This is where I get annoyed with you. Your blind love of Mick completely overlooks that our Non conference SOS the last 2 years has not just been bad, but historically bad.
I understand Mick's philosophy in scheduling it. The Big East is tough and we need to enter with as many wins as possible. Then he gets to puff out his chest and say "See, we're improving every year" However, he could easily schedule borderline top 100 - top 200 teams. There is no excuse to play 4-5 teams each year ranked 300+