Savor the RPI Moment

[Dave in Green]

Might as well savor a moment that Zips fans normally only can dream of.At this very moment in the continual shuffling of RPI numbers, the University of Akron Zips are ranked #89 and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels #90.RPI at StatSheet.com

[akronzips71]

Might as well savor a moment that Zips fans normally only can dream of.At this very moment in the continual shuffling of RPI numbers, the University of Akron Zips are ranked #89 and the University of North Carolina Tar Heels #90.RPI at StatSheet.com

Nice but it still does not get is an at large bid anyplace.

[Quickzips]

Seriously? I know it is North Carolina, but that is pretty close to the absolute worst North Carolina team they have ever fielded. Wake me when the Zips are in the same RPI range as them during a good year.

[Zipmeister]

I'll bet Dave is never inviting Quick or 71 to a party for fear they would wizz in the punch bowl.

[Quickzips]

I'll bet Dave is never inviting Quick or 71 to a party for fear they would wizz in the punch bowl.

Sorry if I am Debbie Downer on this one, but I don't see a lot to be "savoring" here. I mean, it's kind of nice, I guess.... It would be a lot more savor-worthy if the RPIs were Zips 29 and NC 30.

[Dave in Green]

Of course we're all more interested in seeing UA grow stronger than in just being even with a traditionally great team having a down season. UA is about where it always is at this time of the year with KD at the helm -- not great but not bad. Still, it's an interesting point to note that the consistently great UNC program, with access to the best recruits in the nation and coached by the great Roy Williams, can fall so far as to be about even with a UA team that does not have stud athletes and is not coached by an elite coach.

[akronzips71]

Of course we're all more interested in seeing UA grow stronger than in just being even with a traditionally great team having a down season. UA is about where it always is at this time of the year with KD at the helm -- not great but not bad. Still, it's an interesting point to note that the consistently great UNC program, with access to the best recruits in the nation and coached by the great Roy Williams, can fall so far as to be about even with a UA team that does not have stud athletes and is not coached by an elite coach.

Some would say that is because they play better opponents, so in a "down" season they won't win as many games. They could be GREAT, but if they don't win, they don't RPI. Like they could lose 20 games by one point each, that still makes them a 20 game loser, and drops their RPI. But it certainly does not make them equal to us.