Rhode Island's non-conf schedule is certainly tough for a rebuilding team, but far from the most challenging in the A10.
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I thought this Katz piece showed a narrow band among the schools on toughness. As I did last year, I looked into the strength of the OOC schedule for all A-10 schools and came up with this take on how URI compares. This arithmetic analysis has two weaknesses; it is based on the RPI at the end of last season and it does not include those tournament games where the opponent is unknown.
Generally strong teams or programs play a more strenuous OOC schedule than weaker ones and while that strategy is generally true in this summary, URI is on the high side. But what is SLU’s excuse for being on the bottom. Also, UMass continues the pattern of previous years in avoiding playing big dogs. BTW, Butler plays two D2/3 teams.
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Rank School Composite RPI
1. Butler 99.5
2. St. Joseph’s 111.6
3. URI 123.9
4. Xavier 126.2
5. Temple 139.0
6. Dayton 140.3
7. Fordham 141.4
8. St. Bonaventure 157.4
9. La Salle 160.5
10. VCU 161.1
11. Duquesne 168.0
12. Richmond 169.7
13. UMass 173.4
14. Charlotte 174.9
15. GW 186.8
16. St. Louis U. 190.1
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I think any D2/D3 opponent should be given a RPI of 300 for calculation purposes. I wonder where Butler would land if those two non-D1 games were averaged in this way.
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ATP, it would drive up the composite average up by 70 points. However, remember that the NCAA does not count those games in the record for the Dance and it's not included in the RPI calculation.
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Very good to see the A-10 going after big teams. Yes Temple will be missed.
Does Butler play Xavier OOC as well? That part confused me.
Does Butler play Xavier OOC as well? That part confused me.
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Re: ESPN: Andy Katz Rates the A10's Non-Conf Schedules
Yes, Butler already had Xavier scheduled for an OOC game before Bulldogs joined A10 "immediately". Both schools decided to keep the OOC game for the mutual benefit. They will play their normal A10 game later in the season.
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another main reason they kept the OOC game (X vs Butler) is it is part of the ESPN tip-off marathon. If it wasn't part of this I think the game would have been dropped. If it was dropped the question would be who gets the ESPN game or what does ESPN do with that open time slot then?
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ESPN/ESPN2 games during a highly promoted event (Tipoff Marathon) are just too precious for any A10 team, nevermind former Horizon league team, to pass up.
A great start to the season where the A10 will get lots of talk and attention.
A great start to the season where the A10 will get lots of talk and attention.
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You have to give the staff credit for a relatively tough OOC schedule given our roster, as well as the strength that A10 poses this year.
I feel we can string together some good wins to turn some heads. I don't expect a high finish in conference play, but I do see us sneaking into the conference tourney. Which it seems many media outlets don't see happening.
I feel we can string together some good wins to turn some heads. I don't expect a high finish in conference play, but I do see us sneaking into the conference tourney. Which it seems many media outlets don't see happening.
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I like having a very tough OOC slate, it will prepare us big time