On Wed, 18 May 2005 07:13:52 -0500, Todd Warner <towarnerNOSPAM@cox.net> wrote:>Can anybody explain to me what Warren Nolan is doing different in their RPI >calculations than Boyd's?>
He (they? I have enough of that "assuming there must be more than one person there" problem not to wish it on anyone) is using the old basketball formula, or was the last time I checked. It's close but not quite right for baseball.
Is my assumption that Boyd's is going to be the closer (or the same) as what >the NCAA will see?
Obviously I have a dog in this hunt (although frankly there's no real advantage to me if people use my RPI's instead of his, so I don't, really), but, yeah, mine are very close to right. The only places mine differed from the actual report last year was in the trivia -- I don't bother with tie games, I can't always tell what's going to be counted as a neutral site game, and I don't bother with the penalties for non-D1 games after the fifth one.
-- Boyd Nation boyd.nation@mindspring.com College Baseball Columns, Links, and Ratings: http://www.boydsworld.com
"Boyd Nation" <boyd@asylum.emss.com> wrote in message news:slrnd8mctr.jug.boyd@asylum.emss.com...> On Wed, 18 May 2005 07:13:52 -0500, Todd Warner <towarnerNOSPAM@cox.net> > wrote:>>Can anybody explain to me what Warren Nolan is doing different in their >>RPI>>calculations than Boyd's?>>
He (they? I have enough of that "assuming there must be more than one > person> there" problem not to wish it on anyone) is using the old basketball > formula,> or was the last time I checked. It's close but not quite right for > baseball.>
Is my assumption that Boyd's is going to be the closer (or the same) as >>what>>the NCAA will see?>
Obviously I have a dog in this hunt (although frankly there's no real> advantage to me if people use my RPI's instead of his, so I don't, > really),> but, yeah, mine are very close to right. The only places mine differed > from> the actual report last year was in the trivia -- I don't bother with tie> games, I can't always tell what's going to be counted as a neutral site> game, and I don't bother with the penalties for non-D1 games after the> fifth one.>
Thanks for the explanation. I figured it was something like that, but better to hear it from the horses mouth.
