how is UNC no.5 with a 13-8 record?
I have absolutely NO clue how UNC has the #5 RPI.
They beat Louisville 1/3 (70). We beat Florida 1/3 (23). How is UNC at 5 when they lost 2/3 to Louisville? Lost 2/3 to East Carolina (28), and had losses to St Johns (130), UNC Willmington (90), Gardner-Webb (143), and beat North Carolina A&T (273) ONLY 1-0 (bad win).
Their big wins are:
2/3 South Florida (116), 1/3 East Carolina (28), 3/3 Liberty (114), 1/3 Louisville (70), 3/3 Pitt (68), 1/1 Maryland (118)
So, UNC has 11 wins against the top 150 RPI . 5 of those wins are against the top 100 RPI.
By comparison,
Florida has 11 wins against the top 150 RPI. 8 of their wins are against the top 100.
1/1 FAU (13), 2/3 Miami (84), 3/3 Rhode Island (59), 1/1 FSU (7), 2/3 South Carolina (141)
Florida has better wins than UNC. More top 100 wins. Makes no *ucking sense. FSU is #7 at 17-4 and got pounded by Florida in midweek game.
FSU has 13 wins against the top 150 and 10 of those are against the top 100. Very strong. Especially if you include their 3 wins against UNC Ashville who was just outside of the top 150 RPI at #155.
3/3 Xavier (72), 3/3 Troy (29), 1/1 Jacksonville (85), 2/2 Kansas (120), 1/3 Wake Forest (64), 2/3 Notre Dame (101), 1/1 UCF (73)
How in the *uck does Xavier have the #72 RPI? They are 7-13.!!!! Here are their big wins:
1/2 Kentucky (8), 1/3 U of San Francisco (132). That's it. No other top 150 wins. I don't get it. I think a huge factor in the RPI is who you played and not even as much as did you win. They've got to be giving major credit for playing tougher teams, which Xavier did. They just didn't win.
Miami has 8 win against the top 150 and 5 of those wins against the top 100. ND dropping from #73 to #101 hurt.
2/3 Rutgers (61), 1/3 Florida (23), 2/3 Notre Dame (101), 1/1 UCF (73), 1/3 Duke (33)
The bottom line is the Canes need to win. They need to win the weekend series and the midweek games against the FUI's, FAU's, FGCU's, and UCF's. Those midweek teams have very good RPI's (153, 13, 62, 73). That's a big reason why last year's team got left out of the NCAA tournament. They lost too many midweek games and went .500 in the conference.
A big win tonight against FAU would really boost the RPI. Get it done boys!!!!