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College sports coverage for Peoria, IL from Peoria Journal Star.
"Elgin said Sunday......
???We have allowed our nonconference schedule to become diluted. Our league
strength of schedule today is 26th (of 33 conferences). We have to address that.
We??™re playing too many 325 RPI opponents.???
"Elgin said Sunday......
???We have allowed our nonconference schedule to become diluted. Our league
strength of schedule today is 26th (of 33 conferences). We have to address that.
We??™re playing too many 325 RPI opponents.???
Dunno if they'll answer, I could swear they've all flown south for the winter...
... At the end, of the storm, there's a golden sky. And the sweet silver song of the lark. Walk on, through the wind, walk on, through the rain, though your dreams be tossed, and blown. Walk on, Walk on with hope in your hearts, and you'll never walk alone!
I'm behind you 100% Bradley Braves, You'll Never Walk Alone! BEAT STATE!
"but the Salukis (235) will win potential tiebreakers versus both Bradley and Illinois State based on the non-conference strength of schedule tiebreaker."
That's embarrassing for all three teams in Illinois this year. Bradley & SIU need to get back to the non-conference schedules they've had and hopefully the new ISU AD can change the culture of their scheduling.
The MVC has 2 teams of 10 inside the Top 150. The CAA has 7 of 12 inside the Top 150.
The MVC is led by Wichita St at 59. 3 CAA teams are better.
The CAA has 11 of 12 teams inside the Top 225 (e.g., the 2/3rd cutoff point).
Our 3 main at-large candidates this season have SoSs of 59, 170, 199. The CAA's 3 main at-large candidates have 14, 46, and 136.
Tossing out the 2 outliers of Georgia St and Illinois St (equally bad), there are 3 MVC teams (SIU, Bradley, The Drake) with worse SoSs than every single CAA team.
Scheduling bcs teams is not easy unless you are willing to play these teams on the road , other best opportunity would be to get into a thanksgiving tour. that has several bcs schools in it.
Scheduling bcs teams is not easy unless you are willing to play these teams on the road , other best opportunity would be to get into a thanksgiving tour. that has several bcs schools in it.
Very much agree that the MVC schools need to get into meaningful Thanksgiving tournaments. IMO, they also need to step up scheduling better mid-major schools with their non-conference schedules. Granted predicting the mid-major part of this can be tricky.
Bradley 72 - Illini 68 Final
???It??™s awful hard,??™??™ said Illini freshman guard D.J. Richardson, the former Central High School guard who played prep school ball a few miles from here and fought back tears outside the locker room. ???It??™s a hometown thing. It??™s bragging rights.??™
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