In article <[log in to unmask]>, Gary Hatfield
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>Just a few thoughts on the "unfair" RPI.  Any ranking formula will
>have strength of schedule or it will not.  If the NCAA only considered
>winning %, then there would be no incentive to play Michigan or Maine
>when you could schedule Kent State or US international instead (names
>picked to avoided getting flamed).  We would see the kind of silly
>nonconference scheduling that we used to see in college hoops.  On the
>other hand, I cannot think of a system that rewards strength of schedule
>that could avoid the leap-frogging problem.
 
I think an ideal system would be something like this:
 
A team gains points for each win.  More points for beating a better team.
A team loses points for each loss.  More points for losing to a worse team.
Ties would probably average the two.
 
I don't know how this would be constructed, but it doesn't seem that hard.
Maybe I'll work on it over spring break...
 
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- Andrew Brecher ([log in to unmask])  <insert disclaimer here>