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Saw this on the A10 Board posted by "sheg". I thought itwas interesting and I hope he doesn't mind sharing it here. Last edited by CLK (12/23/2013 8:12 am) Notice that in spite of all the preseason hype, Rhode Island is looking like a typical team that is still early in the rebuilding process. Folks were picking them as high as fourth in the league. Our strength of schedule is embarrassing. Any thoughts?? The A10 wants teams to schedule with regard to expectations. Teams that are expected to contend are asked to schedule challenging games. Middle of the road teams, are to schdule middle of the road opponents. Teams that are expected to finish low in the standings are asked to schedule lightly. This is to keep the league rpi as high as possible, in the hope that we can land an extra bid ($$$$$) to the NCAA's. The league wants every team to enter league play with a winning record if possible. If the Dukes had scheduled a bunch of teams from the MAC, or Horizon, we'd be sitting here with a 2-8 record. It's ok for us to dream of the team surprising everyone, but the league has to take a more hard eyed look at things. The Dukes were picked to finish last by virtually every prognosticator out there, and we scheduled accordingly. I would expect the schedule to get tougher over the next few years. '81 I believe that this scheduling strategy, dictated by the A-10, has been in play for the last 5 years or so. That being said, this is by far the weakest non-conf schedule in Duquesne's A-10 history. You probably need to go back to 07-08 to even have a somewhat comparable schedule when we played 4 300+ RPI teams. I believe that this scheduling strategy, dictated by the A-10, has been in play for the last 5 years or so. That being said, this is by far the weakest non-conf schedule in Duquesne's A-10 history. You probably need to go back to 07-08 to even have a somewhat comparable schedule when we played 4 300+ RPI teams. This is true. The two home losses are the killer. We should be 7-3. As for Seton Hall, pretty much the entire BE, with the exception of Vilenova, has been a disappointment. Georgetown and Marquette in particular have struggled. If those teams perform like this over the next few years, that league will quickly be slapped with the dreaded "mid major" label.
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How we measure up in the A10
Bloody Sunday ends the week with the conference finishing up at 14-7, moving the non-con record to 100-47, .680, a slight drop from last week's .683.
1. UMass (10-1). Pomeroy 22, SOS 36. Sag 18 TR 15 Massey 13 RPI 2. Last week 1
Beats tough Ohio U. on the road, tough neutral loss to Florida State.
This week: Providence.
2. George Washington (10-1). Pomeroy 68, SOS 276. Sag 59 TR 45 Massey 41 RPI 41. Last week 2
Home win over UMBC.
This week: at Hofstra.
3. VCU (10-3). Pomeroy 33. SOS 94. Sag 37 TR 59 Massey 50 RPI 47. Last week 3t
Defeats Wofford and dismantles Virginia Tech.
This week: Boston College (N).
4. Saint Louis (11*-2). Pomeroy 25, SOS 208. Sag 35 TR 31 Massey 29 RPI 54. Last week 3t
Defeats North Carolina A&T and tough Indiana State at home.
This week: Idle.
5. Dayton (9-3). Pomeroy 53. SOS 242. Sag 58 TR 41 Massey 44 RPI 49. Last week 3t
Nice home win over Iona, home OT loss to Southern Cal.
This week: Murray State.
6. Richmond (8-4). Pomeroy 62, SOS 210. Sag 75 TR 86 Massey 76 RPI 91. Last week 3t
Home OT loss to tough Ohio U.
This week: Old Dominion.
7. Saint Joseph's (6-4). Pomeroy 78 SOS 50. Sag 85 TR 83 Massey 80 RPI 80. Last week 9
Defeats Drexel at home, Loyola-Maryland on the road.
This week: Boston.
8. Saint Bonaventure (8-4). Pomeroy 106 SOS 286. Sag 113 TR 148 Massey 123 RPI 186. Last week 7
Loss at Wake Forest, win at Niagara.
This week: Idle.
9. Lasalle (6-6). Pomeroy 96. SOS 133. Sag 122 TR 147 Massey 124 RPI 120. Last week 10
Beats Wagner at home, road loss to Miami.
This week: Idle.
10. Fordham (6-4). Pomeroy 192 SOS 273. Sag 174 TR 144 Massey 159 RPI 116. Last week 8
Devastating road loss at Monmouth.
This week: Harvard.
11. George Mason (5-5). Pomeroy 135 SOS 260. Sag 164 TR 171 Massey 154 RPI 147. Last week 11
Neutral loss to very good Iowa State.
This week: Idle.
12. Rhode Island (7*-5). Pomeroy 180 SOS 288. Sag 219 TR 207 Massey 169 RPI 260. Last week 12
Crushes New Hampshire on the road.
This week: Southern Miss.
13. Duquesne (5-5). Pomeroy 217 SOS 331. Sag 220 TR 262 Massey 222 RPI 295. Last week 13
Nice road wins at SF-PA and UMass-Lowell.
This week: at Texas-Pan American.
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Do you know if that has always been the case with the A10? I don't recall such a weak schedule in the past. Since AD's have a role in scheduling, I have my suspicions.
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I was actually OK with the schedule, with a dislike of paying for these games. But I am very disappointed that we are 5-5 playing this weak schedule, with 2 very bad home losses. No excuse.
As an aside, Seton Hall was receiving some buzz in the basketball press earlier this season. But their non conference schedule is worse than ours (ranked 338); they are 8-4 with 2 bad home losses to Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Peter's.
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PhoenixRising2 wrote:
I was actually OK with the schedule, with a dislike of paying for these games. But I am very disappointed that we are 5-5 playing this weak schedule, with 2 very bad home losses. No excuse.
As an aside, Seton Hall was receiving some buzz in the basketball press earlier this season. But their non conference schedule is worse than ours (ranked 338); they are 8-4 with 2 bad home losses to Fairleigh Dickinson and St. Peter's.
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