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Just sitting here thinking about this. When in the American, we had to load up our OOC schedule because of how the league really hurt our then RPI/now NET numbers and SOS. Some of our biggest games were around Thanksgiving. Tough to ask a young team to play great their first month of Division 1 ball.
Now in the Big East, we will have 20 plus conference games against Top 125 NET teams. For instance last year, here were the final NET rankings for Big East teams. And remember this was considered a down year for the Big East. The worst team in the Big East was ranked 109.
1. Villanova (28)
2. Marquette (29)
3. Creighton (54)
4. Seton Hall (59)
5. Xavier (64)
6. Butler (66)
7. St. John's (75)
8. Providence (77)
9. Georgetown (84)
10. DePaul (109)
Having these 20 games plus games, a game potentially in the Gavitt Games versus the Big Ten, and a game in the Big 12 challenge will give us an extremely competitive schedule before we schedule anyone. Add in a game like we have scheduled next year at Florida, and we are in amazing shape SOS wise.
The irony is that we may have to "take our foot off the peddle" OOC schedule wise now in the Big East. I like the idea of playing Atlantis or Maui every couple of years, but there is no need to kill ourselves in the non-conference now that we play in a league that will help us SOS wise, and not hurt us. Plus we have the Garden multiple games every year with St. John's and the BET.
Thoughts?
Now in the Big East, we will have 20 plus conference games against Top 125 NET teams. For instance last year, here were the final NET rankings for Big East teams. And remember this was considered a down year for the Big East. The worst team in the Big East was ranked 109.
1. Villanova (28)
2. Marquette (29)
3. Creighton (54)
4. Seton Hall (59)
5. Xavier (64)
6. Butler (66)
7. St. John's (75)
8. Providence (77)
9. Georgetown (84)
10. DePaul (109)
Having these 20 games plus games, a game potentially in the Gavitt Games versus the Big Ten, and a game in the Big 12 challenge will give us an extremely competitive schedule before we schedule anyone. Add in a game like we have scheduled next year at Florida, and we are in amazing shape SOS wise.
The irony is that we may have to "take our foot off the peddle" OOC schedule wise now in the Big East. I like the idea of playing Atlantis or Maui every couple of years, but there is no need to kill ourselves in the non-conference now that we play in a league that will help us SOS wise, and not hurt us. Plus we have the Garden multiple games every year with St. John's and the BET.
Thoughts?