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In general they did, only 1 non-top 16 RPI team is a host.

Posted: 05/11/2026 at 11:22 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