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RPI is a meaningless stat right now.

Posted on: December 19, 2017 at 13:38:48 CT

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Iowa State is 28 in RPI. UCF is 48 . St. Johns is 19. None of those teams are tourney teams yet RPI has them high. It's a flawed stat until after conference play is a few weeks in. We haven't beat anyone yet. We'll have our chance soon enough.

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At 9-2, why is Missouri nowhere close to being ranked? - Le Tigre - 12/19 12:44:24

They needed to not choke the WV game - MoGold MU - 12/19 16:58:06

They could play a TCU type schedule and be undefeated - playhard NWMSU - 12/19 15:26:52

Have some decent wins but no signature ones - Beakerbasher KC - 12/19 16:40:41

They aren’t the reigning NIT Champions with their - Butcher of Bakersfield STL - 12/19 16:25:22

No good wins yet. Nm - ClassicTiger MU - 12/19 13:31:38

half dozen against top 50 RPI teams(nm) - tigerNkc MU

- 12/19 13:34:05

everybidy knows the rpi is bad except the - alwaysright MU - 12/19 14:20:34

RPI is a meaningless stat right now. - tgr MU

- 12/19 13:38:48

Are Tennessee and Arkansas tourney teams. You said you - Uncle John MU

- 12/19 14:18:47

I'm not really sold on either of them being tourney teams.(nm) - tgr MU

- 12/19 15:27:34

Lol(nm) - Uncle John MU

- 12/19 18:07:48

I would not assume Arkansas is a tourney team - KC rules MU - 12/19 15:13:22

2nd most road wins in the SEC the last 3 years - hogfan14 ARK - 12/20 13:20:19

Lol(nm) - Uncle John MU

- 12/19 18:08:13

the people who vote put other teams ahead of them (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 12/19 13:20:06

8 wins last year? No MPJ? Not a blue blood program? - coolbean MU - 12/19 13:16:24

Last three years+St Johns=Not Ranked - tjwheeler UI - 12/19 13:04:44

Despite RPI I think we lost to our two best opponents - MakeShift MU - 12/19 13:03:47

We blew the game against WV. Win that game and we're - Uncle John MU

- 12/19 13:38:24

Agree - the ranking doesn't mean much - MakeShift MU - 12/19 14:04:46

Not many people trust this team - BOILERTIGER MU

- 12/19 13:00:56

Why would we do that and if we did we have many ways to - Uncle John MU

- 12/19 13:52:42

Seems like we have been shooting well - MakeShift MU - 12/19 13:29:53

11 games is a decent sample size. I'm sure we will have - Uncle John MU

- 12/19 14:07:36

SEC SEC SEC(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 12/19 12:58:14

Blown out at utah and choked against WVU. - catbirdseat MU

- 12/19 12:57:53

We have the talent just some suspect coaching - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 12/19 12:49:37

Total BS. HCCM coaching has been excellent. The cloud.... - Your Daddy MU - 12/19 13:09:02

Sorry but most experts disagree with you(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 12/19 13:13:12

You are both kind of right. - alwaysright MU - 12/19 14:23:59

KA struck his foes down with a mighty vengeance. nm - Civil-E-Tiger MU - 12/19 12:53:45

Totally. God remember when we had neither last year? - kcnorthside MU - 12/19 12:53:06

Most of the pundits have noticed Kim's players seem to be - Ragnar Danneskjold MU

- 12/19 13:08:37

14th in the SEC 3 years in a row, got to overcome that - FIJItiger MU

- 12/19 12:47:33

I disagree. A win over Utah or WVU and we'd be ranked - kcnorthside MU - 12/19 12:52:19

And we will be ranked. We'll be fine - raskolnikov MU - 12/19 12:59:37

A ranking this early, while fun, would be meaningless. - kcnorthside MU - 12/19 13:06:25

They're close in the coaches' poll(nm) - Gaseous Clay MU - 12/19 12:46:44