Thursday, March 31, 2011

'The Butler Way' And The VCU Way - Hogging in on the media whores and NCAA Committee whores gravy


Some readers of Shots Heard might think we are crazy to suggest the greedy corruption among the media whores and the NCAA Tournament Committee whores. The rest of you have common sense.

This video details this estimate; the Butler gained $639 million dollars worth of publicity from last year's tournament run. That does not include a total for their back-to-back Final Four appearance!

Ask yourself; if you were a 'major' school president that had control over who gets into the tournament and what teams and conferences get those millions then might you systematically limit and disparage the Butlers of the world? 

And if you're a media whore and you received many more millions from UCLA making a Final Four than say a Butler, then might you play down the success of the 'lesser thans' and pimp those big market schools and subtly (or overtly) dismiss the small market schools? (Shout out to Doug Gottlieb on that one).

This year was no exception. The mutual systematic corruption of the media whores and NCAA Committee whores was primed and running as smoothly as ever when they locked out Harvard RPI 35 (Tied first place in The Ivy League), Cleveland State RPI 40 (a team that tied Butler for first place in the Horizon League), Missouri State RPI 41 (First place in MVC).

It was more important that the whores get their 18-13 USC Trojans and their eleven Big East teams into the tournament. There were millions of dollars on the line after all.

One would even ask; how did the fourth place Colonial League team, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) RPI 68, get into the tournament ahead of those clearly qualified teams? And you heard correctly; VCU was the fourth place team in that weak conference. One would never know that because the media whores have been careful not to touch that. Instead, they have mentioned 'three Colonial Conference teams making the tournament.' (It's a Jedi Mind Trick).

VCU coach, Shaka was living in a common sense field (if not 'reality') when he did not have his team engage in a selection party. We heard one media whore pimp that point when he stated that the coach was being sensitive to his seniors and not wanting them to have the rejection as their final basketball memory. 

Hello! There is a little tournament called the NIT that they would have been invited to attend. Also, there is no shame in accepting the reality that more qualified teams were chosen to be in the tournament. (Freaking media whores.)

To repeat the question, why VCU? Why not the clearly more qualified Harvard, Cleveland State or Missouri State? For that matter (to name other more qualified teams), why not Colorado State, Witchita State, St. Mary's, Marshall, Southern Miss or New Mexico. All of those teams better RPIs and resumes than VCU. None of those teams were given an at-large bid though.

The answer is so simple. Money. 

The committee whores gave USC an unearned eleven seed play-in game in the hopes that it would boost ratings in the coveted Los Angeles market (the second biggest national market). But the gravy train would end before it began if USC lost. So instead of putting a team like Harvard into the mix, why not throw in VC Who? 

Besides, a team like Harvard could have knocked off USC and then devastated some of the 'major' teams as well. We all saw how their equal nemesis Princeton almost finished off Kentucky (a Final Four team) in the first round of a virtual Kentucky home game. The committee whores don't really want the 'underdog' taking their gravy (Despite what they say).

So yea, just throw VCU into the mix and let them get beat by 15 or 20. Que the tears of a small school dreaming large in the first round.

Except it did not happen that way. Ya'll know the story, VCU beat anybody and everybody from about every conference on their way to a Final Four.

And even though, CBS and ESPN will be touting the 'underdog angle' with vigor. Do not fall for that window dressing. They are crying in their milk. Millions of dollars have been lost.

Be happy. VCU and Butler have held up their middle fingers to the system. And one of them is going to keep holding it high as they enter the championship game. But lament the fact that their runs will not appear to do anything to spurn real fairness in the near future.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Shamrocks Coloring Pages

smiling shamrocks coloring pages

Has become a tradition this year shamrocks coloring pages also come to us with a sense of joy. beautiful song we sing all night to adorn this happy day. I remember when years ago, at the same time, our family gathered to share a small parcel.

This heart filled with love and luck to get what we aspire. Only the strength of the shamrocks that can change the day we become the most historic day in our lives.

Come on, it is time for you to draw shamrocks coloring pages! Immediately download and print by using the white paper. Pour your color in this coloring pages.

shamrocks coloring pages
mini shamrocks coloring pages
four leaf shamrocks coloring pages
green shamrocks coloring pages

Shamrocks Coloring Pages

smiling shamrocks coloring pages

Has become a tradition this year shamrocks coloring pages also come to us with a sense of joy. beautiful song we sing all night to adorn this happy day. I remember when years ago, at the same time, our family gathered to share a small parcel.

This heart filled with love and luck to get what we aspire. Only the strength of the shamrocks that can change the day we become the most historic day in our lives.

Come on, it is time for you to draw shamrocks coloring pages! Immediately download and print by using the white paper. Pour your color in this coloring pages.

shamrocks coloring pages
mini shamrocks coloring pages
four leaf shamrocks coloring pages
green shamrocks coloring pages

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Ralph Nader calls for ending athletic scholarships - NCAA Football - SI.com

Ralph Nader calls for ending athletic scholarships - NCAA Football - SI.com

Shots Heard partially agrees with this concept. We realize that Nader likely has unrealistic 'feel goodery' types of motives. It also smacks of the 'steal from the rich and give to the poor' mentality that only robs a person of the incentive to be prosperous.

However, Shots Heard recognizes the need to restore honor to academic institutions and to 'de-professionalize' student athletes. College athletics should be an institution for serious academic scholars. Those people that are not serious about education should not be getting undue economical advantages via athletic scholarships.

Shots Heard does not agree with 'needs based scholarships' but Shots Heard does support rewarding academic achievement and not pandering to the 'big money' college administrators who do not look out for the overall integrity of the institutions that they oversee.

Eliminate athletic scholarships and allow whoever is enrolled in an institution to try out for a program. But stop punishing the high school students that 'do it right,' by handing out scholarships to kids that never bother to ever even pick up a book (let alone know how to read a book).

Article Transcript:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is calling for the elimination of college athletic scholarships, saying the move is necessary to "de-professionalize" college athletes.

Nader's League of Fans, a group aimed at reforming sports, proposes that the scholarships be replaced with need-based financial aid. He says that would help restore academic integrity to college sports.

The Associated Press obtained a copy of the proposal Thursday, ahead of its official release.
Nader, a former presidential candidate, argues that his plan would also help reduce the "win-at-all-costs" mentality in high schools, by reducing the incentive of college scholarships.

Amazing - It's Going To Happen Today



The Jimmer show continues today with BYU's Sweet Sixteen game against Florida. Florida is a tough team that has all five starters returning. BYU is coming off of their 22 point blow-out of Gonzaga.






Tuesday, March 22, 2011

First unicycle ride of the year

It's been a long winter. Last week it was +2c outside so we went for a ride. Brandon had to ride the 5ft unicycle, because the just loves being up there. Everyone else on a 20inch wheel but me. I wanted to help Alexandra, she still needs help getting on. We had a good ride about a half hour. The last time we went for a ride together was in October.

Last night Mallory and Alexandra wanted to practice outside after supper. Mallory we riding with only one foot. He made a total of 17 rotations with only using one foot. He is so cool on this unicycle. This morning off to school on this unicycle. Mallory looks so funny with big winter boots on when he left.

Alexandra was amazing last night. She learned to free mount! (Start with out having to hang on to anything) I don't know how do to that. I well have to practice, because I'm now the only one in the family that can't free mount. Alexandra was very excited because she will be able to ride her unicycle to school soon. You need to master free mount if she wants to be independent. I'm so proud of my little girl.

