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Message: [QUOTE="arbitragegls, post: 185882, member: 302"] [B]#2 overall[/B]! This is really an interesting take vs. other rating systems. This system takes into consideration if a key player was not playing in the game or getting typical mnutes (FAB at ND for example), speed of game etc. Here is the difference VS. other rating systems: System comparison How is BPI different than RPI or other advanced rating systems like Kenpom.com and the Sagarin ratings? Here is how the included elements compare to other systems. IncludesRPIBPISagarinKenpom Scoring margin No Yes Yes Yes Diminishing returns for blowouts No Yes Yes No Pace of game matters No Yes No Yes Home/Neutral/Road Yes Yes Yes Yes SOS beyond Opponent's opponents' W-L No Yes Yes Yes All wins are better than losses (before Opp Adj) Yes Yes No No De-weighting games with missing key players No Yes No No Here are the leading teams: Created by the ESPN Stats & Information group, the College Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a team rating that accounts for all team scores in every Division I game, whether they were at home, on the road, or on a neutral court, whether they won, the pace of the game, the strength of their opponent, and whether any of their top five players (by minutes per game) was missing. [LEFT]Rk[/LEFT] [LEFT]Team[/LEFT] [LEFT]Conference[/LEFT] [CENTER]D-I W-L[/CENTER] BPINet Pts vs AvgBPI SOS 1 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=96'][COLOR=#225db7]Kentucky[/COLOR][/URL] SEC 24-1 91.4 18.9 90 2 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=183'][COLOR=#225db7]Syracuse[/COLOR][/URL] Big East 24-1 90.1 17.7 57 3 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=194'][COLOR=#225db7]Ohio State[/COLOR][/URL] Big Ten 21-3 90.0 17.7 84 4 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=127'][COLOR=#225db7]Michigan State[/COLOR][/URL] Big Ten 18-5 87.4 15.6 16 5 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=2305'][COLOR=#225db7]Kansas[/COLOR][/URL] Big 12 19-5 86.8 15.1 10 6 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=150'][COLOR=#225db7]Duke[/COLOR][/URL] ACC 20-4 85.5 14.2 1 7 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=153'][COLOR=#225db7]North Carolina[/COLOR][/URL] ACC 20-4 85.3 14.1 62 8 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=57'][COLOR=#225db7]Florida[/COLOR][/URL] SEC 19-5 83.7 13.2 51 9 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=142'][COLOR=#225db7]Missouri[/COLOR][/URL] Big 12 22-2 83.7 13.1 86 10 [URL='http://espn.go.com/ncb/clubhouse?teamId=239'][COLOR=#225db7]Baylor[/COLOR][/URL] Big 12 20-3 82.8 12.6 17 Another rating system that demonstrates 'Cuse is playing very well. [B]What do you think of this system?[/B] [/QUOTE]

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