RE: re.Valpo

[Dan Marshall]

"IMO, UC should try each year to schedule a home and home with an upper 
echelon Big Ten, ACC, and SEC teams."

I think this is pretty obvious. Obviously these teams won't schedule a home and home.  I think UC would be more than happy to do this.

I don't think the Bearcats run from these conferences,... I imagine the DO "try" that being the key phrase.

I think that these other teams have just playing each other so much there's not enough room in the pool for UC. And, why add another potential LOSS.

I always want the schedule to be tougher but. There's only so much UC can do.

-----Original Message-----
From: ALACOMBE [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 10:12 AM
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Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] re.Valpo


We hear this every year about the schedule.  We heard it last year
and this is what it ended up in the RPI:

Record: 30-3 
RPI: 0.6564 - 2 
SOS: 0.5722 - 23 

Schedule strength of 23, while playing in the pitiful CUSA (according 
to this discussion list)!  That would mean that their non-conference
schedule was OK?

For me, I think that this schedule is good, Miami is back on the 
Schedule and so is Dayton.  Those are decent games.  I will say that 
UC's schedule will end up in the top 30 or so which is OK by me.

Rather than rip their schedule, you try to put one together...  I bet
it is a lot harder than any of us think due to other factors, #1 being
making the athletic department run financially...

Andy


> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:04 AM
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> Subject: [UC Basketball] re.Valpo
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> First off the KY state legislature did not force UK to play UL.  
> There was talk amongst the legislature to force it, but it happened on 
> its own, after the first Dream Game in the NCAA Tourney.  Just like 
> some in the current legislature are pressuring Louisville to honor 
> their committment to play Western Kentucky, who Pitino is dodging 
> right now..  To be quite frank UC's non-conference schedule is soft.
> They have only 2 road games in a stretch of 11 games and one neutral 
> court game.  The Oregon game is the best of the bunch, but this would 
> have been a better game last year.  Oregon lost their best player in 
> Freddie Jones and their 7 foot center.  They still return Ridnour, but 
> they will not be as good as they have been in the past.
> Xavier, is the toughest game, but it is a cross-town rival and 
> should be a great game.
> Legitimately, UC will likely only have 2 potential top 25 teams on their 
> non-conference schedule, Oregon and Xavier.  UC will likely emerge from 
> this stretch 10-1.  Clemson is an ACC bottom feeder since Rick barnes 
> left, Dayton a prennial NIT team, but is tough at times in their home 
> arena.  Oklahoma State will be decent but will be middle of the road in 
> the Big 12 this year.  Why does it seem that UC does not put quality 
> non-conference schedules together?


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