Correct, it does not. It matters who you play, who you beat, who you lose to.

Mar 1, 2015
12:55:09pm

byubyu

Being in a conference with highly rated teams certainly affects all those factors, but by itself it is 100% meaningless.

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Over the last 10 yrs, 296 of 300 teams in top 30 Pomeroy ratings

Indy Coug

3/1/15 10:35am

Wow. You truly are a wealth of information Sea Chicken

TNT

3/1/15 10:36am

Who were the 4?

byubyu

3/1/15 10:37am

RE: Who were the 4?

Indy Coug

3/1/15 10:39am

None of those years had 68 teams - only the 1 extra bid (65)

nephicoug

3/1/15 10:44am

That is wrong. Wichita st in 2011. So it's actually 5 teams.

swishh_15

3/1/15 10:45am

They were 56th before the tourney

Indy Coug

3/1/15 10:47am

Yep, they won the NIT that year

nephicoug

3/1/15 10:49am

ah...I was looking at final rankings. Good call.

swishh_15

3/1/15 10:49am

Ohio State in 2005: rpi in the 50's, 2-8 road record, 6-12 vs top 100

byubyu

3/1/15 10:47am

Can't find OOC SOS for those teams but I'd be willing to

byubyu

3/1/15 10:52am

You'd probably also have to see how teams that made it

Indy Coug

3/1/15 10:53am

The key stat is that there are 3 more at-large bids now compared to then

nephicoug

3/1/15 11:32am

Lets get some more stats on this

CSoul

3/1/15 10:41am

after watching that gif I realize there are a lot of morons in the world.

HighHorse

3/1/15 10:58am

Wow - that kid should watch fewer super hero movies

PolarisPrime

3/1/15 11:32am

Call me impressed w/ 80% of his feat, & really depressed by the other 20%.

Mantis Mutu

3/1/15 11:58am

When watching clips like these

PolarisPrime

3/1/15 12:06pm

Years ago I felt guilty about laughing at them.

Mantis Mutu

3/1/15 12:57pm

Did you get over the guilt or the laughing?

PolarisPrime

3/1/15 9:09pm

Definitely the guilt!

Mantis Mutu

3/1/15 9:12pm

I guess there can be humor in someone winning a Darwin Award.

PolarisPrime

3/1/15 9:18pm

Especially when the WCC is the #9 RPI conference

whoneedscorners?

3/1/15 10:58am

Bids have never been awarded on a per conference basis.

byubyu

3/1/15 11:00am

So are you saying that conference RPI has not statistical relevance to the

whoneedscorners?

3/1/15 12:16pm

Correct, it does not. It matters who you play, who you beat, who you lose to.

byubyu

3/1/15 12:55pm

Huh? If it factors into "all of those other things"

whoneedscorners?

3/1/15 1:10pm

The selection team looks at what teams have done individually

byubyu

3/1/15 1:25pm

I have to assume those 4 losers were very lackluster in late Feb.

Mantis Mutu

3/1/15 12:00pm

it shouldn't count, but imo a bid will depend on wcc tourny performance

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