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RPI-Motivated Cancellations [D1 Daily]
On this episode of the D1 Daily, Burkie and Roons discuss college baseball teams canceling midweek games late in the season due to fears of negative RPI repercussions. They debate the sport’s continued reliance on a metric many consider flawed and point to additional tools, such as Diamond Sports Rankings (DSR) and KPIs, to reduce outlier-driven decisions and avoid penalizing teams for playing.
The conversation touches on scheduling strategy—front-loading midweeks, resting late, and the strain of end-of-year fatigue—while noting examples like Ole Miss playing UT Martin and Georgia going…
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