Interesting, A-10 rules on OOC games

According to Atlantic 10 rules, our non-conference schedule would qualify as barely acceptable this season. However, you are allowed to fall under the specified level twice in a three year period without financial penalty IF the overall conference scheduling average is above 2.3. The men have to have a 1.8 average in scheduling, the women must be a 2.0.

Here are the rules:
8. Scheduling Guidelines - Non-Conference Games
8.01 No member institution may schedule a non-Division I opponent during the season, except exhibition games.

8.02 If an Atlantic 10 member is participating ina tournament in which a non-Division I institution is also participating, the Atlantic 10 institution may not play the non-Division I opponent in the first round of the tournament.

8.03 The following requirements must be met by all Atlantic 10 women's basketball teams. The penalty for non-compliance is outlined in the Conference Constitution and Bylaws.
A. Each women's team must maintain a 2.0 average for all non-conference games schedules. The RPI at the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament of the preceding season will be used for the pre-season analysis and the current season's pre-NCAA tournament RPI will be used for post-season analysis. The point values are as follows:
Ranked 1-50 in the RPI: 4 points
Ranked 51-100 in the RPI: 3 points
Ranked 101-125 in the RPI: 2.5 points
Ranked 126-150 in the RPI: 2 points
Ranked 151-175 in the RPI: 1 point
Ranked 176-200 in the RPI: 0.5 point
Ranked 201+ in the RPI: 0 points
B. Any Atlantic 10 institution playing a non-conference game against an opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC or Big East will receive no less than 2 points, regardless of the team's RPI.
C. Any Atlantic 10 institution playing a non-conference game against an opponent from the PAC-10 or Conference USA will receive no less than 1 point, regardless of the team's RPI.

8.04 The following requirements must be met by all Atlantic 10 men's basketball teams. The penalty for non-compliance is outlined in the Conference Constitution and Bylaws.
A. Each men's team must maintain a 1.8 average for all non-conference games schedules. The RPI at the conclusion of the NCAA Tournament of the preceding season will be used for the pre-season analysis and the current season's pre-NCAA tournament RPI will be used for post-season analysis. The point values are as follows:
Ranked 1-50 in the RPI: 4 points
Ranked 51-100 in the RPI: 3 points
Ranked 101-125 in the RPI: 2.5 points
Ranked 126-150 in the RPI: 2 points
Ranked 151-175 in the RPI: 1 point
Ranked 176-200 in the RPI: 0.5 point
Ranked 201+ in the RPI: 0 points
B. Any Atlantic 10 institution playing a non-conference game against an opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, SEC PAC-10 or Big East will receive no less than 2 points, regardless of the team's RPI.
C. Any Atlantic 10 institution playing a non-conference game against an opponent from Conference USA or Mountain West will receive no less than 1 point, regardless of the team's RPI.

8.05 An institution is permitted to fall short of the 2.0 requirement for women and a 1.8 for men twice in a 3-year period without being subject to the financial penalty. The exception is contingent on the overall confenece scheduling average to being above 2.3. The conference average will be determined entering the start of the season. If, at that time, it falls below a 2.3, the average will be calculated once more at the end of the season. When the final average is calculated, it shall then be determined if institutions which fell below a 2.0/1.8 are subject to the financial penalties. Effective with the 2003-04 season.

 

Following the above guidelines, here is what the 49ers' non-conference schedule looks like...

George Washington, 141 RPI, 2 points
North Carolina A & T, 327 RPI, 0 points
Syracuse, 5 RPI, 4 points
UNC Asheville, 242 RPI, 0 points
Alabama, 42 RPI, 4 points
Old Dominion, 142 RPI, 1.5 points
Davidson, 137 RPI, 2 points
Appalachian State, 148 RPI, 2 points
Rhode Island, 103 RPI, 2.5 points
Delaware State, 256 RPI, 0 points
Southern Illinois, 51 RPI, 3 points

Averages: 149 RPI (2 points), 1.91 points

 

our schedule has to be tougher than those deadweights in the a-10 how do they stay in?

 

The final sentence in 8.05... Effective with the 2003-04 season. I'd like to have the time to figure up the numbers for them.

 

financial peneltys don't help as much as say being kicked out of the leauge for a certian 4 teams at the bottom so it can get back to a strong ten, instead of a weak 14.

 

Yep on both accounts NN, but who are the other teams gonna be? Even playing those 2 just averages out the teams like NC A & T, Delaware State and UNC Asheville. The RPI of our OOC opponents will have to average solidly in the 125-140 range which I think we've probably done in recent years. The NC A & T game is the RPI killer this season.

 

Those "bottom feeder" games will cease. We need to search for schools who have 4 senior starters leaving this season that are decent. When they rebuild the next year, we get the benefit of the previous year's RPI.

 

Adding those points up, you get 21, divided by our 11 games, that's an average of 1.91, we'd be fine, even this season.

 

Damn, my math sucks, but I see what I did wrong too. Champ's numbers are correct.

 

I'm sure numbers can be manipulated, but as far as I'm concerned this just more fuel to add to the "fire of optimism" as we look forward to the possibility of moving to the A-10.

Could you imagine how someone like Calipari would respond to rule like this? He'd probably just hand the league a blank check at the start of each season...............or have the league deduct a fixed amount out of each paycheck and set up something like an escrow account with the league office.