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[QUOTE="mikekan14, post: 284674, member: 1619"]
I'm not sure if I missed something in the PDF but I just wanted to make sure, you're basing your statement on the number of home games we played (19) versus the other blue bloods?
 
I don't think it's that we play more home games than others; I think the perception is that we don't play good non conference teams unless it's at home, MSG, or neutral site. We played one true road game this year (at NC State), zero in 10-11, zero in 09-10, one in 08-09 (at Memphis). However, we do have some good "neutral site" wins like KU (in KC) and Florida (in Tampa). Conversely, UK played at Indiana this past year, at UNC in 10-11. Duke played at Ohio State and Temple this past year.  
 
I think the perception comes from the fact that we don't [traditionally] play non-conference road games and the pre-season tournaments we are normally playing in don't have the highest caliber teams but that's necessarily our fault. We can't all play in Maui. 
 
In general, I think our strength of schedule indicates we play a lot a decent RPI teams from the mid majors but we lack that once a year "big ticket" matchup...unless it comes from a tournament (e.g. Michigan State in MSG). But I'm not sure how that document you linked debunked the "SU doesn't play outside the state of NY" perception.
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