(12-01-2022 05:41 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  

(12-01-2022 10:53 AM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  

(12-01-2022 10:40 AM)Duke Dawg Wrote:  NCAA doesn't use the RPI as much as the NET Rankings now

Sun Belt is 16th in that

https://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2...conference

I don't believe the NET ratings have been updated since the season has started, have they? The RPI has, but the NET looks unchanged.... or else Troy has been sitting at #189 for weeks.

NET doesn't even get adjusted until the first week of conference play I believe.

(found it - The men’s and women’s basketball NET rankings and team sheets will be provided publicly on a daily basis on NCAA.com and NCAA.org starting each December.)

in southern miss' case, that explains the overtly wide variance between NET and RPI ... again (and like baseball), I rarely get jacked about the early ranking thingy ... thanks for the info...

(12-01-2022 10:37 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  Makes me sick to see the list of WAC schools and that that group of schools is ranked so far ahead of us.

Why’s that? The SBC Commish made it known the SBC is a football first conference. The WAC has several schools whose primary objective is basketball. It will regress next year when one of those schools, NMSU, leaves. Additionally, football-focused Sam Houston has been on a tear, and they will also be gone next year.

The WAC also had big addition-by-subtraction in Chicago State and Lamar leaving (while UIW never joined).

The WAC is doing a bit better than projected, but most impartial analysts saw this as the likely outcome.

On the plus side, you should get a win over a WAC school in a week in Fort Worth.

Trashed Ohio tonight. Now 7-1. Bet the team would like to get that Queens game back.

Meanwhile, ULM handled business against Champions Christian College to the tune of 101-46. What is Champions Christian College you ask. Well, it's a private university in Hot Springs, Arkansas with an enrollment of 78. No, not 7800. 78 undergrads are enrolled at Champions. I really wish someone could make a reasonable argument to me as to why we would even schedule a game like this. Sure, it's pretty much an automatic "W" but for crying-out-loud, a mediocre intramural team would destroy Champions. ULM was once a formidable basketball opponent. We've made a few trips to the tournament. We've produced NBA players. We have a very proud basketball history and now it is just that......history.

(12-04-2022 12:38 AM)MUther Wrote:  Trashed Ohio tonight. Now 7-1. Bet the team would like to get that Queens game back.

I think the road Queens loss was a fluke

A road game with Duquesne this Thursday the 8th at 7:00pm will be our toughest matchup yet.