Not a bad non-conference schedule, at least based on last year's RPI.
H = Home, R = Road, N = Neutral (Last Year's RPI)
H - Creighton (118)
H - UMKC (308)
R - UT - Arlington (150)
N - Purdue (72)
N - Stanford (7)
N - Northeastern (153)
H - Arkansas State (40)
R - Missouri (39)
H - Abiliene Christian (75)
H - Incarnate Word (322)
H - South Dakota State (44)
6 home games, 3 neutral site games and only 2 pure road games. The Shocks RPI last year was 302 but I would expect them to improve on that significantly.
6 games vs 2015-16 top 75 RPI teams. 3 against middle level RPI teams (118 to 153) and two bottom feeders.
The Shocks went 3-8 in their non-conference games last year (against D-1 opponents) against probably a weaker schedule. A 5-6 non-conference record with this schedule would be a significant improvement. 6-5 would be a very solid start and would set up the Lady Shocks very well for a run back to a top 3 finish in the Valley (which I do not expect to be very strong this year).
I think this Shocker team has the pieces and the potential to show signficant improvement this year. We'll just have to see how it works out.
H = Home, R = Road, N = Neutral (Last Year's RPI)
H - Creighton (118)
H - UMKC (308)
R - UT - Arlington (150)
N - Purdue (72)
N - Stanford (7)
N - Northeastern (153)
H - Arkansas State (40)
R - Missouri (39)
H - Abiliene Christian (75)
H - Incarnate Word (322)
H - South Dakota State (44)
6 home games, 3 neutral site games and only 2 pure road games. The Shocks RPI last year was 302 but I would expect them to improve on that significantly.
6 games vs 2015-16 top 75 RPI teams. 3 against middle level RPI teams (118 to 153) and two bottom feeders.
The Shocks went 3-8 in their non-conference games last year (against D-1 opponents) against probably a weaker schedule. A 5-6 non-conference record with this schedule would be a significant improvement. 6-5 would be a very solid start and would set up the Lady Shocks very well for a run back to a top 3 finish in the Valley (which I do not expect to be very strong this year).
I think this Shocker team has the pieces and the potential to show signficant improvement this year. We'll just have to see how it works out.
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