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Message: [QUOTE="DomeHolmes, post: 5700716, member: 10113"] There’s a couple interesting stats about our team. First, there’s a lot of talk, rightly so, about our sloppy turnovers and undisciplined play. I was surprised when looking at a few stats that we are actually 9th in FEWEST turnovers! How can that be? (imagine if we could clean up the real dumb turnovers and just have a few regular dumb ones here and there). Notre Dame, who has been the benchmark for discipline and not beating them selves recently, is only one spot ahead of us, and Maryland, with the same reputation, is 21st. Second, we are 7th in scoring defense, with the #2 strength of schedule. However, the teams ahead of us have a strength of schedule anywhere from 11 to 35. There is no doubt in my mind that if we had Denver‘s schedule, we would be number one in defense right now. Again, kind of hard to believe after watching our SSDMs get abused by Harvard and Princeton. Finally, looking at who has actually done something so far this year, (playing good teams, and beating them) There’s basically three teams that have any kind of résumé right now at all. If Maryland takes care of business against Virginia, they will move into the top 20 in RPI. That will give Princeton likely five wins vs top 20 RPI after this weekend. We would have four, with the outside chance at five if Denver beats Ohio State Thursday and we beat Denver Monday. (Denver is #20 now and would likely drop out with a loss to Ohio State). We would also have a win against a Penn team that is ranked in the poll, but way outside the top 20 in RPI. Penn lost to us by one, Carolina by two and Georgetown by three but is somehow 39th in the RPI. They are definitely a top 20 team. Penn State has three, with a chance for four if they beat North Carolina this weekend. But they do have two bad losses. Army has three, with the chance of four if they beat BU this weekend, but the wins are Rutgers, Yale, and Umass. At the end of the year, none of those three wins will move the needle. Just by a quick glance, it would appear that NOBODY else other than ND can come out of this weekend with more than just 2 two top 20 wins. BU / Army is a really big game for us this weekend if BU can win. Also, very interested in Penn State/ North Carolina. [/QUOTE]

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