Hawaii No. 9 in poll, 22 in RPI
October 15th, 2012
By Cindy Luis
By Cindy Luis
Texas and Hawaii swap places in the poll.
http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/poll-10-15-12di/
1. penn State 55 votes stys at 1
2. Stanford. 2 votes, moves to 4
3. Oregon 3 votes moves to 5
4. Nebraskaa drops from 3
5. Wasington. drops from 2
6. UCLA up to 7
7. USC drops to 6
8 Texas 1054 points up from 9
9. Hawaii 1037 points down from 8
10. Minnesota stays at 10
As for the RPI
1. Stanford
2. Penn State
3. Nebraksa
4. Texas.
5. Oregon.
6. UCLA
7. Louisville
8. Washington
9. Kansas State
10. Minnesota
http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/weeklyrpi/2012WVBrpi1.html
Volleyshots
awww boo we dropped…
Comparison of teams RPI from 4 conferences:
Pac-10 (average RPI=40.8, median=41)
1 Stanford
5 Oregon
6 UCLA
8 UW
14 USC
41 Cal
51 UA
52 ASU
68 Utah
81 Colorado
122 WSU
WCC (average RPI=59.4, median=47)
11 BYU
21 San Diego
30 Pepperdine
39 St. Mary’s
47 Santa Clara
57 San Francisco
58 Loyola Marymount
126 Portland
146 Gonzaga
Big West (NOT incl. Hawaii) average RPI=122.1, median=127
53 Pacific
64 Long Beach
66 UCSB
80 Northridge
127 Fullerton
131 Irvine
132 Davis
202 Cal Poly
244 Riverside
WAC average RPI= 171.8, median=151
96 NMSU
109 Utah St
134 UTSA
138 Idaho
142 Texas State
160 Denver
198 SJS
210 Tx-Arlington
222 Seattle
309 La Tech
You’re missing Oregon State in the PAC-12 and why don’t you include Hawaii?
Thanks. was just about ask that about both.
The cut off point on the RPI for at-large bids is typically around the mid-40s. If the above holds, then the Big West would be a one-bid conference.
missed OSU
27 OSU
Pac-12 average RPI=39.7, median=34
Didn’t include Hawaii (22) so can the strength of the rest of the Big West compared with the other conferences. In particular, a comparison of the Big West with the WAC.
With Hawaii, Big West average RPI is 112.1, median=103.5
…and Big West’s current 2nd highest RPI, Pacific, is leaving for WCC next year.
Next year in Big West:
87 San Diego St
162 Boise St
True but next year will be another year. you don’t know the other teams will schedule. or how they will do. All UH can control is to schedule as difficult as possible and win.
It’s too bad that Pacific will leave next year. It was a good pair with UC Davis. So will Davis be paired up with Boise, Idaho, for road matches? Northridge and Long Beach? San Diego State and Irvine? Hawaii will have no pair next year. Maybe matches with Hawaii should be planned like the Mountain West Conference for the men where Hawaii will play half the teams two nights in a row, and the other half of the teams will visit Hawaii for two nights in a row. Perhaps the same can be done with Boise, Idaho, as it is pretty far from Davis. What do you think?
In terms of hosting a subregional (Rounds 1-2), I do not yet see a Rainbow connection. I say this not because Hawai’i is #22 in rpi. I say this because the West is packed with too many top 16 candidates.
I like to divide the teams into 3 groups: #1 ~ #8 rpi = highly likely to host; #9 ~ #16 rpi = borderline or bubble; #17 ~ #24 rpi = must rely on factors that — in the eyes of the NCAA Selection Committee — overrides the rpi.
Pac-12 = 4 likely to host (out of 16)
#1 Stanford
#5 Oregon
#6 UCLA
#8 Washington
Note: #41 California is one of the 4 predetermined regional hosts and is the only regional host not in a strong position to host a subregional. Very curious to see what the NCAA [Selection] Committee does with Cal.
Big Ten = 4 likely to host (out of 16)
#2 Penn State
#3 Nebraska (1 of the 4 predetermined regional hosts)
#10 Minnesota
#16 Purdue (1 of the 4 predetermined regional hosts)
Big 12 = 2 (out of 16)
#4 Texas (1 of the 4 predetermined regional hosts)
#9 Kansas State
SEC = 2 or 3 (out of 16)
#12 Florida
#17 Kentucky or #18 Tennessee or both
ACC = 1 or 2 (out of 16)
#15 Florida State or #20 Miami or both
Big East = 1 (out of 16)
#7 Louisville (host of the Final Four)
WCC = 1 or 2 (out of 16)
#11 BYU or #21 San Diego or both
BWC = 1 (out of 16)
#22 Hawai’i (if both WCC teams host, Hawai’i will not)
Yes, there are more than 16 teams listed above. Lol. (Lighten up, gang. Don’t take this too seriously — yet.)
DON’T forsee Purdue, but do think that $C will host. The committee will likely send Purdue to the “cupcake” sub, however, to ensure that they make it back to their own Regional Championships.
[The PAC is stronger than the B1G this year]
The WCC winner undoubtedly gets to host…cool because it won’t be in the greater L.A. area for once in a VERY long time.
UH WILL be traveling; they’ll remain on this side of the Continental Divide, tho.
Berkeley Regional (as I see it):
Stanford (who beats OR in Eugene, but NOT again in the Regional Semi)
vs.
University of Oregon
Hawai’i (who returns from Provo the victors there)
vs.
UCLA
—
U$C ends up outsed in the 2nd Rd (by San Diego or Pepperdine)
University of Washington ends up in the Nebraska Regional Championships (they “upset” the Cornhuskers to make it to KY)
Imitation is ‘pose to be a form of flattery but it really depends on who’s doing the imitating. And in this case it’s someone who’s getting tired. He can’t even come up with his own handle. Sad.