Monday, March 21, 2011

'You Are The Jimmer'

The Pathetic State Of College Sports - Two More Schools Renamed

Bruce Pearl Fired (Too Late), But Still Financially Benefits

Reference: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/03/21/bruce.pearl.fired.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

The University Of Tennessee's decision to fire Bruce Pearl is too little, too late. They should have canned his ass a long time ago. But the school stuck with him through his suspension for violations.

How did he repay them? By committing more violations. What does UT do? They fire him, but they also let him keep his $950K salary. This is a public institution. Letting a dishonest character collect an exorbitant money to not work is a slap in the face to every American. None of us can f up our jobs and our companies and lie and cheat and draw damn near a million dollars in the aftermath. What makes Bruce Pearl so special?

Shots Heard will no longer allow for UT to have the honorable distinction of The University Of Tennessee status. UT will now be known as A Tennessee Institution That Pays Cheaters. 

By the way, this decision by UT just shows how cancerous the money is in college sports. If coaches are going to be overpaid and paid excessively even in the wake of cheating then there is no reason to believe that players are not also receiving undue benefits on a mass scale in college sports.

Also, we see that schools like ATITPC only are firing Pearl in the hopes of lessening sanctions. It is not even a matter of ethtics or they would have fired him in the first place. This is a disgusting common occurrence in college sports.


Notre Dame Values Football More Than Life


Reference: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/03/21/notre-dame-floyd-dui.ap/index.html?eref=sihp


Notre Dame football 'star,' Michael Floyd, was indefinitely suspended from the football team for drunk driving. His blood alcohol level of .19 was more than double the legal limit of .08. 

Do we or do we not believe that drunken driving can kill people? If we do, then 'indefinite suspensions,' which can end any time, are not enough. This is a slap in the face to the kids that are making right choices and to victims of drunk driving.


This incident alone should warrant kicking him off the football team. As it stands, it is his third alcohol related incident since 2009 though.

And if you want a final slap in the face, Notre Dame released a statement from the kid that Shots Heard is not going to even bother to post (check the article). If a kid wants to show real contrition and do things the right way and address questions from the media and state his corrective process then fine. But we do not want bureaucratic white wash from Notre Dame.

In dishonor of this event(s), Notre Dame is also being renamed. It will now be known as The School That Panders To Drunk Driving Athletes. 

Friday, March 18, 2011

Upsetting Reality: Exposing the NCAA Tournament Committee's 'Major Upset' Scheme


On the first day of the 2011 NCAA Tournament, there were 'two major upsets.' At least that is what the media would have you to believe. The 'two major upsets' were 12 seeded Richmond beating 5 seeded Villanova and 13 seeded Morehead State beating 4 seeded Louisville.

Richmond (25-7) had the 41st best RPI of .5881. Villanova (21-11) had the 39th best RPI of .5889. When we consider that, an elementary estimation would tell us that Richmond had a 49.9 percent chance of winning. Not so upsetting is it?

Louisville (25-10) had an RPI of 17 and Morehead State had an RPI of 77. So there is a case to be made that this was an upset. But maybe not so fast! Louisville was only 9-7 versus teams in the Top 50 RPI. And against teams in the 51-100 RPI, Louisville finished 3-3. So overall, Louisville was a mediocre (but respectable) 12-10 versus Top 100 teams. To add perspective the other four seeds, Wisconsin (14-8), Texas (13-7), and Kentucky (13-7) all had better records versus the top 100 RPI teams. 

Also, being that Morehead State and Louisville are both Kentucky teams, it is quite likely, Morehead State had likely scouted Louisville on television throughout the season. It's a subtle advantage (but an advantage that likely paid huge dividends).

When one really looks at the reality of the match-ups, this part of the bracket was the most tailor made bracket for a 'Cinderella' to emerge into the Sweet Sixteen. And now that 'cinderellas' Morehead State and Richmond are matched up in The Round Of 32, the NCAA Tournament Committee have their coveted underdog element.

'Here's your biscuit America. Enjoy it. Of course we're going to manipulate the rest of the brackets to serve our interests and put teams like SDSU (RPI 3, Seed 2), BYU (RPI 5, Seed 3) and Utah State (RPI 15, Seed 12 and opponent's RPI 24, seed 5) down by giving them lower (worse) seeds (and tougher match-ups) than they earned.

How it would have worked in fair system

Shots Heard will use it's fair seed analysis: What seed a school should have received by the RPI (See the following chart).

Morehead State would have still been a 13 seed (tweaking Shots Heard's 'Fair System' to still allow for automatic bids). They would have faced off against A University In Connecticut. They would not have had the television advantage. A University In Connecticut is 4-1 against teams 51-100 RPI and that is the half of it. There is an 80 percent chance that A University In Connecticut would have won. Had Morehead State won, then it would have been at best, 'a mild upset.'

Villanova would not have been a five seed that they had no business holding. They would have been a nine seed. Meanwhile, Belmont would have been a 10 seed that faced off against George Mason. That game would have been an interesting match-up, but there would be no artificial upset bid on the line. It would just be two teams playing in the match-up that they earned.

A true 'major upset' that did not happen - Princeton beating Kentucky

The closest thing to a 'major upset' was Princeton beating Kentucky. Although had the upset occurred, Shots Heard would classify it as simply an upset. Although Kentucky undoubtedly has future NBA players and Princeton likely has none. The Princeton team was older and more disciplined. 

The overall reality is reflected by Kentucky's 7 RPI and Princeton's 40 RPI. How often do teams with a Top 10 RPI lose to teams in the Top 50 RPI? Top 10 RPI teams were 85-33 (72 percent). 

A rough estimate then gives, Princeton a 28 percent chance of winning that game. But then account for the fact that Princeton is at the lower end of the Top 50 RPI and the chances go to 20 to 25 percent.

But here is the kicker. With the game being played in Tampa, Florida (a fourteen hour drive or cheap Southwest flight) away from the hardcore Lexington, Kentucky fans; thousands of Kentucky fans traveled to see the game. The entire lower bowl was essentially filled with raucous Kentucky fans in blue, creating a home court type of atmosphere. So the most realistic estimate would be that Princeton had about a ten percent chance of winning that game.

Remembering the real upset

We witnessed an RPI 40 Princeton team play a solid game to almost pull off the virtual road victory against RPI 7 Kentucky. But let us not forget that teams like RPI 35 Harvard, who Princeton beat on a buzzer beater, were worthy of being in the tournament and making their mark. Unfortunately, the 'Power Six' corporate styled Tournament Committee were not having any of that. 

Instead it was important to cater to conferences like what Charles Barkley calls 'The over-rated Big East.' Aren't you glad that that (tied) 9th place, RPI 64 Marquette could get into the tournament instead?

And what did UCONN get for finishing 9-9 and tied for ninth in the Big East? They got a four seed after 'increasing their stock' by winning all five of their conference tournament games.

So 'power conference team' can use their conference tournaments to 'improve their stock' but its death by buzzer beater for teams like Harvard? 

Is that shady? Is the mafia shady? No. It is corrupt.

Picture: Morehead State's Demonte Harper

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

2011 NCAA Tournament: Whorish Propaganda

Watch as the CBS whores ask softball questions to a university in Connecticut's Athletic Director, Jeff Hathaway (next year's head tournament selection whore).



Media whore, John Rothstein's question: Why give one of the last four at-large bids to a small conference team (VCU) and not give all of the bids to 'big conference' teams.

Shots Heard: What kind of f'd up question is that? Stop acting like the 'smaller schools' are 'given' anything.

Jeff Hathaway: He references 'the eye ball test' and data.

Shots Heard: Seriously, the eye ball test? You have the RPI. You know EXACTLY what teams have accomplished. Who died and made these guys gods.

