And Another Thing...

How is it that this year's IU team has a better record and a higher RPI than the IU teams from the past 2 years (and is, frankly, a better team than the previous two years), but it has a worse seed?

Here are the stats from the past three seasons (records are pre-NCAA tournament; RPI stats are from kenpom.com):

2006 - 6 seed
18-11
34 RPI
9-7 in the Big Ten (5th place)
1-1 in the Big Ten Tournament
7-8 vs. RPI Top 50
Worst losses: at Indiana State (RPI 163), at Penn State (RPI 106), at Minnesota (RPI 83) (all other losses were to teams in top 23 of RPI)
5-5 in last 10

2007 - 7 seed
20-10
28 RPI
10-6 in the Big Ten (3rd place)
0-1 in the Big Ten Tournament
5-8 vs. RPI Top 50
Worst loss: at Iowa (RPI 96) (all other losses were to teams in top 54 of RPI)
5-5 in last 10

2008 - 8 seed
25-7
22 RPI
14-4 in the Big Ten (3rd place)
0-1 in the Big Ten Tournament
5-5 vs. RPI Top 50
Worst losses: at Penn State (RPI 157), Minnesota (in Big Ten Tournament) (RPI 101) (all other losses were to teams in top 18 of RPI)
6-4 in last 10

So next year, as long as we go something like 27-5 and finish in the top 2 in the conference, we should be able to snag a 9 seed. I just don't get it.