10-21-2021, 03:19 PM
Yes, that's a good analysis CTcard. Stanford could carefully select the teams in weak leagues who were expected to finish near the top of their conference. Provided those teams played their non-conference schedule in a cocoon of even weaker teams it would work out. However if those teams chose a more challenging non-conference schedule and lost most of those matches it would be counter-productive.
I think Hambly made the right choices for non-conference opponents. I think finding out a team's weaknesses and area for improvement early in the season are more important than beating up on cupcakes. Of course you never know how good teams will be; i.e. Florida turned out to be something of a disappointment.
Once again thanks for your research. I couldn't summon the motivation to scour the internet for recent updates to Volleyball RPI calculations.
Stanford plays Cal at the end of the season which is usually a day or two before the selection committee finalizes the NCAA bracket. I'm hoping they use the pre-Cal RPI for their decisions.
I think Hambly made the right choices for non-conference opponents. I think finding out a team's weaknesses and area for improvement early in the season are more important than beating up on cupcakes. Of course you never know how good teams will be; i.e. Florida turned out to be something of a disappointment.
Once again thanks for your research. I couldn't summon the motivation to scour the internet for recent updates to Volleyball RPI calculations.
Stanford plays Cal at the end of the season which is usually a day or two before the selection committee finalizes the NCAA bracket. I'm hoping they use the pre-Cal RPI for their decisions.