Media whore, John Rothstein: He alleges to question Jeff if the Big East is worthy of their high seeds but then he never really asks the question! He does ask why Pitt got the third one seed, ahead of Duke (the last one seed) and others.

Jeff Hathaway: They spent a lot of time evaluating who should be the number one seeds. They made the one seeds based on 'the criteria.

Shots Heard: Jeff, it does not matter how much time you put into the process if you f'd it up. Like my father always said, don't confuse efforts with results. And in this case Shots Heard is not going to confuse honesty with dishonesty.

And then what kind of f'ing answer is that? Well it's based on 'the criteria.' Yea well what is the criteria? Pitt had only the 10th best RPI. And by the way, teams like BYU and SDSU had better records and RPIs than Pitt.

And where is the follow-up question when Jeff gives a phony answer? Don't slap us in the face with your pretend sports journalism CBS.

This is why the sports media has earned your media whore status. It's just pimping their interests to their markets.

Random Ass Clown Whore: Hey you work really hard, how about that?
Shots Heard: Come on! How about asking about the inherent conflict of interest of the tournament selection whores? Of course you aren't going to ask that because you have a mutual conflict of interest. In the mean time, the majority of schools are being screwed and the integrity of college sports has been hijacked.

Monday, March 14, 2011

The 11th should be a day to pray.

Sept 11th (NY) Jan 11th (Haiti) and March 11th (Japan)........
Wow, all on the 11th

Luke 21:10-11
Then Jesus said to his disciples : "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes', famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. 'Jesus says for behold I come quickly.

Home Again


Back home again. One week vacation with the husband was great. No cooking, no cleaning, for one week was wonderful. The kids had a great time with there grandparents. Grandma spoiled the kids by making cinnamon buns each night, and making lunches for them. We are so grateful that we didn't need to call and see how the kids were doing, because gran and gramp's were awesome.

here are some of the sandcastles we have madehttp://www.youtube.com/user/TobyandRosie?feature=mhum#p/u/11/cWflqsV2FW8

Sleeping on the beach for a nap was a first for me. I am always on the move, planing and doing things. So on this Caribbean vacation I didn't plan any outings. Just relax time, then more relax time. Not a plan in sight. It took about three day tell all felt cool as a cucumber. Being with my husband for a week was good for both of us. We work together, but we don't spend any time together at work, and at home kids and meetings. All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble. That's why we need to book off this time just for the two of us. When all is said and done one week was just right. After day 6 I was ready to head home back to the action.

When we got home on a Thursday night, we had one day to work before the weekend. It's amazing how fast we can jump back in to the day to day of life. It may be back to work but after a short break, I'm ready to go. I like the busyness of it all.

"Mom can I go to a birthday party tomorrow? oh I need a present."

"Mom you need to fill out these papers for school, the band is going away on a trip?"

"Tomorrow there is Youth at Church can I go? and can you pick-up my friend?"

These were the first thing that I heard Thursday night at 11pm when we got home.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. The work of a mother is work worth doing!

2011 NCAA Tournament Selection: A Matter Of 'The Haves' and 'The Have Nots'


Those of you that follow Shots Heard, know that in recent weeks that we have ranted and even raved about the systematic unfairness of the NCAA Tournament Selection committee and the BCS (football). We've done it to an unhealthy degree even (but we are not wrong). Worse, we have basically been trying to stop a flood with a block of wood. 

And it occurs to us that Collin Cowherd basically is right when he says that the typical sports fan is a dumbass. He may not have used that term, but that's basically what he has called the average sports fan that routinely sees reality through his/her own team's filter.

This is why if you go on a sports forum right now you'll see stupid posts like this (regarding selection/seeding):
Colorado is the best team to not make the tournament.

How did Alabama not make the tournament? Georgia is in as a ten seed and Alabama beat them twice in the last week. (Maybe because Alabama lost to a bunch of losers and has an RPI of 81 while Georgia handled their business to a better degree and has a 48 RPI. Dumbass.)

San Diego State is the weakest two seed ever.
  
If average sports fan cared about fairness you would see more posts like this:

USC got into the tournament as an at-large with a 67 RPI and Harvard was snubbed. For that matter.

Why does the media always pimp the 'how they finished' if a team like Pittsburgh can lose two of their last three and still get a one seed even though they have an RPI of only 10.

If finishing strong is so important, how can Florida lose the SEC Championship game by 16 and be a two seed?

UTEP (25-9, 2nd Conference USA), Cleveland State (26-8, 1st Horizon League), St. Mary's (25-8, 1st West Coast Conference), Missouri State (25-8, 1st Place Missouri Valley Conference), Wichita State (24-8, 2nd place Missouri Valley Conference) all had fine records and better RPIs than USC. What gives? I guess the Pac-10 was really strong this year. Oh wait it wasn't and since the RPI already accounts for conference strength then that doesn't matter. How does a 19-14 team in a weak conference get so much love?

Michigan State was a bubble team and now they are a solid 10 seed?

Shots Heard has put forth the plan that the NCAA Tournament entrants and seeds should be decided via the RPI and without human interference. Below, are listings of the teams that are either in the Top 68 RPI and would have made the tournament via the Shots Heard plan and the teams not in the Top 68 RPI that still made the tournament under the currenty system.

The first chart shows the fair seed (Shots Heard Plan) versus what seed a team was awarded by 'the committee.' My _____. It's like we're in a bad Star Wars movie.

The second chart shows how the Haves (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big Twelve, Pac-10, SEC - You know, the BCS conferences) did versus the Have Nots (everybody else). 

A reminder: That the MWC had the fourth best RPI among the conferences but clearly being a have not, that did not translate to a damn ounce of love.



Final Analysis

San Diego State finished with a 32-2 record. Their only two losses were to a team (BYU) that was arguably the best team when they lost to them. If any team from a 'major conference' had compiled a 32-2 record then that team would be an unquestioned number one seed. It's not like the MWC was not rated better than three of those conferences either. And with a 3 RPI, SDSU was certainly worthy of a number one seed (if not a number one ranking).

So why is San Diego State getting the shaft? 

There is a universal answer to that question and other. The other 'major conferences' control the committee. With that in mind, let's see how they screwed over the rest of the 'Have Nots.' Bare in mind that we will only go over selected examples. It will not be a cumulative analysis.

BYU gets a 3 (or 4 seed) despite being a 2 seed quality team).

This comes as no surprise. We already told you that after one loss to New Mexico, the 'experts' were dropping BYU from a one seed to a four seed in their prognostications (an unprecedented drop)

Utah State: Bend over and grab your ankles.

This is easily the biggest tragedy in the selection process. Utah State had an RPI of 15 and a record of 30-3, but they were given a 12 seed! 

By the way their comfortable 8 point victory against the streaking Boise State Broncos should have 'impressed' the committee. Utah State kept one of those unwanteds out of the tournament and that's how the committee repays them (sarcasm)?

And to add insult to their ridiculous seeding, they play a 5 seed Kansas State (a proven mid major killer that took BYU out last year) that has been one of the hottest teams in the country. Before their last loss of the season, Kansas State was on a six game winning streak that included three wins against Top 20 teams (one of which, was a 16 point win over #2 Kansas).

Old Dominion takes a hit

Old Dominion is legit. They are perhaps college basketball's best kept secret. They are tall and can dominate the boards and the post. They also have decent shooters and that is also important. They are basically a mirror image of Pittsburgh. 

Given the fact that ODU could play Pittsburgh, it is a good thing that they match-up well with Pitt. But they should be a 5 (or at worst a 6 or 7 seed) and have an easier road to The Sweet Sixteen.

