Thursday

[Sun Tzu]

Fairly uninspiring card.

Virginia


May play East Carolina as well. That line is a bit odorous especially with the Cards coming off of 4 straight 30+ point wins.

 

[gman2]

strange thing is, i also looked at east carolina. teams coming off 3+ consecutive blowouts are normally good "go-against" teams. ecu pretty lame though despite their above .500 mark. if line climbs might try em though.

gonna play virginia though

 

[Sun Tzu]

ECU SOS around 315 so not exactly quality wins on the resume.

 

[gman2]

hey where do you find rpi and strength of schedule stuff? i heard st.joes has an rpi of 11, and that just is preposterous to me. their schedule hasnt been terrible but if theyre an rpi 11, then i gotta question that system.

 

[Sun Tzu]

actually St Joes is No 1 as of Monday.

www.collegerpi.com

 

[gman2]

i am perplexed. how is that schedule anything to write home about? not saying theyve had cupcakes. im sure their gonzaga win helps them out a lot, but what else have they done that makes you say "wow"? xavier is gonna beat em outright on saturday anyways - love that xavier lost to duquesne tonight. they wont need any pts saturday. what the hell are the rpi criteria?

 

[Sun Tzu]

Its all a joke. Look at the Horns - #55 and maybe not even in tourney. Terrible SOS despite playing Duke, AZ, and Providence on the road. (this was pre-Wake.) But you see other teams and they havent played anyone like that and have a higher SOS. Conference play will remedy alot of this, but its crazy. Keep in mind these are computers. You know ,those things that had Miami Oh in the Top 5 in football too.