Xaveriana
01-01-2009, 05:53 PM
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With A10 play just around the corner, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the A10 Non-Conference Schedule/Results to date. Given the mediocre overall A10 winning percentage of 58%, Xavier will most likely see their computer rankings drop with many A10 games--win or lose. Also, given the push by some A10 coaches to improve their non-conference schedules, I am not seeing many signs of this outside of Xavier. :mad:
Analysis
* Note: Most data came from ESPN.com. I used the ESPN/USA Today Rankings since I believe these get the most exposure.
The A10 has a combined record of 98 wins & 71 loses or 58% winning percentage for the 169 games played as of 1/1/2009.
Complete Schedules/Results
Dayton (12-1) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2168
Xavier (10-2) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2752
Duquesne (9-4) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2184
Rhode Island (9-4) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=227
St. Bonaventure (8-4) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=179
Saint Louis (8-5) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=139
La Salle (7-5) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2325
George Washington (6-5) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=45
Richmond (7-6) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=257
Charlotte (5-6) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2429
Temple (5-6) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=218
Massachusetts (5-7) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=113
Saint Joseph's (5-7) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2603
Fordham (2-9) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2230
The A10 has played 18 games against teams ranked in the Top 25 (at the time of the game). They won only 4 of those match-ups. None of the 4 wins were on the opponent’s home court. The A10 has played 3 common ranked opponents: Memphis (2 times), Villanova (5 times) & Duke (3 times).
Top 25
Memphis: Xavier (W 63-58) & Massachusetts (L 80-58)
Villanova: Saint Joseph's (L 59-56), Temple (L 62-45), Fordham (L 107-68), Rhode Island (L 78-65) & La Salle (L 70-59)
Duke: Duquesne (L 95-72), Rhode Island (L 82-79) & Xavier (L 82-64)
Tennessee - Temple (W 88-72)
Marquette - Dayton (W 89-75)
Kansas - Massachusetts (W 61-60)
Pittsburgh - Duquesne (L 78-51)
Arizona State - Charlotte (L 84-56)
Connecticut - La Salle (L 89-81)
Texas - Saint Joseph's (L 68-50)
Wake Forest - Richmond (L 86-79)
Some A10 coaches, like Sean Miller, are pushing for an improved non-conference schedule. Xavier has definitely improved it's non-conference schedule, but most have not. See the Good, the OK & the Ugly. I realize this categorization is completely subjective, but there was some method to my madness.
Historically "Good" Opponents Scheduled (34 of 169 games, 20%)
Saint Joseph's - Alabama L 58-48
Charlotte - Arizona State L 84-56
Massachusetts - Boston College L 85-81
Saint Louis - Boston College W 53-50
Xavier - Cincinnati W 76-66
Charlotte - Clemson L 71-70
Temple - Clemson L 76-72
La Salle - Connecticut L 89-81
Xavier - Duke L 82-64
Rhode Island - Duke L 82-79
Duquesne - Duke L 95-72
La Salle - Florida State L 65-61
Saint Joseph's - Indiana W 80-54
Temple - Kansas L 71-59
Massachusetts - Kansas W 61-60
Dayton - Marquette W 89-75
George Washington - Maryland L 76-53
Massachusetts - Memphis L 80-58
Xavier - Memphis W 63-58
Xavier - Missouri W 75-71
Rhode Island - Oklahoma State L 86-82
Duquesne - Pittsburgh L 78-51
St. Bonaventure - Rutgers W 64-63
Richmond - Syracuse L 76-71
Temple - Tennessee W 88-72
Saint Joseph's - Texas L 68-50
Fordham - Villanova L 107-68
Saint Joseph's - Villanova L 59-56
