mrjames
Professor
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Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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03-25-11 09:47 AM - Post#102332
In response to IvyBballFan
Harvard is going to have to make a believer out of many of us by doing it on the court, not just at the recruiting trough, through the end of the 2011-12 season. I hope they do. I really hope they do. The league can use that kind of variety in champions. Their league schedule will be harder (maybe they will even choose to toughen up their pre-season schedule).
I know myths tend to run rampant amongst Ivy fans, but Harvard's non-conference schedule was the toughest in the league in both the Pomeroy Ratings (0.6292/63rd vs. No. 2 Princeton 0.5606/116th) and RPI (107th vs. No. 2 Cornell 120th).
It's pretty difficult to get much higher than that, given return games that are locked in and the oft difficult task of getting BCS teams to play you anywhere, while still balancing the need for at least 4 or 5 home games.
It can be done, but usually requires an MTE to add games to the schedule - and games that are usually against the Top 100 or so NCAA teams.
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