All Things 2012-2013 Non-Conference Schedule Updates

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Lehigh (#340 of 347)

LEHIGH
Nov. 9: @ Baylor
Nov. 12: vs. Robert Morris (NIT Season Tip-Off)
Nov. 13: vs. Fordham or Pitt (NIT Season Tip-Off)
Nov. 19-23: vs. TBD (NIT Season Tip-Off)
Nov. 19-23: vs. TBD (NIT Season Tip-Off)
Nov. 25: @ Sacred Heart
Nov. 27: @ Quinnipiac
Dec. 1: FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
Dec. 4: FORDHAM
Dec. 8: @ Saint Francis-Pa.
Dec. 20: @ North Texas
Dec. 29: BRYANT
Jan. 5: @ VCU
Jan. 8: MUHLENBERG (non-DI)

NCAA Qualifiers (2): Baylor (8), VCU (38)

Top-50 (2): Baylor (8), VCU (38)
51-100 (1): Robert Morris (99)
101-175 (1): Quinnipiac (155)
176-260 (3): North Texas (199), Sacred Heart (237), Fordham (240)
RPI Killers (3): Saint Francis-Pa. (312), Fairleigh Dickinson (330), Bryant (340)

Average RPI of Opponents: 195.8
RPI of Potential Opponents: Michigan (13), Kansas State (48), Virginia (53), Cleveland State (85), Pitt (96), Penn (98), Lamar (108), Fairfield (115), Delaware (153), Bowling Green (158), North Texas (199), IUPUI (210), Fordham (240), Alabama-Huntsville (non-DI)
 

Appalachian State (#341 of 347)

APPALACHIAN STATE
Nov. 9: MONTREAT (non-DI)
Nov. 13: HIGH POINT
Nov. 16: @ Campbell
Nov. 20: @ East Carolina
Nov. 23: @ Virginia Tech
Nov. 28: DUQUESNE
Dec. 1: @ Missouri
Dec. 16: @ UMKC
Dec. 19: @ South Carolina
Dec. 22: PRESBYTERIAN
Dec. 30: MILLIGAN (non-DI)

NCAA Qualifiers (1): Missouri (10)

Top-50 (1): Missouri (10)
51-100 (0):
101-175 (3): Duquesne (109), Virginia Tech (116), East Carolina (164)
176-260 (3): South Carolina (194), Campbell (206), Presbyterian (245)
RPI Killers (2): UMKC (266), High Point (268)

Average RPI of Opponents: 175.333
 

Alcorn State (#342 of 347)

ALCORN STATE
Nov. 11: OAKWOOD (non-DI)
Nov. 13: @ Missouri (Battle 4 Atlantis)
Nov. 15: @ Stanford (Battle 4 Atlantis)
Nov. 19: FORT VALLEY STATE (non-DI)
Nov. 21: @ Florida Gulf Coast (Battle 4 Atlantis)
Nov. 22: vs. Samford or Toledo (Battle 4 Atlantis)
Nov. 27: @ Mississippi State
Dec. 1: JACKSONVILLE STATE
Dec. 8: PAINE COLLEGE (non-DI)
Dec. 15: @ Arkansas
Dec. 17: @ Temple (Gotham Classic)
Dec. 19: DETROIT (Gotham Classic)
Dec. 21: @ Santa Clara (Cable Car Classic)
Dec. 22: vs. SMU or Wagner (Cable Car Classic)
Dec. 27: @ Canisius (Gotham Classic)
Dec. 29: @ Syracuse (Gotham Classic)

NCAA Qualifiers (4): Syracuse (1), Missouri (10), Temple (20), Detroit (125)

Top-50 (3): Syracuse (1), Missouri (10), Temple (20)
51-100 (2): Mississippi State (75), Stanford (97)
101-175 (2): Arkansas (114), Detroit (125)
176-260 (2): Florida Gulf Coast (208), Jacksonville State (220)
RPI Killers (2): Santa Clara (303), Canisius (333)