Temple - Villanova L 62-45
La Salle - Villanova L 70-59
Rhode Island - Villanova L 78-65
Xavier - Virginia Tech W 63-62
Richmond - Wake Forest L 86-79
Duquesne - West Virginia L 68-63
Historically "OK" Opponents Scheduled (35 of 169 games, 21%)
Dayton - Akron W 54-50
George Washington - Auburn L 83-71
Dayton - Auburn W 60-59
Xavier - Auburn W 81-74
Duquesne Duke - Bowling Green W 76-65
Xavier - Butler L 74-65
Temple - Charleston W 70-65
Saint Joseph's - Creighton L 69-58
Dayton - Creighton L 77-59
Saint Louis - DePaul L 65-61
Dayton - George Mason W 66-62
Saint Louis - Kent State L 76-74
Dayton - Marshall W 62-50
Temple - Miami (OH) L 68-52
Xavier - Miami (OH) W 60-53
St. Bonaventure - Mississippi State L 76-71
Charlotte - Mississippi State W 70-64
La Salle - Mount St. Mary's W 65-59
Saint Louis - Nebraska L 71-57
Xavier - Ohio W 78-56
Temple - Penn State W 65-59
Rhode Island - Penn State W 77-72
Fordham - Princeton L 73-61
St. Bonaventure - Princeton W 60-53
Rhode Island - Providence L 66-65
Charlotte - Providence L 67-62
Saint Louis - Southern Illinois L 64-48
Massachusetts - Southern Illinois L 80-73
Charlotte - Southern Illinois W 66-64
La Salle - Southern Miss L 76-72
Massachusetts - Toledo L 57-56
Xavier - Toledo W 81-65
George Washington - Vermont L 83-72
Richmond - Virginia Commonwealth L 77-76
Rhode Island - Virginia Commonwealth W 92-86
Historically "Ugly" Opponents Scheduled (100 of 169 games, 59%)
George Washington - American University W 63-50
Charlotte - Appalachian State L 87-84
Massachusetts - Ark Monticello W 90-71
Dayton - Bethune-Cookman W 78-38
George Washington - Binghamton W 71-57
George Washington - Boston University W 63-58
Richmond - Bradley L 80-66
Rhode Island - Brown W 76-74
La Salle - Bucknell W 68-65
Richmond - Bucknell W 79-57
St. Bonaventure - Bucknell W 90-82
Temple - Buffalo L 83-73
Charlotte - Cal State Fullerton L 92-84
St. Bonaventure - Canisius L 68-66
Rhode Island - Central Connecticut State W 77-69
Fordham - Columbia L 65-62
George Washington - Coppin State L 59-53
Dayton - Coppin State W 73-56
Richmond - Coppin State W 78-67
La Salle - Cornell L 79-70
Saint Joseph's - Cornell W 71-67
St. Bonaventure - Delaware L 85-81
Dayton - Delaware State W 62-42
Richmond - Delaware State W 76-66
Saint Louis - Detroit L 62-57
Saint Joseph's - Drexel L 64-52
Temple - East Tennessee State W 79-65
St. Bonaventure - Eastern Michigan W 86-78
Fordham - Fairfield L 69-66
Rhode Island - Fairleigh Dickinson W 95-80
Richmond - Florida Gulf Coast W 69-58
Fordham - Florida International L 63-55
Saint Louis - Fresno State W 56-52
Duquesne - Furman W 85-65
La Salle Expl - Hartford W 70-64
Rhode Island - Hartford W 94-72
George Washington - Harvard W 78-63
George Washington - Hawaii L 73-47
Duquesne - High Point W 84-55
Fordham - Hofstra L 60-40
Massachusetts - Hofstra W 97-81
Saint Joseph's - Holy Cross L 73-69
Massachusetts - Holy Cross W 73-59
Massachusetts - Houston L 80-54
Xavier - IPFW W 71-43
Massachusetts - IUPUI W 64-57
Massachusetts - Jacksonville State L 75-74
Fordham - James Madison L 73-53
Temple - Lafayette W 71-55
Fordham - Lafayette W 79-58
Saint Joseph's - Lehigh W 77-64
Saint Louis - Liberty W 73-70
Temple - Long Beach State L 76-71
Charlotte - Long Island W 79-68
Fordham - Manhattan L 81-67
La Salle - Manhattan W 89-64
St. Bonaventure - Marist W 77-54
St. Bonaventure - Maryland-Eastern Shore W 75-60
Dayton - Mercer W 71-53
Saint Louis - Missouri-St. Louis W 48-33
Rhode Island - Monmouth W 85-62
La Salle - Morgan State W 64-61
Fordham - New Hampshire W 60-56
Rhode Island - New Hampshire W 88-56
St. Bonaventure - Niagara L 83-65
Duquesne - North Carolina Central W 97-79
Richmond - North Carolina-Wilmington W 76-69
Rhode Island - Northeastern W 85-72
Richmond - Old Dominion L 65-62
Charlotte - Old Dominion L 69-68
