1. Non-conference SOS is much more important than your conference schedule. Virginia made it over us because they beat Florida and Texas A&M in the non-con and got their doors blown off by Memphis and Wisconsin. Florida neutral, A&M, @ Clemson, Wake, and NC St were their 2 best wins overall as they had a weaker ACC schedule. Our best came @ Duke, @ UVa, @ NC St, NC St, Wake, Wake neutral. They only had 2 Q1 wins and only 1 good road win. We have the better overall resume but non-conference games count double. Well, maybe not double but they are worth 1.25 or 1.5 the value of your conference games. We need to schedule, knowing this going forward.
2. You cant get in just for getting off the bus for B12 Q1 games. OK St 6-12 in Q1 last year. OU 4-12 this year. I didn't have OU in based on what the committee said about OK St last year.
3. They are on to the Mountain West. Boise and Colorado State barely got in when people had them as 8/9 seeds. The problem is their resumes are so great on paper, its hard to leave them completely out. I even had all 6 in even though I thought Colorado St and Boise were very suspect.
4. Back to non-con SOS. Its everything. Look at FAU and Dayton. Totally shit the bed relatively speaking in shit leagues but played great OOC schedules and won just a couple of those games vs NCAAT teams and that's enough.
NON-CONFERENCE STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
2. You cant get in just for getting off the bus for B12 Q1 games. OK St 6-12 in Q1 last year. OU 4-12 this year. I didn't have OU in based on what the committee said about OK St last year.
3. They are on to the Mountain West. Boise and Colorado State barely got in when people had them as 8/9 seeds. The problem is their resumes are so great on paper, its hard to leave them completely out. I even had all 6 in even though I thought Colorado St and Boise were very suspect.
4. Back to non-con SOS. Its everything. Look at FAU and Dayton. Totally shit the bed relatively speaking in shit leagues but played great OOC schedules and won just a couple of those games vs NCAAT teams and that's enough.
NON-CONFERENCE STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE