I love that a lot X fans are using this opportunity to bash our schedule. When damn well near all of them know enough to realize that it's meaningless, and they, OF ALL PEOPLE, have no room to talk. But, they try to take their shots anway.
Fact: X has played no one ranked to date.
Fact: UC has played no one ranked to date
Fact: As it stands UC and Temple will be X's only ranked games
Fact: As it stands, Cuse, Pitt, UConn, Nova, GT, ND, UL, GT (again) will be UC's ranked games. (Not including a SJ's team who will be ranked, is top 10 in RPI)
Fact: As it stands, X will play ZERO top 20 schools (insert obvious joke on UC)
Fact: As it stands, X will play ZERO top 15 schools, top 10, top 5.
Fact: As it stands, UC will play 6 top 20 schools
Fact: As it stands, UC will play 6 top 15 schools, 4 top 10, 2 top 5.
Fact: UC and XU share 3 common opponents in IPFW, Miami, Seton Hall.
UC - 65 IPFW - 59--------------X - 69 IPFW 59 (OT)
UC - 64 Miami - 48-------------Miami - 75 X -64
UC - 70 SH - 53-----------------X - 57 SH -52
Fact: Our conference is in general regarded as the best. It sent a record of 8 teams to the dance, first in 06, and again in 08.
Fact: The A10 is regarded as no better than the 6th conference. And has produced no more than 3 (???) teams in a given year
Fact: Our conference produced 4 Elite 8 teams just two years ago
Fact: The A10 has not produce more than a single Elite 8 in a given year, recently, if ever.
Fact: Our conference produce 2 FF teams just in the year 2008 alone
Fact: They A10 hasn't produced a FF team since well before XU was a member, and it was only 1 team, not 2, that year in 1994.
Fact: Our conference has 40 FF's
Fact: I have no idea how many the A10 has, but I'll bet it's a funny stat nonetheless.
Fact: Our conference produced 3 #1 seeds in 2008
Fact: The A10 hasn't produced 3 #1 seeds in it's entire history. (I think it's just St. Joes and UMASS.)
Lastly, I'd really like one of you X fans to research this for me. Seriously. Please find out how many top 10 teams you have played in the last decade, in the regular season. (Not including games against UC or obviously in the tourney.) I'd be really curious to see that number.
The reason I ask is, we could face a total of 6 top teams in this year alone, even more if you off the RPI. Now, how odd would it be, if we play more top 10 teams in a SINGLE year than you have in a DECADE, and yet, we're listening to you all complain about our schedule?
I'd say that's like a 600 pound landatee (fat girl = land manatee = landatee) calling a model fat. No joke, that's an accurate analogy. You play in the Atlantic 10! We play in the BE! Cuse, Nova, GT, Pitt, on and on vs Fordham, Duquesne, Lasalle, St. Bonaventure. Give me a break, and quick trying to bash our schedule. The conference makes up 60% of your total schedule, I suggest you look at yours sometime. Cuz it's really, really bad, and your OOC games aren't all that either, no matter what you SOS currently says.
