We are 19 in Pomeroy and 40 in USA/Sagarin.
Extraordinary to be ranked that high, which by the way, we are the highest ranked 8 loss team in both rankings.
Quote from: willie warrior on January 25, 2010, 06:36:28 PM
We are 19 in Pomeroy and 40 in USA/Sagarin.
Extraordinary to be ranked that high, which by the way, we are the highest ranked 8 loss team in both rankings.
The problem is that we are 80th in the RPI which is the NCAAs computer ranking. Though, depending on who you ask, they will tell you that some of the other rating services are also used.
RPIforecast.com has us ending with an expected RPI of 64.7, with us winning all but one game as the year goes on.
http://www.rpiforecast.com/teams/Marquette.html
Also of note .. it figures out the "help" from each team. If I'm reading this correctly, the DePaul loss is expected to be the worst thing to happen to our RPI, and as suggested before by Pudner, by simply playing Presbyterian, Grambling, Centenary, Maryland ES .. our RPI dropped with some significance.
(Rutgers and Prov are also teams that, even with beating, lower our RPI.)