Duquesne - Old Dominion L 86-60
Duquesne - Radford W 94-75
Richmond - Randolph-Macon W 81-57
Duquesne - Rice W 80-64
Saint Joseph's - Rider W 69-57
La Salle - Rider W 92-75
St. Bonaventure - Robert Morris W 72-62
Xavier - Robert Morris W 78-57
Duquesne - Robert Morris W 88-62
George Washington - Sacramento State W 59-47
Saint Louis - Samford W 70-49
Saint Louis - Savannah State W 55-37
Saint Joseph's - Siena L 75-74
St. Bonaventure - St. Francis (PA) W 73-66
Duquesne - St. Francis (PA) W 83-72
Fordham - Tennessee-Martin L 82-70
Saint Joseph's - Towson W 85-64
Dayton - Troy W 87-70
George Washington - UMBC W 70-64
Saint Louis - UMBC W 81-60
Richmond - UMKC W 85-74
Dayton - UNC Greensboro W 75-44
Charlotte - UNC Greensboro W 77-59
Saint Louis - USC Upstate W 55-38
Duquesne - USC Upstate W 79-69
La Salle - Valparaiso W 75-70
Richmond - Virginia Military L 73-70
Massachusetts - Wisconsin-Green Bay L 84-67
Dayton - Wofford W 52-49
Charlotte - Youngstown State W 100-80
With A10 play just around the corner, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at the A10 Non-Conference Schedule/Results to date. Given the mediocre overall A10 winning percentage of 58%, Xavier will most likely see their computer rankings drop with many A10 games--win or lose. Also, given the push by some A10 coaches to improve their non-conference schedules, I am not seeing many signs of this outside of Xavier. :mad:
Analysis
* Note: Most data came from ESPN.com. I used the ESPN/USA Today Rankings since I believe these get the most exposure.
The A10 has a combined record of 98 wins & 71 loses or 58% winning percentage for the 169 games played as of 1/1/2009.
Complete Schedules/Results
Dayton (12-1) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2168
Xavier (10-2) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2752
Duquesne (9-4) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2184
Rhode Island (9-4) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=227
St. Bonaventure (8-4) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=179
Saint Louis (8-5) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=139
La Salle (7-5) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2325
George Washington (6-5) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=45
Richmond (7-6) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=257
Charlotte (5-6) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2429
Temple (5-6) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=218
Massachusetts (5-7) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=113
Saint Joseph's (5-7) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2603
Fordham (2-9) --- http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/teams/schedule?teamId=2230
The A10 has played 18 games against teams ranked in the Top 25 (at the time of the game). They won only 4 of those match-ups. None of the 4 wins were on the opponent’s home court. The A10 has played 3 common ranked opponents: Memphis (2 times), Villanova (5 times) & Duke (3 times).
Top 25
Memphis: Xavier (W 63-58) & Massachusetts (L 80-58)
Villanova: Saint Joseph's (L 59-56), Temple (L 62-45), Fordham (L 107-68), Rhode Island (L 78-65) & La Salle (L 70-59)
Duke: Duquesne (L 95-72), Rhode Island (L 82-79) & Xavier (L 82-64)
Tennessee - Temple (W 88-72)
Marquette - Dayton (W 89-75)
Kansas - Massachusetts (W 61-60)
Pittsburgh - Duquesne (L 78-51)
Arizona State - Charlotte (L 84-56)
Connecticut - La Salle (L 89-81)
Texas - Saint Joseph's (L 68-50)
Wake Forest - Richmond (L 86-79)
Some A10 coaches, like Sean Miller, are pushing for an improved non-conference schedule. Xavier has definitely improved it's non-conference schedule, but most have not. See the Good, the OK & the Ugly. I realize this categorization is completely subjective, but there was some method to my madness.
