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Originally Posted by alnorth
it wasn't over 200 or 300 like Alabama and Colorado. I think UAB got a pass because their RPI was 31.
That's got to be the message this committee is sending: schedule people in November and December, or you are toast. Scheduling people doesn't get you in, but if you don't play anyone until the conference schedule, they will punish you.
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It's stupid though, because they didn't even play any of those teams close. In fact, they only played 3 noncon team that's even in the tourney, one being VCU.
Look at this schedule:
2011 Schedule (?)
Game Plan
Date Opponent Result Location Record Conf
Sat Nov 13 287 Southeast Missouri St. W, 78-56 70 Home 1-0
Wed Nov 17 180 Middle Tennessee W, 76-71 73 Away 2-0
Sat Nov 20 120 Arizona St. L, 69-66 64 Away 2-1
Tue Nov 23 288 South Alabama W, 82-58 67 Home 3-1
Fri Nov 26 102 Arkansas W, 70-65 71 OT Semi-Away 4-1
Mon Nov 29 273 Troy W, 78-57 63 Away 5-1
Wed Dec 1 276 Jacksonville St. W, 59-53 59 Home 6-1
Fri Dec 3 57 Georgia L, 66-64 59 Away 6-2
Sun Dec 5 110 Kent St. W, 75-59 59 Home 7-2
Sun Dec 19 323 Alabama A&M W, 58-40 62 Home 8-2
Tue Dec 21 84 Virginia Commonwealth W, 68-65 69 Home 9-2
Mon Dec 27 162 George Washington W, 79-44 59 Home 10-2
Wed Jan 5 2 Duke L, 85-64 69 Away 10-3
Sat Jan 8 65 Texas El Paso W, 100-97 94 3OT Home 11-3 1-0
Sat Jan 15 88 Tulsa L, 78-62 67 Away 11-4 1-1
Mon Jan 17 136 East Carolina W, 66-59 60 Away 12-4 2-1
Wed Jan 19 146 Southern Methodist W, 67-53 61 Home 13-4 3-1
Sat Jan 22 85 Memphis L, 76-73 75 OT Home 13-5 3-2
Wed Jan 26 80 Marshall W, 60-56 63 Home 14-5 4-2
Sat Jan 29 100 Central Florida W, 74-69 62 Away 15-5 5-2
Wed Feb 2 68 Southern Mississippi L, 75-71 59 Home 15-6 5-3
Sat Feb 5 179 Tulane W, 47-39 62 Away 16-6 6-3
Wed Feb 9 80 Marshall W, 64-48 58 Away 17-6 7-3
Sat Feb 12 150 Rice W, 74-68 65 Home 18-6 8-3
Wed Feb 16 85 Memphis L, 62-58 65 Away 18-7 8-4
Sat Feb 19 100 Central Florida W, 63-58 53 Home 19-7 9-4
Sat Feb 26 203 Houston W, 68-55 61 Away 20-7 10-4
Wed Mar 2 68 Southern Mississippi W, 67-66 58 Away 21-7 11-4
Sat Mar 5 136 East Carolina W, 66-48 58 Home 22-7 12-4
Conference USA Tournament
Thu Mar 10 136 East Carolina L, 75-70 76 OT Neutral 22-8