Men's Basketball

Finding the Right Non-Conference College Basketball Schedule: Part I

This is the first in a three part series on non-conference scheduling and some of the challenges schools in the MVC have to deal with. Today, we take a look at some new ideas for scheduling and what things could be versus what is reality

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Each basketball offseason, fans line up trying to find out who their team will play next season. Basketball scheduling is a tricky business. While college football teams have non-conference schedules lined up as far as ten years in advance, college basketball schedules trickle out each year with everyone sitting on pins and needles to see if their team will be welcoming a known powerhouse or if they will be stuck with opponents that are desperate enough to take game on the road. At the same time, coaches are trying to find that right non-conference schedule to make sure their team develops correctly.

The Missouri Valley Conference is no stranger to this frustration. Just over a week ago, Wichita State was the final team in the conference to release their non-conference schedule. This announcement came even after the league released the in-conference schedule a couple weeks before. With only two weeks away from the official start of practice and about a month away from the first exhibition contests, the art of putting together a schedule goes to the last minute.

Across the more than 340 Division I basketball teams in college hoops there are more teams than the Shockers that were releasing their schedules in the past week. The cat and mouse game between all of these schools are causing the schedules to be released later and later. This in turn also draws out the time before television schedules come out as well. In past years, when the MVC would release the conference schedule, it would also release the TV schedule close behind it. With the conference schedule released well over three weeks ago, the TV schedule, at last report, is set to be released some time in this next week. It will be interesting to see what that schedule will look like with the MVC’s newly negotiated contract.

Then to add to the craziness of non-conference scheduling was the announcement last week by ESPN for this year’s BracketBusters. The annual mid-February event that matched up mid-level teams that seemed to be on the bubble each year has, after spending the past two seasons with 100 teams involved, announced that a ridiculous 142 teams are participating in the event this season.

The great idea that started in 2003 with 18 teams has exploded into an event that is almost worthless except for the 26 teams that now are chosen to be featured on the ESPN networks. The reason everyone wants to be a part of it today is not because they have the opportunity to have a game on TV, but to also help them with their scheduling. The rules say that a return game has to be scheduled within 18 months of the BracketBuster game. So many schools give a sigh of relief because it is one less game that they have to schedule. But even that isn’t a given. A game that Creighton was required to return to Loyola-Chicago this season has been pushed back another year due to ominous circumstances.

The bottom line surrounding all of this chaos–the way college hoops non-conference schedules are put together has to be changed.

The ScheduleMatic Solution

One article that came out this summer that did not get as much attention as expected came from Ken Pomeroy. Those familiar with Mr. Pomeroy know him from his kenpom.com web site and the innovative use of statistics along with his own rankings of teams. One additional innovation is the development of a program to help with scheduling he calls ScheduleMatic.

His idea revolves around the fact that the first week or so of college basketball is relatively unpublicized and many people aren’t really compelled to pay attention to college hoops when it starts in early November. I see this myself as football fans are heavily invested into their team’s play with the pigskin and basketball is an afterthought until December or even January. Granted, Duke fans are pretty focused on basketball season year round especially since it is a school with an uninspiring football program. Or others may even be focused on their favorite NFL team.

Granted, ESPN has tried a few different things as it is into its fourth year of a 24-hour hoops marathon, and a couple of new ideas with the Champions Classic games with powerhouses Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Michigan State matching up at Madison Square Garden along with the first college basketball game on an aircraft carrier with North Carolina vs. Michigan State, but what about the other few hundred teams across the nation? Pomeroy really sums it up best:

My idea is to turn over the first week of the season to my game generator, ScheduleMatic, which will schedule the first two opponents for every Division I team.

What’s ScheduleMatic? It’s an algorithm that finds competitive matchups among nearby teams, the types of games that generate interest among the die-hard and casual fan alike. ScheduleMatic accomplishes this by putting the 344 Division I teams in random order and then conducts an automated draft, matching nearby teams with a small difference in their ranking from the previous season. (In this case, I’ll use my own ratings, but any system will do.) In a matter of seconds, ScheduleMatic produces a complete schedule of one home and one road game for each team.

To me this is a great idea. First of all, it takes the pain out of contacting other schools to try and put these games together. It just sort of happens. Secondly, I know that schools are constantly trying to work out budgets by having enough home games to reach those budgets. On the other end of the spectrum, you have the schools from the SWAC and MEAC who travel like nomads each November and December to get guarantee money from high power schools so they can meet their budgetary concerns. But believe me, these games won’t be taking Kentucky to go play at Alcorn State. Finally, the algorithm is based on regional schools with similar rankings. However, I am sure that Alcorn State fans would enjoy having a home game against a team that isn’t called the Christian Nuns Academy.

In this scenario, every team plays a home and away game. If the concern is about money, then split the gate. Wait, how about something even better? Make it a home and home with games at the opposite schools the following season. So after doing this for two years, there are four games scheduled each year automatically for each team that schools don’t have to worry about. It would be two games at home and two games on the road for the first two weeks of the season. The games would also likely be games that local fans will care about. Then if you throw in your neutral site tournaments that a majority of NCAA schools play in today, that gives more than enough flexibility that schools scheduling the remaining 3 to 4 non-conference games each season, they can be whatever type of game they want and everyone is happy. It gives each team a challenging slate- the home and road games are evenly distributed and every team heads into its conference season knowing they scheduled the best non-conference games they could.