Average RPI of Opponents: 136.9
RPI of Potential Opponents: Wagner (92), SMU (219), Toledo (246), Samford (269)
 

Grambling (#343 of 347): nary a home game

GRAMBLING
Nov. 9: @ Cleveland State
Nov. 11: @ Ball State
Nov. 13: @ Miami-Ohio
Nov. 17: @ Houston
Nov. 20: @ Texas Tech
Dec. 8: @ Oregon State
Dec. 11: @ Auburn
Dec. 15: @ Southern Miss
Dec. 20: @ Stephen F. Austin

NCAA Qualifiers (1): Southern Miss (21)

Top-50 (1): Southern Miss (21)
51-100 (1): Cleveland State (85)
101-175 (2): Oregon State (132), Auburn (145)
176-260 (5): Stephen F. Austin (202), Houston (215), Texas Tech (241), Miami-Ohio (247), Ball State (256)
RPI Killers (0):

Average RPI of Opponents: 171.555
 



Jackson State (#344 of 347)

JACKSON STATE
Nov. 11: @ Baylor
Nov. 21: @ Tulsa
Nov. 26: @ Texas Tech
Nov. 28: @ Air Force
Dec. 8: @ North Texas
Dec. 11: @ Saint Mary’s
Dec. 13: @ Washington State
Dec. 15: @ Washington
Dec. 17: @ Seattle

NCAA Qualifiers (2): Baylor (8), Saint Mary’s (28)

Top-50 (2): Baylor (8), Saint Mary’s (28)
51-100 (1): Washington (71)
101-175 (2): Tulsa (119), Air Force (168)
176-260 (3): Washington State (184), North Texas (199), Texas Tech (241)
RPI Killers (1): Seattle (277)

Average RPI of Opponents: 143.888
 

Gold Vision said:
Home Stretch SS!
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I hope to have the master ranking that Doc requested (#1 through #347) posted by the end of today, or at the latest, tomorrow. Am saving scheduling nuggets for my 2012-13 "Road to Selection Sunday" debut in a couple weeks, which also will include my preseason Top 25 and preseason "Field of 68" projection.

Sneak preview. ... I have 7 B1G teams making the NCAA Tournament, but only 4 (Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State) crack my top 25. And Indiana is not my preseason #1. I have the Hoosiers at #3.
 

Thanks for all of this, SS. I look forward to your master ranking, scheduling nuggets, preseason top 25, and you "68" projection. You even put the ESPN talking heads to shame, good work. Thanks again, my friend. Doc
 

UMass (#345 of 347)

UMASS
Nov. 13: HARVARD
Nov. 15: vs. Providence (Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
Nov. 16: vs. NC State or Penn State (Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
Nov. 18: vs. Akron, NC-Asheville, Oklahoma State or Tennessee (Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
Nov. 28: @ Siena
Dec. 1: MIAMI-FLORIDA
Dec. 4: @ Northeastern
Dec. 15: ELON
Dec. 19: OHIO
Dec. 22: EAST CAROLINA
Dec. 29: @ Northern Illinois
Jan. 2: @ Miami-Ohio
Jan. 5: EASTERN MICHIGAN

NCAA Qualifiers (2): Harvard (35), Ohio (46)

Top-50 (3): Harvard (35), Ohio (46), Miami-Florida (60)
51-100 (0):
101-175 (3): Providence (156), East Carolina (164), Northeastern (172)
176-260 (4): Siena (217), Elon (228), Eastern Michigan (243), Miami-Ohio (247)
RPI Killers (1): Northern Illinois (334)

Average RPI of Opponents: 172.9
RPI of Potential Opponents: NC State (49), Akron (55), Tennessee (87), NC-Asheville (104), Oklahoma State (121), Penn State (161)
 



Morgan State (#346 of 347)

MORGAN STATE
Nov. 9: vs. Texas-San Antonio (Liberty Tax Classic)
Nov. 10: @ Old Dominion (Liberty Tax Classic)
Nov. 11: vs. Holy Cross (Liberty Tax Classic)
Nov. 16: @ South Carolina
Nov. 29: @ Liberty
Dec. 1: @ VMI
Dec. 16: @ Illinois State
Dec. 19: @ Virginia
Dec. 27: @ Loyola Marymount
Dec. 29: @ San Diego
Jan. 5: SAINT JOSEPH’S
Feb. 23: vs. Bracket Buster

