Big East RPI

Team   W   L   Conf. RPI   Conf. SOS   SOS Rank
Notre Dame   12   4   .5924   .5191   1
Georgetown   14   3   .5787   .4782   16
Connecticut   12   4   .5700   .5007   9
Louisville   14   3   .5688   .4799   15
Marquette   11   6   .5506   .5163   2
Pittsburgh   9   8   .5176   .5071   6
West Virginia   10   7   .5081   .4802   14
Cincinnati   8   8   .5016   .5021   8
Villanova   7   9   .4921   .5139   4
Seton Hall   7   9   .4888   .4990   10
Syracuse   7   9   .4789   .4963   11
Providence   5   11   .4586   .5050   7
St. John’s   5   11   .4581   .5099   5
DePaul   5   11   .4380   .4961   12
Rutgers   2   15   .4152   .5153   3
South Florida   3   13   .4054   .4836   13

explain the rpi to me why is it so important

explain the rpi to me why is it so important

basically its strength of schedule in a formula

The basic RPI formula is 1/4*(Winning Percentage) + 1/2*(Opponents' Average Winning Percentage) + 1/4*(Opponents' Opponents' Winning Percentage)

it can be explained further in this link

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/rpi_help/