I suppose programs at our stage of development have to balance preparing for conference play (ie, playing teams where we can play lots of people to get on-court time) vs playing for RPIs (ie, recognized strong progams which will be on the road) vs balancing travel time/cost.
Below are some programs in our general travel area that would add to RPI (and probably loss column) showing current RPI:
#1- Texas
#6 - Missouri
#10 - Nebraska
#13 - Kentucky
#16 - Kansas
#19 - OU
#28 - LSU
#31 - UAF (oops...they are not allowed to play us)
#40 - Tulsa
I admit I do not understand the RPI formula used here....SBs played #2 Penn State (played well until last game), #14 Marquette (nearly won), #16 Kansas (did win) and #24 Arizona.......
The next highest rated team is #90 ORU.....then #128 Northwestern State, #159 TAMCC and #177 Sam Houston State......those teams are much better than these rankings......they must really have weak OOC opponents...
Are you willing to get the 3-4 teams in preseason toruneys (like the Penn State and Kansas) then drop UAPB (#316)and La Tech (#280) for Missouri (#6) and OU (#19)? Intsaed of 19-3 we would probably be 17-5....maybe Coach can entice some higher ranked teams into the SB Classic..at least some 100-120 RPI type
teams...
http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyballwomen/d1/ncaa_womens_volleyball_rpiBy the way, the ladies were at SFA (#192) tonight and won 3-0...now 12-0/20-3....keep winning and RPI will improve....