Sam Houston men stand No. 77 in NCAA RPI
2/1/2010 2:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Bearkats stand 14-5 for the year and are unbeaten 6-0 in Southland Conference play. Sam Houston also produced non-conference victories over Auburn, Oral Roberts and Rider and played No. 4 Kentucky to within 10 points at Rupp Arena.
Sam Houston ranks immediately behind UTEP and North Carolina and ahead high profile teams such as Georgia, Memphis, New Mexico State and Oklahoma.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is the next highest ranked Southland Conference team, standing at No. 158.
RPI stands for "Rating Percentage Index" and is an important figure used for selection to the NCAA tournament since it reflects a team's overall record and strength of schedule.
Sam Houston's highest final season RPI in its 23 years at the NCAA Division I level was No. 91 in 2003, the year the Bearkats last won the Southland Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA event.
Also announced Monday were the latest NCAA team and individual statistics rankings.
Sam Houston State leads Division I men's basketball in assists per game (20.2), is third in assist/turnover ratio (1.56), 13th in three-point field goals per game (8.7) and 17th in turnover margin (3.9).
Corey Allmond, Sam Houston's top scorer, stands No. 7 nationally in three point field goals per game (3.3) and 19th in three-point field goal percentage (.422).
Josten Crow stands No. 11 in individual assist/turnover ratio (2.91).
Sam Houston stands as the only unbeaten team remaining in Southland Conference play. The Bearkats stand in first place in the Southland West Division.
The Kats played three of their next four games at home including 7 p.m. contests Wednesday with UTSA and Saturday with Central Arkansas.
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT
The top two teams from both divisions, plus the next four remaining teams with the best records will advance to the Merrill Center in Katy for the annual post-season SLC tournament to decide the Southland's NCAA playoff representative.The tournament begins on Wednesday March 10 with four quarter-final games. The semi-finals will be played Thursday night March 11. The finals will be televised live on ESPN2 on Saturday March 13. For ticket information about the tournament see the Bearkats' Southland Conference Classic post-season tournament link.
SPECIAL SATURDAY NIGHT TICKET PACKAGE
The Sam Houston men play three Saturday night home games during Febuary. And now Bearkat fans have the opportunity to see all three men's basketball Saturday night games in February for a bargain price. With the "Saturday Night Southland Conference Ticket Package" a reserved seat ticket for all three contests is only $15. The three Saturday night men's basketball opponents are Central Arkansas Feb. 6, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Feb. 13 and UT-Arlington Feb. 27. Tip off time each Saturday is 7 p.m. Only a limited number of reserved seats for the three games remain, so fans need to act now.
Tickets for all men's basketball home games are on sale now on-line at www.gobearkats.com . Fans also may purchase tickets at the Sam Houston athletic ticket office located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Bowers Stadium. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ticket office telephone is (936) 294-1729.