NCAA Qualifiers (1): Virginia (53)

Top-50 (0):
51-100 (3): Virginia (53), Saint Joseph’s (69), Illinois State (100)
101-175 (2): Old Dominion (103), Loyola Marymount (117)
176-260 (5): Holy Cross (176), San Diego (193), South Carolina (194), Texas-San Antonio (196), VMI (259)
RPI Killers (1): Liberty (284)

Average RPI of Opponents: 158.545
 

WIU (#347 of 347): finish with Coach Mo, one of the nicest guys in the business

WESTERN ILLINOIS
Nov. 10: WABASH (non-DI)
Nov. 14: @ SIU-Edwardsville
Nov. 16: vs. Buffalo (Coaches vs. Cancer Classic)
Nov. 17: @ Evansville (Coaches vs. Cancer Classic)
Nov. 18: vs. Yale (Coaches vs. Cancer Classic)
Nov. 24: @ Savannah State
Dec. 5: @ Eastern Illinois
Dec. 8: SIU-EDWARDSVILLE
Dec. 18: UIC
Jan. 2: SAVANNAH STATE
Jan. 9: GREENVILLE (non-DI)
Feb. 23: BRACKET BUSTER

NCAA Qualifiers (0):

Top-50 (0):
51-100 (1): Buffalo (79)
101-175 (2): Yale (102), Evansville (131)
176-260 (2): Savannah State (191), Savannah State (191)
RPI Killers (4): Eastern Illinois (286), UIC (297), SIU-Edwardsville (300), SIU-Edwardsville (300)

Average RPI of Opponents: 208.555
 

#1 to #347: Ranking Non-Conference Schedules Using Average RPI of Opponents

Warning, a lengthy list follows. If the spirit moves you, look for your favorite team.

The average RPI of all (known) nonconference opponents is listed in parentheses. All Gopher opponents (and potential opponents) are noted in bold/italic. Please note that non-Division I opponents are counted as non-games. ... they don't hurt or help the average RPI ranking.

The Top 25% (Teams 1-86)
1. Savannah State (93.083)
2. Davidson (93.375)
3. Montana (98.666)
4. Butler (99.909)
5. Drexel (100.666)
6. Florida (106.076)
7. Alabama A&M (106.111)
8. Belmont (110)
9. Denver (110)
10. Pacific (110)
11. Texas Southern (110.615)
12. Northern Colorado (111.333)
13. Mississippi Valley State (111.333)
14. Middle Tennessee State (111.545)
15. East Tennessee State (111.8)
16. Saint Joseph's (111.916)
17. Southern Utah (113.714)
18. Villanova (114.727)
19. UTEP (115)
20. Baylor (116.2)
21. Lipscomb (116.5)
22. Long Beach State (117.777)
23. Tennessee (118)
24. North Carolina (120.09)
25. UCSB (120.222)
26. Harvard (120.307)
27. Tennessee State (121.454)
28. Oakland (121.583)
29. Memphis (121.615)
30. Cal (122.2)
31. Western Kentucky (122.555)
32. Lamar (123)
33. New Mexico (123.538)
34. South Dakota State (124.09)
35. Alabama (124.727)
36. NC State (125.363)
37. Kentucky (125.461)
38. Xavier (125.5)
39. USC (126.363)
40. Duke (126.818)
41. Northern Iowa (127.333)
42. Old Dominion (127.75)
43. Iona (127.888)
44. Buffalo (127.916)
45. Rhode Island (128.916)
46. Princeton (129.692)
47. Southeastern Louisiana (130.625)
48. Wisconsin (130.636)
49. New Mexico State (130.818)
50. Kansas (130.833)
51. Louisiana (131.5)
52. Fairfield (132)
53. Morehead State (132.083)
54. Bowling Green (132.222)
55. Western Carolina (133.666)
56. Portland State (134.2)
57. Northern Arizona (134.444)
58. NC-Asheville (134.888)
59. San Francisco (135)
60. North Florida (135.09)
61. Delaware State (135.09)
62. Arizona (135.3)
63. Tulsa (135.583)
64. Drake (135.75)
65. Charleston Southern (136.75)
66. Alcorn State (136.9)
67. MINNESOTA (136.909)
68. Mercer (137.333)
69. Fordham (137.416)
70. Creighton (137.9)
71. North Dakota (139.285)
72. West Virginia (139.363)
73. Temple (139.533)
74. Delaware (140)
75. McNeese State (140.428)
76. South Alabama (140.428)
77. BYU (141)
78. NC-Wilmington (141.09)
79. Missouri State (141.222)
80. George Mason (141.7)
81. Evansville (142.454)
82. Samford (142.545)
83. Bucknell (143.133)
84. Manhattan (143.3)
85. Jackson State (143.888)
86. College of Charleston (144)

