From Todays OWH:
I'm not buying into the "40 wins and you're in" as put forth in the article. Wichita State, among others, are teams that have been left out in recent years with 40 wins, coupled with marginal RPI's and low SOS's.
Here is good info from the Warren Nolan website on NU:
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2012/schedule/Nebraska
(note the 2 losses to 200+ rpi teams)
Record vs. RPI Teams
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SOS: 74
I can't help but think NU will drop in SOS as the season goes on and teams in the better conferences will have their SOS's rise by conference play
The key to NU's RPI rising might not be only to keep winning (obviously), but for teams like Kansas State and California to pick up steam and win.
Cal has seen its RPI jump 30 spots the last two weeks. Click on Cal and look at the powerhouse schedule they play down the stretch, starting with Texas this weekend.
(I love this website, it breaks everything down in Realtime, no need to research!)
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2012/schedule/California
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120329/BIGRED/703299807/1001#time-to-make-hay-for-huskersThe NCAA bids are determined by teams' RPI, strength of schedule, quality wins and regular-season finish, said Kyle Kallander, the Big South commissioner and the chairman of the NCAA's Division I baseball committee. A few other metrics are included as well, he said.
I'm not buying into the "40 wins and you're in" as put forth in the article. Wichita State, among others, are teams that have been left out in recent years with 40 wins, coupled with marginal RPI's and low SOS's.
Here is good info from the Warren Nolan website on NU:
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2012/schedule/Nebraska
(note the 2 losses to 200+ rpi teams)
Record vs. RPI Teams
RPI | ||
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1-50 | 1 - 3<!-- - 0 | 3 - 4<!-- - 0--> |
51-100 | 4 - 3<!-- - 0 | 4 - 2<!-- - 0--> |
101-200 | 9 - 1<!-- - 0 | 5 - 1<!-- - 0--> |
201+ | 3 - 2<!-- - 0 | 5 - 1 <!-- - 0--> |
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SOS: 74
I can't help but think NU will drop in SOS as the season goes on and teams in the better conferences will have their SOS's rise by conference play
The key to NU's RPI rising might not be only to keep winning (obviously), but for teams like Kansas State and California to pick up steam and win.
Cal has seen its RPI jump 30 spots the last two weeks. Click on Cal and look at the powerhouse schedule they play down the stretch, starting with Texas this weekend.
(I love this website, it breaks everything down in Realtime, no need to research!)
http://warrennolan.com/baseball/2012/schedule/California
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