Xavier shows they are something of a 'Have; a Legacy' - St. Mary's is not a 'Legacy'

Teams like Xavier are legacies. Even though, they are not in a 'major conference,' the committee does not want to stir the pot and put down a team that has been to The Sweet Sixteen three straight times. 

Being a legacy, does not mean that a team will not get the shaft. But it does mean that the committee will think twice about b-slapping them. Gonzaga is a team that has achieved legacy status. Had they lost to St Mary's in the WCC Championship, they would have likely still earned an at-large bid. 

Instead, St. Mary's lost to Gonzaga. And even though they are just as good as the Zags, they are not a legacy and they did not make the cut.

The subtle 8-9 Combo

Shots Heard sees this every year. The committee relegates 4-7 seed caliber teams to the 8 or 9 seed and thus relegating them to play a 1 seed in the second round and not make The Sweet Sixteen. 
UNLV and George Mason are this year's victims of the 8-9 combo.According to the RPI, they both deserved seven seeds and much easier paths to the Sweet Sixteen. Instead, if they are not upset in their first round match-ups they will collectively face the top two teams Ohio State and Kansas.

Teams like Cincinatti (Big East) who should be a nine seed benefit from UNLV and George Mason's demotion. Cincy should get a nine seed, but instead they will get a six seed and an eaiser route to the Sweet Sixteen. And of course, CBS would much rather be talking about 'how many Big East teams made the Sweet Sixteen' rather than George Mason or UNLV. 

And remember that this all goes back to the average dumbass sports fan. You won't see dumbass on the boards talking about how Cincy got an unfair seeding. You'll see him bragging that 'man, we were a good Big East team. Yea we deserved it man.' Dumbass Big East fan does not care that UNLV or George Mason might actually be better. He just has to be told 'Big East, Big East, Big East. Ah man, Big East, Big Hoops! -- Madison Square Garden.'

A Have Not with a 35 RPI does not make the tournament

At this very moment, there are a bunch of Big Twelve fans on boards, crying that their Colorado (RPI 65) team did not make the tournament. Everyday Dumbass Fan does not bother to care that Harvard (RPI 35) beat them by 16 points.

Everyday Dumbass Fan might counter, 'Yea well they had a 29 blowout loss to UCONN.' Yea letdowns happen all of the time. That's why Shots Heard thinks that all the so and so beat so and so is horse and buggy thinking anyhow. The RPI measures a teams overall performance and when it comes to the who beat who game, it's really not a transitive property. Every game is going to be different and a myriad of unexpected outcomes will occur. The fairest thing is to look at a team's RPI.

And by the way, you will never see a Have with an RPI of 35, not make the tournament. It just will not happen. If Bill Walton were alive, he would say why even have an RPI if you're not going to use it.

Anyhow, Shots Heard digresses. Ya'll can look at the tables and make your own determinations.







Sunday, March 13, 2011

The NBA - Where ___________ Happens / Where Will Amazing Happen?

Nate Robinson / Paul Pierce


 Rudy Tomjanovich


Cheating


Joey Crawford (NBA Interficial)


Big Baby


Teen Wolf


The Karate Kid


Hoosiers


Derek Vinyard


Kevin McHale


Larry Bird (4)





Saturday, March 12, 2011

Spring Coloring Pages 2011

spring coloring pages

Spring is the season after winter and before summer. Warmer weather because the soil is moved in the direction of the Sun in many parts of the world of plants and flowers. Often, people suffering from a fever. Many of their animals during the spring breeding season.

In early spring, many people suffer from "seasonal affective disorder" often stops the symptoms. Spring is the season of fun. The color changes from white world. Sprinklers color activity can be used by kindergarten teachers. Pet spring sping Easter displays, fish spring and spring sping some ideas for classroom use.

spring coloring page
spring coloring sheet
spring coloring sheets
spring coloring flower

Colors of spring flowers and coloring pages are easy to draw and color. From the Internet, you will find a way to generate interest and educate children in the classroom.
The green color is common in spring is the reason, you may be too green in the business of color. After drawing and coloring twig. You can hang their posters on walls in spring. Drawing, coloring and making posters warning children occupied and happy.

Printable coloring pages, color posters, coloring of flowers, animals, spring, spring colors, spring colors, spring coloring pages, picture spring, spring Easter, fish, pleasant spring, spring green , children of children feathers, paper, images of spring, Posters spring, spring printing, leaf springs to coloring

Spring Coloring Pages 2011

spring coloring pages

Spring is the season after winter and before summer. Warmer weather because the soil is moved in the direction of the Sun in many parts of the world of plants and flowers. Often, people suffering from a fever. Many of their animals during the spring breeding season.

In early spring, many people suffer from "seasonal affective disorder" often stops the symptoms. Spring is the season of fun. The color changes from white world. Sprinklers color activity can be used by kindergarten teachers. Pet spring sping Easter displays, fish spring and spring sping some ideas for classroom use.

spring coloring page
spring coloring sheet
spring coloring sheets
spring coloring flower

Colors of spring flowers and coloring pages are easy to draw and color. From the Internet, you will find a way to generate interest and educate children in the classroom.
The green color is common in spring is the reason, you may be too green in the business of color. After drawing and coloring twig. You can hang their posters on walls in spring. Drawing, coloring and making posters warning children occupied and happy.

Printable coloring pages, color posters, coloring of flowers, animals, spring, spring colors, spring colors, spring coloring pages, picture spring, spring Easter, fish, pleasant spring, spring green , children of children feathers, paper, images of spring, Posters spring, spring printing, leaf springs to coloring

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

BCS Is A Joke Video



Auburn won the paper championship against Oregon. But they will never know if they would have beat TCU (or Boisie State).

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

A school of liars sweeping Tressel's dishonesty under the rug is symptomatic of a larger problem

A school of liars in Ohio (the school formerly called Ohio State) could not act for eight months when they found out about their football players breaking rules and selling sports memorabilia. Yet, in the space of 24 hours they could suspend Jim Tressel for two games and fine him $250,000?

A school of liars in Ohio is only acting fast now in the hopes of sweeping this under the rug. Their corruption in house and their corrupt cluthces on college sports is not going away just because Tressel is suspended.
The token suspension is as token as the underlined clause in Tressel's contract that he report any violations immediately. The see no evil way of life at a school of liars in Ohio has not been altered one damn bit by this.
Eight months after the violations, they became became public. It was then that Tressel tried to excuse the sales as 'necessity' (IE the players need to put bread on their table). That of course speaks to the pathetic issue of why are coaches making millions while players are supposedly not getting enough food? Of course, players are getting enough food, just look at them. They are perfectly healthy.

If Tressel lied to the school president and athletic director and he should be fired. But the more likely reality is that Tressels and the administration had a prearranged slap in the wrist punishment if it ever came to light that Tressels knew about the violations before it was brought to the university's attention by the US government.


Again, Shots Heard harkens back to our umbrella point. It's these type of whores that are corrupting college athletics. 


Gene Smith chairs the NCAA Tournament committee and the school also was directly responsible for creating and maintaining the corrupt BCS for football. Give us our sports back. It's un-American that these a-hole power brokers should have their clutches on our sports.

Remembering how the Committee Whores screwed BYU over in 2009-2010


Shots Heard just made the case that the NCAA needs to use the RPI to determine tournament rankings. This will significantly reduce the undue influence of the media whores and even eliminate the selection committee whores.

