Sentences with word «nonconference»

One thing that bodes well for Stanford as it faces the toughest nonconference schedule in program history — including a nine - day stretch in December with consecutive games against Duke, Tennessee and Connecticut — is that nobody on the team cares how that scoring gets divvied up.

It will mean consciously scheduling nonconference games against teams that play a variety of styles, just to prepare for March.

USC just won the Pac - 12 and went 11 - 2 with a schedule that featured no regular - season byes and whose worst nonconference opponent was in the Cotton Bowl last year.

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): Kentucky 7 - 1 in nonconference games, 8 - 2 NCAA Tournament games as a favorite, 16 - 5 to Big East, but 3 - 7 off straight up win.

They might stumble out of the gates in nonconference play.

Sirs: Had Bud Wilkinson operated on Frank Broyles's patsy theory (ducking four defeats by nonconference foes), Oklahoma's win streak might never have ended.

First - place DAVIDSON, meanwhile, sharpened its games on nonconference rivals.

Boise opens in Atlanta against Georgia, one of the most intriguing nonconference matchups of the season.

Overall, the league went 4 — 6 against nonconference competition, an ugly start made all the worse by a pair of home losses against two Division I - AA teams — Richmond never trailed in beating Duke 24 — 16, while William & Mary defeated Virginia 26 — 14, shutting down the new spread offense of embattled coach Al Groh (below).

After opening with three nonconference wins, Ohio State totaled only 223 rushing yards and 47 points in losses to Northwestern, Wisconsin and Iowa.

Sam Houston State will return home for its final nonconference game of the season against Utah Valley State on Saturday.

The Tigers won seven of their eight nonconference home games.

Last year the Cougars allowed 199 points in four nonconference losses, and the defense was 104th out of 106 Division I - A teams in yards allowed.

With no inside game and a brutal nonconference schedule, a young Indiana team is taking its lumps early

Vandy won its first game against a ranked nonconference opponent since 1946 and will likely be ranked when Bama arrives Saturday.

The Tigers have two daunting nonconference tests at the end of December against Georgetown and Arizona, and they're also hosting Gonzaga on Jan. 26 and Tennessee on Feb. 23.

The discussions focused on a scheduling agreement between the two conferences to bolster each league's nonconference schedules in the College Football Playoff era, according to multiple sources.

One reason forthat is the league's 26 — 10 record in nonconference play.

Woody Hayes must be getting weary of losing to nonconference foes.

Traffic on the Ohio Turnpike is a coffle of tractor - trailers as Golden Flashes coach Gary Waters argues that the RPI, that mystical set of numbers the NCAA tournament committee consults when it hands out at - large bids, should R.I.P. Every mid-major coach is sympathetic to Waters's argument, because big - time schools insist on playing nonconference games in their own arenas, with officials of their choosing, and the RPI doesn't penalize them for refusing to go on the road.

However, Illinois has a nonconference schedule (including an FCS team) and crossovers (Maryland and Buttgers) to perhaps get to 4 - 8.

Never beat a nonconference opponent.

Sweep the nonconference and win 1 of Buttgers (road), Maryland (road), [REDACTED](home), and Minny (home) and the Illiniweks can get to 4 - 8.

With its homebody quarterback running the show, Baylor has an excellent chance to sweep its nonconference schedule — after an off weekend, the Bears host UConn, Division I - AA Northwestern State and Kent State before beginning conference play at Oklahoma on Oct. 10.

Things might not get any better next weekend, when ACC teams go up against nine nonconference opponents (including UConn, Stanford and TCU) with a combined record of 6 — 1.

LSU play its first true road game of the season when it concludes its nonconference schedule at Memphis on Thursday.

The Redbirds started 14 — 0, but their nonconference strength of schedule is ranked 316th in the country, and they were 3 — 2 in the Missouri Valley Conference through Sunday.

«I'm not sure what I advise my members right now, because we've been telling them that nonconference schedules matter, and one of the four has an exceedingly weak nonconference schedule... I'd just like to know what we're supposed to advise our members.

This year's nonconference schedule consists of Fresno State, Baylor, Stanford, Cal and Washington, so don't look for much improvement.

And with a soft schedule that includes a nonconference slate against the lowly NFC West, they're capable of matching or exceeding last season's 13 wins.

The Trojans will tune up this Saturday with a nonconference game against No. 16 Fresno State.

The league's only loss in nine nonconference games was Washington State's 25 - 7 defeat at Ohio State (page 85).

Spread betting trends (all records are against the spread): VCU 9 - 0 is as an underdog, 9 - 0 in NCAA Tournament, 6 - 0 nonconference, 5 - 0 as an underdog.

Ohio State basketball has added Bucknell to its 2018 - 19 nonconference schedule, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.