ToledoRambler wrote:
People can say what they want, but Northern Iowa is not officially in the same position we were in back in 2018...The only thing that I think they may have going for them that we didn't have, is our conference is much stronger this year, which makes some of the losses not look as bad.
The conference looks very similar to 2018. Here's where it ended up then for RPI:
• Loyola-Chicago
31-6 48
• Southern Illinois
19-13 86
• Illinois State
17-15 91
• Drake
16-17 144
• Bradley
19-13 102
• Indiana State
11-18 181
• Missouri State
17-15 103
• Evansville
15-15 127
• Northern Iowa
14-16 153
• Valparaiso
13-17 180
NET rankings for this year:
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2018/ ... uri-Valley This year we have only 2 teams in the top 100 (Bradley was close both years) and we have 2 teams over 200. Also we are the 10th rated conference in NET this year. In 2018 the MVC was 8th in RPI, right behind the Power 5 + Big East and the ACC. Our FF run helped everyone of course. I know we wouldn't have made it without winning Arch Madness, but it's hard for me to see UNI having a better case.