How would ScheduleMatic work for MVC Schools?

Pomeroy ran ScheduleMatic to produce the two games that each school would play for the 2011-12 season based on his rankings at the finish of the 2010-11 season. As part of my research for this series, I liked the idea of the return games the following season. I asked Mr. Pomeroy if he could run this ScheduleMatic for what games would have been generated for 2010-11 based on 2009-10 so that we could account for the return games that would have been scheduled for this season. The other thing I was curious about was whether the same schools would be matched up with each other each season. The results showed that for a majority of schools, there will ultimately be four different schools that come out of the algorithm, not repeat opponents from year one to year two.

Here is a look at each of the Missouri Valley Conference schools on what they actually scheduled for the 2011-12 season for the first four games (not including games created as a result of the exempt/neutral site tourneys) versus what ScheduleMatic would have given to these schools instead.

Creighton

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
CreightonNebraska60@ UAB63
Own Ranking: 95@ Iowa State81@ San Diego State8
@ Nebraska60Nebraska60
Akron117@ St. Joseph's183
Average Ranks79.578.5

We have to take a look at the hometown Bluejays first. They were the only MVC school that ScheduleMatic generated duplicate matchups with the same school, but it is a good one. Fans have asked for years for Nebraska to play a same season home-and-home with Creighton. To many, it makes sense. Both teams are always looking for challenging games and you know it will put people in the seats creating a near sellout whether it is in Lincoln or Omaha. Doc Sadler may not agree, but let’s face it, Nebraska and Creighton matchup pretty well based on their location and level of play. Nothing against the Bluejays, but if they want to get the matchups with the likes of Missouri or Kansas instead, then there is some ground to make up which they could quickly do with a successful season this year.

(Note-With the home-and-home theory that I am using from what was scheduled the previous year had ScheduleMatic been in place, it would have had both games in Lincoln this season. However, with the scheduling anomalies this might create, a home-and-home is created instead of two road games for the one school at the same place.)

Interestingly enough check out the other two schools, Akron and Iowa State. The Bluejays did end up playing both of them last season. Creighton met Iowa State in Des Moines as part of a Multi-Team Event (MTE) and the Bluejays were matched up with a game at the Zips due to the BracketBuster event. So really, ScheduleMatic was not too far off from that standpoint.

However, for this season, Creighton has done a good job with the actual schedule based on last season’s Pomeroy rankings. It appears to me that they are doing the right thing as far as their scheduling goes.

Bradley

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
BradleyLoyola-Chicago142SEMO287
Own Ranking: 177@ Ball State169North Dakota301
@ IUPUI138@ Wyoming215
Wisconsin-Milwaukee140@ Northeastern186
Average Ranks147.25247.25

Bradley is sort of an interesting case. For them, ScheduleMatic could have really helped their early non-conference schedule. With new coach Geno Ford coming in and the Braves finishing last in the Valley last season, the actual schedule is a light to start the season.

Loyola-Chicago, Ball State, IUPUI and Wisconsin-Milwaukee may not be the most attractive on paper, but Bradley fans are smart and they would probably rather see the games from ScheduleMatic than Southeast Missouri State, North Dakota, Wyoming and Northeastern. Wyoming is a result of the MVC/MWC Challenge for this season. Northeastern is from the CAA, but they are not George Mason or Old Dominion. In the end, their early schedule is below what they could have had with ScheduleMatic games.

Drake

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
DrakeArkansas-Little Rock211Upper IowaN/A
Own Ranking: 200@ Virginia Military Institute199Iowa State81
@ Iowa80Cal State-Northridge230
North Texas175@ Boise State85
Average Ranks166.25132

Initially, it looks like Drake did a pretty good job this season with their annual game against Iowa State and playing at Boise State. However, scheduling a non D-1 like Upper Iowa as a regular season game is a no-no. That would have made for a good exhibition, but not a regular season game. But scheduling the Non-D1 school is something we’ll take a look at in Part II of this series.

ScheduleMatic does create some interesting games for Drake–probably games that they would not actually happen with the likes of VMI or North Texas. Drake does get Iowa every year anyway, so that isn’t too far off. I’m sort of surprised that Arkansas-Little Rock hasn’t been on the schedule in recent years. Seems like a decent regional matchup to me.

Evansville

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
EvansvilleBall State169Butler41
Own Ranking: 166@ Middle Tennessee179Indiana75
@ Arkansas State190Oakland Cityn/a
Eastern Illinois299Illinois-Chicago253
Average Ranks209.25200.33

Evansville has scheduled for themselves pretty well to start the season. One thing to their advantage is the new downtown Ford Center Arena. Historical hoops schools Butler and Indiana have agreed to help the Aces open things up as the first couple games of the season. And Illinois-Chicago is probably a nice regional matchup. We’ll ignore Oakland City for now, but again, a school close enough to help open the new arena.

As for ScheduleMatic, the matchups aren’t too far off from what Evansville has done in the past. In fact, last season, the Purple Aces played a same season home-and-home with Middle Tennessee which were both pretty good battles. Evansville has played Ball State and Eastern Illinois in the past. They last played each other in the 2008-09 season. A few regional matchups that would be great to revive once again.