The Second Quarter (Teams 87-173)
87. Virginia (144.3)
88. Northwestern State (144.5)
89. Coastal Carolina (144.625)
90. Boise State (145)
91. Miami-Florida (145.5)
92. Oral Roberts (145.888)
93. Nicholls State (146.25)
94. Oklahoma State (146.3)
95. Florida State (146.333)
96. Portland (146.916)
97. Coppin State (147.23)
98. Kent State (147.538)
99. Marshall (147.642)
100. Hofstra (148.25)
101. UConn (148.3)
102. Murray State (148.875)
103. Robert Morris (148.9)
104. Winthrop (149)
105. Akron (149.1)
106. North Texas (149.166)
107. Gonzaga (149.333)
108. Texas (149.6)
109. Cal Poly (150)
110. Florida Gulf Coast (151.1)
111. Canisius (151.181)
112. Saint Francis-Pa. (151.636)
113. Washington (152.166)
114. Eastern Michigan (152.454)
115. Dayton (152.5)
116. Bethune-Cookman (152.9)
117. Louisville (153.09)
118. Colorado State (153.166)
119. UCLA (153.583)
120. Arkansas State (153.625)
121. Rider (153.666)
122. Georgia (153.833)
123. Cleveland State (154)
124. Ohio State (154.09)
125. FAU (154.555)
126. Milwaukee (154.666)
127. Cincinnati (154.833)
128. IUPUI (154.888)
129. Stetson (155)
130. Northeastern (155.4)
131. Stanford (155.545)
132. UC-Irvine (155.818)
133. Purdue (156.583)
134. Presbyterian (156.8)
135. Virginia Tech (157.25)
136. Saint Bonaventure (157.3)
137. Green Bay (157.416)
138. Cal State-Bakersfield (157.5)
139. Vanderbilt (157.5)
140. Illinois State (157.818)
141. SC-Upstate (158)
142. Longwood (158)
143. Penn (158.142)
144. Morgan State (158.545)
145. Yale (158.6)
146. UAPB (158.727)
147. Detroit (158.75)
148. Jacksonville (158.9)
149. Georgia State (159.25)
150. Long Island (159.416)
151. Ohio (160)
152. Fresno State (160)
153. LaSalle (160.076)
154. Maryland-Eastern Shore (160.181)
155. Howard (160.4)
156. Campbell (160.9)
157. Texas-San Antonio (160.9)
158. VCU (160.923)
159. Marquette (161.727)
160. Lafayette (161.812)
161. Ole Miss (162)
162. Michigan State (162.333)
163. South Dakota (162.5)
164. Rice (162.555)
165. Wichita State (163)
166. Loyola Marymount (163.2)
167. UCF (163.25)
168. UALR (163.888)
169. Valparaiso (163.916)
170. Colorado (165.1)
171. Niagara (165.181)
172. Southern Miss (165.23)
173. Wagner (166)

Smack Dab in the Middle (Team 174)
174. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (166.111)

