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Hoops Opponent Watch: Definitely a New Year Edition
Should old B-Dub bowls be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old TFLs be forgot, in days of auld lang syne?It's a brand new year full of not last year. Let's enjoy it. Non-Conference...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Buckeye Freefall Edition
Non-Conference Opponents RPI Effect Only Teams:TheBig Four RPI torpedoes remained on course this week. UMass-Lowell (3-12) beat Binghamton, and in doing so moved up to become only the second-worst...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Them Apples Edition
Non-Conference Opponents RPI Effect Only Teams:It was actually a pretty good week for the non-abysmal non-conference foes. Long Beach State (5-11) beat Cal Poly. Holy Cross (7-9) beat Lehigh. Charlotte...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Digging Deep
Non-Conference OpponentsRPI Effect Only Teams:Let’s face it. UMass-Lowell (7-14), Houston Baptist (4-18), South Carolina State (8-14) and Coppin State (8-14) are all undeniably bad, were poor...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Road Warrior Edition
Non-Conference OpponentsRPI Effect Only TeamsLast night Seth and Ace embarked upon a great adventure to find a player on Kenpom whose % of minutes played is greater than his ORtg. This is incredibly...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: More English Good Edition
As Seth pointed out last week, my weekly columns tend to be written at a 9th or 10th grade level. At first I was surprised that the number was that low, as that is about nine or ten years (and $74...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Closing In Edition
Non-Conference Opponents RPI Effect Only TeamsRPI is dumb. It is overly simplistic, dumb, unhinged from reality, and stupid. But because the Committee looks at RPI, and this section is called “RPI...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Outright Edition
Non-Conference OpponentsRPI Effect Only TeamsIf you care, Michigan played the following teams: UMass-Lowell (10-18), Houston Baptist (6-23), South Carolina State (9-19), Coppin State (10-19), Long...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Waiting Edition
Non-Conference Schedule RPI Effect Only TeamsUMass-Lowell lost to… aw, screw it. GRIII things. Big Sorts of TeamsIowa State (23-7, 11-7 Big 12)This week: Beat Oklahoma State (85-81 OT)Based on a the...
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Hoops Opponent Watch: Dance Card Edition
Non-Conference Opponents Iowa State - #3 Seed, EastOther than the Raiders of the Lost Ark-style rolling boulder of death that is Michigan State, it’s a pretty favorable draw for Iowa State. They get...
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