define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); college basketball power index – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court New ESPN BPI Rankings are Useful but Far From Groundbreaking http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/13/new-espn-bpi-rankings-are-useful-but-far-from-groundbreaking/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/13/new-espn-bpi-rankings-are-useful-but-far-from-groundbreaking/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:33:36 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=60801

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The Worldwide Leader is again looking to stake its claim in the advanced stat revolution, this time in the college basketball realm. Saturday was the unveiling of ESPN’s new College Basketball Power Index (BPI), which ranks all Division I teams 1-344 based on a number of factors that go beyond wins and losses. The two most obvious questions to ask of this new system are: How does the BPI compare to the KenPom and Sagarin ratings that college basketball purists have come to know so well? [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/13/new-espn-bpi-rankings-are-useful-but-far-from-groundbreaking/feed/ 1