The Third Quarter (Teams 175-261)
175. Ball State (166.181)
176. Syracuse (166.769)
177. UAB (166.923)
178. UMKC (167.5)
179. East Carolina (167.555)
180. Saint Mary's (167.9)
181. Nevada (167.923)
182. Duquesne (168.23)
183. Idaho (168.625)
184. Oklahoma (168.7)
185. NCCU (169.09)
186. Boston U (169.416)
187. Louisiana-Monroe (169.833)
188. Richmond (169.866)
189. Kansas State (170.1)
190. Youngstown State (170.9)
191. San Diego State (171.5)
192. Elon (171.555)
193. Grambling (171.555)
194. Weber State (172)
195. Prairie View A&M (172.333)
196. UMass (172.9)
197. Monmouth (173.076)
198. Indiana State (173.375)
199. North Dakota State (173.636)
200. Gardner-Webb (173.9)
201. Sacred Heart (175)
202. Western Michigan (175.166)
203. Appalachian State (175.333)
204. Charlotte (175.333)
205. USF (175.5)
206. Georgia Southern (175.6)
207. Rutgers (176.363)
208. Cornell (176.6)
209. Chicago State (176.75)
210. Fullerton State (177)
211. Maryland (177.153)
212. Liberty (178.272)
213. Austin Peay (178.5)
214. Wake Forest (178.6)
215. Fairleigh Dickinson (180.166)
216. Georgetown (180.363)
217. UMBC (181.083)
218. Wofford (181.833)
219. Southern U (182)
220. Saint John's (182)
221. Towson (182.166)
222. Northern Illinois (182.9)
223. Penn State (183.3)
224. Wyoming (183.333)
225. Santa Clara (184)
226. UIC (184.2)
227. Texas State (184.444)
228. LSU (184.454)
229. Iowa State (185.272)
230. Illinois (185.416)
231. Alabama State (185.5)
232. Tennessee Tech (185.5)
233. Miami-Ohio (186)
234. Norfolk State (186.214)
235. San Diego (186.666)
236. Air Force (186.888)
237. Mount Saint Mary's (187)
238. George Washington (187.461)
239. Hampton (188.083)
240. Nebraska (188.09)
241. Oregon (188.5)
242. Vermont (188.5)
243. NC-Greensboro (188.666)
244. UNLV (189.23)
245. Northridge State (189.555)
246. Tennessee-Martin (189.8)
247. Auburn (189.818)
248. Maine (190.083)
249. Saint Louis (190.307)
250. Northwestern (190.75)
251. Chattanooga (190.8)
252. VMI (191)
253. Boston College (191.545)
254. Columbia (192.461)
255. American (193.2)
256. Hartford (193.384)
257. Bradley (193.818)
258. Siena (195)
259. Seattle (195.1)
260. Idaho State (195.375)
261. Washington State (195.5)

