Could somebody please explain PRI to me? What is it, how does it work, and how does it affect the ncaa seeds?

Question

Sorry, I mean RPI not pri

Answer 1

The RPI is the Ratings Percentage Index. It is a number that is accumulated by calculating the team's winning percentage (home wins are weighted with 0.6, neutral court wins with 1.0, and away wins with 1.4...it's similiar with losses calculations), that team's Divsion I opponents winning percentage, and the team's opponent's opponent's (no that's not a misprint) winning percentage. No one knows the actual formula used.

It can be used to determine who gets in the tournament depending on the mood of the committee. Louisville last year didn't get in the tournament because of their RPI being so low. I know they looked at West Virginia's RPI this year when comparing them to fellow bubble team Arkansas. Arkansas's RPI was 35th, West Virginia's was 57th. That was a huge factor in Arkansas getting in over WVU.

If it wasn't a factor, none of us would even care what the Ratings Percentage Index is.

For example, Kentucky is high in the RPI because their of their winning percentage, their opponent's winning percentage (they play a team like Florida twice, who has a high winning percentage) and their opponent's opponents (Florida played and beat an Ohio State team with a high winning percentage).

It's nice and confusing, but the best way to put it is that it's all about who you play and who the teams you play plays.

***And they've actually started in women's basketball using another factor that gives penalties or bonuses according to a team's non-conference schedule.....you get bonuses for beating teams in the RPI Top 50 and you get penalties for losing to a team in the RPI's 150 and under. I won't be surprised if they start this in men's basketball soon since they usually experiment with things like this in women's first.

Oh the fun of the RPI ha.

Answer 2

The RPI is a super secret formula that ranks all Div-1 basketball teams based on their record, the people they've played, the ones their opponents have played, as well as their strength of schedule. The RPI isn't generally used to pick the teams in the tournament, case in point Drexel and Syracuse from this year, which had higher ranking RPIs than other at large teams. It's more of a way to track which teams are doing well during the season, much like the polls.

Answer 3

you're speaking about preparation? Hahahahahaha. the single which would not actually have undemanding experience is speaking about preparation. that's a similar clarification why there have been israelis who killed innocents including in the gaza bloodbath. you've google, so that you do not favor me to remind you. i know your dementia isn't that undesirable. sweet stupid Simon, you won't be able to even practice yourselves. First practice yourselves and then you will be able to communicate about others.

Answer 4

It's all this rolled into one:

Strength of schedule, strength of conference, wins against ranked teams, losses to bad teams, overall record, conference record, conference tournament record.

Answer 5

nobody really knows it, so to ask someone to explain is like asking man to fly, it just wont happen