Shots Heard pointed out that the whores plans on screwing over BYU. By the RPI, BYU has (currently) earned a one seed. But the media whores (currently) plan on only giving them a four seed. One might wonder why Shots Heard is ever vigilante about this subject (we are wondering it ourselves).

At any rate, we saw BYU get screwed over by the whores all of last season (2009-2010) and we just decided that enough is enough. We are going to write about the systematic injustice.

Last season, BYU was a top 15 quality team (if not better) that was not ranked for most of the season. They were still unranked when Jimmer's Cougars handed Arizona their asses (see videos). Consequently, the Arizona coach and the Wildcat players talked about how BYU was a three or four seed quality team (not the seven seed that BYU would end up receiving).

The Arizona coach even said that the idea that BYU was not ranked, discredited rankings! Shots Heard has been saying that!

Only near, the end of the season, did they crack the Top 25. BYU was even ranked in the Top 15 by the end of the regular season.

Top 15 - It would go to figure that BYU would get a four seed, right?

Wrong.

BYU was given a seven seed, which meant they had to play a Top Ten team in Round Two (Kansas State a two seed). In principle, no Top 15 team should have to face another Top 16 team, let alone a Top Ten team before the Sweet Sixteen. 

But this is how the committee whores routinely screw over 'mid majors' and it's BS and Shots Heard is taking a stand this year.

College Basketball - NCAA Tournament: Use the RPI and get rid of the BS

CRecently, Shots Heard has spent a lot of time and effort detailing the corruption of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee. We have detailed the inherent conflicts of interests of the committee and how that has led to systematic oppression of schools not in the loops.

Shots Heard has predominantly used BYU as an example, but the reality is that all schools that are not a part of the loop are trodden by the unfairness of the system.

Shots Heard has the solution to the problem. And  we will point out that it is the solution and not just a solution. The solution is to just put the top 68 RPI teams into the tournament and to seed the teams according to their RPI ranking. The RPI measures performance and it properly regards strength of schedule.

The RPI has an immaterial margin of error as it is an amazing accurate ranking system. The variations in poll ranking relative to the RPI are man made errors. Shots Heard has detailed that the discrepancies perpetually relate to the media whores and 'big school' whores serving their own interests. The rankings are not at all valid corrections to the RPI.

(Below, you will see the listed RPIs from a week ago - Not the RPI listing used for this article.)

How will using the RPI restore sanity and fairness to the NCAA Tournament?

Teams would get the high seeds that they have earned (Take the 'selling out of it').

--BYU and SDSU would receive the number one seeds that they've earned. Please remember that RPI's will change after the conference tournaments. But at this point there is absolutely no doubt that they are worthy of 1 seeds. CBS projects that the committee whores will give BYU a 4 seed and SDSU a 2 seed. That is less than what they earned.

--Pittsburgh and Notre Dame are currently projected as one seeds, but really by the RPI Pitt is a two seed and Notre Dame is a three seed. Anybody that follows college basketball knows that that is entirely accurate. The media whores want Pitt and Notre Dame as number one seeds because they have been pimping the Big East as this master conference all season (And the Big East does have the best RPI, but it's still pretty much smoke and mirrors)

By giving Pittsburgh and Notre Dame opening round softball games (against weak 16 seeds from nowhere), they will ensure that those teams get opening victories and that the big markets tune in for longer (and that they get more money). 

The best 68 teams would make the tournament.

Would the schools that end up 69, 70, 71, etc think that they were still worthy of making the tournament? Would they 69 look at 68 or even 62 and say 'I think we're better.' Of course. It is human nature to feel such a belief in one self. Nonetheless, they would still have to admit that it is fair and they would have to take their lumps.

The NCAA Tournament committee claims that they don't take prestige into the equation, but the truth of the matter is that they do. If New Mexico were to have an RPI of 49 and UCLA were to have an RPI of 71, the committee would look for any reason to justify UCLA's entrance and to deny New Mexico. 

That is just not right. That decision is based on money and not fairness. The tournament will make more than enough money. Fairness needs to be a real priority and not something that is a lip service (non-value) value.
 
'Mid majors' would get their due (Stop canceling each other out)

--The committee is fond of pretending that top 25 'mid majors' are middle of the road teams and matching them up to try to erase solid mid majors from the tournament so that they can hopefully get 'major' teams and better ratings later in the tournament.

For instance, Utah has an RPI of 17 and George Mason has an RPI of 27. That would mean that Utah State should be a five seed (likely even a four seed if they win their conference tournament) and George Mason would be a seven seed. Predictably though, CBS bracketology has Utah State, an eight seed facing off against George Mason as a nine seed. 

The committee wants to get rid of George Mason and Utah State ASAP and have as many 'major schools' make the later rounds as possible. And the committee hopes that the final extermination of Utah State or George Mason will come in the second round at the hands of a Kansas or Ohio State (teams that they should not be playing so early in the tournament in a fair system).

Cinerella is Cinderella, not who the media says they are.

If Utah State and George Mason were properly seeded, then they would not be considered Cinderella.

The Cinderella of Cinderellas would be Marquette. But Marquette is a Big East school! Nooooooo! Say it's not so! But they are (panting), a Big East school! Yes, Cinderella does not have to be the 'little school.' Cinderella happens to be the team that sucks. Write that down.

There would be no more automatic bids, but small schools would still be treated fairly

We have come to love watching the automatic bids for the conference tournament winners. But is it really fair for a better team to be excluded because some junior college level team won their conference tournament? Of course it is not so.

But excellent 'small schools' will still have an opportunity to rise above the ashes. And when they do, they will get the seed that they deserve. For instance, Harvard would get the nine seed that they have earned and not the 12 seed that the media whores (CBS projection) say that they should get.

There would not be an unwritten rule that 'small conferences' only will get one team into the tournament. That would mean that Harvard and Princeton would be in the NCAA Tournament this year! And yes, that is how it should be for this particular year.

A team like Old Dominion (RPI 23) would not be getting screwed over by the tournament committee. They would get a six seed. Instead, the committee plans on screwing them by giving them an eight seed and a match-up against UCLA, the second place Pac-10 team. If they win that match-up they'll get to play a one seed. That's not right.

Conference tournaments would still have great meaning

Also, if a 'small school' has an RPI of 75 heading into a conference tournament, then there would still be the drama of seeing if they can make that push for 68. Their performance relative to teams in other conference tournaments would still make for great drama.

There would be tougher match-ups and winning the tournament would have added meaning (and possibly even ratings)

Depending on the play-in match outcomes, the 16 seeds would be four of these eight schools:

Witchita State (23-8) - The second place team in the Missouri Valley Conference (They would not have to have won their conference tournament to get the seed that they deserve already).

UCF (18-10) - Eighth Place Conference USA team - What? The Conference USA is that good? I guess they just aren't 'major' enough for people to know that.

Oklahoma State (18-12) - They recently lost to Kansas by 12. What would you expect from a realistic 16 seed?

Virigina Tech (19-10) - Again, they are no that good, but they did beat Duke at home just a couple of weeks ago. They are certainly better than many of the 'small schools' that would lay down and die by 30 to a one seed.

California (17-13) - Look at this. All of the people that whine that their privileged 'major conference' deserves more teams; California would make the tournament with their 10-8 record against the weak Pac-10. They would likely lose by 14 points, but hey it beats 30. And certainly, there would be a realistic 'upset' opportunity that is almost non-existent in the current format.

Marquette (18-13) - The media has clamored for nine Big East teams. With the current batch of undeserving 'small schools' making the tournament it is quite likely that a worthy school like UTEP (RPI 60 - from a non 'major school') will be bumped in favor of the less deserving Marquette (RPI 66). This way, both deserving schools make the cut and get the seeding that they deserve.

