The RPI is done. Dead. Toast. No longer used.
And the Kansas basketball team sure wishes that wasn’t the case.
This is easy to see now. KU, in past seasons, specifically catered its nonconference games to help boost its RPI. The Jayhawks were successful in doing that nearly every season, earning a No. 1 or 2 seed for each NCAA Tournament this decade.
So when the NCAA introduced its new NET ranking system in August, one had to wonder just how much KU would be affected.