2010-11 Hoops Schedule Released

by Akula Wolf on Sep 2, 2010 3:39 PM EDT

Here it is. (Here's a direct link to the team-by-team schedules.)

Notes...

-- NC State opens the season at the RBC Center on November 12th against Tennessee Tech before hitting the road for the Charleston Classic.

-- No conference game in December this year--our first ACC game isn't until January 8th. No random OOC game in the middle of league play, either.

-- We'll be on the ESPN family of networks ten times.

-- Six non-conference games will be televised (two @ Charleston, Wisconsin, Syracuse, Arizona, San Diego). My memory may be off, but that seems like more than we typically get.

-- As far as marquee OOC home games go, we're out of luck. There's Arizona and Arizona. The good stuff happens either on the road or in Charleston.

-- Breaking down conference play:

x2: Wake Forest, Duke, North Carolina, Florida State, Clemson
Home-only: Miami, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech
Road-only: Maryland, Boston College, Virginia

-- Beginning conference play with Wake Forest and road trips to BC and FSU gives us a shot at a good start, which would probably be a good idea. The brutal stretch begins in late January: at UNC, vs. VT, at Duke back-to-back-to-back. And that stretch is sandwiched by a pair of road games. Four road trips in five games, with the heavy-hitters in the middle. Fun times.

-- OOC foes with 2010 Pomeroy Rating in parenthesis:

Tenn Tech (251)
Fairleigh Dickinson (316)
Wisconsin (9)
Syracuse (4)
USC Upstate (280)
Youngstown State (225)
Arizona (92)
Delaware State (264)
Alabama A&M (334)
San Diego (219)
Elon (260)

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I just wish we

would actively stay away from teams that flirt with 300+ RPI every year. At least we don’t have central on the schedule.

I pretty much heart this schedule though, it features some games that will really show us where this team stands. That one ACC stretch is just brutal though.

by PACKHOOLIGAN on Sep 3, 2010 8:54 AM EDT reply actions

completely agreed

Our RPI will hopefully be a lot better, because winning games is the best thing for that. And our overall SOS should be good, because we have a brutal ACC lineup. But our non-conf SOS is going to be terrible – again – because we have 8 teams with very little chance of getting above 200.
Home games against teams that project in the 150-200 range should still be certain wins, but would vastly help our profile. A general rule to start with is, if they played VT in the last three years, don’t schedule them.

by acc_10k on Sep 3, 2010 3:12 PM EDT reply actions