Penn State vs. Gophers comparison (RPI)

[SelectionSunday]

Games listed in order of opponent's RPI strength.

Penn State (8-4)
@ Temple (#4) -- L
Virginia Tech (#65) -- L
Sacred Heart (#134) -- W
vs. UNC-Wilmington (#145) -- L
vs. Davidson (#172) -- W
@ Virginia (#213) -- W
vs. Tulane (#223) -- L
Gardner-Webb (#259) -- W
Robert Morris (#264) -- W
UMBC (#324) -- W
American (#338) -- W
Penn (#346) -- W

Record vs. Top 50: 0-1
Record vs. Top 100: 0-2
Bottom-100 (248-347) Wins: 5
Bad Losses (101+): 2
Record vs. BCS Foes: 1-1
Road/Neutral Record: 2-3
Average RPI of Nonconference Opponents: 207.3
Average RPI of Wins: 256.3
Average RPI of Losses: 109.3

Gophers (9-3)
vs. Butler (#18) -- W
vs. Texas A&M (#19) -- L
vs. Portland (#66) -- L
@ Miami-Florida (#81) -- L
Morgan State (#88) -- W
Saint Joseph's (#110) -- W
Tennessee Tech (#184) -- W
Brown (#188) -- W
Stephen F. Austin (#202) -- W
South Dakota State (#222) -- W
Northern Illinois (#285) -- W
Utah Valley (#318) -- W

Record vs. Top 50: 1-1
Record vs. Top 100: 2-3
Bottom-100 (248-347) Wins: 2
Bad Losses (101+): none
Record vs. BCS Foes: 0-2
Road/Neutral Record: 1-3
Average RPI of Nonconference Opponents: 148.4
Average RPI of Wins: 179.4
Average RPI of Losses: 55.3

 

[Blizzard]

A few threads from the Penn St. hoops board-


http://pennstatehoops.com/talk/index.php?topic=543.0

and

http://pennstatehoops.com/talk/index.php?topic=556.0

 

[Reserve]

Well on the bright side most of the Penn State posters expect a Gopher win.

 

[Gopherholefan]

Had to laugh at the line in the first thread with the prediction of Penn St winning and then Tubby quitting on Youtube directly following the game.

 

[Gophers09]

Had to laugh at the line in the first thread with the prediction of Penn St winning and then Tubby quitting on Youtube directly following the game.

That was a pretty good line.

 

[Holy Man]

I didn't read them all, but it sounds their psoters like our team more than we do. It seems like they have a good board over there. I liked the the Tubby quitting on Youtube after the game line, too.