Stat of the Day – BBall SOS

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Did you know that the average out of conference strength of the schedule for the past six college basketball national champions is 150?

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9 Responses to Stat of the Day – BBall SOS

  1. wufpup76 08/08/2008 at 9:47 AM #

    Typical OOC SOS of 320 for ncsu vs. an average of 150 for national champs – what’s the difference? It’s really the same … 😉

    One day, playing Arkansas Pine-Bluff every year will REALLY pay off

  2. StateFans 08/08/2008 at 9:57 AM #

    ^ That is an old perspective. Last year’s OOC was strong. Future schedules look abnormally tough.

  3. wufpup76 08/08/2008 at 10:19 AM #

    ^Yes – at least I certainly hope so …

    I was more trying to poke fun at a previous regime’s scheduling tactics w/out mentioning them … I failed 🙁

  4. newt 08/08/2008 at 10:49 AM #

    To establish a causal relationship between SOS and NCs, you would have to compare other factors, like recruiting rankings, etc., and see if teams with a tougher SOS fare better than similar teams with a weaker SOS.

  5. BJD95 08/08/2008 at 11:14 AM #

    Remember also that there is a glut of small programs who play killer OOC schedules for financial reasons. 150 isn’t as bad as it sounds.

  6. Oldwolf 08/08/2008 at 12:21 PM #

    I don’t think that OOC SOS is as important for many schools, like those in the ACC, since our conference stength is so high.

    Granted, I like seeing teams like Marquette, and Florida on our schedule and wish we had more. I would prefer to have 3 or 4 at that level and then some in the 150 range,

  7. happypackdad 08/08/2008 at 1:19 PM #

    overall SOS is more importiant IMO.

  8. howlie 08/08/2008 at 4:15 PM #

    Sorry, my ‘memory’ is half a year away from avg. SOS among ACC teams.

    In the ACC, you AUTOMATICALLY have a high SOS, then get punished for it by the selection committee.

    Help me out by the implication of the headline… what has the SOS for OOC games been for ACC teams [especially ours] and what in the world does it need to be?

  9. VaWolf82 08/09/2008 at 9:17 PM #

    I actually have the conference OOC SOS compiled. I was waiting on the schedule to be released to give some perspective on our scheduling comments.

    BTW, State’s OOC SOS was 200+ last year….not really all that strong.

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