thatguy2016
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First off: The #1, #2, #3 way to get into the NCAA tournament is to WIN GAMES. Everybody (hopefully) gets that. The point of this is not to make excuses, but to recognize reality.
Second: George David Odom was really good at manipulating the RPI under the old system - that's why we played games like Canisius, Marshall, and Richmond back in the day. Decent but not great teams that won lots of games were gold within the RPI. Plus the ACC had an implicit advantage with the RPI. It's time to apply some similar foresight into scheduling in the NET era.
The Mountain West Conference is scheduling smart and gaming the NET ratings. Looking at the NET, the MWC played a grand total of 60 games against Quad 4. 9 of those were in conference. Of the remaining 51 Q4 games, Air Force played 12 of them (apparently they did not get the scheduling memo) meaning the remaining MWC teams played an average of 3.9 Q4 OOC games.
The ACC played a total of 136 Q4 games. Many of those were within conference regular season or at the ACCT - 62 of them, to be exact. (home/road/ACCT games against UL, plus home games against FSU, GT, ND, and BC, plus playing FSU at the ACCT - all Q4 games). Still, ACC teams played an average of 4.9 Q4 OOC games.
Those Q4 games and the resulting poor OOC SOS stick out like the turd in the punchbowl come selection time.
Nevada got in. Clemson did not. Nevada played 3 OOC Q4 games. Clemson played 6. KP rates Nevada's OOC as #72 in the nation, Clemson's at #315 (NCAA has Clemson's SOS worse). Here is who Nevada played:
Q3 H Utah Tech
Q3 H Grand Canyon
NR H William Jessup - not D1, doesn't count
Q4 @ UT Arlington
Q3 Tulane - neutral site tournament
Q1 Kansas State - neutral site tournament
Q3 Akron - neutral site tournament
Q2 H Sam Houston State
Q2 @ Loyola Marymount
Q3 @ Pepperdine
Q1 @ Oregon
Q4 UC San Diego
Q4 Norfolk State
Other than the neutral site tournament - does this "look" like a tough schedule? Two Q1 games (lost both), Two Q2 games (split), the rest Q3 and Q4
The key to scheduling smart is to, at all cost, avoid Q4 games. The MWC has the blueprint. Let's copy it.
WIth the distinct possibility that the ACC will continue to give us plenty of Q4 games within conference, the goal should be to have zero Q4 games OOC.
Second: George David Odom was really good at manipulating the RPI under the old system - that's why we played games like Canisius, Marshall, and Richmond back in the day. Decent but not great teams that won lots of games were gold within the RPI. Plus the ACC had an implicit advantage with the RPI. It's time to apply some similar foresight into scheduling in the NET era.
The Mountain West Conference is scheduling smart and gaming the NET ratings. Looking at the NET, the MWC played a grand total of 60 games against Quad 4. 9 of those were in conference. Of the remaining 51 Q4 games, Air Force played 12 of them (apparently they did not get the scheduling memo) meaning the remaining MWC teams played an average of 3.9 Q4 OOC games.
The ACC played a total of 136 Q4 games. Many of those were within conference regular season or at the ACCT - 62 of them, to be exact. (home/road/ACCT games against UL, plus home games against FSU, GT, ND, and BC, plus playing FSU at the ACCT - all Q4 games). Still, ACC teams played an average of 4.9 Q4 OOC games.
Those Q4 games and the resulting poor OOC SOS stick out like the turd in the punchbowl come selection time.
Nevada got in. Clemson did not. Nevada played 3 OOC Q4 games. Clemson played 6. KP rates Nevada's OOC as #72 in the nation, Clemson's at #315 (NCAA has Clemson's SOS worse). Here is who Nevada played:
Q3 H Utah Tech
Q3 H Grand Canyon
NR H William Jessup - not D1, doesn't count
Q4 @ UT Arlington
Q3 Tulane - neutral site tournament
Q1 Kansas State - neutral site tournament
Q3 Akron - neutral site tournament
Q2 H Sam Houston State
Q2 @ Loyola Marymount
Q3 @ Pepperdine
Q1 @ Oregon
Q4 UC San Diego
Q4 Norfolk State
Other than the neutral site tournament - does this "look" like a tough schedule? Two Q1 games (lost both), Two Q2 games (split), the rest Q3 and Q4
The key to scheduling smart is to, at all cost, avoid Q4 games. The MWC has the blueprint. Let's copy it.
WIth the distinct possibility that the ACC will continue to give us plenty of Q4 games within conference, the goal should be to have zero Q4 games OOC.