My biggest complaint....our SOS

[jackl]

My question is how do you necessarily forecast what a team's RPI is going to be? I mean you can always guess based on past indicators. But if Iowa had scheduled South Carolina, Texas Tech, Mississippi State, Drexel, and UNC Asheville, most people wouldn't have too much of a problem with it(based on past performance). Currently, all those teams are outside the RPI 200.

Conversely, had we scheduled Lehigh, Western Michigan, or Tennessee State, the same people would have been crying about that before the season started. And yet, their RPI are all under 120. Obviously Iowa went out of their way to create a softer schedule, but you can't always know which under the radar teams will flourish and which more known teams will bust.

Again, I'm confident that Iowa will make an effort to create a more competitive schedule next season.

When the non-conference schedule came out there were 7 teams on it that had a 300+ RPI the previous season. As of right now there are 4 teams with a RPI well above 300, 1-290, 1-242, 1-190.

That's a pretty good indicator. Gardner-Webb is the exception that has the 190 RPI which turned out to be a perfect team to schedule. They gave us a good game , we got a win, and the team "learned how to win"or some such message board nonsense.

 

[burky247]

When the non-conference schedule came out there were 7 teams on it that had a 300+ RPI the previous season. As of right now there are 4 teams with a RPI well above 300, 1-290, 1-242, 1-190.

That's a pretty good indicator. Gardner-Webb is the exception that has the 190 RPI which turned out to be a perfect team to schedule. They gave us a good game , we got a win, and the team "learned how to win"or some such message board nonsense.

Like I said, there are indicators. I understand that. And there are teams scheduled that you don't really ever have to look at to know their RPI is gonna be high. There will always be cupcakes on the schedule. That's not going to change. Those hoping for it will be disappointed.

I do think there are usually 3-4 games or so scheduled that are considered "hopefuls". By which I mean, you anticipate these teams will have better seasons than predicted, based on the strength of their conference or whatever. Some years that might work out, and others it won't. Again, I'm not trying to justify our scheduling this year, as I think the intent is rather obvious on that one. But rather projecting how further schedules might look and the reasoning behind it.