It’s a metric that has often been debated in the world of college basketball, but it’s also a bedrock of the college baseball selection process.
And South Carolina’s Mark Kingston isn’t a big fan of RPI.
“I think it’s just too basic a metric these days to measure what teams are and who the best teams are,” Kingston said. “My personal opinion.”
The metric is one-fourth a team’s winning percentage, one-half opponent’s winning percentage and one-fourth’s the opponent’s opponents’ winning percentage, with some adjustment for home and road games. RPI is simple, without much nuance and can lead to some odd outcomes.