College Basketball Rpi

The college basketball RPI, or ratings percentage index, is important information. Calculating this percentage takes a little time to figure out. Once you master it, however, you will find it easy enough.

In women's and men's college basketball, RPI is calculated using three different formulas, broken down into three parts. The basic formula is: ¼ winning percentage + ½ opponent's winning average + ¼ opponent's winning percentage. Confusing, is it not? Let us simplify it.

Part one, the ¼ winning percentage, is based on winning, penalties, and bonuses. The home wins and road losses are multiplied by 0.6 and the home losses and road wins are multiplied by 1.4. Then 25% of this calculation is used in the RPI in college basketball.

Part two, the ½ opponent's winning average, is not combined from the total wins, but from individual win percentages. Any games that were played by the opponent your team will be playing are not used in this calculation. Use 50% of this calculation in the NCAA college basketball RPI.

Part three, the last ¼, is a little confusing. This is your opponent's OTHER opponents' win percentage. The RPI is then calculated using this 25%, with the percents outlined from parts one and two.

Many of the explanations on calculating the RPI college basketball are confusing. Team A won two games, both against teams B and C, but team B won one game against team C, and team C lost both games. Obviously team A's RPI would be much better than teams B or C. In addition, team B's RPI would be better than team C's. So how is all this calculated?

Team A won two games. You need to know if the games were won at home or away, or both. Remember, home wins are multiplied by 0.6 and road wins are multiplied by 1.4. Once you determine this, you almost have your part one calculation. However, if you know and enjoy basketball, this calculation should be simple math for you.

The easy part of this calculation is determining part one. Parts two and three are the ones where the calculations get confusing. Perhaps ask a sports expert to explain it to you in ways that you can understand. Most of them would be happy to explain how to calculate all the stats of their favourite sport. Simply talking of their favourite sports can make some people very talkative.