Men vs. Women
It’s been mentioned several times (and I actually would have agreed) that the SLC is much stronger in men’s basketball than women’s basketball. But, in DMc’s Column today he gives the SOS and RPI for both programs this season. We knew that the SOS was weak. He goes on to tell us the conference’s RPI standing. It’s not high for either, but I don’t think many of us realized just how close the two are.
The Sugar Bears’ RPI (one guideline for postseason play in the future) is currently 188 among 346 Division I teams. But their strength of schedule is 344 out of 346 teams. The Southland Conference is ranked 27th out of 31 Division I conferences.
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The UCA men, who are on the verge of a 20-loss season, are ranked 329 among 345 Division I teams with a strength-of-schedule rating of 298… the Southland 26th among the 31 Division I conferences.
MBB Transition Update
Just an update to see what has been going on with the other 11 teams in transition since the BearBackers meeting in late January. The table is sorted by how many years into the transition process the teams are.
| Team | Overall | Conf | Non-D1 Teams* |
Yrs in transition |
| Cal-Bakersfield | 7-20 | ind | 0 | 4 |
| Central Arkansas | 8-19 | 2-11 | 4 | 4 |
| Winston-Salem State | 11-15 | ind | 5 | 4 |
| Florida Gulf Coast | 8-20 | 5-14 | 0 | 3 |
| Houston Baptist | 7-19 | 6-2 | 0 | 3 |
| North Carolina Central | 7-21 | ind | 4 | 3 |
| Presbyterian | 5-24 | 2-14 | 1 | 3 |
| South Carolina Upstate | 5-22 | 5-13 | 0 | 3 |
| Bryant | 1-27 | 1-15 | 0 | 2 |
| North Dakota | 8-18 | 5-13 | 3 | 2 |
| Seattle | 14-14 | ind | 0 | 2 |
| South Dakota | 15-9 | 6-1 | 4 | 2 |
* – This is the number of opponents played that are not in Division I.