Illinois State

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
Illinois StateWinthrop229@ Fresno State165
Own Ranking: 226@ Depaul202Bethune Cookman294
@ St. Louis122Chicago State344
Northwestern49UNC-Wilmington205
Average Ranks150.5252

Since Tim Jankovich has arrived in Normal, the fans have not taken much of a liking to his scheduling techniques. It has been the yearly league joke that the Redbirds schedule the worst non-conference schedule in the conference. This year, they might have actually done a little better than one of their conference brethren, but not by much. It is hard to believe that a man that was once associated with Bill Self would have so much trouble scheduling non-conference games. Bethune Cookman, UNC-Wilmington and Chicago State just isn’t going to cut it.

Jankovich would probably appreciate having ScheduleMatic to schedule some games. They would definitely be solid ones. DePaul, Northwestern, St. Louis and Winthrop would be some games rabid Redbird fans would definitely care about. They would also be a lot nicer for their strength of schedule even though DePaul is towards the bottom of the Big East and Northwestern is a middling team in the Big 10. Anything will help Illinois State.

Indiana State

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
Indiana StateDayton100Eastern Illinois299
Own Ranking: 101@ Valparaiso107@ Louisiana-Monroe326
@ Jacksonville164Ball State169
IUPUI138Wisconsin-Green Bay156
Average Ranks127.25237.5

The Sycamores are coming off of a high after winning the MVC Tournament and getting to the NCAA’s for the first time in several years. That hasn’t helped them on the scheduling front. They definitely would benefit from the joys of ScheduleMatic. The actual games with Louisiana-Monroe were scheduled for senior Dwayne Latham to be able to play games close to his hometown. So that is nice, but having Dayton, Valpo and IUPUI would be interesting games.

Indiana State can hope to meet Dayton at the Old Spice Classic in late November this season.

Missouri State

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
Missouri StateIndiana75@ Nevada159
Own Ranking: 71@ Baylor77@ Arkansas State190
@ Iowa State81Emporia Staten/a
Colorado56Tulsa90
Average Ranks72.25146.33

If you are a Missouri State fan, you are likely drooling over the schedule had ScheduleMatic been in place. Indiana, Baylor, Iowa State and Colorado probably sound a whole lot better than Nevada, Arkansas State and Emporia State. However, with a team rebuilding with new head coach Paul Lusk and several holes to fill on the team, they played it safe and went that route instead. One plus that isn’t a part of the first four games however, is a home matchup against Oklahoma State.

The Bears have actually done a pretty good job from a scheduling standpoint over the past few years since the opening of JQH Arena.

Northern Iowa

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
Northern IowaValparaiso107@ Old Dominion48
Own Ranking: 106@ Iowa80@ St. Mary's50
@ Minnesota57@ Iowa State81
Purdue9Colorado State79
Average Ranks63.2564.5

The Panthers have been able to ride on their performances and name brand the past few seasons to schedule some pretty decent games. They haven’t been afraid to go places like Syracuse and this season make the trip out to St. Mary’s just to be part of the ESPN 24-hour hoops marathon. In this case, you could say ESPN set this game up, it wasn’t likely Northern Iowa.

Cedar Falls is right is somewhat in the middle of Big 10 country. Although they get to play Iowa yearly, it would be a pretty sweet deal if Northern Iowa got to play the likes of other nearby Big 10 teams in Minnesota or Purdue. However, Northern Iowa scheduled for themselves pretty well this season with the first four games even though many of those are on the road.

Southern Illinois

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
Southern IllinoisCharleston Southern219Ohio DominicanN/A
Own Ranking: 217@ Arkansas-Little Rock211St. Louis122
@ Wisconsin-Milwaukee140@ Northeastern186
Louisiana Tech252Chicago State344
Average Ranks205.5217.33

The Salukis are starting to run out of gas scheduling on name recognition and success alone. They are now concerned with just trying to win some games. They will start off the season with what could basically be another exhibition against non-D1 Ohio Dominican, have to return the 24-hoops marathon game against Northeastern and have Chicago State on the schedule.

The ScheduleMatic schedule that includes Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Louisiana Tech, Charleston Southern and Arkansas-Little Rock, may not sound too appetizing either, but let’s face it. Southern Illinois hoops is not what it once was. So maybe their actual scheduling for this season is about right.

Wichita State

MVC SchoolSM ProjectedPom RankingActual SchedPom Ranking
Wichita StateKansas3Charleston Southern219
Own Ranking: 26@ Kansas State30UAB63
@ Tulsa90Cal State-Fullerton260
Iowa State81UNLV27
Average Ranks51142.25

We have lamented already how Wichita State took so long to release their non-conference schedule. And with good reason. The past few years, they have struggled to make a name for themselves basically because their non-conference schedule was pretty weak and the games they needed to win to get some national recognition didn’t happen. Creighton, Drake, and Northern Iowa get the benefits of being able to play their other in-state Division I counterparts while the Shockers wish they could play Kansas or Kansas State. The best they can do is get a scrimmage against Kansas State before the season, not an actual game.

The Shockers would likely welcome the ScheduleMatic idea. They would actually get the chance to play Kansas and Kansas State, even in the same season. Then throw in a little Iowa State as well. Luckily Wichita State got a four-year agreement with Tulsa already a couple of years ago restarting that regional rivalry again. In reality, with having to settle for Charleston Southern and Cal-State Fullerton as well as a crosstown “neutral” game with UAB, it appears to be a tough sell in Wichita for teams to stop by.

