RPI Projections - MBB
I was messing around with the RPI Wizard found here -
http://www.rpiforecast.com/wizard/index.html
Interesting tool as you can project wins and losses. Just for fun I put Michigan in as winning out and it reported an RPI of 16 if that happened. Sure would be nice, but it also predicts that chance at 3.54%. One loss is a 15.27% probablity, two losses a 29.36% probability, three losses at 29.35% probability, and four losses a 16.15% probability. The following are the remaining games followed by the percentage chance at a win. I also ran the simulator for each single team as a loss so you could see which games have the biggest hit to RPI. No surprise that the home losses were the biggest hit. I did find it odd that the highest ranked team left on our schedule caused the biggest hit to our single loss RPI projection (OSU), but I can't really speak to how the wizard calculates its data.
Minnesota (H) | 24 | 79% |
Northwestern (A) | 22 | 56% |
Wisconsin (A) | 21 | 62% |
Iowa (H) | 24 | 84% |
Ohio State (H) | 25 | 63% |
Penn State (A) | 21 | 53% |
Maryland (A) | 21 | 45% |
Then I ran a couple two loss scenarios, and a handful of three loss scenarios. When I get more time I will run some more scenarios to get a better picture. What I came up with in the few I ran was pretty much defend home court, finish at least 2-2 on the road, and we're looking at a 7 or 8 seed in the tourney.
February 1st, 2018 at 9:29 AM ^
UM loses at NW, loses at Maryland. Wins two games in the B1G tourney. Finishes 25-9. That's a lock for at least #6 seed, with an outside chance at a #5 seed.
That final game of the regular season is getting more and more important. A win at Maryland could lock UM into a #5 seed.