A-10 vs big east road games

[OTRMUSKIE]

This might not prove anything but I was wondering how many true road games the Big East teams played. I am not counting neutral court games just true road games on the other teams actual home court. I understand that these school can get away with this because they are in the so called Big 6 conferences. However, it is sooooo hard to tell just how good you are when you're really not testing yourself in your OOC schedule. So I compiled a list of how many TRUE ROAD GAMES the Big East actually played and for comparison I also totaled up the A-10.

ND=NONE == OOC SOS 149== 4 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
PITT=NONE== OOC SOS 100== 4 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
GTOWN=3== OOC SOS 3== 4 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
UCONN=1== OOC SOS 43== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
LOUISVILLE=1== OOC SOS 75== 0 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
SYRACUSE=NONE== OOC SOS 124== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
WEST VIRG=2== OOC SOS 4== 4 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
ST JOHNS=2== OOC SOS 63== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
CINCINNATI=2== OOC SOS 286== 1 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
NOVA=3== OOC SOS 104== 2 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
MARQUETTE=2== OOC SOS 158== 2 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
SETON HALL=2== OOC SOS 24== 4 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
RUTGERS=3== OOC SOS 199== 2 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
PROVIDENCE=1== OOC SOS 252== 2 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
S FLORIDA=4== OOC SOS 39== 2 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
DEPAUL=1== OOC SOS 235== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
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TOTAL=27== RANK=1== TOTAL=43

XAVIER=4== OOC SOS 15== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
TEMPLE=4== OOC SOS 69== 4 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
RICH=5== OOC SOS 189== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
DAYTON=4== OOC SOS 51== 0 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
R ISLAND=6== OOC SOS 121== 2 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
DUQUESNE=5== OOC SOS 139== 1 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
ST BONNIES=6== OOC SOS 116== 1 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
GW=4== OOC SOS 237== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
UMESS=2== OOC SOS 118== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
ST JOES=8== OOC SOS 77== 0 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
LA SALLE=2== OOC SOS 171== 2 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
ST LOUIS=3== OOC SOS 65== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
CHARLOTTE=5== OOC SOS 217== 3 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
FORDHAM=4== OOC SOS 141== 1 NEUTRAL COURT GAMES
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TOTAL=62== RANK=5== TOTAL=29

[paulxu]

I'm going to take a guess that the mass of "neutral" court games comes from 2 important factors:

1 - The bigleast and other conferences paid attention to the SI article showing the only significant advantage in sports is the refereeing that swings a couple of calls in favor of the home team (psychological advantage of home court fans cheering makes a difference). Therefore they schedule hard "away" games, if they play any (UC did not) on neutral courts to take that out of the equation.

2 - Easier to schedule these neutral games in guaranteed made-for-tv games with ESPN on your side.

It's not just the bigleast. Duke played a fairly decent OOC schedule. But any of their hard OOC games that they couldn't get at home...they played on a neutral court. That included Marquette, Kansas St, Oregon and Butler. Then they played 8 home games OOC, and 1 away game...UNCGreensboro...RPI#298.

[pizza delivery]

Maybe there should be a 2 road game minimum for all schools.

[pizza delivery]

good stuff, btw, OTR.

[XUglow]

Maybe there should be a 2 road game minimum for all schools.

Make it 4, and I will agree with you.