One Additional Note:

  • One team that would likely get tired of playing MVC competition would be Iowa State. Through using ScheduleMatic, the Cyclones would end up playing Wichita State, Missouri State, and Creighton along with their normal non-conference games against Drake and Northern Iowa. Maybe if the conference realignment does continue on, Iowa State could become part of the MVC. They are at the level that they would be playing a lot of the MVC teams already.

The Other Teams

Are you looking to see how your other favorite teams would have fared with a two-year ScheduleMatic? Below is the consolidated table from Ken Pomeroy’s ScheduleMatic post along with the matchups assigned from the year before as if they were a Home/Home matchup for the 2011-12 season. *

TeamHome ('10-11)Away ('10-11)Home ('09-10)Away ('09-10)
Air ForceNew Mexico St.Northern ColoradoUC IrvineSouth Dakota
AkronWright St.James MadisonWestern KentuckyCreighton
AlabamaMissouriUABMichiganWake Forest
Alabama A&MKennesaw St.Florida A&MJacksonville St.Toledo
Alabama St.ChattanoogaSouth AlabamaCharleston SouthernNorth Florida
AlbanySienaWagnerMonmouthColgate
Alcorn St.Louisiana MonroeHowardChicago St.Florida A&M
AmericanWilliam & MaryLoyola MDDelaware St.Sacred Heart
Appalachian St.NC AshevilleTennessee TechSouth CarolinaOhio
ArizonaSan Diego St.Nevada Las VegasNew Mexico St.Nevada
Arizona St.Northern ColoradoNorthern ArizonaSt. Mary'sNevada Las Vegas
ArkansasTulsaSouth Dakota St.OklahomaSam Houston St.
Arkansas Little RockSouthern IllinoisDrakeMcNeese St.Jackson St.
Arkansas Pine BluffCentral ArkansasLouisiana MonroeTexas St.Ball St.
Arkansas St.Miami OHTulaneEvansvilleAustin Peay
ArmyFordhamNew HampshireYaleLong Island
AuburnTennessee TechWestern CarolinaCharlotteSouthern Mississippi
Austin PeayLipscombSt. LouisArkansas St.Central Michigan
Ball St.BradleyEvansvilleArkansas Pine BluffTexas St.
BaylorMissouri St.Texas El PasoWest VirginiaWisconsin
BelmontVanderbiltIllinoisOral RobertsVermont
Bethune CookmanFlorida Gulf CoastStetsonStetsonFlorida Gulf Coast
BinghamtonColgateNiagaraSacred HeartNavy
Boise St.MontanaOregonNorthern ColoradoOregon St.
Boston CollegeConnecticutCollege of CharlestonConnecticutSiena
Boston UniversityNortheasternHarvardHarvardGeorge Washington
Bowling GreenWake ForestElonCanisiusLoyola MD
BradleyLoyola ChicagoBall St.Wisconsin MilwaukeeIUPUI
Brigham YoungUtah St.San Diego St.CaliforniaKansas St.
BrownLafayetteSacred HeartNew HampshireNorfolk St.
BryantHartfordMaristNorth Carolina CentralDartmouth
BucknellDrexelNorth Carolina St.IUPU Fort WayneYale
BuffaloRhode IslandCanisiusLehighGeorge Mason
ButlerMichigan St.MissouriOhio St.Xavier
Cal PolyNevadaSan Jose St.WyomingSanta Clara
Cal St. BakersfieldSan DiegoSacramento St.Eastern WashingtonPepperdine
Cal St. FullertonEastern WashingtonPepperdineSan DiegoLoyola Marymount
Cal St. NorthridgeLoyola MarymountLamarNorthern ArizonaSan Diego
CaliforniaSt. Mary'sSanta ClaraUtah St.Brigham Young
CampbellNC WilmingtonLibertyCoastal CarolinaMorgan St.
CanisiusBuffaloIUPU Fort WayneIndianaBowling Green
Central ArkansasSouthernArkansas Pine BluffMissouri Kansas CityGrambling
Central ConnecticutHoly CrossGeorge WashingtonHartfordSoutheast Missouri St.
Central FloridaNorth Carolina St.South FloridaMount St. Mary'sLa Salle
Central MichiganSt. Francis PASoutheast Missouri St.Austin PeayManhattan
Charleston SouthernGeorgia St.Southern IllinoisSavannah St.Alabama St.
CharlotteMercerWilliam & MarySouthern MississippiAuburn
ChattanoogaMissouri Kansas CityAlabama St.Tennessee St.Tennessee Tech
Chicago St.Western IllinoisSIU EdwardsvilleSouthernAlcorn St.
CincinnatiFlorida St.MichiganWright St.South Carolina
ClemsonWest VirginiaFloridaTexasTexas A&M
Cleveland St.Kent St.OaklandDuquesneMiddle Tennessee
Coastal CarolinaSouth CarolinaDavidsonWestern CarolinaCampbell
ColgateDartmouthBinghamtonAlbanyPennsylvania
College of CharlestonBoston CollegeMiami FLJacksonvilleEast Tennessee St.
ColoradoNew MexicoTexas A&MHoustonMissouri St.
Colorado St.IowaIowa St.DenverNorthern Colorado
