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FWST: NCAA playing a shell game with college baseball seeds
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<blockquote data-quote="FrogsMcGee" data-source="post: 567271" data-attributes="member: 3530"><p>You are correct. It's all about you and your opponents win/loss percentage. It gives no consideration to home or away games, which is the real flaw in the system (other than tiny bonuses for road wins over non-conference top 25/50/75 RPI teams).</p><p></p><p>There is no incentive for a team like LSU (who didn't play a single non-conference road game this year) or Arizona (who didn't leave their home stadium until 2 months into the season) to challenge themselves with road games. It's all about winning percentage, so you might as well stay at home and give yourself a better chance to win.</p><p></p><p>The reward that a TCU gets for going on the road and winning 2/3 against Cal St Fullerton is not nearly what it should be.</p><p></p><p>edit: LSU did play one "away" game "at" Tulane. Missed that.</p><p></p><p>Also, although the formula itself doesn't penalize a team for not travelling, we all saw what happened to LSU and Arizona in the 2nd half of the season when they had to hit the road. Both teams were at risk of not even making the postseason with a week to play, despite high RPI's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogsMcGee, post: 567271, member: 3530"] You are correct. It's all about you and your opponents win/loss percentage. It gives no consideration to home or away games, which is the real flaw in the system (other than tiny bonuses for road wins over non-conference top 25/50/75 RPI teams). There is no incentive for a team like LSU (who didn't play a single non-conference road game this year) or Arizona (who didn't leave their home stadium until 2 months into the season) to challenge themselves with road games. It's all about winning percentage, so you might as well stay at home and give yourself a better chance to win. The reward that a TCU gets for going on the road and winning 2/3 against Cal St Fullerton is not nearly what it should be. edit: LSU did play one "away" game "at" Tulane. Missed that. Also, although the formula itself doesn't penalize a team for not travelling, we all saw what happened to LSU and Arizona in the 2nd half of the season when they had to hit the road. Both teams were at risk of not even making the postseason with a week to play, despite high RPI's. [/QUOTE]
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