perhaps shows JMU would be better to replace WKU than Liberty based on basketball strength (JMU had a higher RPI 6 of the last 8 years) of you can call it strength. I think Louisiana-Lafayette will turn their program around starting next season, so that will help. I know football drives the proverbial bus, but anyone else worried about the future of our basketball like I am?

Wow! NMSU's RPI dropped into the 90's. Before the NCAA tournament started, we were in the 60's. I guess that loss to Saint Louis really hurt us.

Next season, NMSU returns four starters and all but two players on the roster with also a pretty good 2013 recruiting class coming. Unfortunately, we are stuck steam rolling through a really weak WAC for the foreseeable future; as Aggie fans hope and pray our AD will find our Olympic sports a new home.

You want to feel a little better? Look up the RPI of next season's WAC members.

This is the average RPI over the last 8 years, not the RPI of this season.

(04-02-2013 03:47 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  

(04-02-2013 03:26 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  

(04-01-2013 01:13 PM)SkullyMaroo Wrote:  With the departure of the Sun Belt schools to C-USA and the Sun Belt's addition of new programs our basketball has taken a huge hit that it couldn't afford to take. Unless several teams make commitments to basketball we are in trouble and will be a perennial 16 seed, likely in the play-game type of team in the NCAA Tourney. Look below at the average RPI over the last 8 years. This can give us some idea of what to expect (in terms of basketball commitment).

149 -- South Alabama
185 -- Texas-Arlington
189 -- Appalachian State
195 -- Arkansas-Little Rock
212 -- Arkansas State
217 -- Louisiana-Lafayette
222 -- Troy
225 -- Georgia State
240 -- Georgia Southern
273 -- Texas State
278 -- Louisiana-Monroe

Potential basketball members:
94 -- New Mexico State
214 -- James Madison
250 -- Liberty

This is where that "football-only" invite to NMSU really hurts. Also, this perhaps shows JMU would be better to replace WKU than Liberty based on basketball strength (JMU had a higher RPI 6 of the last 8 years) of you can call it strength. I think Louisiana-Lafayette will turn their program around starting next season, so that will help. I know football drives the proverbial bus, but anyone else worried about the future of our basketball like I am?

Wow! NMSU's RPI dropped into the 90's. Before the NCAA tournament started, we were in the 60's. I guess that loss to Saint Louis really hurt us.

Next season, NMSU returns four starters and all but two players on the roster with also a pretty good 2013 recruiting class coming. Unfortunately, we are stuck steam rolling through a really weak WAC for the foreseeable future; as Aggie fans hope and pray our AD will find our Olympic sports a new home.

You want to feel a little better? Look up the RPI of next season's WAC members.

This is the average RPI over the last 8 years, not the RPI of this season.

Yuck the last 8 years have been the Dark Ages for Louisiana basketball. Even more so than when we had the Death Penalty.

I'd like to know what our RPI was for the 5 years before that.