ColumbiaSt. Francis NYStony BrookFordhamSt. Francis NY
ConnecticutWisconsinBoston CollegeRhode IslandBoston College
Coppin St.TowsonNavyMD Baltimore CountySt. Francis PA
CornellDePaulQuinnipiacWake ForestSeton Hall
CreightonIowa St.NebraskaAkronNebraska
DartmouthFairleigh DickinsonColgateBryantHoward
DavidsonCoastal CarolinaNC AshevilleLipscombWinthrop
DaytonMurray St.Indiana St.Michigan St.Georgia Tech
DelawareFlorida AtlanticSaint Joseph'sLafayetteDelaware St.
Delaware St.NJ Inst of TechnologySamfordDelawareAmerican
DenverWyomingTexas San AntonioMontana St.Colorado St.
DePaulIllinois St.CornellRobert MorrisIllinois Chicago
DetroitIUPUILong IslandGeorge WashingtonSt. Bonaventure
DrakeArkansas Little RockVirginia Military InstNorth TexasIowa
DrexelPrincetonBucknellLa SalleRider
DukeOhio St.West VirginiaGeorgetownKentucky
DuquesneSeton HallVirginia CommonwealthWisconsin Green BayCleveland St.
East CarolinaHofstraFurmanFurmanNC Wilmington
East Tennessee St.James MadisonWright St.College of CharlestonWestern Carolina
Eastern IllinoisNorth Carolina A&TNorthern IllinoisThe CitadelEvansville
Eastern KentuckyWestern KentuckyYoungstown St.ValparaisoTexas A&M Corpus Chris
Eastern MichiganNiagaraJacksonville St.Stony BrookIndiana
Eastern WashingtonUC DavisCal St. FullertonLamarCal St. Bakersfield
ElonBowling GreenGeorgia St.Norfolk St.South Carolina St.
EvansvilleBall St.Middle TennesseeEastern IllinoisArkansas St.
FairfieldHarvardProvidencePrincetonHarvard
Fairleigh DickinsonMaristDartmouthVirginia Military InstMaryland Eastern Shore
FloridaClemsonFlorida St.Miami FLFlorida St.
Florida A&MAlabama A&MGeorgia SouthernAlcorn St.Stetson
Florida AtlanticJacksonvilleDelawareMercerJames Madison
Florida Gulf CoastFlorida InternationalBethune CookmanBethune CookmanNorth Carolina A&T
Florida InternationalStetsonFlorida Gulf CoastNavyNorthwestern St.
Florida St.FloridaCincinnatiFloridaTemple
FordhamNew HampshireArmySt. Francis NYColumbia
Fresno St.UC Santa BarbaraSan FranciscoLoyola MarymountUC Santa Barbara
FurmanEast CarolinaSouthern MethodistRadfordEast Carolina
Gardner WebbThe CitadelSavannah St.ToledoNJ Inst of Technology
George MasonSyracuseVirginia TechBuffaloRobert Morris
George WashingtonCentral ConnecticutWestern MichiganBoston UniversityDetroit
GeorgetownGeorgiaMarylandMarylandDuke
GeorgiaUABGeorgetownSouth FloridaWofford
Georgia SouthernFlorida A&MSouth Carolina St.Kennesaw St.South Carolina Upstate
Georgia St.ElonCharleston SouthernHamptonTroy
Georgia TechMarshallWoffordDaytonTennessee
GonzagaWashington St.WashingtonMontanaWashington
GramblingTexas Pan AmericanHouston BaptistCentral ArkansasSIU Edwardsville
HamptonNorth FloridaWinthropNC WilmingtonGeorgia St.
HartfordMonmouthBryantMaristCentral Connecticut
HarvardBoston UniversityFairfieldFairfieldBoston University
HawaiiPacificOregon St.UC RiversideNorthern Arizona
High PointNC GreensboroNorth Carolina CentralSouth Carolina UpstateIdaho St.
HofstraRiderEast CarolinaVermontPrinceton
Holy CrossYoungstown St.Central ConnecticutMaineYoungstown St.
HoustonStephen F. AustinMcNeese St.Sam Houston St.Colorado
Houston BaptistGramblingPrairie View A&MCentenaryPrairie View A&M
HowardAlcorn St.MD Baltimore CountyDartmouthMarist
IdahoUtahUC Santa BarbaraUC Santa BarbaraWashington St.
Idaho St.North DakotaNorfolk St.High PointLamar
IllinoisBelmontKansasMissouriNew Mexico
Illinois ChicagoLibertyTexas ArlingtonDePaulNC Greensboro
Illinois St.WinthropDePaulNorthwesternSt. Louis
IndianaMorehead St.Missouri St.Eastern MichiganCanisius
Indiana St.DaytonValparaisoIUPUIJacksonville
IonaSt. John'sRutgersPenn St.William & Mary
IowaNorthern IowaColorado St.DrakeMount St. Mary's
Iowa St.Colorado St.CreightonMissouri St.Wichita St.
IUPU Fort WayneCanisiusMiami OHWinthropBucknell
IUPUIWisconsin MilwaukeeDetroitBradleyIndiana St.
Jackson St.Tennessee MartinTroyArkansas Little RockMcNeese St.
JacksonvilleSouth FloridaFlorida AtlanticIndiana St.College of Charleston
Jacksonville St.Eastern MichiganTexas SouthernNorth FloridaAlabama A&M
James MadisonAkronEast Tennessee St.Florida AtlanticLoyola Chicago
