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Message: [QUOTE="ACCBballFan, post: 37030, member: 1278"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Katz misses the main point that it is not OOC but rather overall body of work that matters. If you are a top team like Cuse is, Boeheim is wise not to get overly aggressive in OOC scheduling. If your BE may end up on the bubble, then adding some better OOC teams to the schedule could be the difference of NCAAT or NIT.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Using Dickie V’s rankings and giving 0.5 credit for teams that potentially could face one another in a pre-season or Holiday tournament, the toughest overall body of work rightly or wrongly is all BE teams in top 5, with two BE and two B10 teams tied for 6th-9th, and two more BE tied for 10th -14th:[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Top score is 15 and all 16 BE teams score at least 11.0, five BE teams without ever playing anyone in top 40 outside of BE.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]15.0 Louisville[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]15.0 Georgetown[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]14.5 St. John’s[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]13.5 Notre Dame[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]13.5 USF[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]13.0 UCONN[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]13.0 Cincy[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]13.0 Michigan State, the first non-BE team[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]13.0 Indiana, tied[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.5 Purdue[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.5 K-State, the first Big 12 team[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.5 Villanova[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.5 Maryland, the first ACC team[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.5 Rutgers [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 Ohio State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 Syracuse (only non-BE is Florida, then VA Tech, Okl St and NC St)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 Kansas[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 Marquette (all due to BE, best OOC is Wash, ole MS and Drexel)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 West VA (best OOC is #40 Miami-FL, then K-State and Kent St)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 Tennessee, the first SEC team[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 Oklahoma[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 DePaul (all due to BE opponents, best OOC is Minn, ole MS, Dayton and Fairfield[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.5 Texas[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.5 Michigan[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.5 Missouri[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.5 Oklahoma State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.0 Duke received a 9 on that site for Schedule and Cuse received a 4?[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.0 Northwestern[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.0 Pitt (all attributed to BE Opponents, best OOC in TN, then Duquesne and James Madison)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.0 Seton Hall (again all BE with best OOC Northwestern, VCU and St. Peter’s)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.0 Providence (again all BE, with best OOC teams like BC, Iowa St., N Iowa and URI) [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Not surprisingly then, weighting Dickie V’s top 10 @4, teams 11-20 @3, teams 21-30 @2 and teams 31-40 @ 1, the toughest overall body of work belongs to BE and SEC-East teams, and Cuse is even higher in the overall list due to BE strength relative to the other conferences in Dickie V's (and everybody's) top 40.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]43.5 Tennessee[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]43.0 Louisville[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]42.0 St. John’s[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]38.0 Georgetown[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]36.5 Notre Dame[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]35.0 So. Carolina[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]35.0 USF[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]34.5 Villanova[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]34.0 Syracuse, not exactly a "4" SOS in my book[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]34.0 Kansas first team not in BE or SEC-East[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]33.0 Florida[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]33.0 Michigan State first B1G team[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]33.0 Georgia[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]32.5 K-State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]31.0 Kentucky[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]31.0 Texas[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]31.0 Cincy[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]31.0 Rutgers[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]31.0 DePaul[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]30.0 Ohio State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]30.0 Marquette[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]30.0 Indiana[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]30.0 Seton Hall[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]30.0 Providence[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]30.0 Oklahoma[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]29.5 Michigan[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]29.0 UCONN[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]29.0 Pittsburgh[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]29.0 West VA[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]29.0 Oklahoma State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]28.0 Texas A&M[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]28.0 Iowa State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]27.5 Purdue[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]27.5 Maryland, top score in relatively weak ACC without Cuse and Pitt[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]27.0 Vandy[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]27.0 Mississippi State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]26.0 Wisconsin[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]26.0 Northwestern[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]26.0 Texas Tech[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]25.0 Illini[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]25.0 Nebraska[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]24.5 Duke[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]24.5 Missouri[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]24.0 Baylor[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]24.0 FSU[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]24.0 Arkansas[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]24.0 Penn State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]24.0 NC State[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]22.0 North Carolina[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]22.0 Virginia[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]21.0 Miami-Florida[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]21.0 Minnesota[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]20.5 UCLA first and only P12 team[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]20.5 ole Miss[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]20.5 Auburn[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]20.0 VA Tech[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]Other top 40 teams[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]14.5 Memphis (Vitale #9)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]13.5 Alabama (#12)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]12.0 Xavier (#14)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]13.0 Arizona (#17)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]05.0 Butler (#23)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]09.0 Gonzaga (#26)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]00.0 George Mason (#27)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]00.5 New Mexico (#33)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]09.0 California (#35) [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman]11.5 Temple (#38)[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][B]So Katz should reserve the ratings of 4 and below for these last 10 schools, not any BE teams other than relative to one another[/B].[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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