Week 11 SR4 Bracketology

[GorillaTeacher]

Oh, I get the metrics, from my observations it’s been win% and SOS that determine the rankings.

[Predatory Primates]

Oh, I get the metrics, from my observations it’s been win% and SOS that determine the rankings.

I think they have factored the stupid broken kpi BS in there, too. (I hate it so much because it rewards running up the score against crap teams and penalizes closing teams out in a conservativemanner.)

[CatFan88]

Required Selection Criteria
• Application of Nullification: A penalty imposed on an institution for permitting an
ineligible student-athlete to compete in intercollegiate competition. The penalty is imposed
by the Championships Committee and applied by the governing sports committee
during selections.
• Availability of Student-Athlete: Whether a student-athlete(s) who is otherwise eligible has
become unavailable due to academic, discipline, suspension (either by institution or
conference) or other extenuating circumstances for the NCAA postseason.
• In-Region Winning Percentage: Percentage of games won against in-region opponents
(number of in-region wins divided by total number of in-region competitions).
• Division II Winning Percentage: Percentage of games won against divisional
opponents (number of divisional wins divided by total number of divisional
competitions).
• Division II Strength of Schedule: The cumulative won-loss records of the team’s
divisional opponents and the cumulative won-loss records of the team’s opponents’
opponents.
• Division II Head to Head Competition: Divisional opponents that compete against each
other.
• Results versus In-Region Opponents: A team’s results versus opponents within the
region.

Sport-Specific Selection Criteria
• Division II Record on the Road: Divisional team record for competitions conducted away
from the home venue, including neutral sites.
• Division II Results versus Teams with a Record of .500 or Better: Outcome against
divisional opponents that have won at least 50 percent of their competitions.
• Division II Results versus Teams with a Winning Record: Outcome against divisional
opponents that have more wins than losses.
• In-Region Non-Conference Won-Lost Record: A team’s record against in-region
opponents from conferences other than its own.
• In-Region Strength of Schedule: The cumulative won loss records of the team’s inregion opponents and the cumulative won loss records of the team’s opponents’ opponents.
• Kevin Pauga Index (KPI): KPI ranks every team’s wins and losses on a positive-to-negative
scale, whether the worst-possible loss receives a value of roughly around -1.0 and the bestpossible win receives a value of roughly 1.0. KPI then averages these scores across a season to
give a score to a team’s winning percentage.
• Late-Season Performance: The latter part of a team’s competition schedule as defined by
the sports committee.
• Performance Indicator (PI): A system that assigns numerical values to game results
depending on the site and quality of the opponent.
• In-region Rating Percentage Index (RPI): Numerical value determined by:
o Won-lost-tied record (25 percent).
o Opponents’ winning percentage (50 percent).
o Opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage (25 percent).
• Results versus Division II Common Opponents: A comparison of results of teams that
have played against the same divisional opponents.
• Results versus Ranked Division II Opponents: A team’s results versus divisionally
ranked opponents (i.e., teams that were ranked the previous week).

[Taxman]

Oh, I get the metrics, from my observations it’s been win% and SOS that determine the rankings.

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[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

I think they have factored the stupid broken kpi BS in there, too. (I hate it so much because it rewards running up the score against crap teams and penalizes closing teams out in a conservativemanner.)

They factored KPI in heavily.

SR1-SR3 they seeded the teams based on KPI, not total SOS.
SR3 Minnesota State had a 10 total SOS but KPI of 6 which got them in.

Oddly enough KPI was not used to seed the teams in SR4 as Pueblo had a KPI of 5 while Pitt had KPI of 3 and NW a KPI of 4.

The huge debate of WO vs. UTPB.

SOS had UTPB 8 and WO 9.

In the old days that was an automatic bump to UTPB.

KPI had UTPB 8, Chadron 9, and Western Oregon 10 which gave the committee the opportunity to bump WO but not Chadron.

It was strange on why KPI was treated differently in SR4 than the other 3 regions.

Explanation might have been penalizing Western Oregon for only playing 9 D2 games.

Northeastern state had a KPI of 6 but only 8 D2 games.

[Taxman]

The MIAA is the worst it has been in 2 decades. In some years, I would understand this argument, but not this year.

Welcome to the club. However, you're going back too far or not far enough. Mid 2000s was in the midst of the MIAA heyday.

[Wallst]

Should they have moved NW to SR3 with them going to Indy and Teuman going to Harding. No flights at least in 1st round and a legit better draw and reward Harding he deserves it.

[Taxman]

They factored KPI in heavily.

SR1-SR3 they seeded the teams based on KPI, not total SOS.
SR3 Minnesota State had a 10 total SOS but KPI of 6 which got them in.

Oddly enough KPI was not used to seed the teams in SR4 as Pueblo had a KPI of 5 while Pitt had KPI of 3 and NW a KPI of 4.

The huge debate of WO vs. UTPB.

SOS had UTPB 8 and WO 9.

In the old days that was an automatic bump to UTPB.

KPI had UTPB 8, Chadron 9, and Western Oregon 10 which gave the committee the opportunity to bump WO but not Chadron.

It was strange on why KPI was treated differently in SR4 than the other 3 regions.

Explanation might have been penalizing Western Oregon for only playing 9 D2 games.

Northeastern state had a KPI of 6 but only 8 D2 games.

SR4 - 5-8 was simple - completely based on money saved. No competitve bracket integrity considered.

[Buffalo/Islander Alum]

Should they have moved NW to SR3 with them going to Indy and Teuman going to Harding. No flights at least in 1st round and a legit better draw and reward Harding he deserves it.

They werent going to move teams around regions unless it saved a flight.

When Central Washington was hosting a game and the top 4 seeds in SR3 were over 600 miles away from the closest travelling team (Chadron) that needed a place to go, that killed any chances of that.

Yep Northwest/Pitt vs. Harding predicted pretty much all year was always going to be about geography.

[NWFanatic]

I was hoping for a renewal of the Hickory Stick rivalry. Would be crazy to have it take place in TX(but completely unlikely)

[Predatory Primates]

I was hoping for a renewal of the Hickory Stick rivalry. Would be crazy to have it take place in TX(but completely unlikely)

You would rather play Truman than Harding. Lol. Who wouldn't.

[NWFanatic]

You would rather play Truman than Harding. Lol. Who wouldn't.

Obviously, but it’d also be nice to renew that rivalry