KansasIllinoisWichita St.KentuckySyracuse
Kansas St.Wichita St.Michigan St.Brigham YoungWest Virginia
Kennesaw St.Mississippi Valley St.Alabama A&MWestern IllinoisGeorgia Southern
Kent St.VirginiaCleveland St.NebraskaPenn St.
KentuckyTexasPittsburghDukeKansas
La SalleQuinnipiacRiderCentral FloridaDrexel
LafayetteSacred HeartBrownTowsonDelaware
LamarCal St. NorthridgeNorth FloridaIdaho St.Eastern Washington
LehighPennsylvaniaSienaSt. Peter'sBuffalo
LibertyCampbellIllinois ChicagoNorth Carolina A&TLongwood
LipscombMiddle TennesseeAustin PeayTroyDavidson
Long Beach St.StanfordUCLAUCLASouthern California
Long IslandDetroitSt. Peter'sArmyNew Hampshire
LongwoodNorfolk St.NJ Inst of TechnologyLibertyNC Asheville
Louisiana LafayetteMcNeese St.Southeastern LouisianaTexas San AntonioTulane
Louisiana MonroeArkansas Pine BluffAlcorn St.Texas SouthernWestern Illinois
Louisiana St.Southeastern LouisianaStephen F. AustinTulaneSoutheastern Louisiana
Louisiana TechNorthwestern St.Texas St.Southern MethodistSouthern Illinois
LouisvilleXavierNorth CarolinaMississippi St.Miami FL
Loyola ChicagoOral RobertsBradleyJames MadisonSouth Dakota St.
Loyola MarymountUC IrvineCal St. NorthridgeCal St. FullertonFresno St.
Loyola MDAmericanNC WilmingtonBowling GreenMercer
MaineMassachusettsNortheasternQuinnipiacHoly Cross
ManhattanMaryland Eastern ShoreMonmouthCentral MichiganQuinnipiac
MaristBryantFairleigh DickinsonHowardHartford
MarquetteMichiganNorthwesternMinnesotaNorthwestern
MarshallMississippiGeorgia TechVirginiaMorehead St.
MarylandGeorgetownPenn St.VillanovaGeorgetown
Maryland Eastern ShoreMD Baltimore CountyManhattanFairleigh DickinsonVirginia Military Inst
MassachusettsYaleMaineRutgersStony Brook
McNeese St.HoustonLouisiana LafayetteJackson St.Arkansas Little Rock
MD Baltimore CountyHowardMaryland Eastern ShoreSt. Francis PACoppin St.
MemphisMississippi St.Morehead St.MississippiMississippi St.
MercerWestern CarolinaCharlotteLoyola MDFlorida Atlantic
Miami FLCollege of CharlestonSeton HallLouisvilleFlorida
Miami OHIUPU Fort WayneArkansas St.Morehead St.Oakland
MichiganCincinnatiMarquetteSienaAlabama
Michigan St.Kansas St.ButlerNotre DameDayton
Middle TennesseeEvansvilleLipscombCleveland St.Stephen F. Austin
MinnesotaOaklandTennesseeNorthern IowaMarquette
MississippiSouthern MississippiMarshallMurray St.Memphis
Mississippi St.Texas TechMemphisMemphisLouisville
Mississippi Valley St.South Carolina UpstateKennesaw St.Southeast Missouri St.Tennessee Martin
MissouriButlerAlabamaWisconsinIllinois
Missouri Kansas CityNorthern IllinoisChattanoogaTennessee MartinCentral Arkansas
Missouri St.IndianaBaylorColoradoIowa St.
MonmouthManhattanHartfordPennsylvaniaAlbany
MontanaPortlandBoise St.Washington St.Gonzaga
Montana St.Utah ValleySeattleSouth Dakota St.Denver
Morehead St.MemphisIndianaMarshallMiami OH
Morgan St.WagnerMount St. Mary'sCampbellRutgers
Mount St. Mary'sMorgan St.TowsonIowaCentral Florida
Murray St.St. LouisDaytonVanderbiltMississippi
NavyCoppin St.St. Francis PABinghamtonFlorida International
NC AshevilleDavidsonAppalachian St.LongwoodSavannah St.
NC GreensboroTroyHigh PointIllinois ChicagoRadford
NC WilmingtonLoyola MDCampbellEast CarolinaHampton
NebraskaCreightonWashington St.CreightonKent St.
NevadaSan FranciscoCal PolyArizonaStanford
Nevada Las VegasArizonaUtah St.Arizona St.St. Mary's
New HampshireArmyFordhamLong IslandBrown
New MexicoSouthern CaliforniaColoradoIllinoisTexas Tech
New Mexico St.Northern ArizonaAir ForceWeber St.Arizona
NiagaraBinghamtonEastern MichiganSt. BonaventureWisconsin Green Bay
Nicholls St.TulaneTennessee St.South Carolina St.Rice
NJ Inst of TechnologyLongwoodDelaware St.Gardner WebbWagner
Norfolk St.Idaho St.LongwoodBrownElon
North CarolinaLouisvillePurdueVirginia CommonwealthRichmond
North Carolina A&TNorth Carolina CentralEastern IllinoisFlorida Gulf CoastLiberty
North Carolina CentralHigh PointNorth Carolina A&TPresbyterianBryant
North Carolina St.BucknellCentral FloridaUABSt. John's
North DakotaSouth DakotaIdaho St.SIU EdwardsvilleSouthern
North Dakota St.Western MichiganWisconsin Green BaySouth DakotaNorthern Illinois
