[Lorcan]

Another way of looking at it:

Losses by RPI:

Louisville: Notre Dame (1), Notre Dame (1), Miami (18)
Mississippi State: Oregon (4), Missouri (29)
Oregon: Oregon St (24), Stanford (4), Michigan St. (42), UCLA (42)
Stanford: Utah (92), Oregon (5), Cal (40), Gonzaga (13)

While our numbers for RPI and SOS do look nice, it's hard to ignore the losses that we've had this year compared to say Louisville or even Mississippi State. I'm pretty sure that we're out of the race for the top seed. At that point, we probably get shipped east as it's a flight for us either way and Oregon can just bus to Portland. It's tricky to see how the teams will fall in terms of placement from there on out. In theory, you'd send the weakest #1 out to Oregon, in either Louisville or Mississippi State. From there, in terms of balance you'd presumably send the other team over to Albany to face the #3 overall. While I'd love to face UConn again this year, I'm not sure I can see it unless the committee goes for the storyline of having Tara play Geno again with Katie Lou's career on the line.

[Lorcan]

Another way of looking at it:

Losses by RPI:

Louisville: Notre Dame (1), Notre Dame (1), Miami (18)
Mississippi State: Oregon (4), Missouri (29)
Oregon: Oregon St (24), Stanford (4), Michigan St. (42), UCLA (42)
Stanford: Utah (92), Oregon (5), Cal (40), Gonzaga (13)

While our numbers for RPI and SOS do look nice, it's hard to ignore the losses that we've had this year compared to say Louisville or even Mississippi State. I'm pretty sure that we're out of the race for the top seed. At that point, we probably get shipped east as it's a flight for us either way and Oregon can just bus to Portland. It's tricky to see how the teams will fall in terms of placement from there on out. In theory, you'd send the weakest #1 out to Oregon, in either Louisville or Mississippi State. From there, in terms of balance you'd presumably send the other team over to Albany to face the #3 overall. While I'd love to face UConn again this year, I'm not sure I can see it unless the committee goes for the storyline of having Tara play Geno again with Katie Lou's career on the line.