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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2081692, member: 1969"] Your premise is somewhat flawed. If the committee wants to use a single ranking to justify letting mid majors in the worse thing they would do is drop the RPI. The RPI ranks these teams quite highly compared to the most accepted power rankings that they are investigating (KP, Sag, BPI) Look at the teams with RPI's between 30 and 50. These rankings all suggest they are worthy of at larges. Compare them to the other power ratings (KP, BPI, SAG) Average of Big 3 Power Ratings vs RPI Down 56 Spots - Akron 91 vs 35 Down 40 Spots - Monmouth 88 vs 48 Down 32 Spots - UT Arlington 73 vs 41 Down 23 Spots - Illinois St 54 vs 31 Down 18 Spots - Middle Tennessee St 55 vs 37 Down 17 Spots - UNC Wilmingston 61 vs 44 Down 15 Spots - Nevada 60 vs 45 Up 27 Spots - Wichita St 16 vs 43 [B] The average mid major between #30 and #50 in the RPI is ranked 29 spots higher by the RPI vs the other ratings they are looking it. [/B] I have excluded Wichita St which is an exception. That is a massive difference. The above being said, in reality they are not letting these types of teams as at larges. They reject the RPI in this case because they have no faith in it. But the numbers for these type of teams will get no better with another rating in terms of getting them in. Perhaps with the new ranking index they will have more faith in it. So if a mid major is ranked highly in the new ranking it might get more of the benefit of the doubt. But those type of mid majors are very rare. It will not result in an influx of P5 teams dropping, But it will allow the odd mid major in quite arguably deserves it. - In 2017 none of the teams above are getting the benefit of the doubt based on the shitty power rankings they have. - Last year, St. Mary's at 34 in the KP, and Valpo at #41 in KP may have got in. - In 2015 no additional mid major would have got in - In 2014, Louisiana Tech was #37 in the KenPom. So they may add the odd additional mid major in, but a mid major that is in the top 40 across all the rankings probably deserves it. It certainly won't help a team like Monmouth this year, or Akron, or UT Arlington who have terrible composite rankings. Monmouth has absolutely zero chance of getting in the tournament as an at large. None. [/QUOTE]

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