LADY CARDS @ SHSU...LADIES WIN!!!!!!!!

[JJWooten]

[quote name="bigred360" post="973640" timestamp="1298832615"]
[quote author=JJWooten link=topic=80958.msg973570#msg973570 date=1298785549]
[quote author=jdcurran235 link=topic=80958.msg973569#msg973569 date=1298784042]
I hate the fact that we have over 20 wins and we are still only 86 on the RPI.  The fact that only 25% of your wins count towards the RPI is 75% of the problem.  Hopefully moving to the WAC will fix all of that.
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If only your winning percentage mattered, than teams would schedule cupcakes all year long. That's why 50% of the score comes from your opponents winning percentage, it means to be at the top you have to beat teams that are good, you can't get by with wins against Wiley College.
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Actually, the women had a pretty good schedule.


http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/w-baskbl/sched/lama-w-baskbl-sched.html
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Are you sure?

Wins against bad & Average teams:
Utah State 6-20
Valpo 7-22
HBU 3-22
Portland 15-14
UMKC 14-14

Good Teams:
Cal Poly 16-10
Southern 17-9
Rice 17-11
Houston 24-4

And only 4 other teams in the SLC are above .500 for the season. The wins against the good teams, are great, but for RPI sakes, there's not enough of them.

[bigred360]

You nailed it with your last statement. Only 4 SLC teams have a winning record and since they are in conference we don't have a choice. We must play the SLC conference schedule.

Some of those "bad teams" you listed would do pretty good in the SLC.

[JJWooten]

[quote name="bigred360" post="973719" timestamp="1298845322"]
You nailed it with your last statement. Only 4 SLC teams have a winning record and since they are in conference we don't have a choice. We must play the SLC conference schedule.

Some of those "bad teams" you listed would do pretty good in the SLC.
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Perhaps, I mean, even Sam lost to HBU  :-[ :-[

At the end of it all though, if you're "stuck" in the SLC, then you have to focus on the OOC scheduling, and playing two Sub-DI schools adds nothing to your record, and beating up bad teams doesn't help.

[bigred360]

Unless you are schduling Top 25 programs which we have every year Coach Tidwell has been here you are taking a chance in WBB. Because there are a number of reasons a team could be good one season a terrible the next. See Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Doesn't eveyone in the SLC schedule a couple of non DI games?

[JJWooten]

[quote name="bigred360" post="973731" timestamp="1298846774"]
Unless you are schduling Top 25 programs which we have every year Coach Tidwell has been here you are taking a chance in WBB. Because there are a number of reasons a team could be good one season a terrible the next. See Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Doesn't eveyone in the SLC schedule a couple of non DI games?
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Most likely, some more than others. It's all about that extra home game.

[Cat22]

[quote name="ForeverADog" post="973457" timestamp="1298767333"]
Are they in first in the conference yet? Or is it McNeese?
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McNeese is 13-1
Lamar is 12-2

Alot can happen this week, especially with the Lady Cardinals playing at McNeese on Saturday.