[CTcard]

So if you calculated our RPI by dropping our win over Connecticut, would our RPI wind up the same as if you calculated it dropping our win over Santa Barbara?

Not quite.
Both wins contribute the same amount to the first category, our win percentage.
However, UConn contributes a large number to the opponent's win percentage category, which clearly UCSB does not (0-17).
[Playing Santa Barbara at all hurts our RPI a lot. Losing to them wouldn't have hurt our RPI more than another loss.]


On the other hand, if we swapped our win vs UConn to a loss and also swapped our loss vs Texas to a win (both games at home) that would have no effect on our RPI.
Not a wonderful example as Texas is 14-3, but they are our worst home loss I think.

If we swapped our loss vs UNC to a win, and simultaneously swapped our win vs Prairie View AM to a loss (both neutral site), that would have no effect on our RPI.

[CTcard]

So if you calculated our RPI by dropping our win over Connecticut, would our RPI wind up the same as if you calculated it dropping our win over Santa Barbara?

Not quite.
Both wins contribute the same amount to the first category, our win percentage.
However, UConn contributes a large number to the opponent's win percentage category, which clearly UCSB does not (0-17).
[Playing Santa Barbara at all hurts our RPI a lot. Losing to them wouldn't have hurt our RPI more than another loss.]


On the other hand, if we swapped our win vs UConn to a loss and also swapped our loss vs Texas to a win (both games at home) that would have no effect on our RPI.
Not a wonderful example as Texas is 14-3, but they are our worst home loss I think.

If we swapped our loss vs UNC to a win, and simultaneously swapped our win vs Prairie View AM to a loss (both neutral site), that would have no effect on our RPI.