For those disappointed with the Men's Basketball out-of-conference schedule for this year, check out Women's Basketball's lineup. We have lots of great returning players and some incoming freshmen that look very promising. I think Coach Kenny Brooks is starting to put together the type of schedule he really wants with some of the more well-known schools in the region. So without further ado, let's check out the schedule. Last year's final RPI's are in parentheses.
Nov. 6 (Fri) - @UVA (17)
Nov. 18 (Wed) - Georgetown (75)
Nov. 22 (Sun) - VT (166)
Nov. 24 (Tues) - @Austin Peay (170)
Nov. 29 (Sun) - @Western Carolina (95)
Nov. 1 (Tues) - @Liberty (72)
Nov. 6 (Sun) - Siena (205)
Nov. 18 (Fri) - @Duke (5)
Nov. 21 (Mon) - Longwood (323)
Nov. 29-30 (Tues-Wed) - JMU Tournament with Lafayette (329), UNC Asheville (297), Western Michigan (248)
That puts our average RPI at 167. If you take out the opponents in the JMU tournament, the average RPI is 125. The low quality of opponents in the tournament is to be expected for a first year tournament. It's just great to see Coach Brooks pull together the tournament that he's been working for a couple years. The experience will pay off during the CAA tournament at the Convo this year and hopefully the team will be able to build some excitement so there will be a better student turnout this year (though it was really hurt last year thanks to the tourney being over Spring Break).
It'll really be exciting to see how we do against top-level opponents this year. With three opponents from the ACC (though Virginia Tech's Women's team can't really be considered a top-level opponent) and one from the Big East, we'll have some decent OOC competition before going into post-season tournaments.
We've also secured some great deals for future games with ACC opponents. In addition to the games this year, UVA comes to Harrisonburg next year, as does Duke. The year after next, JMU will travel to UVA again to complete the series.
DNR article
No comments:
Post a Comment