(03-18-2014 05:51 PM)ODUR8R Wrote:  Everyone needs to schedule better. The real problem wasn't individual non conference schedules for the top teams it was the league as a whole. There were not enough TOP 100 wins to be found within Conference Play. The last time ODU went to the NCAA Tournament they had 11 TOP 100 wins within the CAA alone. The CAA!

A few good teams combined with the rest of the league scheduling UP creates a formula where more teams will have Top 100 RPI's thus providing more opportunities for those games during league play.

Exempt tournaments are huge and so is playing people away from home. ODU literally got an at large several years ago by winning at Georgetown when they were #5. It was their only big win but it defined their RPI.

And this what happened to the A10 over the last five years. except for
Fordham, the teams on the lower side of the scales started getting better in conference because they were playing better schools both home and away.