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...According to primary selection criteria, at-large teams are selected based on three major categories: wins against teams in descending order of ranking in the ratings percentage index (RPI)—1-5 is worth five points, 6-10 four points, 11-15 three points, 16-20 two points, and all other wins one point—in addition to strength of schedule index, determined by how each team performs against its tough opponents; and normal RPI rank, based on winning percentage, opponent’s record, and opponent’s strength of schedule...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NCAA Awards Surprise Bid | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

...baller in the land? / Let’s see what happens when I slice off your shooting hand!” Then I would remove a samurai blade and cut off his right hand. BL: Rumor has it that you’ve taken the NCAA’s RPI rankings and applied them to the world of juicing. Can you explain? CT: Certainly. My preferred method for evaluating girls is based on three criteria. 1) Conference: Who she runs with/who her friends are. 2) Record: Looks, personality, general behavior. 3) Strength of Schedule: Who she’s hooked...

Author: By Christopher J. Catizone and Chris Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Cheddar Ted Suffers From March Madness | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

...selected differently. Probably, [the NCAA will] spread the bids out among second place teams, so our chances, I believe, are better than they’ve been in awhile.”Historically, to make the NIT teams need to have a Rating Percentage Index (RPI) of around 150 or lower. The RPI is a formula measuring strength of schedule maintained by the NCAA to help determine postseason participants. The formula is 25 percent team winning percentage, 50 percent average opponent winning percentage, and 25 percent the average winning percentage of the opponents of opponents.Harvard’s current...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NIT Offers Postseason Hope for Harvard | 2/17/2006 | See Source »

...won’t be pushed to ten.The Quakers glide past the Big Green by 18.COLUMBIA AT YALEThe Lions started this season 5-0. Since then, they’ve gone 3-11.Columbia’s seven Division I wins this season have come against teams with an average RPI of 251 and a high of 227. The Lions have four losses against squads with RPIs lower than 250.The Bulldogs currently possess an RPI around the 190 mark. They also have the toughest home environment in the Ivy League.Yale wins this one by double-digits.CORNELL AT BROWNThe Big Red battled back...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Around the Ivy League | 2/10/2006 | See Source »

With half the season left, Penn was a full three games clear in the loss column, and the focus shifted to RPI and possible first-round NCAA matchups...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLOG POST: Penn Leads Ivies Once Again, But That's Where Similarites End | 2/10/2006 | See Source »

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