Historically "Good" Opponents Scheduled (34 of 169 games, 20%)
Saint Joseph's - Alabama L 58-48
Charlotte - Arizona State L 84-56
Massachusetts - Boston College L 85-81
Saint Louis - Boston College W 53-50
Xavier - Cincinnati W 76-66
Charlotte - Clemson L 71-70
Temple - Clemson L 76-72
La Salle - Connecticut L 89-81
Xavier - Duke L 82-64
Rhode Island - Duke L 82-79
Duquesne - Duke L 95-72
La Salle - Florida State L 65-61
Saint Joseph's - Indiana W 80-54
Temple - Kansas L 71-59
Massachusetts - Kansas W 61-60
Dayton - Marquette W 89-75
George Washington - Maryland L 76-53
Massachusetts - Memphis L 80-58
Xavier - Memphis W 63-58
Xavier - Missouri W 75-71
Rhode Island - Oklahoma State L 86-82
Duquesne - Pittsburgh L 78-51
St. Bonaventure - Rutgers W 64-63
Richmond - Syracuse L 76-71
Temple - Tennessee W 88-72
Saint Joseph's - Texas L 68-50
Fordham - Villanova L 107-68
Saint Joseph's - Villanova L 59-56
Temple - Villanova L 62-45
La Salle - Villanova L 70-59
Rhode Island - Villanova L 78-65
Xavier - Virginia Tech W 63-62
Richmond - Wake Forest L 86-79
Duquesne - West Virginia L 68-63
Historically "OK" Opponents Scheduled (35 of 169 games, 21%)
Dayton - Akron W 54-50
George Washington - Auburn L 83-71
Dayton - Auburn W 60-59
Xavier - Auburn W 81-74
Duquesne Duke - Bowling Green W 76-65
Xavier - Butler L 74-65
Temple - Charleston W 70-65
Saint Joseph's - Creighton L 69-58
Dayton - Creighton L 77-59
Saint Louis - DePaul L 65-61
Dayton - George Mason W 66-62
Saint Louis - Kent State L 76-74
Dayton - Marshall W 62-50
Temple - Miami (OH) L 68-52
Xavier - Miami (OH) W 60-53
St. Bonaventure - Mississippi State L 76-71
Charlotte - Mississippi State W 70-64
La Salle - Mount St. Mary's W 65-59
Saint Louis - Nebraska L 71-57
Xavier - Ohio W 78-56
Temple - Penn State W 65-59
Rhode Island - Penn State W 77-72
Fordham - Princeton L 73-61
St. Bonaventure - Princeton W 60-53
Rhode Island - Providence L 66-65
Charlotte - Providence L 67-62
Saint Louis - Southern Illinois L 64-48
Massachusetts - Southern Illinois L 80-73
Charlotte - Southern Illinois W 66-64
La Salle - Southern Miss L 76-72
Massachusetts - Toledo L 57-56
Xavier - Toledo W 81-65
George Washington - Vermont L 83-72
Richmond - Virginia Commonwealth L 77-76
Rhode Island - Virginia Commonwealth W 92-86
Historically "Ugly" Opponents Scheduled (100 of 169 games, 59%)
George Washington - American University W 63-50
Charlotte - Appalachian State L 87-84
Massachusetts - Ark Monticello W 90-71
Dayton - Bethune-Cookman W 78-38
George Washington - Binghamton W 71-57
George Washington - Boston University W 63-58
Richmond - Bradley L 80-66
Rhode Island - Brown W 76-74
La Salle - Bucknell W 68-65
Richmond - Bucknell W 79-57
St. Bonaventure - Bucknell W 90-82
Temple - Buffalo L 83-73
Charlotte - Cal State Fullerton L 92-84
St. Bonaventure - Canisius L 68-66
