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Message: [QUOTE="DomeHolmes, post: 5715152, member: 10113"] To add a little more context to Dukes ranking, Saint Joe’s is #11. Everybody else is between 23 and 41 in RPI. So there actually aren’t any terrible teams that drag them down. The reason all those teams are pretty good in the RPI is because those mostly average teams have played a tough schedule. So their cumulative opponent’s record is pretty good, so Duke’s opponent’s opponent’s record is very good, I believe #6. That opponents opponents stat is somewhat of a crap shoot that Duke benefits from. So tied for #1 in winning % plus #6 in opponents opponents record, boosts their opponents record resume which looks unimpressive. If they go 2/2 ACC and one win is UVA, plus beat Denver, they will be in but maybe not a seed. [/QUOTE]