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<blockquote data-quote="Captain Bubbles" data-source="post: 1238765" data-attributes="member: 522476"><p>I think there are fans of college basketball teams who only look at the conference part of a team's schedule as the utmost focus now. I understand the reason why....conference championship, conference seeding come post-season tournament time, and hopes for an NCAA Tournament berth. However, I want to stress the importance of a non-conference part of a schedule. I believe it is as equally important as the conference slate is, and the non-con should be the focus now with the season around the corner.</p><p></p><p>I saw a post online on another site and thought it was interesting. The overall rating average of teams in Illinois' non-conference schedule equaled 143. The highest rated team they will face is West Virginia at 25, N.C. State at 32, and VCU at 45. The list goes on from there. BYU and Winthrop round out the top five.</p><p></p><p>There's some good teams with good players that Illinois will be facing for in the first two months. Don't be afraid to do some research on these teams that Illinois never gets a chance to see, you might be surprised when you look at their stats and their accomplishments. Who knows? Illinois may face that team IF they make the NCAA Tournament, and that would be somethin'. </p><p></p><p>I hate to bring this team up, but for the sake of this I must. Kansas State has a super easy non-conference slate. If you've not seen it yet, check it out because I have. You will come to appreciate how much tougher the Illini's is. I hope analysts don't give K-State all the love during the early going, because their strength of schedule in their non-con is low...it's weak. I'll take a tough non-conference schedule over one that is filled entirely with cupcakes. </p><p></p><p>Kudos to the person/staff who came up with the Illini's non-conference schedule because I like this year's. I can see Illinois having a minimum of two losses, with a maximum of four. Anything can happen on any given night. Illinois has to have a great non-conference to help with their confidence going into Big Ten play.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Captain Bubbles, post: 1238765, member: 522476"] I think there are fans of college basketball teams who only look at the conference part of a team's schedule as the utmost focus now. I understand the reason why....conference championship, conference seeding come post-season tournament time, and hopes for an NCAA Tournament berth. However, I want to stress the importance of a non-conference part of a schedule. I believe it is as equally important as the conference slate is, and the non-con should be the focus now with the season around the corner. I saw a post online on another site and thought it was interesting. The overall rating average of teams in Illinois' non-conference schedule equaled 143. The highest rated team they will face is West Virginia at 25, N.C. State at 32, and VCU at 45. The list goes on from there. BYU and Winthrop round out the top five. There's some good teams with good players that Illinois will be facing for in the first two months. Don't be afraid to do some research on these teams that Illinois never gets a chance to see, you might be surprised when you look at their stats and their accomplishments. Who knows? Illinois may face that team IF they make the NCAA Tournament, and that would be somethin'. I hate to bring this team up, but for the sake of this I must. Kansas State has a super easy non-conference slate. If you've not seen it yet, check it out because I have. You will come to appreciate how much tougher the Illini's is. I hope analysts don't give K-State all the love during the early going, because their strength of schedule in their non-con is low...it's weak. I'll take a tough non-conference schedule over one that is filled entirely with cupcakes. Kudos to the person/staff who came up with the Illini's non-conference schedule because I like this year's. I can see Illinois having a minimum of two losses, with a maximum of four. Anything can happen on any given night. Illinois has to have a great non-conference to help with their confidence going into Big Ten play. [/QUOTE]
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