stever20 wrote:XUFan09 wrote:Thanks for doing this, Billy Jack. Taking that info, I put together a schedule of Kenpom top 100 opponent. At this point, Kenpom is probably a better predictor of RPI than RPI. Here we go:
Dec 21 - Marquette @ #35 New Mexico (Tough, tough place to play)(RPI #26)
Dec 21 - Xavier @ #43 Alabama (Only non-conference road game of the season for a young, mercurial team)(RPI 132)
Dec 21 - Georgetown @ #6 Kansas (HUGE game)(RPI 4)
Dec 22 - Creighton vs. #60 Cal(RPI 64)
Dec 28 - Xavier vs. #80 Wake Forest(RPI 89)
Dec 28 - Villanova @ #7 Syracuse (Really tough game in the Wildcats' bid for an undefeated non-conference slate)(RPI 5)
Dec 28 - Providence @ #24 UMass (Good opportunity to the Friars)(RPI 1)
Feb 1 - Georgetown vs. #16 Michigan State (neutral - MSG)(RPI 25)
Feb 1 - Villanova @ #96 Temple (Borderline top 100 opponent yet a big rival...That's a recipe for a bad loss on the tournament resume)(RPI 69)
As you can see, this coming Saturday is probably the biggest day in the non-conference schedule for the Big East, with the final Saturday of the year being pretty significant too.
put the RPI's on. Really, outside of Alabama and UMass- and maybe Temple- not huge differences at all between RPI and Ken Pom. Also, the Marquette/New Mexico game is at Las Vegas, not the Pit(huge difference there!)
XUFan09 wrote:Dec 22 - Creighton vs. #60 Cal
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