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With Woodson's departure, along with Fran and Ben, all 18 teams have what I consider to be good coaches. Indiana could be counted on to be high-talent, but woefully coached. Not anymore. I guess we'll see - DeVries is certainly a step up, but he does need to prove it.

The rankings he was using were the NET rankings in parentheses, not what’s on the first page of this thread. Looks to me like the Gophers are 2nd worst, carrying on an un-proud tradition of the previous regime.

MN was 17th, right?

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Yes, fair point. They are also a P5 team, though, and a historical rival and just above the top 122 cut line. Not a cupcake like West Georgia….

I know it's no TRUE away games, but they are playing Cal in SF, and Gonzaga in Seattle. That type of thing is becoming more and more common rather than going on campuses. The Arizona game is in Inglewood, too. The collection of Az, Cal, Gonzaga, and ASU is not particularly "weak", and...

I believe MN's average opponent rank is currently 133rd out of 148.

This is the perfect analogous situation. Bellarmine is in the Atlantic Sun conference (pretty much the same level as the Summit), and has been reasonably competitive against some big dogs over the years. If Louisville loses a game to them one year, what exactly is the consequence? Good for David...

As always, thanks for the work you do. There are a lot of ways to sort this, of course. You've chosen to do this on % of games against top 122. You also give the combined rankings of the opponents, so that could probably be another easy sort. It occurs to me that the NCAA uses Quads. The...

In hoops, the coach and his staff do have way more to do with scheduling. The AD probably has reins on mandating a certain number of home games, when they can be played to not interfere with other sports, and a budget for how much can be spent on these buy games - possibly has some final...

What you haven't said is that the NC schedule would be ranked dead last - at least so far. Current last place (of only 31 teams) is at a NET average of 234.9. This seems familiar somehow...

Thought this was gonna be a thread on the first guys off the bench....

Mostly I agree, but... Guys who aren't in the rotation will leave - that's pretty much a given. Guys who see that you're shopping for a transfer who plays your role will leave. Guys who demonstrate some value will bolt for more money elsewhere. The realistic strategy is to try to keep a core 3...

There's a level between "loading up the NC schedule with tough opponents" and mostly avoiding them altogether. It is in every P5's interest to schedule tough because if you're hoping to make the tourney, you can't get a resume-building win if it's not on your schedule. Going 1-3 against 4...

I stand corrected. The teams in the Gophers' bracket are not exactly resume "scalps" (surefire tourney teams), but they're not Cal Baptist either. The schedule is still quite pitiful.