Valparaiso (21-11) - Shots Heard honestly does not care about this team. But the media whores should not have the power to rob them of what they have earned at this point. They have an RPI of 67 so they make the cut. There was a segment on ESPN touting Colorado's accomplishments. 18-12 was a 'pass.' 8-8 in Big Twelve play was a 'pass.'  'The what have you done for me lately column (last 10 games) - 5-5 was laughably a 'pass' because we are supposed be in awe that they are in a 'tough conference.' 'Quality wins' was a pass for beating Kansas and Baylor (it somehow doesn't matter as much, the weak teams that they lost to).

Well here is real reality check Valparaiso has a 67 RPI and Colorado has a 78 RPI. In the fair system, Valparaiso gets 'the pass.' The ESPN whores are just sugar coating the fact that they want to pander to the Denver market / Big Twelve marke and not the who the hell cares about the Valparaiso market. The whores need to not have their hand in this anymore. It's pass/fail based on real results and some loud mouth a-hole on the air or d-bag on a committee gets no more say about it.

USC (18-13) - Right now they are not even a realistic bubble team. But if the tournament fairly recognized merit then they would be in (if results hold).
Also, Iona is RPI 69. They just lost their conference tournament and they know that they are not going to make the tournament? Why? Because they are not from a 'major conference?' That's BS. They should be watching the television rooting for others to lose and hope that their resume still cracks the top 68.

RPI Listing from March 6 (RPI listings from March 8 used for this article)

