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Committee contradicts self. Story at 11! 😉
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Professional statistician and occasional poster here.
-- HokieEngineer22
May 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM ET
HokieEngineer22
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05/11/26 11:09 AM ET
As a metric person, I would probably just say the RPI has shortcomings
-- nkhooch
May 11, 2026 at 03:28 PM ET
nkhooch
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05/11/26 03:28 PM ET
The statistical term re: the RPI would be “extremely underparameterized”
-- HokieEngineer22
May 11, 2026 at 04:15 PM ET
HokieEngineer22
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05/11/26 04:15 PM ET
Come on now. The win/loss record "sounds" useful?
-- nkhooch
May 11, 2026 at 04:57 PM ET
nkhooch
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05/11/26 04:57 PM ET
That’s not quite how building robust rating systems work.
-- HokieEngineer22
May 11, 2026 at 05:56 PM ET
HokieEngineer22
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05/11/26 05:56 PM ET
Best post I have seen on the subject. There is absolutely no logical
-- Hokie_Forester
May 11, 2026 at 02:04 PM ET
Hokie_Forester
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05/11/26 02:04 PM ET
Well, how wast Angela Tincher not on the USA Olympic team, yet…
-- TomA
May 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM ET
TomA
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05/11/26 12:37 PM ET
Can you name the three pitchers that were selected?
-- MidloHokie
May 11, 2026 at 03:46 PM ET
MidloHokie
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05/11/26 03:46 PM ET
As Ronald Coase said “If You Torture the Data Long Enough, It Will Confess”
-- Va AandM
May 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM ET
Va AandM
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05/11/26 12:32 PM ET
Yep, pick the teams you want and then select and weight the stats to
-- BEST2VT
May 11, 2026 at 12:58 PM ET
BEST2VT
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05/11/26 12:58 PM ET
Ah, Finagle’s Rule: draw curve then plot your points. Works every time **
-- Va AandM
May 11, 2026 at 01:06 PM ET
Va AandM
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05/11/26 01:06 PM ET
It feels the same every time this happens. The committees
-- baumerj
May 11, 2026 at 11:35 AM ET
baumerj
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05/11/26 11:35 AM ET
Only comeback is to win. Go Hokies. **
-- skautdog
May 11, 2026 at 11:18 AM ET
skautdog
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05/11/26 11:18 AM ET
You're "RPI is a joke" line, although probably true, was the death ....
-- hokietony
May 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM ET
hokietony
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05/11/26 11:14 AM ET
Then they have contradicted themselves because they didn’t follow RPI…
-- HokieEngineer22
May 11, 2026 at 11:20 AM ET
HokieEngineer22
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05/11/26 11:20 AM ET
Committee contradicts self. Story at 11! 😉**
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-- HokieNL
May 11, 2026 at 04:27 PM ET
HokieNL
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05/11/26 04:27 PM ET
In general they did, only 1 non-top 16 RPI team is a host.**
-- hokietony
May 11, 2026 at 11:22 AM ET
hokietony
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05/11/26 11:22 AM ET
That exception is sort of what I am trying to point out.
-- HokieEngineer22
May 11, 2026 at 11:32 AM ET
HokieEngineer22
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05/11/26 11:32 AM ET