Post by baytree on Nov 26, 2024 18:12:01 GMT -5
The committee can just set the brackets and flip a few teams around and even the Regional location depending upon the outcome of these key matches:
1. Pitt @ Louisville
2. Neb @ PSU
3. Louisville @ Stanford
It looks like Pitt and Neb are locks for #1 and #2, but not sure what order yet.
If Louisville beats either Pitt or Stanford they likely lock in either #3 or #4.
If PSU loses to Neb and Stanford beats GT and Louisville, then Stanford could move to at least #4 in the RPI ranking.
Creighton (#6 in RPI) is also a team that might merit some consideration to host a Regional because their only two loses were @ Nebraska and Louisville by 3-2 scores. However, their schedule strength/weak conference works against them.
How will Stanford's loss to Miami affect their KPI score?
They're currently at 5th (0.633) in kpi. I don't know the formula for kpi so I'm not sure exactly how a loss is factored in. We're a bit ahead of Creighton (0.625) and behind Penn State (0.667)
With rpi, Penn State's will go down when they play Rutgers tomorrow and Creighton's will go up if they do well in the Big East tournament (which they almost certainly will). I don't know how those things affect kpi