Rhode Island - Central Connecticut State W 77-69
Fordham - Columbia L 65-62
George Washington - Coppin State L 59-53
Dayton - Coppin State W 73-56
Richmond - Coppin State W 78-67
La Salle - Cornell L 79-70
Saint Joseph's - Cornell W 71-67
St. Bonaventure - Delaware L 85-81
Dayton - Delaware State W 62-42
Richmond - Delaware State W 76-66
Saint Louis - Detroit L 62-57
Saint Joseph's - Drexel L 64-52
Temple - East Tennessee State W 79-65
St. Bonaventure - Eastern Michigan W 86-78
Fordham - Fairfield L 69-66
Rhode Island - Fairleigh Dickinson W 95-80
Richmond - Florida Gulf Coast W 69-58
Fordham - Florida International L 63-55
Saint Louis - Fresno State W 56-52
Duquesne - Furman W 85-65
La Salle Expl - Hartford W 70-64
Rhode Island - Hartford W 94-72
George Washington - Harvard W 78-63
George Washington - Hawaii L 73-47
Duquesne - High Point W 84-55
Fordham - Hofstra L 60-40
Massachusetts - Hofstra W 97-81
Saint Joseph's - Holy Cross L 73-69
Massachusetts - Holy Cross W 73-59
Massachusetts - Houston L 80-54
Xavier - IPFW W 71-43
Massachusetts - IUPUI W 64-57
Massachusetts - Jacksonville State L 75-74
Fordham - James Madison L 73-53
Temple - Lafayette W 71-55
Fordham - Lafayette W 79-58
Saint Joseph's - Lehigh W 77-64
Saint Louis - Liberty W 73-70
Temple - Long Beach State L 76-71
Charlotte - Long Island W 79-68
Fordham - Manhattan L 81-67
La Salle - Manhattan W 89-64
St. Bonaventure - Marist W 77-54
St. Bonaventure - Maryland-Eastern Shore W 75-60
Dayton - Mercer W 71-53
Saint Louis - Missouri-St. Louis W 48-33
Rhode Island - Monmouth W 85-62
La Salle - Morgan State W 64-61
Fordham - New Hampshire W 60-56
Rhode Island - New Hampshire W 88-56
St. Bonaventure - Niagara L 83-65
Duquesne - North Carolina Central W 97-79
Richmond - North Carolina-Wilmington W 76-69
Rhode Island - Northeastern W 85-72
Richmond - Old Dominion L 65-62
Charlotte - Old Dominion L 69-68
Duquesne - Old Dominion L 86-60
Duquesne - Radford W 94-75
Richmond - Randolph-Macon W 81-57
Duquesne - Rice W 80-64
Saint Joseph's - Rider W 69-57
La Salle - Rider W 92-75
St. Bonaventure - Robert Morris W 72-62
Xavier - Robert Morris W 78-57
Duquesne - Robert Morris W 88-62
George Washington - Sacramento State W 59-47
Saint Louis - Samford W 70-49
Saint Louis - Savannah State W 55-37
Saint Joseph's - Siena L 75-74
St. Bonaventure - St. Francis (PA) W 73-66
Duquesne - St. Francis (PA) W 83-72
Fordham - Tennessee-Martin L 82-70
Saint Joseph's - Towson W 85-64
Dayton - Troy W 87-70
George Washington - UMBC W 70-64
Saint Louis - UMBC W 81-60
Richmond - UMKC W 85-74
Dayton - UNC Greensboro W 75-44
Charlotte - UNC Greensboro W 77-59
Saint Louis - USC Upstate W 55-38
Duquesne - USC Upstate W 79-69
La Salle - Valparaiso W 75-70
Richmond - Virginia Military L 73-70
Massachusetts - Wisconsin-Green Bay L 84-67
Dayton - Wofford W 52-49
Charlotte - Youngstown State W 100-80