Who was shafted.....

Ok, we need something new to talk about.....


In your mind, which team should have received a bid and didn't and which team received a bid that shouldn't.


I vote for Utah State

 

Utah State deserved a bid far more than Air Force. Oklahoma State deserved St. Joe's #1 seed.

 

I agree with DD tiger on this. Utah st. should have been in and Okstate should have been a #1

 

I think OSU should have had #1 seed however I disagree on Air Force, they belong in the tournament. Those boys accomplished something this season that Air Force never does, not only a winning record, but they won the 7th ranked conference in the Nation.

Plus they are a Service Academy, I think sometimes they should get special treatment.

 

What was the highest RPI rating to fail to make the tournament?

 

While I think it is great that they have accomplished something like that like having a great record, and winning the regular season conf. title, I still feel that Utah State with a 25-3 record and RPI of 39 deserves to be in over a 22-6 AFA team with a RPI of 58.

 

Did Utah St deserve one over Colorado? A Colorado team that won 10 games in the Big 12 conference?

 

If Colorado hadn't of blown that 13 point lead against a bad Iowa St. team then they would've been in the tourney.

 

None other than your Fighting Tigers of LSU!

http://www.rpiratings.com/mensrpi.html

Let's see!

1 Duke 27 5 .6282 4 .6664 IN
2 Kentucky 26 4 .6146 7 .6663 IN
3 St. Joseph's 27 1 .5672 42 .6587 IN
4 Mississippi St. 25 3 .5624 48 .6437 IN
5 Connecticut 27 6 .5976 16 .6400 IN
6 Oklahoma St. 26 3 .5598 53 .6400 IN
7 Stanford 29 1 .5253 106 .6368 IN
8 Pittsburgh 28 4 .5610 50 .6364 IN
9 Gonzaga 27 2 .5358 82 .6316 IN
10 Texas 23 7 .6077 10 .6311 IN
11 Cincinnati 24 6 .5925 21 .6311 IN
12 Wisconsin 24 6 .5839 28 .6266 IN
13 Florida 20 10 .6392 1 .6257 IN
14 Syracuse 21 7 .5940 18 .6221 IN
15 Kansas 20 8 .6087 8 .6216 IN
16 Georgia Tech 23 9 .5974 17 .6213 IN
17 North Carolina St. 20 9 .6084 9 .6194 IN
18 Maryland 19 11 .6338 3 .6175 IN
19 North Carolina 18 10 .6228 5 .6146 IN
20 Wake Forest 19 9 .5994 15 .6133 IN
21 Providence 20 8 .5862 26 .6121 IN
22 Boston College 23 9 .5894 23 .6112 IN
23 Illinois 24 6 .5503 64 .6103 IN
24 Louisville 20 9 .6046 12 .6099 IN
25 Southern Illinois 25 4 .5273 101 .6076 IN
26 Alabama 17 12 .6389 2 .6061 IN
27 Vanderbilt 21 9 .5837 29 .6058 IN
28 Seton Hall 19 9 .5931 19 .6033 IN
29 Nevada 22 8 .5763 34 .6013 IN
30 Texas Tech 22 10 .5804 30 .5978 IN
31 BYU 19 8 .5762 35 .5973 IN
32 Memphis 21 7 .5430 73 .5962 IN
33 UAB 20 9 .5841 27 .5959 IN
34 Charlotte 21 8 .5536 62 .5932 IN
35 Xavier 23 10 .5690 40 .5927 IN
36 Utah 23 8 .5481 65 .5925 IN
37 DePaul 21 9 .5545 60 .5888 IN
38 Louisiana St. 18 10 .5794 32 .5883
39 Michigan St. 18 11 .5928 20 .5877 IN
40 Dayton 24 8 .5299 93 .5864 IN
41 Arizona 20 9 .5568 58 .5852 IN
42 Manhattan 24 5 .5076 138 .5844 IN
43 Utah St. 24 3 .4777 197 .5840
44 Western Michigan 26 4 .4817 185 .5831 IN
45 South Carolina 23 10 .5379 79 .5822 IN
46 UTEP 22 7 .5229 107 .5811 IN
47 Richmond 20 12 .5756 37 .5773 IN
48 Georgia 16 13 .6015 14 .5773
49 Notre Dame 17 12 .5877 24 .5772
50 Oklahoma 19 10 .5580 56 .5765
51 Missouri 16 13 .6046 11 .5758
52 Virginia 17 12 .5663 44 .5709
53 Florida St. 17 13 .5761 36 .5702
54 Virginia Common. 23 7 .5027 144 .5689 IN
55 Michigan 18 11 .5589 55 .5669
56 Rutgers 15 12 .5871 25 .5667
57 Colorado 17 10 .5434 72 .5665
58 Murray St. 25 5 .4717 216 .5658 IN
59 Northern Iowa 20 9 .5281 97 .5652 IN
60 Washington 19 11 .5466 69 .5646 IN
61 East Tennessee St. 24 5 .4687 223 .5645 IN
62 Central Florida 24 5 .4764 201 .5645 IN
63 Rice 21 10 .5279 99 .5645
64 Saint Louis 18 12 .5605 51 .5641

65 Pacific 23 7 .4964 158 .5640 IN
70 Air Force 22 6 .4624 237 .5588 IN
71 Louisiana-Lafayette 18 8 .5194 114 .5581
87 Illinois Chicago 24 7 .4558 247 .5463 IN
116 Monmouth 21 11 .4799 189 .5218 IN
121 Princeton 19 7 .4289 295 .5170 IN
127 Eastern Washington 16 12 .5013 147 .5129 IN
139 Valparaiso 17 12 .4752 205 .5067 IN
165 Liberty 17 14 .4748 206 .4901 IN
200 Texas San Antonio 16 12 .4336 287 .4739
230 Alabama St. 16 14 .4301 293 .4584 IN

 

so LSU is the best of the lot according to RPI not to be in. Talk about tough luck.