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It feels the same every time this happens. The committees

whether we're talking basketball, softball, whatever seem to adjust their story to justify the results they came up with. All we ask for is to come up with the rules, then use them. Everyone knows that the RPI is extremely flawed, so why are we still using it? I say come up with a BCS type system and take the committee out of it. In the BCS, polls were factored in anyway. At this point though, all there is to do get a big chip on your shoulder and go beat the snite out of everyone you play. This team has the tools to do it.
Posted: 05/11/2026 at 11:35 AM ET
(In response to this post by HokieEngineer22)

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Professional statistician and occasional poster here.
HokieEngineer22 05/11/26 11:09 AM ET
As a metric person, I would probably just say the RPI has shortcomings
nkhooch 05/11/26 03:28 PM ET
The statistical term re: the RPI would be “extremely underparameterized”
HokieEngineer22 05/11/26 04:15 PM ET
Come on now. The win/loss record "sounds" useful?
nkhooch 05/11/26 04:57 PM ET
That’s not quite how building robust rating systems work.
HokieEngineer22 05/11/26 05:56 PM ET
Best post I have seen on the subject. There is absolutely no logical
Hokie_Forester 05/11/26 02:04 PM ET
Well, how wast Angela Tincher not on the USA Olympic team, yet…
TomA 05/11/26 12:37 PM ET
Can you name the three pitchers that were selected?
MidloHokie 05/11/26 03:46 PM ET
As Ronald Coase said “If You Torture the Data Long Enough, It Will Confess”
Va AandM 05/11/26 12:32 PM ET
Yep, pick the teams you want and then select and weight the stats to
BEST2VT 05/11/26 12:58 PM ET
Ah, Finagle’s Rule: draw curve then plot your points. Works every time **
Va AandM 05/11/26 01:06 PM ET
It feels the same every time this happens. The committees
baumerj 05/11/26 11:35 AM ET
Only comeback is to win. Go Hokies. **
skautdog 05/11/26 11:18 AM ET
You're "RPI is a joke" line, although probably true, was the death ....
hokietony 05/11/26 11:14 AM ET
Then they have contradicted themselves because they didn’t follow RPI…
HokieEngineer22 05/11/26 11:20 AM ET
Committee contradicts self. Story at 11! 😉**
HokieNL 05/11/26 04:27 PM ET
In general they did, only 1 non-top 16 RPI team is a host.**
hokietony 05/11/26 11:22 AM ET
That exception is sort of what I am trying to point out.
HokieEngineer22 05/11/26 11:32 AM ET