(03-27-2017 02:47 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Tulane played UNC, Oklahoma, Arizona State, St. John's, Georgia Tech, Missouri. Some of them turned out to be a lot worse than expected, but out of 13 games, that's not the schedule of a coach (Dunleavy) who is afraid of hard games.

Also, remember in regard to SOS, playing top teams at home doesn't help much...playing neutral sites games are better...and true road games are best.

SOS "credit" by points:
Home Games: 0.6
Neutral Site: 1.0
Road Games: 1.4

Winning road games especially vs any good team will help your SOS shoot up.

(03-27-2017 02:37 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Speaking of strength of schedule... without doing research, I can remember a few STOUT opponents ECU has taken on in recent years.

Belmont Abbey College

Gregg Marshall the HC at Wichita spent one yr. as an assistant @Belmont Abbey

(03-27-2017 03:43 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 02:37 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Speaking of strength of schedule... without doing research, I can remember a few STOUT opponents ECU has taken on in recent years.

Belmont Abbey College

Gregg Marshall the HC at Wichita spent one yr. as an assistant @Belmont Abbey

The OOC opponents ECU plays look like the practice opponents for UConn WBB.

(03-27-2017 09:29 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 03:43 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 02:37 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Speaking of strength of schedule... without doing research, I can remember a few STOUT opponents ECU has taken on in recent years.

Belmont Abbey College

Gregg Marshall the HC at Wichita spent one yr. as an assistant @Belmont Abbey

The OOC opponents ECU plays look like the practice opponents for UConn WBB.

In fairness, UCONNs women are better than ECUs men.

(03-27-2017 09:29 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 03:43 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(03-27-2017 02:37 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Speaking of strength of schedule... without doing research, I can remember a few STOUT opponents ECU has taken on in recent years.

Belmont Abbey College

Gregg Marshall the HC at Wichita spent one yr. as an assistant @Belmont Abbey

The OOC opponents ECU plays look like the practice opponents for UConn WBB.

In fairness, UCONNs women are better than ECUs men.

(03-26-2017 12:15 PM)Nevadanatural Wrote:  

(03-26-2017 12:01 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  #297 despite playing UNC, Arizona St, GT, Mizzou, and a few other decent teams. Wow.

Playing some top teams doesn't make up for playing some truly awful teams. Unfortunately you don't always know how good any particular team will be going into the season. TU fans were up in arms about losing the opener to Jacksonville State but they went on to win their conference and play in the tourney. We still shouldn't have lost to them but it wasn't the disaster people thought it was at the time.

That's very true. Have to avoid bad teams.
And if you look at the names on Tulane schedule it was not an attempt to play a bunch of cupcakes. I'm not sure how it came out to be so low but it really was a fluke considering the teams we played. The biggest concern was winning six games ...