Rpi

[d3boys]

oral roberts runs the table and loses in conference tournament, they could still get an at large bid so summitt could get 2 teams in the big dance

[O-Rizzle 4-Shizzle]

I don't think so. In order to get an at large you must be from a power conference or hold a top 30 rpi (at least) and have some very signature wins. ORU does not and will probably not have mid 30 rpi...even if we beat Creighton and run the table. Remember what happened to Missouri state and air force a while back? Key wins, nice streaks and great rpi...left in the cold...

The tourney is EVERYTHING in the Badlands....

[TheBisonator]

Andy Glockner of ESPN in his Bubble Watch is implying that the Summit could get two teams in if Oral Roberts wins out and loses to IUPUI in the finals.

Oral Roberts [16-5 (12-0), RPI: 50, SOS: 144] The Golden Eagles have a top-50 RPI without a top-100 win. That's hard to do. Still, with a perfect record and a two-game lead in the loss column over a good IUPUI team in the newly christened Summit League, they have to get a look. If they run the table until the conference finals, including a home win over Creighton in BracketBusters, before losing a barn burner to IUPUI, is it possible? It would be unusual, for sure. They would be 25-6 in D-I games.

Here's the link. Scroll to near the bottom of the page.: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bubblewatch?id=67

[TheBisonator]

I don't think so. In order to get an at large you must be from a power conference or hold a top 30 rpi (at least) and have some very signature wins. ORU does not and will probably not have mid 30 rpi...even if we beat Creighton and run the table. Remember what happened to Missouri state and air force a while back? Key wins, nice streaks and great rpi...left in the cold...

The tourney is EVERYTHING in the Badlands....

You don't have to be in a power conference to get an at-large.