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Message: [QUOTE="nyclax, post: 3990769, member: 8261"] Should want Maryland. RPI is the name of the game. Understanding that the Terps would make a tough schedule even tougher, still, I think adding them is a net positive for making the NCAAs. If that one game is the difference between being .500 and below, then it was probably going to be an empty trip to the tourney anyway. Petro understood this well and basically gamed the system to ensure Hopkins made the tournament every year. Basically had two guaranteed victories against teams like UMBC and Mount St. Mary's and then trusted that his team could at least go 5-6 against the other 11 to finish 7-6. More often than not he was right. So if he has any input over the schedule I would expect to see the hardest one possible. It could help recruiting too. Kids would rather see you play Maryland than Siena. [/QUOTE]