Gonzaga and Tennessee lead men's and women's home court records lists through 2009-10 season                            Zags and Volunteers lead way at .9506 and .9419, respectively

The Gonzaga Bulldogs and Tennessee Volunteers once again lead the nation in men's and women's home court winning percentages.

The Zags are 77-4 (.9506) in 6 seasons at the 6,000-seat McCarthy Athletic Center. Gonzaga has been at the top of the list since the  facility opened for the 2004-05 season. The Zags have never had more than 1 loss in a season, and they have had 2 undefeated seasons, at the Center. Pittsburgh, Charleston, Kentucky and Cincinnati round out the top 5 schools for the men. Click here for the most up-to-date list of men's Division I home court records through the 2009-10 season.

The Volunteers boast a 324-20 (.9419) record in the 24,535-seat Thompson-Boling Arena, which opened in 1987. Tennessee has not consistently been at the top of this list only because we did not have the Vols' complete record in Thompson-Boling until three years ago. Tennessee undoubtedly would have been the leader almost every year, if not every year, in the 9 seasons CBN has been tracking these data. Click here for the most up-to-date list of women's Division I home court records through the 2009-10 season.  

 
 
			

Bracket Bits from The RPI Report and The Women's RPI Report
Tidbits from recent issues of The RPI Report and The Women's RPI Report

From The Women's RPI Report: The Great West Conference, new to Division I, had the best conference games only home court winning percentage of all 32 conferences this season. Great West home teams won 71.4% (30-12) of their conference games. Four Great West teams are eligible for the NCAA tournament and three are reclassifying to Division I. CBN has compiled conference home court records for the last 11 seasons, and all 11 years can be found in this year’s Post-Season Wrap-Up bound volume. Rounding out the top five conferences this season were the Missouri Valley (64-26, .7111), which was a hair behind the Great West, the ACC (66-30, .6875), WAC (49-23, .6806), and the Patriot League (38-18, .6786). The best in the past 11 years was the Horizon’s 44-12 (.7857) mark for the 1999-2000 season.

From The Women's RPI Report: The Southwestern Athletic Conference had the best conference games only home court winning percentage for the 2009-10 season for the women. The SWAC compiled a 64-26 (.7111) record, only the second time any women's conference has exceeded 70% in the 11 seasons CBN has been accumulating these data, and it is also the second-best overall percentage in those 11 seasons. The best such percentage was in 2003, when the Mountain West had a 73.3% conference games only home court winning percentage. Rounding out the top five conferences from this season were the Mid-American (65-31, .6771), a tie between Conference USA (64-32, .6667) and the ACC (56-28, .6667), and the Big South (47-25, .6528).



Teams with No. 1 schedule strength rankings can usually look forward to NCAA tournament invitation
Virginia had No. 1 schedule strength but 10-18 record precluded post-season play

Virginia ended an 8-year streak in which the top-ranked schedule strength team which was eligible did not receive an invitation to a post-season tournament. The Cavs ended the 2009 regular season with the No. 1 schedule strength rank, but their 10-18 overall record and 4-12 ACC mark was too much to overcome for post-season play. Since 1991, 14 of the 19 teams holding the No. 1 regular season schedule strength rank have been in the NCAA tournament and 15 of 19 teams have been in post-season play. In four of the last nine years, the team holding top schedule strength honors has lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament. List



Several conferences use CBN's RPI data to break tournament seeding ties
Administrators have complete confidence in CBN's Weighted RPI

Nearly all conference offices subscribe to both The RPI Report and The Women's RPI Report because they know they can count on the most accurate weighted RPI for the men and the adjusted, or "secret",  RPI for the women anywhere this side of the NCAA tournament selection committees. CBN first made the Adjusted RPI ratings (which are no longer used for the men) available to The RPI Report and The Women's RPI Report subscribers during the 1998-99 season. The NCAA used the Adjusted RPI ratings from the 1993-94 through the 2003-04 season for the men and have used the weighted RPI since the 2004-05 season, while the women continue to use the Adjusted RPI. The weighted RPI gives more credit to teams that schedule tough opponents and that beat good teams both at home and on the road. Story


AP carries the Men's RPI Ratings for 15th consecutive year during the 2008-09 season
2008-09 is the 12th season that AP distributes the Women's RPI Ratings

For the 15th consecutive year, the Associated Press (AP) is carrying the RPI, provided by CBN, for both men's and women's college basketball. In addition, this is the 12th season that the AP has distributed the women's RPI. The final, full season men's and women's RPI ratings will be sent to the AP following the NCAA championship games. Story


Statistics updated through games of Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The May 17, 2010 issues of The RPI Report and The Women's RPI Report, containing historical RPI information, are now online

The April 12, 2010 issues of The RPI Report and The Women's RPI Report (Final full 2009-10 season) are now online

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