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<blockquote data-quote="aaeismacgychel" data-source="post: 1903786" data-attributes="member: 748794"><p>For me, I think the "cupcakes" need to be differentiated a bit further as we need to avoid 300+ ranked teams as much as possible as they can only negatively impact your efficiency and SOS metrics (Last year we played 5 of those, which had we lost 1 more game could have possibly gotten us in trouble with the selection committee based on how badly they decimated our numbers). As such, I'd break it down in the following manner:</p><p></p><p>1 game for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (alternate H/A)</p><p>1 game for Braggin' Rights (Neutral)</p><p>1 Home and Home vs. a very high end opponent (alternate A/H opposite of B10/ACC Challenge)- I agree with OP that Arizona is a great pick here. Kansas, Kentucky, etc. also good)</p><p>1 game at the UC vs. a midrange P5 opponent (Neutral- one that you should win, rank 50-100, a matchup that sounds better than it actually is)</p><p>2-3 games in a November tournament (Neutral)</p><p>2 home games against 125-200 ranked midmajor teams (Home)</p><p>2-4 cupcake home games vs. 200-275 ranked midmajor teams (Home)</p><p>0-1 fattening cupcake home game vs. 275+ ranked midmajor teams</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aaeismacgychel, post: 1903786, member: 748794"] For me, I think the "cupcakes" need to be differentiated a bit further as we need to avoid 300+ ranked teams as much as possible as they can only negatively impact your efficiency and SOS metrics (Last year we played 5 of those, which had we lost 1 more game could have possibly gotten us in trouble with the selection committee based on how badly they decimated our numbers). As such, I'd break it down in the following manner: 1 game for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (alternate H/A) 1 game for Braggin' Rights (Neutral) 1 Home and Home vs. a very high end opponent (alternate A/H opposite of B10/ACC Challenge)- I agree with OP that Arizona is a great pick here. Kansas, Kentucky, etc. also good) 1 game at the UC vs. a midrange P5 opponent (Neutral- one that you should win, rank 50-100, a matchup that sounds better than it actually is) 2-3 games in a November tournament (Neutral) 2 home games against 125-200 ranked midmajor teams (Home) 2-4 cupcake home games vs. 200-275 ranked midmajor teams (Home) 0-1 fattening cupcake home game vs. 275+ ranked midmajor teams [/QUOTE]
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