It was the Pac 10 for decades, but when they added Utah and Colorado they became the Pac 12.
UConn is also the premiere team in the nation and I'd bet a pretty penny that Geno's travel budget is at least fives times Kamie Ethridge's - at a minimum, his salary is five times what hers is.
And yet they don't seem to even try. I suppose that that don't think it's a good strategy. Last year they were 28-4, #13 in the RPI and still were only a 5 seed. Maybe they feel that they would be better off being 30-2 even if the RPI isn't any better.
) however, cough, cough, Scott, Adia, JR, certainly could and should put forth a better effort.
But maybe reciprocating visits is the issue? I believe on Pac-12 travel visiting teams stay in Eugene and bus to Corvallis with the nearest passenger airport in Eugene.
Rueck won't travel this year across the Mississippi river to face stiff competition for some reason.
Isn't Miami east of the Mississippi River? The Beavers played in Miami's two-day tourney in Coral Gables during Thanksgiving. Perhaps you are discounting Miami as quality competition.Rueck won't travel this year across the Mississippi river to face stiff competition for some reason.
So Now Miami is equal to UCONN ? That is quite the ranking feat. Not to speak on behalf of all UCONN fans but some consider quality competition is anyone in the top 10. Miami is around 23
Top-10 is typically considered elite competition. Top-25 or so is considered quality. There are far more than 10 quality teams in the country.
I don't believe Miami is a top 25 team. They barely escaped NC A&T and Wake Forest. The best team they've beaten this year is Washington State.
Or you would have thought Oregon would have scheduled the game against UConn instead of Oklahoma.Yeah they went down to a earlier commitment they had with Stanford instead. You would think Geno could have been kind enough to spent 7 days out on the west coast to play all three.
I highly doubt Geno would have had much interest in playing at Oregon State in 2012, when Oregon State was a sub-200 team. UConn was already playing Stanford, so it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for him to schedule a three-game road trip against two teams that were cupcakes.Or you would have thought in 2012 when UCONN was in Eugene OSU would have scheduled UCONN instead of some like Texas Tech. But it is all on Geno for not spending 7 days on the West Coast.
Oregon hosted it, so I would believe they dictated who played who (it was only a one day event). Mississippi State, Louisville, and TAMU (2x) is a very tough non-conference schedule for a Pac-12 team.
Miami was a Top 25 team when Oregon State beat them by 22 in November on the road. When you accept an invite to play a team and be on their schedule, you do so with some expectation of how strong a team you will be playing. Mompremier and company were ranked in the Top 20. Has Miami underperformed its original ranking this season? Yes. Credit Oregon State for scheduling the game with Miami based upon what was expected of Miami this season.
I was only responding to your statement "Miami is around 23." If you're merely stating where the AP poll has them ranked, not sure why you'd use the word "around." My only point was that their actual performance and resume does not support a ranking that high.
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