italisizy: Hey, what the fuck is RPI?
Motherfuckers talk about it all the time w/r/t college basketball and I'm fucking lost.

Sir Turley: Runs Per Inning Pitched

italisizy: ...but about basketball.

Sir Turley: Ratings Percentage Index

italisizy: Now THAT's funny.

Sir Turley: it's three things
[types furiously]

italisizy: The Index is comprised of: that team's winning percentage (25%); its opponents' winning percentage (50%); and, the winning percentage of those opponents' opponents.

Sir Turley: right

italisizy: I know, I know, I could've googled it to begin with, but I was hoping it would be simple.
When I got the name "Rating Percentage Index" back, there was no way a wikipedia-less explanation was going to help me.

The wikipedia article on bracketology.