Posted by asher413 on 4/9/2014 12:53:00 PM (view original):
I'm just going to look more at this 'down' season. Note #1- he didn't get an NT bid- he won the CT to get in. Note #2: His end of season isn't even an NT worth RPI- he might note have made the PT!. If he didn't win the CT, I'd argue it should've dropped to an A-. That season might not have moved up a C prestige team too much... I'd also point out that even in your championship seasons, they weren't amazing seasons: RPI's of 9 and 4.
That being said, I disagree with the logic, but from my understand of the way the logic has always worked. But say you were an A prestige before that season- you wouldn't be arguing that it should stay at A.
I think as a 'public' we're over-emphasising championships vs. the formula, but these championship seasons weren't strong regular seasons, just strong tourney runs. (Not that I don't wish I could pull that off, or find it impressive, but thinking from a computer programming perspective, the regular season has to have a large chunk of weight).
RPI's of 9 and 4 are pretty solid I think.
I agree that this season wasn't very good, but that isn't all my fault. My best player was hurt the 1st 7 weeks of the season, coincidentally I had a 1-6 record when he came back. So you almost have to break it down into 2 seasons, the 2nd half of which is good, although unspectacular. Had I not made the NT I would concede the point, but I'm sure the logic does not factor in how you make a NT, just whether or not you did. If I'm wrong on that, which is possible, then again, I concede the point.
Assuming billyg is correct, and I have no reason to dispute that (he's forgotten more about this game than I know), I did not realize D2 and 3 did not have "levels" of A+ like at D1, so figured I had built up enough of a cushion to withstand 1 below average season. I still don't think there are a dozen D2 programs in Naismith that deserve to be higher than me in prestige given the last 12 seasons or so, but I see how the A is justified.