North FloridaLamarHamptonAlabama St.Jacksonville St.
North TexasRiceTexas ChristianTexas ArlingtonDrake
NortheasternMaineBoston UniversitySeton HallProvidence
Northern ArizonaArizona St.New Mexico St.HawaiiCal St. Northridge
Northern ColoradoAir ForceArizona St.Colorado St.Boise St.
Northern IllinoisEastern IllinoisMissouri Kansas CityNorth Dakota St.Wyoming
Northern IowaValparaisoIowaPurdueMinnesota
NorthwesternMarquetteXavierMarquetteIllinois St.
Northwestern St.Texas SouthernLouisiana TechFlorida InternationalTexas Southern
Notre DameWashingtonWisconsinXavierMichigan St.
OaklandCleveland St.MinnesotaMiami OHWestern Michigan
OhioWisconsin Green BayRobert MorrisAppalachian St.Virginia
Ohio St.PittsburghDukeSyracuseButler
OklahomaSouthern MethodistOral RobertsSt. LouisArkansas
Oklahoma St.Texas El PasoTulsaSan Diego St.Texas El Paso
Old DominionRichmondSt. John'sVirginia TechPittsburgh
Oral RobertsOklahomaLoyola ChicagoTulsaBelmont
OregonBoise St.PortlandPortlandUtah
Oregon St.HawaiiPacificBoise St.Seattle
PacificOregon St.HawaiiStanfordUCLA
Penn St.MarylandVillanovaKent St.Iona
PennsylvaniaSaint Joseph'sLehighColgateMonmouth
PepperdineCal St. FullertonUC IrvineCal St. BakersfieldUC Irvine
PittsburghKentuckyOhio St.Old DominionVanderbilt
PortlandOregonMontanaPortland St.Oregon
Portland St.SeattleUC RiversideSeattlePortland
Prairie View A&MHouston BaptistTexas A&M Corpus ChrisHouston BaptistTexas Pan American
PresbyterianSavannah St.The CitadelWagnerNorth Carolina Central
PrincetonRutgersDrexelHofstraFairfield
ProvidenceFairfieldRhode IslandNortheasternRhode Island
PurdueNorth CarolinaTexasTexas A&MNorthern Iowa
QuinnipiacCornellLa SalleManhattanMaine
RadfordSouth Carolina St.ToledoNC GreensboroFurman
Rhode IslandProvidenceBuffaloProvidenceConnecticut
RiceSam Houston St.North TexasNicholls St.Texas Arlington
RichmondVirginia CommonwealthOld DominionNorth CarolinaVirginia Commonwealth
RiderLa SalleHofstraDrexelSaint Joseph's
Robert MorrisOhioSt. BonaventureGeorge MasonDePaul
RutgersIonaPrincetonMorgan St.Massachusetts
Sacramento St.Cal St. BakersfieldUC DavisUtah ValleySouthern Utah
Sacred HeartBrownLafayetteAmericanBinghamton
Saint Joseph'sDelawarePennsylvaniaRiderSt. Peter's
Sam Houston St.Texas ChristianRiceArkansasHouston
SamfordDelaware St.South Carolina UpstateTennessee TechSouth Alabama
San DiegoUC RiversideCal St. BakersfieldCal St. NorthridgeCal St. Fullerton
San Diego St.Brigham YoungArizonaSouthern CaliforniaOklahoma St.
San FranciscoFresno St.NevadaUC DavisSan Jose St.
San Jose St.Cal PolyWeber St.San FranciscoUC Davis
Santa ClaraCaliforniaStanfordCal PolyUC Riverside
Savannah St.Gardner WebbPresbyterianNC AshevilleCharleston Southern
SeattleMontana St.Portland St.Oregon St.Portland St.
Seton HallMiami FLDuquesneCornellNortheastern
SienaLehighAlbanyBoston CollegeMichigan
SIU EdwardsvilleChicago St.SouthernGramblingNorth Dakota
South AlabamaAlabama St.Tennessee MartinSamfordTennessee St.
South CarolinaVermontCoastal CarolinaCincinnatiAppalachian St.
South Carolina St.Georgia SouthernRadfordElonNicholls St.
South Carolina UpstateSamfordMississippi Valley St.Georgia SouthernHigh Point
South DakotaSoutheast Missouri St.North DakotaAir ForceNorth Dakota St.
South Dakota St.ArkansasTexas TechLoyola ChicagoMontana St.
South FloridaCentral FloridaJacksonvilleWoffordGeorgia
Southeast Missouri St.Central MichiganSouth DakotaCentral ConnecticutMississippi Valley St.
Southeastern LouisianaLouisiana LafayetteLouisiana St.Louisiana St.The Citadel
SouthernSIU EdwardsvilleCentral ArkansasNorth DakotaChicago St.
Southern CaliforniaTexas A&MNew MexicoLong Beach St.San Diego St.
Southern IllinoisCharleston SouthernArkansas Little RockLouisiana TechWisconsin Milwaukee
Southern MethodistFurmanOklahomaStephen F. AustinLouisiana Tech
Southern MississippiTennesseeMississippiAuburnCharlotte
Southern UtahTexas St.Utah ValleySacramento St.Utah Valley
St. BonaventureRobert MorrisWisconsin MilwaukeeDetroitNiagara
St. Francis NYStony BrookColumbiaColumbiaFordham
