Cornell RPI Watch

For the second consecutive season, The Cornell Basketball Blog monitors Cornell's RPI as part of our series, The Cornell RPI Watch.

The RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. Created in 1981, the RPI is a tool used in selecting and seeding the 65 teams for the NCAA Men's basketball Division I tournament.

As of February 24, 2009, Cornell's RPI (according to Rivals.com) is No. 118 out of 343 Division I teams nationwide.

Cornell is also ranked No. 100 according to Ken Pomeroy's Ranking and No. 119 in Jeff Sagarin's USA Today Ranking.

As Ivy League Champions last season, Cornell finished 2007-2008 with a final RPI of No. 65 out of 341 Division I teams.