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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4521036, member: 591"] I have been following WBB relatively closely since the mid 1990's. Playing numerous awful teams has largely been a given. Teams that were aiming for tournament runs, under the old RPI system, were urged to schedule bottom teams from good conferences and top teams from awful conferences. This is the basic way to game the RPI, I'm not exactly sure how it works when you "try" to game the NET. For the teams that didn't have the potential for a tourney run - but wanted to get in - lots of wins was often a ticket. It didn't always work, but it didn't stop teams from trying. Geno - so far as I know - has never really played bottom feeders out of conference; he did play more mid-range when his conference was tougher. Vivian in her early years - and for many years - played a relatively tough schedule (there were years where the old Strength of Schedule was top 10); as her success waned the schedule became increasingly abysimal. Here in Arizona it is a mixed bag. Adia talks about upgrading but says a lot of teams are not really interested in making the west coast swing, as has been discussed before. She has played some teams from weaker conferences that are not horrible, but she has also played some real bottom feeders. I would very much like to see the schedule upgraded. [/QUOTE]