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Date Posted: 09:13:53 05/19/05 Thu
Author: inside
Subject: Re: A little gift to the loyal fans....
In reply to: inside 's message, "A little gift to the loyal fans...." on 14:59:07 05/17/05 Tue

If they scheduled 2 BE teams and 2 higher A-10 teams you'd like that better? You'd rather lose and play teams with a higher RPI than schedule games that are winnable? You think it's easy to build a schedule...there is a reason that some teams won't play, because they are afraid of losing. If the schedule was harder everyone would complain it was too hard. Now it doesn't seem too hard (of course the games still have to be played) and everyone thinks its too easy. The Binghamton series is a home and home (that means each team plays one game at home), and who cares if you play an OOC opponent twice in the same season? The league does have a scheduling requirement, and this schedule meets that requirement, because there is nothing wrong with it.

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[> [> Yes, its not easy to schedule -- J.J., 10:00:56 05/19/05 Thu

Thanks. I know scheduling is difficult and I understand the constraints, but in fairness not one of those teams finished last season with a winning record. None of those teams are a contender for their respective conference title (except Bing), and combined with the weak NEC rating, the overall SOS is very low.

I'm just suggesting sometimes you need a couple of "reach" game that is a big challenge that has "upset" potential. Just place Harvard and Delaware in the MS tourney and schedule 2 $ games vs. BCS conf teams (Seton Hall and Cuse). I'm not suggesting we can go 7-0 with this schedule, but on paper we have to be the favorite in almost every game. Yes, you still have to play the games and no they won't be easy at all, but there is no chance for a "marquee win." I understand if the other teams won't agree to play us, but I think it is a fair observation that this is somewhat weak compared to recent CCSU schedules.

Last season's finish (www.kenpom.com):

CCSU (12-16, 8-11 NEC) 253 RPI

Florida Intl (12-17, 4-10 Sun Belt) 177
Binghamton (12-17, 8-10 AE) 188
Harvard (12-15, 7-7 Ivy) 196
La Salle (10-19, 5-11 A-10) 213
Delaware (11-20, 7-11 CAA) 233
St. Bona (2-26, 1-15 A-10) 313

NEC Average RPI 245


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