I've only looked at it for the Pac 12 teams, but if we say that a Q4 win is an anchor (now that's a home game vs. 161+ in the RPI - which is a very broad metric) then here is how it shakes out:
Utah: 6
Arizona: 5
ASU: 5
Cal: 7 (2-5)
Colorado: 5
Oregon: 8
Oregon St: 6
Stanford: 5 (4-1)
UCLA: 6
USC: 7
Wash: 7
WSU: 7 (6-1)
Every team in our league that got Cal and WSU at home added a Q4 win to the schedule, and a road game was only a Q3 win. That hurt the league quite a bit.
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
--Albert Einstein
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.
--Richard Dawkins
Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
--Philo
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
--Albert Einstein
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.
--Richard Dawkins
Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
--Philo
Majerus isn't sorry about patsy schedule
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/...y-schedule.com
Over the years, the University of Utah has gradually upgraded its non-conference basketball schedule. Early in Rick Majerus' reign, the Utes feasted on a steady diet of Humboldt States, but in recent years, teams such as Texas, Wake Forest, Arizona and Southern California have appeared on a regular basis.
A quick look at this year's Ute schedule shows games with Wake Forest, for the third year in a row, and Providence, a Final Eight team a year ago. But a closer examination reveals a cream-puff lineup of mediocre or worse teams picked to finish at the bottom of their respective conferences (according to Street and Smith Magazine).Let's see, there's Loyola Marymount, picked for last in the West Coast Conference; Oregon State, picked for last in the Pac-10; Wisconsin-Milwaukee, picked for last in the Midwestern Collegiate Conference; Cal-Irvine, picked for last in the Big West; Cal State Fullerton, picked for 4th in the Big West; and Azusa Pacific, an NAIA team.
Three local schools, Utah State, Weber State and Southern Utah, round out the Ute schedule.
Majerus acknowledges he has an easier schedule this year, but he has legitimate explanations for some of his opponents.
"Did I back it off a little bit? Yeah, I backed it off because I had to get guys home to play," he said. "(Michael) Doleac has never played in the state of Oregon and I've been trying to play up there for years. Andre (Miller) deserved a game in L.A. He was recruited on the premise that he'd play in L.A every year and they changed this stupid league so we don't have a game in California this year."
The home games against Fullerton and Irvine are return games for the ones the Utes played in California last year. The Azusa Pacific game is the annual patsy "exam week" game.
As for the Wisconsin-Milwaukee game two days after Christmas, Majerus makes no apologies for going back to his old hometown to be with his widowed mother during the holidays.
"Milwaukee is for me," he said. "It's for my mom. If that's selfish, well, hey, I think I deserve it."
ADD SCHEDULE: Majerus said another major problem with getting a good schedule is that many of the better programs won't play his team.
"I would play UCLA home and home every year for the rest of my life," he said. "Same thing with Southern Cal. But they won't play us, so I have to find whoever I can down there."
Majerus said the schedule should improve dramatically next year.
"Next year, our schedule, without reservation, will be in the top 10 in the country," he said. "We've got the Maui tournament, we've got Texas, we've got Wake (Forest) again. I'm also looking at North Carolina and Michigan. I'll have the schedule back up to where it's been."
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--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
--Albert Einstein
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.
--Richard Dawkins
Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
--Philo
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Total and utter nonsense. I've copied and pasted a post I made on Utefans in response to a claim similar to yours -- that Majerus scheduled worse than Larry.
Starting with KVH's sophomore year, the number of P5 (and equivalent) teams Utah scheduled in the non-con under Rick
1994-95: 4
1995-96: 4
1996-97: 3
1997-98: 3
1998-99: 6
1999-00: 5
2000-01: 6
2001-02: 3
2002-03: 4
2003-04: 5
We also played a lot of road games during this time that we've rarely played under Larry, most notably at Utah State and Weber State, plus an annual roadie in SoCal against Big West or WCC schools.
The big gripe against Rick's scheduling was that we had a hard time getting teams to come to SLC. A good chunk of the games above came in exempt tournaments or on the road. H-H during this time consisted almost exclusively of Wake Forest, Texas, Alabama and lower level Pac-10 teams (Oregon State, Washington State).
Last edited by SoCalPat; 04-06-2018 at 11:33 PM.
Am I really standing in solidarity, solely I might add, with SU? Here's why you schedule up at Utah: There's little sizzle about our program. NBA players rate Salt Lake City among the most boring cities in the league, there's not a large A-A community and the kids are in tune with that thinking. Everyone uses that against us, and has for 40 years, and kids just aren't discernible enough to know better. You know what kids understand? Anyone, anytime, anyplace. You put together a bunch of top 50-100 schools in the non-con, they'll come to Utah because kids always want to test themselves against tough competition.
Also, we need to get rid of our big britches syndrome, and schedule a one-and-done road game against a CBB blueblood. Annually. There's no school that will pass that up. Just make sure it's in the contract that if we win, they make a return trip to SLC or they double our guarantee. And another matter regarding BBS -- go to Logan already. We didn't bigtime the Aggies when we were in the WAC and they were in the Big West, why should it be any different now? Hell, I wouldn't be against making Weber a H-H series again either.
Scheduling creampuffs just gives our league competition another reason to neg recruit us. It's gotta stop.
Majerus scheduled a P5 program OOC (or equivalent on average 3.9 games per year) according to your list. Please educate me on how is that any different than the schedules Larry has put together?
Krysko's OOC Schedules
2017-2018 Missouri, Ole Miss, UNLV, Butler, BYU & Xavier (cancelled in June by Xavier so they could play Wiscy)
2016-2017 Xavier, Butler
2015-2016 San Diego St, Texas Tech, Duke, BYU, Miami, Temple
2014-2015 San Diego St, Wichita St, BYU, Kansas, UNLV
Other than 2013-2014 Larry's first year and 2016-2017, those OOC schedules are comparable, I would even give the edge to Krysko.
Last edited by Scorcho; 04-07-2018 at 01:10 PM.
FWIW, we also played Wichita State in 2015-16 as well.
Rick's last three year's non-con SOS, per Pomeroy (he doesn't go back any further)
2001-02: 123
2002-03: 117
2003-04: 188
Larry's last five years non-con SOS
2013-14: 350
2014-15: 138
2015-16: 114
2016-17: 322
2017-18: 190
I really wish KenPom had the three years previous to the last three of Majerus, when we had our greatest concentration of P5 and equivalent teams on the schedule.
Utah was also probably the last team in the tournament in 2001-02. 123 NCSOS isn't too shabby, and certainly didn't keep us out of the tournament. I'd like to think with a non-con in that range in our NIT years, we're in the Dance in a minimum of one of those three years, and likely two.
Buffaloes dropping Colorado St and Air Force from future basketball schedules
http://www.buffzone.com/mensbasketba...rivalry-hiatus
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
It'd be interesting to take a peek at what Utebuntu put together.
Larry had his end of season luncheon today and did a 45 minute Q&A. Stu Johnson did a 30+ Tweet recap on Twitter. Nothing news breaking but some might find it of value.
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I'm aware that many are saying we need to schedule better. I also think that there are many Ute fans across several social media mediums who want to have it both ways -- they know we can schedule better, but offering criticism of Larry in this regard goes against their inner Fanboy.