How Do You Understand Strength Of Schedule For College Basketball Teams?
Every year at the end of the college basketball regular season, teams are chosen and qualify for the NCAA basketball tournament. During discussion of which teams are in and which teams are out the words strength of schedule will invariably be used. Strength of schedule measures how good a team’s opponents are throughout the season and is increased each time the team’s opponent looses. Though, often discussed strength of schedule is rarely explained. Understand that the strength of schedule is a relative comparison for teams that do not play each other during the regular season. When ranking teams it is important to have a point of comparison and the strength of schedule is often that comparison point. Know that each team at the beginning of the season is ranked according to various factors before they have ever played a game. Those factors include, but are not limited to, team won-loss history, returning starters, and newly signed impact recruits. Comprehend that the strength of schedu
