BirdsEyeView wrote:CDIZZLE is under the impression that now that his beloved Shockers are gone, we are now doomed for the abyss of 20+ RPI ranking as a conference, etc.
The schools that get 16 seeds are usually coming from the 30th ranked conference RPI.
We are still MUCH better than the Summit. To argue otherwise, is a complete and utter joke.
Again, CDizzle, please go away once and for all. You have a new message board full of your "peers" to hang out with.
I have never once claimed that the MVC was headed for 20+ conference RPI ranking. Nor have I argued that the MVC auto-bid was going to be a 16 seed. But thanks for keeping up with your MO of putting words in people's mouths.
What's being missed by many, including yourself, is that there isn't much difference between #14 and #24 in conference rankings. Not where it matters nationally. Any team in any of those leagues faces a monumental task even getting in to the at-large discussion, much less receiving an at-large bid. Any team in those conferences struggle to get an NCAA seed or site that isn't a huge disadvantage. Almost all teams in those conferences struggle to get even remotely reasonable fairness in their scheduling opportunities.
My point isn't that the MVC is going to drop from the 12th to the 24th rated conference. My point is that the combination of the way the NCAA is heading and the way the MVC is heading, it may not make much difference where it counts.
For the record, I think there is a similar chasm between the P5 and the few leagues below them. I think it's that middle group that the MVC has been in, and now is falling out of, even if the conference RPI rank doesn't drop much or at all. Hell, the MVC was pretty much already there before the WSU departure, as evidenced by WSU's 10 seed and ISUr's exclusion. Even in that middle group, it's a major uphill battle to get reasonable schedules, NCAA bids, and seeds. But in those few leagues there are just enough programs fighting well enough most years that in aggregate they can create an environment where NCAA success is possible.