SCU @ Portland, Saturday, 7pm

I think we're 2-4 without Ethan now... we snuck in that win over Air Force.

But this is the first quality team we've beaten without him, and earlier in the year we lost to teams we "should" have beaten - Eastern Washington and Northern Colorado. And heck, we could have beaten Oregon too.

Thanks, Stonehouse. I see that our RPI was at #119 going into the game. Man, St. Mary's strength of schedule has not been good...ranked #263. I hope that they get into an early season tourney next year and play some some teams to earn the WCC some respect. A poor showing at the WCC tourney can really be damaging to a team with a weak schedule like that. I can't wait to see how we play them at home...

http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html

Yeah, SMC really hurt their SOS when they lost to UTEP in that tournament... they would have had a game against Wake Forest (the new #1) and another Top 25 team too... can't remember who, but a good one. But because they lost to UTEP, that cost them those games. Plus, some of the teams they scheduled - Oregon, Southern Illinois, Kent State - haven't played up to expectations.

But you're right... if SMC slips up in conference play, their non-conference schedule definitely isn't going to help them out.

Stonehouse wrote:I think we're 2-4* without Ethan now... we snuck in that win over Air Force.

*With both wins by one point (a combined score of 96-94). We could easily be 0-6.

Good point... eesh. Hadn't thought of it that way.

Yeah... let's hope he's ready to go by Thursday!!!