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[QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2029725, member: 5798"] I read something in an article last week that made me pause for a moment. It said that programs that play weak OOC schedules sometimes pay for it down the road because they fail to play ranked or "quality" teams that will properly prepare them for conference play, and it hurts their overall RPI. Unlike UConn that front loads their schedule with top 15 teams out of necessity because they only have one other conference member (USF) that is ranked, most other major programs have several ranked teams in their conference that will raise their RPI to a respectable or desired level during the season. We saw this the first two weeks of conference play around the country. A surprising number of top ranked programs lost in the first two weeks of conference play to unranked teams. That theory made me pause for a moment to reflect on what UConn is doing in the AAC. They certainly aren't playing any conference games that prepare them for post season play, yet they continue to dominate the tournament field every year anyway. Critics that complain that UConn is in a weak or sub-standard conference fail to realize that being in a weak conference is more of a liability that an asset for that reason. Prior to playing Maryland, I predicted that UConn would win for this reason. Up to that point, Maryland had not played enough teams that prepared them to play UConn. The Terps had only played two ranked teams: #23 Arizona State and #7 Louisville prior to taking on the Huskies. True, they kept the margin of victory to 6 points (87-81), but they had the Huskies on their home court the first game after the Christmas break; and should have been able to close the deal on a win. NONE of the teams they played prepared them for what they were going to experience against UConn. And as for becoming an independent, Who in their right mind would want to schedule UConn in January or February when they are trying to prepare their team for post season play? Aren't you suppose to try and build momentum going into the post-season? Who in the AAC [U]looks forward[/U] to playing UConn, and suffering a 30-50 point loss? :eek: A loss of THAT magnitude does absolutely nothing to build up a team's momentum or confidence. Players like to play in games they think they have a chance of winning. [/QUOTE]
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