An early peek at RPI

An early look at this year's RPI rankings shows UMBC checking in at no. 26 --- and Stony Brook checking in at no. 330.

UMBC, with its impressive trio of transfers that includes Darryl Proctor, brother of Steve Proctor, is 3-0, while Stony Brook - a team whose woes I have written about before - dropped a heartbreaker at Maryland-Eastern Shore.

From the press release: "We certainly battled," Stony Brook head coach Steve Pikiell said. "We just didn't make the plays we needed to make down the stretch."

Maryland-Eastern Shore finished last season with an RPI of 332 and a 3-27 record, including a 1-17 record in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.