The Fourth Quarter (Teams 262-347)
262. Lehigh (195.8)
263. Florida A&M (196.09)
264. Michigan (196.333)
265. North Carolina A&T (196.384)
266. Stony Brook (197.333)
267. SMU (197.5)
268. SIU-Edwardsville (197.625)
269. Clemson (198.6)
270. Sam Houston State (199.5)
271. Quinnipiac (200.2)
272. James Madison (201)
273. Stephen F. Austin (201.166)
274. South Carolina State (201.9)
275. Colgate (202.562)
276. Nebraska-Omaha (202.727)
277. Holy Cross (203.666)
278. Notre Dame (203.75)
279. Furman (203.777)
280. Loyola-Chicago (203.833)
281. Hawaii (203.875)
282. Marist (205)
283. Central Connecticut (205.09)
284. Seton Hall (205.75)
285. UC-Davis (206.181)
286. Central Michigan (207)
287. TCU (207.636)
288. Northern Kentucky (207.666)
289. Troy (207.727)
290. Western Illinois (208.555)
291. Missouri (208.727)
292. The Citadel (209)
293. Southern Illinois (209.25)
294. William & Mary (209.3)
295. Louisiana Tech (209.916)
296. South Carolina (210.916)
297. Indiana (211.25)
298. Texas-Arlington (211.4)
299. Albany (211.461)
300. FIU (211.555)
301. Saint Peter's (211.8)
302. Loyola-Maryland (211.909)
303. Oregon State (212.083)
304. Southeast Missouri State (212.3)
305. Eastern Washington (212.3)
306. Arkansas (213.833)
307. Utah Valley (214.444)
308. Texas-Pan American (217.062)
309. Jacksonville State (217.25)
310. Utah State (217.4)
311. Saint Francis-NY (218.09)
312. Houston Baptist (218.875)
313. Toledo (219)
314. Pitt (219.1)
315. Providence (219.6)
316. Brown (220.769)
317. San Jose State (222.625)
318. Wright State (224.416)
319. DePaul (225.416)
320. Georgia Tech (225.7)
321. Kennesaw State (226.25)
322. Montana State (227.5)
323. High Point (227.666)
324. NJIT (228.357)
325. Texas A&M (228.416)
326. Bryant (229)
327. New Hampshire (229.272)
328. Central Arkansas (230.625)
329. Binghamton (231.5)
330. Eastern Illinois (232.307)
331. Texas Tech (232.444)
332. UC-Riverside (233.375)
333. Iowa (234.333)
334. Eastern Kentucky (234.333)
335. IPFW (234.666)
336. Mississippi State (236.777)
337. Tulane (237.461)
338. Utah (237.6)
339. Navy (238.076)
340. New Orleans (238.59)
341. Radford (239.909)
342. Army (241.461)
343. Pepperdine (243.5)
344. Dartmouth (249.923)
345. Houston (265.833)
346. Arizona State (268.5)
347. Sacramento State (279.166)
 




Texas Tech got singled-out for home cooking by SI, but Arizona State's opponents averaged a lower RPI last year, almost last in the country - that's an embarrassment for Herb Sendek - I guess he's scared of losing his job. If only he could get out of having to play all those Pac-12 schools ...

Iowa and Mississippi State also had extremely weak schedules by SS's measure. I suppose of the four (TTU, ASU, Iowa and Miss St), Iowa is the most blame-worthy since they're supposed to have a fairly competitive team this season.
 

I have to say, I'm pretty irritated the writer would single out OSU and ignore other big name schools like Arizona State, Mississippi State and Iowa. If you just look at big name schools, there are a lot out there without the marquee games the Bucks have this year. They have Marquette, Duke and Kansas (as well as one of Seton Hall or Washington) - does it really matter if they play Savannah State instead of Kent State? On second thought, both would be bad according to the writer Glockner, who also seems to think it's a negative to schedule Long Beach State just because there's no state named "Long Beach" - there are probably going to be many HM schools that finish lower than them in the RPI this year, but because of the school name they shouldn't be scheduled? Long Beach State and Rhode Island aren't very good, but there are a lot worse programs out there to ridicule other teams for scheduling. Texas A&M would seem to fit his criteria as a cupcake since they have an ampersand in their name - that just goes to show you how dumb his methods are. He's also wrong that Northern Kentucky is not D-1 - they are starting this year. But that's hardly important. His column foolishly singles out schools with decent nonconference schedules and ignores most of the worst violators among name teams such as Mississippi State, Iowa and Arizona State (but he does rightly criticize Texas Tech). The reality is nonconference schedules don't have to be hard - there's no trophy for best nonconference schedule or best nonconference performance - a writer griping about schedules is just space filler. Most fans are focused on football until the bowl season ends anyway.
 

Good stuff, OSU fan. Arizona State and Iowa for their bad NC schedules and Ohio State for the top end of its NC schedule are three of the teams I have earmarked for my first "Road to Selection Sunday" column in a week or two. ASU and Iowa each play 8 opponenets with RPIs #261 or higher, while the Buckeyes, conversely, are one of only three teams (Long Beach State & Temple are the others) that will play three NC opponents who finished in the top 10 of the RPI last season.
 

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