Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
A few observations . 1) Duke and ND play a very weak out of conference schedule and I wonder if it’s done because the coaches are worried about their jobs . I believe if you want to be considered one of the top teams in the country you need to play some of the best teams in the country out of conference . One would hope that whe it’s time to select the teams that make the tournament and their seeds that is taken into account .
2)I think LIU is showing where these top D2 and D3 teams are in relation to D1 teams and it’s not very high . Unlike what many have claimed it seems they would be comparable to the bottom 20 teams .


I have not followed DII or DIII so do not know where LIU or other DII or DIII teams stack up but is guess is they would not compete with the perennial Top 15 - 20 DI Teams.

As for Duke and Notre Dame, are you really going to go there? They compete in The ACC for crying out loud... but just played Northwestern out of conference


Reading comprehension , try it sometime. The poster was saying LIU is equivalent to a D1 team ranked somewhere in the 85-105 type range. They then specifically talked about out of conference games ( they have no choice about playing ACC games so no credit given for those teams being on their schedule ). Between the two teams they play one top team out of conference which is pathetic if they want to be considered a top team themselves. I would also say when post season awards are given out their stats against overmatched teams should be taken into consideration. There are some teams out there that play very difficult non conference schedules so good for them.