    
Rank Team W L
SS Rank RPI 1. Kansas 29 2 .6146 10 .6768
2. Ohio St. 29 2 .5907 24 .6718
3. San Diego St. 27 2 .5826 29 .6604
4. BYU 27 3 .6014 15 .6590
5. Duke 27 4 .5825 30 .6548
6. North Carolina 24 6 .6160 9 .6488
7. Pittsburgh 27 4 .5817 32 .6470
8. Purdue 25 6 .5920 22 .6451
9. Notre Dame 25 5 .5811 33 .6447
10. Florida 24 6 .6237 5 .6410
11. Georgetown 21 9 .6545 1 .6404
12. Kentucky 22 8 .6118 12 .6369
13. Wisconsin 23 7 .5917 23 .6339
14. Texas 25 6 .5944 20 .6326
15. West Virginia 20 10 .6384 3 .6265
16. Arizona 25 6 .5640 49 .6234
17. Utah St. 27 3 .5262 111 .6229
18. Syracuse 25 6 .5738 39 .6226
19. Kansas St. 21 9 .6280 4 .6203
20. Louisville 23 8 .5976 18 .6186
21. Xavier 24 6 .5609 58 .6184
22. St. John's 20 10 .6181 7 .6173
23. Connecticut 21 9 .6107 13 .6136
24. Old Dominion 26 6 .5530 72 .6125
25. UNLV 23 7 .5774 38 .6113
26. Vanderbilt 21 9 .6096 14 .6103
27. George Mason 26 6 .5433 86 .6095
28. UAB 22 7 .5592 62 .6050
29. Temple 24 6 .5235 120 .6038
30. Texas A&M 22 7 .5614 56 .6016
31. Villanova 21 10 .5892 27 .5998
32. Cincinnati 24 7 .5368 94 .5953
33. Missouri 21 9 .5629 50 .5941
34. UCLA 22 9 .5725 41 .5933
35. Harvard 21 5 .4974 163 .5928
36. Tennessee 18 13 .6475 2 .5922
37. Butler 21 9 .5576 66 .5884
38. Memphis 22 9 .5642 48 .5878
39. Georgia 20 10 .5796 35 .5870
40. Illinois 19 12 .5970 19 .5850
41. Cleveland St. 24 8 .5276 108 .5846
42. Missouri St. 25 8 .5179 130 .5841
43. Colorado St. 18 11 .5881 28 .5835
44. St. Mary's 22 7 .5273 110 .5826
45. Boston College 19 11 .5903 26 .5823
46. Florida St. 21 9 .5423 88 .5816
47. Washington 20 10 .5581 65 .5805
48. Michigan St. 16 13 .6126 11 .5784
49. Va. Commonwealth 23 10 .5388 92 .5781
50. Marshall 19 10 .5600 61 .5766
51. Belmont 30 4 .4418 288 .5758
52. Princeton 22 6 .4753 212 .5757
53. Southern Miss 18 9 .5450 83 .5745
54. Penn St. 16 13 .6204 6 .5740
55. Richmond 24 7 .4991 159 .5736
56. Michigan 18 12 .5931 21 .5735
57. Clemson 20 10 .5469 78 .5715
58. UTEP 22 8 .5213 124 .5713
59. Wichita St. 23 8 .5337 99 .5710
60. UCF 18 10 .5735 40 .5703
61. Oakland 22 9 .5080 146 .5691
62. Gonzaga 22 9 .5281 107 .5680
63. Oklahoma St. 18 12 .5656 47 .5665
64. Virginia Tech 19 10 .5347 97 .5651
65. Iona 22 10 .5274 109 .5650
66. California 17 13 .5982 17 .5649
67. Col. Charleston 24 9 .5001 157 .5646
68. Marquette 18 13 .5825 31 .5642
69. Southern Cal 18 13 .5668 44 .5610
70. Valparaiso 21 11 .5282 106 .5609
71. New Mexico 19 11 .5259 112 .5601
72. Drexel 21 10 .5032 151 .5596
73. Miami-FL 18 13 .5666 46 .5593
74. Minnesota 17 13 .5799 34 .5592
75. Washington St. 19 11 .5389 91 .5587
76. Colorado 18 12 .5468 79 .5573
77. Morehead St. 22 9 .4948 169 .5573
78. Nebraska 19 11 .5591 63 .5565
79. Alabama 20 10 .5108 139 .5548
80. Long Island 26 5 .4438 281 .5546
81. Mississippi 19 12 .5504 73 .5545
82. Bucknell 24 8 .4720 219 .5544
83. Tulsa 18 12 .5610 57 .5538
84. Baylor 17 12 .5787 37 .5537
85. Indiana St. 19 13 .5445 84 .5536
86. Hofstra 20 11 .5151 134 .5526
87. Kent St. 20 10 .5135 136 .5526
88. Dayton 19 12 .5532 71 .5520
89. James Madison 21 11 .5065 148 .5511
90. Long Beach St. 18 10 .5218 123 .5505
91. Seton Hall 13 17 .6178 8 .5477
92. UW-Milwaukee 19 12 .5259 113 .5468
93. Northwestern 17 12 .5348 96 .5467
94. East Tenn. St. 21 11 .4953 168 .5458
95. Duquesne 17 11 .5247 115 .5452
96. Vermont 23 8 .4714 221 .5427
97. Rhode Island 18 12 .5191 128 .5424
98. Maryland 18 13 .5503 74 .5407
99. Fairfield 24 7 .4448 277 .5397
100. Robert Morris 18 13 .5132 137 .5383
101. St. Peter's 19 13 .5097 143 .5381
102. Air Force 14 13 .5602 60 .5378
103. Coastal Carolina 24 5 .4324 311 .5376
104. Rider 23 10 .4741 215 .5371
105. Miami-OH 15 15 .5723 42 .5368
106. Portland 20 11 .4975 162 .5365
107. IUPUI 17 13 .5156 133 .5363
108. Montana 18 9 .4642 233 .5337
109. Northern Iowa 18 13 .5203 126 .5330
110. Florida Atlantic 19 10 .4758 210 .5329
111. St. Bonaventure 16 13 .5244 117 .5322
112. Mississippi St. 17 13 .5441 85 .5314
113. Northern Colo. 17 10 .4698 224 .5313
114. Murray St. 21 8 .4612 236 .5309
115. Furman 20 10 .4614 235 .5307
116. Wofford 20 12 .4935 172 .5301
117. East Carolina 13 14 .5618 54 .5295
118. N.C. St. 15 15 .5607 59 .5295
119. Utah 12 17 .5905 25 .5288
120. Arkansas 18 12 .5231 121 .5284
121. Boise St. 18 11 .4794 201 .5270
122. San Francisco 15 14 .5416 89 .5248
123. Rutgers 14 16 .5568 68 .5243
124. Wright St. 17 14 .5160 132 .5221
125. American 22 9 .4361 304 .5217
126. Creighton 19 14 .5146 135 .5214
127. Iowa St. 16 15 .5481 76 .5206
128. South Carolina 14 15 .5491 75 .5202
129. Idaho 17 12 .4962 166 .5201
130. Akron 18 12 .4865 183 .5200
131. Austin Peay 18 13 .4930 173 .5197
132. Lipscomb 16 13 .4876 180 .5192
133. Oklahoma 13 16 .5793 36 .5180
134. Boston U. 20 13 .4736 217 .5178
135. Virginia 16 14 .5219 122 .5175
136. Geo. Washington 17 13 .5029 152 .5174
137. North Texas 19 10 .4559 248 .5163
138. Oral Roberts 18 14 .4866 182 .5151
139. New Mexico St. 13 16 .5717 43 .5149
140. Evansville 14 15 .5338 98 .5135
141. Delaware 14 17 .5303 102 .5128
142. Stanford 15 15 .5245 116 .5114
143. Jacksonville 18 11 .4466 271 .5113
144. Quinnipiac 22 9 .4365 303 .5106
145. Detroit 16 16 .5087 145 .5106
146. Providence 15 16 .5423 87 .5090
147. Massachusetts 14 14 .5236 119 .5081
148. UNC Asheville 16 13 .4832 191 .5081
149. North Florida 15 19 .5311 101 .5076
150. Cent. Conn. St. 19 12 .4501 262 .5075
151. Hawaii 17 11 .4810 199 .5074
152. Weber St. 15 11 .4680 229 .5068
153. Arizona St. 12 18 .5620 53 .5068
154. Oregon 13 16 .5573 67 .5066
155. Ohio 17 14 .5107 140 .5049
156. Yale 14 13 .4959 167 .5044
157. Northern Arizona 17 11 .4369 300 .5042
158. Texas Tech 13 18 .5586 64 .5014
159. Santa Clara 17 14 .4909 178 .5007
160. Buffalo 16 12 .4592 241 .4999
161. South Florida 9 22 .6012 16 .4996
162. Georgia Tech 13 17 .5459 82 .4996
163. McNeese St. 15 10 .4416 289 .4981
164. Saint Louis 11 18 .5668 45 .4974
165. Pennsylvania 13 14 .4840 189 .4971
166. Hampton 20 8 .3891 339 .4959
167. Wagner 13 17 .5251 114 .4958
168. Iowa 11 19 .5567 69 .4953
169. UW-Green Bay 13 18 .5208 125 .4950
170. Western Michigan 18 11 .4367 301 .4945
171. Western Carolina 17 15 .4536 256 .4942
172. IPFW 17 12 .4451 275 .4938
173. Ball St. 17 11 .4344 309 .4931
174. Northeastern 11 20 .5557 70 .4930
175. Texas Southern 18 11 .4057 329 .4926
176. Canisius 15 15 .4936 171 .4926
177. Loyola-Maryland 15 15 .4828 192 .4925
178. Davidson 16 14 .4574 245 .4919
179. La Salle 14 17 .5297 104 .4914
180. South Dakota St. 17 11 .4370 299 .4913
181. Indiana 12 19 .5621 52 .4912
182. Sam Houston St. 13 12 .4791 202 .4912
183. Pacific 14 14 .4761 208 .4910
184. San Jose St. 14 14 .4846 187 .4907
185. Arkansas St. 15 15 .4801 200 .4900
186. Liberty 16 13 .4547 253 .4896
187. Columbia 14 13 .4712 222 .4894
188. Rice 11 17 .5379 93 .4879
189. Tennessee Tech 17 12 .4461 273 .4879
190. Nevada 11 18 .5471 77 .4878
191. Appalachian St. 14 15 .4721 218 .4867
192. UC Santa Barbara 13 13 .4766 206 .4867
193. Saint Joseph's 9 21 .5618 55 .4864
194. Cal Poly 15 13 .4434 282 .4863
195. Bethune-Cookman 16 11 .4296 314 .4858
196. Western Kentucky 16 15 .4688 227 .4854
197. Fresno St. 13 16 .5021 153 .4843
198. Loyola-Chicago 16 15 .4648 232 .4830
199. Chattanooga 14 16 .4837 190 .4819
200. SMU 14 13 .4768 205 .4797
201. VMI 14 13 .4489 268 .4790
202. Siena 13 18 .5044 150 .4785
203. Presbyterian 13 18 .4817 196 .4768
204. Lehigh 16 15 .4423 287 .4759
205. UALR 15 16 .4701 223 .4757
206. Southern Ill. 13 19 .5110 138 .4757
207. Middle Tennessee 15 15 .4554 250 .4754
208. Cornell 10 18 .5237 118 .4732
209. Southeastern La. 12 13 .4425 283 .4727
210. TCU 10 21 .5462 80 .4727
211. UMKC 15 14 .4446 279 .4702
212. St. Francis NY 15 15 .4396 293 .4699
213. Drake 13 18 .4941 170 .4695
214. La.-Lafayette 13 14 .4500 265 .4693
215. Maine 14 15 .4505 260 .4690
216. Albany 16 16 .4443 280 .4690
217. UNC Wilmington 13 18 .4841 188 .4685
218. Mercer 14 18 .4862 185 .4679
219. LSU 11 20 .5283 105 .4676
220. Georgia St. 12 19 .5004 156 .4665
221. Stephen F.Austin 14 10 .4057 330 .4661
222. Charlotte 10 20 .5201 127 .4660
223. Lafayette 12 18 .4889 179 .4658
224. Winthrop 11 17 .4916 177 .4654
225. William & Mary 9 22 .5401 90 .4653
226. N.C. A&T 12 16 .4602 238 .4652
227. Texas-San Ant. 13 13 .4237 317 .4629
228. Nicholls St. 10 13 .4561 247 .4625
229. Texas St. 13 14 .4548 252 .4624
230. Northwestern St. 16 12 .3861 340 .4616
231. DePaul 7 23 .5628 51 .4614
232. Oregon St. 10 19 .5184 129 .4612
233. Mount St. Mary's 11 21 .5075 147 .4611
234. Tennessee St. 12 16 .4618 234 .4608
235. Morgan St. 15 13 .4051 332 .4606
236. Tulane 10 16 .4812 197 .4595
237. Bradley 11 20 .5047 149 .4595
238. Charleston So. 12 16 .4549 251 .4587
239. Houston 10 17 .4924 175 .4583
240. Coppin St. 13 13 .4097 327 .4561
241. Brown 10 17 .4864 184 .4560
242. Stony Brook 14 16 .4347 308 .4556
243. North Dakota St. 12 15 .4491 267 .4555
244. Pepperdine 11 21 .4927 174 .4551
245. Utah Valley 15 10 .3715 344 .4545
246. Mississippi Val. 13 18 .4385 295 .4541
247. Jackson St. 14 14 .3992 334 .4538
248. Bowling Green 12 18 .4601 239 .4535
249. Denver 13 17 .4686 228 .4515
250. Wyoming 8 20 .5328 100 .4507
251. Louisiana Tech 11 20 .4827 193 .4498
252. CS Northridge 11 17 .4461 272 .4494
253. Fordham 7 21 .5461 81 .4473
254. Auburn 10 19 .4975 161 .4465
255. Bryant 8 21 .5106 141 .4454
256. Montana St. 11 18 .4606 237 .4452
257. Wake Forest 8 23 .5303 103 .4446
258. St. Francis PA 9 21 .4976 160 .4430
259. Illinois St. 12 19 .4739 216 .4430
260. Eastern Kentucky 13 16 .4132 325 .4426
261. Gardner-Webb 9 21 .4714 220 .4425
262. High Point 10 19 .4748 213 .4420
263. Troy 7 21 .5170 131 .4415
264. N.C. Central 11 14 .3986 335 .4405
265. Savannah St. 7 18 .4531 257 .4401
266. Elon 11 17 .4350 307 .4396
267. Southern Utah 10 18 .4692 226 .4396
268. Loyola Marymount 9 21 .4973 164 .4381
269. Sacred Heart 11 18 .4272 316 .4349
270. Texas-Arlington 9 16 .4384 296 .4346
271. Seattle 11 19 .4357 306 .4344
272. UC Riverside 9 18 .4576 243 .4344
273. South Alabama 10 16 .4360 305 .4336
274. Hartford 11 20 .4593 240 .4335
275. New Hampshire 11 18 .4272 315 .4326
276. Army 10 19 .4406 290 .4325
277. Campbell 11 19 .4425 284 .4310
278. Fla. Gulf Coast 10 20 .4558 249 .4310
279. Florida Int. 9 19 .4788 203 .4308
280. Texas A&M-CC 7 21 .4963 165 .4291
281. Holy Cross 8 21 .4761 207 .4289
282. Norfolk St. 10 19 .4502 261 .4279
283. North Dakota 12 14 .3919 337 .4279
284. Monmouth 9 21 .4812 198 .4276
285. Niagara 9 23 .4754 211 .4274
286. Towson 4 26 .5358 95 .4270
287. Samford 10 19 .4404 291 .4269
288. Manhattan 6 25 .5090 144 .4268
289. Illinois-Chicago 6 24 .5021 154 .4264
290. Portland St. 12 16 .4229 319 .4263
291. Eastern Wash. 8 20 .4820 195 .4261
292. Tennessee-Martin 10 21 .4457 274 .4260
293. Alabama St. 12 17 .4061 328 .4258
294. Lamar 9 17 .4305 312 .4248
295. Youngstown St. 7 21 .5017 155 .4247
296. The Citadel 8 22 .4760 209 .4240
297. UC Irvine 12 18 .4056 331 .4240
298. UNC Greensboro 7 24 .4919 176 .4237
299. CS Fullerton 10 19 .4305 313 .4231
300. Navy 10 20 .4425 285 .4227
301. Binghamton 8 23 .4671 230 .4212
302. UC Davis 8 20 .4657 231 .4209
303. Idaho St. 7 20 .4820 194 .4207
304. Delaware St. 7 20 .4544 254 .4183
305. Marist 6 27 .5102 142 .4169
306. SE Missouri St. 9 22 .4448 278 .4162
307. Central Michigan 9 20 .4366 302 .4160
308. Alabama A&M 10 14 .3932 336 .4159
309. Stetson 8 22 .4576 244 .4157
310. New Jersey Tech 11 14 .3800 343 .4139
311. CS Bakersfield 9 19 .4423 286 .4104
312. Dartmouth 5 23 .4862 186 .4093
313. Northern Ill. 8 20 .4384 297 .4090
314. USC Upstate 5 25 .4871 181 .4077
315. Eastern Illinois 7 20 .4482 269 .4070
316. Colgate 7 23 .4501 263 .4068
317. San Diego 4 24 .4993 158 .4041
318. Kennesaw St. 7 23 .4517 259 .4007
319. Longwood 8 19 .4212 321 .4000
320. UMBC 5 25 .4787 204 .3974
321. Grambling St. 10 20 .3832 341 .3972
322. South Dakota 12 14 .3263 345 .3929
323. Florida A&M 8 19 .4123 326 .3923
324. Ark.-Pine Bluff 7 23 .4204 322 .3875
325. Louisiana-Monroe 5 24 .4491 266 .3870
326. Fair. Dickinson 5 24 .4519 258 .3868
327. Md.-East. Shore 6 21 .4387 294 .3857
328. Eastern Michigan 6 21 .4376 298 .3852
329. SIU-Edwardsville 4 21 .4698 225 .3846
330. Sacramento St. 5 21 .4474 270 .3822
331. Howard 6 23 .4541 255 .3767
332. Jacksonville St. 4 25 .4397 292 .3760
333. Prairie View 7 21 .3907 338 .3738
334. Radford 2 24 .4743 214 .3727
335. Western Illinois 4 23 .4333 310 .3690
336. Alcorn St. 4 24 .4235 318 .3664
337. Toledo 3 27 .4586 242 .3658
338. S.C. St. 5 21 .4171 323 .3645
339. Chicago St. 4 24 .4212 320 .3635
340. Central Arkansas 2 24 .4568 246 .3597
341. Georgia Southern 2 27 .4448 276 .3538
342. Centenary 1 27 .4500 264 .3490
343. Texas-Pan Am. 3 24 .4166 324 .3398
344. Southern U. 3 24 .4039 333 .3374
345. Houston Baptist 4 23 .3820 342 .3262


