Originally Posted by Anonymous
“Learn to comprehend…. Nobody used Covid as an excuse. Big 10 teams did not compete outside their own conference so there was no chance for out of conference games which impacted the rankings and RPI. The Ivy’s didn’t play at all (except for 2 games I believe) which also impacted the rankings as well RPI.
2020 was cut short, it’s not an excuse it’s a fact. You can not infer anything because you have no idea what would have happened if the season played out. BC was off to a bad start losing to UMASS and USC, by your logic we should infer that 2021 should have been a down year…
2021 rankings and final poll are what they are but there will always be an asterisk because it was not a normal season. Put an asterisk next to 2021 as well for the regular season .”

Who cares about RPI and your asterisk idea will never happen because it’s ridiculous, there is no team that did not play that would have impacted the NCAA tournament

We see that you are still having a difficult time comprehending. The season, rankings, RPI (which is used to select at large bids to the tournament) and tournament were all impacted by teams not competing (ivy’s) and other teams not playing their normal schedule. Everything was impacted.