St. Francis PANavyCentral MichiganCoppin St.MD Baltimore County
St. John'sOld DominionIonaNorth Carolina St.Wright St.
St. LouisAustin PeayMurray St.Illinois St.Oklahoma
St. Mary'sUCLACaliforniaNevada Las VegasArizona St.
St. Peter'sLong IslandVermontSaint Joseph'sLehigh
StanfordSanta ClaraLong Beach St.NevadaPacific
Stephen F. AustinLouisiana St.HoustonMiddle TennesseeSouthern Methodist
StetsonBethune CookmanFlorida InternationalFlorida A&MBethune Cookman
Stony BrookColumbiaSt. Francis NYMassachusettsEastern Michigan
SyracuseTempleGeorge MasonKansasOhio St.
TempleVillanovaSyracuseFlorida St.Villanova
TennesseeMinnesotaSouthern MississippiGeorgia TechVirginia Tech
Tennessee MartinSouth AlabamaJackson St.Mississippi Valley St.Missouri Kansas City
Tennessee St.Nicholls St.Western KentuckySouth AlabamaChattanooga
Tennessee TechAppalachian St.AuburnChattanoogaSamford
TexasPurdueKentuckyTexas El PasoClemson
Texas A&MColoradoSouthern CaliforniaClemsonPurdue
Texas A&M Corpus ChrisPrairie View A&MTexas Pan AmericanEastern KentuckyTexas Christian
Texas ArlingtonIllinois ChicagoWake ForestRiceNorth Texas
Texas ChristianNorth TexasSam Houston St.Texas A&M Corpus ChrisTexas San Antonio
Texas El PasoBaylorOklahoma St.Oklahoma St.Texas
Texas Pan AmericanTexas A&M Corpus ChrisGramblingPrairie View A&MCentenary
Texas San AntonioDenverWyomingTexas ChristianLouisiana Lafayette
Texas SouthernJacksonville St.Northwestern St.Northwestern St.Louisiana Monroe
Texas St.Louisiana TechSouthern UtahBall St.Arkansas Pine Bluff
Texas TechSouth Dakota St.Mississippi St.New MexicoUAB
The CitadelPresbyterianGardner WebbSoutheastern LouisianaEastern Illinois
ToledoRadfordWestern IllinoisAlabama A&MGardner Webb
TowsonMount St. Mary'sCoppin St.Youngstown St.Lafayette
TroyJackson St.NC GreensboroGeorgia St.Lipscomb
TulaneArkansas St.Nicholls St.Louisiana LafayetteLouisiana St.
TulsaOklahoma St.ArkansasWichita St.Oral Roberts
UABAlabamaGeorgiaTexas TechNorth Carolina St.
UC DavisSacramento St.Eastern WashingtonSan Jose St.San Francisco
UC IrvinePepperdineLoyola MarymountPepperdineAir Force
UC RiversidePortland St.San DiegoSanta ClaraHawaii
UC Santa BarbaraIdahoFresno St.Fresno St.Idaho
UCLALong Beach St.St. Mary'sPacificLong Beach St.
UtahWeber St.IdahoOregonWeber St.
Utah St.Nevada Las VegasBrigham YoungWashingtonCalifornia
Utah ValleySouthern UtahMontana St.Southern UtahSacramento St.
ValparaisoIndiana St.Northern IowaWestern MichiganEastern Kentucky
VanderbiltVirginia TechBelmontPittsburghMurray St.
VermontSt. Peter'sSouth CarolinaBelmontHofstra
VillanovaPenn St.TempleTempleMaryland
VirginiaWoffordKent St.OhioMarshall
Virginia CommonwealthDuquesneRichmondRichmondNorth Carolina
Virginia Military InstDrakeYaleMaryland Eastern ShoreFairleigh Dickinson
Virginia TechGeorge MasonVanderbiltTennesseeOld Dominion
WagnerAlbanyMorgan St.NJ Inst of TechnologyPresbyterian
Wake ForestTexas ArlingtonBowling GreenAlabamaCornell
WashingtonGonzagaNotre DameGonzagaUtah St.
Washington St.NebraskaGonzagaIdahoMontana
Weber St.San Jose St.UtahUtahNew Mexico St.
West VirginiaDukeClemsonKansas St.Baylor
Western CarolinaAuburnMercerEast Tennessee St.Coastal Carolina
Western IllinoisToledoChicago St.Louisiana MonroeKennesaw St.
Western KentuckyTennessee St.Eastern KentuckyWilliam & MaryAkron
Western MichiganGeorge WashingtonNorth Dakota St.OaklandValparaiso
Wichita St.KansasKansas St.Iowa St.Tulsa
William & MaryCharlotteAmericanIonaWestern Kentucky
WinthropHamptonIllinois St.DavidsonIUPU Fort Wayne
WisconsinNotre DameConnecticutBaylorMissouri
Wisconsin Green BayNorth Dakota St.OhioNiagaraDuquesne
Wisconsin MilwaukeeSt. BonaventureIUPUISouthern IllinoisBradley
WoffordGeorgia TechVirginiaGeorgiaSouth Florida
Wright St.East Tennessee St.AkronSt. John'sCincinnati
WyomingTexas San AntonioDenverNorthern IllinoisCal Poly
XavierNorthwesternLouisvilleButlerNotre Dame
YaleVirginia Military InstMassachusettsBucknellArmy
Youngstown St.Eastern KentuckyHoly CrossHoly CrossTowson

*Listings courtesy of Ken Pomeroy.  Check out his site at http://kenpom.com

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