RPI

[k9_r]

Our current RPI is 54 which won't do it. I mean, it might but typically just two or three such high RPIs get an at large bid. We certainly can't count on it.

Not only that but b/c of Northwestern's miserable W/L record we could sweep them and still worsen in RPI. Could go worse than 60. Not to worry though.

Our past opponents plus NW have a cumulative losing record 390-418 (.483) but then we will meet a bunch of winning teams. After NW the upcoming opponents are now sitting at 342-256 (.572) and RPI is all about W/L records.

Northwestern will hurt our RPI but those next four games will dramatically improve it. We could even lose to Creighton and lose all three Michigan games and still see a nice RPI bump. Those two teams have a cumulative .796 win % and that's a big SOS bump for us. Big RPI help.

We're going to be fine. Just need to win our share of these remaining games and maybe a little more and we'll be there on selection day.

 

[OmahaSker]

Thanks for the insight, but how dare you mention losing to crayton

 

[huskerbaseball13]

RPI is now at 80......long long long ways to go for this team. Looking like win in Omaha or bust. And right now that's looking like a tall task with the staff Erstad put together in year five.

 

[k9_r]

We've just had a bad week. Not only did we go 3 and 2 (with two home losses) but our prior opponents also had a bad week. They won 21 games and lost 27. All together that's a bad RPI week.

So this morning we've got the awful RPI 78 and that puts us in a tough spot. Our margin of error has crept down towards zero.

Had we swept NW our RPI would have been 66 which would have been very manageable given the good SOS teams in front of us. But now, we'll need to go 3-1 this week just to get back to the mid 40s.

There is a ray of hope for us. Our opponents had such a bad week that the pendulum could swing back for them with a good week and the averages could come back to the norm. That would erase some of the RPI hit we took this week.

Still, we do have to win a lot of these games coming up or it's win the B1G tourney time. Not worried yet but the edge is creeping close.