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02-21-2008, 05:47 PM
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#31 (permalink)
| | Get Ready for this....
Join Date: Jan 2008  Location: Memphis
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02-21-2008, 05:51 PM
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#32 (permalink)
| | Lurking....
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tampa
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| The title of this thread is quite misleading and sensationalistic.
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02-21-2008, 05:56 PM
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#33 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by TennTom  I assure you the RPI numbers speak inherently greater than this single-minded mathematical premise that fails to take into account so many other variables in determining Tennessee's fate versus other top tiered opponents | The RPI is a colossal joke, which joke's punchline is long-winded and, if you have the time and patience, can be found/heard here: The Colton Index College Basketball Ratings | |
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02-21-2008, 06:06 PM
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#34 (permalink)
| | Valid Victorian
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Honolulu
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| One of his beefs against the RPI is gaming it, by losing to teams to raise your RPI. What team in their right mind wants to lose a game to increase their RPI rating? That's just nitpicking for the sake of saying "my" rating is better than the current standard.
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Originally Posted by lawgator1 Go Vols!
Let me be the first to welcome you back to SEC/BCS status. UT is back, baby! |  Geek In Paradise | |
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02-21-2008, 06:12 PM
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#35 (permalink)
| | Era of Orange Attitude
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nashville, TN
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| The current Colton index has the exact same top 7 teams as the RPI.....hmm if the RPI is a joke, what does that make the Coltonindex?
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02-21-2008, 06:16 PM
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#36 (permalink)
| | Valid Victorian
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Honolulu
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Originally Posted by TennTom The current Colton index has the exact same top 7 teams.....hmm if the RPI is a joke, what does that make the Coltonindex? | nm, found it
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Originally Posted by lawgator1 Go Vols!
Let me be the first to welcome you back to SEC/BCS status. UT is back, baby! | Geek In Paradise | |
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02-21-2008, 06:23 PM
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#38 (permalink)
| | Valid Victorian
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Honolulu
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| Colton's Quote:
1. Memphis
2. Duke
3. Tennessee
4. North Carolina
5. Kansas
6. UCLA
7. Texas
| RPI Quote:
1. Tennessee
2. Memphis
3. Duke
4. North Carolina
5. Texas
6. Kansas
7. UCLA
| hrmmm...
go out to 20, and there's only 4 teams different between the 2. Doesn't look like his is that much better, if at all.
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Originally Posted by lawgator1 Go Vols!
Let me be the first to welcome you back to SEC/BCS status. UT is back, baby! | Geek In Paradise | |
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02-21-2008, 06:25 PM
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#39 (permalink)
| | Orange Swarm is Coming
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Memphis
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| Ken Pomeroy likes numbers. Doesn't make him right. | 
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02-21-2008, 06:42 PM
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#40 (permalink)
| | The Minister of Defense
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Russellville, AR
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Originally Posted by lidderer Weird that you'd fault a guy for using numbers, and then go on to cite maybe the most worthless of numbers of all: poll ranking.
You're also saying he's unfairly biased against the vols because his analysis of their numbers suggest they are not as good as certain other highly-ranked teams, and that he then goes on to 'skew' those very same numbers which initially led him to arrive at his conclusion, which is a peculiar point to make and even more peculiar to fault him for. It's like saying "You're just saying chocolate hurts your teeth because chocolate hurts your teeth, you chocolate-hating liar!" | what have you got against chocolate? | |
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02-21-2008, 06:49 PM
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#41 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by TennTom The current Colton index has the exact same top 7 teams.....hmm if the RPI is a joke, what does that make the Coltonindex? | You do realize the flaws inherent with how the RPI is set-up, no? I did not prior to getting the Colton breakdown, which you should watch/hear in order to better grasp what is so particularly flawed with it.
The 'joke' aspect of the RPI is in its ultimate deciding process and the way you can ACTUALLY gain by losing. That right there should suggest something in the realm of 'joke', no? | |
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02-21-2008, 06:49 PM
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#42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rexvol what have you got against chocolate? |
They hurt kenpom's teeth | |
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02-21-2008, 06:52 PM
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#43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dickens821 Ken Pomeroy likes numbers. Doesn't make him right. | No one it certainly does not! But given the conclusions he arrives it, I'd say his like of numbers helps him argue his case much more effectively than someone who would simply say "look, the vols reliance on turnovers, I think, could maybe hurt them. Dude trust me, i watched'em on Raycom." | |
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02-21-2008, 06:52 PM
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#44 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 3,490
| lid, you have been a member for over a year? Why only 50 posts? You seem knowledgeable about basketball and I guess you are a Vol fan. Just wondering.. | |
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02-21-2008, 06:54 PM
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#45 (permalink)
| | The Minister of Defense
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Russellville, AR
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Originally Posted by lidderer They hurt kenpom's teeth | I dont think there's a true Vol fan alive that's against chocolate, therefore you're not a true Vol fan. | |
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