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February 28, 2009

Don’t you dare lose at home: The story of the ‘new’ RPI

http://www.baselinestats.com/20090227/dont-lose-at-home-the-story-of-the-new-rpi/ iscussion Question: Is the new RPI as bad as new Coke, and, if so, why aren’t college hoops fans making the same kind of fuss? To be fair, the “new” RPI is really not all that new. This is the fifth season that the new formula has been in place. Before the 2004-05 season,…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 28, 2009

N.C.A.A. Investigates Role of a Recruit’s Adviser

N.C.A.A. Investigates Role of a Recruit’s Adviser The saga of the nation’s top football recruit, Bryce Brown, and his controversial adviser and mentor, Brian Butler, took some new twists Thursday, with the University of Miami saying it was no longer interested in Brown and the N.C.A.A. beginning an apparently unrelated investigation of Butler. The assistant…