Rank      CONFERENCE        W   L   FII  Rank  RPI   1. Big East            303 185  .5903   1  .5832
2. Big Ten 203 128 .5846 2 .5777
3. Big 12 232 129 .5748 3 .5749
4. Mountain West 158 105 .5672 4 .5627
5. Atlantic Coast 218 145 .5574 6 .5579
6. Southeastern 214 147 .5646 5 .5559
7. Pacific 10 171 130 .5561 7 .5468
8. Conference USA 197 142 .5362 8 .5378
9. Atlantic 10 224 191 .5326 9 .5273
10. Colonial 200 176 .5255 10 .5247
11. Horizon 160 148 .5153 11 .5143
12. Missouri Valley 167 147 .5148 12 .5124
13. Western Athletic 141 121 .5079 14 .5117
14. West Coast 120 121 .5093 13 .5012
15. Ivy League 109 109 .4900 16 .4997
16. Metro Atlantic 152 163 .4932 15 .4915
17. Atlantic Sun 155 185 .4712 18 .4740
18. Northeast 166 197 .4737 17 .4730
19. Southern 163 200 .4675 20 .4707
20. Mid-American 159 191 .4704 19 .4693
21. Summit 133 156 .4639 23 .4689
22. Big South 127 159 .4668 22 .4672
23. Sun Belt 156 192 .4671 21 .4658
24. Big Sky 110 136 .4593 24 .4641
25. Patriot 109 133 .4561 27 .4636
26. Big West 110 142 .4581 25 .4629
27. Ohio Valley 133 162 .4548 28 .4624
28. America East 122 154 .4563 26 .4599
29. Southland 133 175 .4426 29 .4521
30. Mid-Eastern 118 184 .4291 31 .4299
31. Independents 50 110 .4368 30 .4183
32. Southwestern 98 186 .4064 32 .4105
33. Great West 61 123 .3842 33 .3884