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Originally Posted by Flyer68 Do we have a complacency that we will get in just like last year? Look at the A10 records as of right now - four teams (GWU, Davidson, Fordham (yes Fordham) and Duquesne (yes Duquesne) have better OOC records than us. Yeah, I know RPI, SOS and all that. But winning builds confidence and when we had confidence we would not let ourselves be beat easily, except for the X game. Only one team, George Mason, has a losing OOC record. The rest of the teams are in the 6-3, 6-2, 5-4 category, which is not that far off. I am sure there is not a lot of happiness right now at Rhode Island or VCU. It is shaping up as a tough A10 year so that losing games at home is not helpful. There are three home games left to iron out the wrinkles and build the team's confidence. We play Duquesne (away) and Davidson and GWU (both at home) in the first five A10 games.

I don't think anyone is complacent. Ruechalgrin was pointing out that as of now our non conference schedule is a lot better than last year's, and our top-50, top-100 RPI performance is likely to be a lot better this year than last year come Selection Sunday. We are likely to have more top-50 RPI wins than we did last year, and more top-50 RPI games played than last year. As he pointed out, it hardly matters if you win the games as long as you play games against good competition. Texas was 3-12 last year against top-50 RPI teams. They lost 12 games against good teams. Twelve! And they were more comfortably in than we were last year. They won 20% of their tough games and got in.

The A10 is better this year and just about every game will be tough. We have to keep winning no matter what. But we are in a better position right now than we were after we lost to Arkansas last year (even before knowing two players would be kicked off). It's not complacency, it's math.

That said, we should not lose to UT-Chattanooga at home. Ever.
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	Rhode Island RHODE ISLAND The University of Rhode Island was chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The school became the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1892. Located in southern Rhode Island, URI is a quintessential New England campus - rural in feeling yet close to the city of Providence, the state's capital. Linked to the city, the beaches, and nearly every corner of the state by both rail and public transit, the campus is easily accessible from Boston and New York URI currently offers 100 majors in seven degree-granting colleges. There are more than 12,000 students on the Kingston campus, about 3,000 in Providence, and a complement of about 700 faculty. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Rams.

	Fordham FORDHAM Fordham University is an independent Jesuit university established in 1841 as St. John's College on old Rose Hill Manor in the village of Fordham, then part of Westchester County in the Bronx, NY. The name Fordham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words "ford" and "ham," meaning a wading place or ford by a settlement. Rose Hill is the name given to the site in 1787 by Robert Watts, a wealthy New York merchant, in honor of his family's ancestral home of the same name in Scotland. The College was originally staffed by diocesan clergy. The name was officially changed to Fordham University in 1907. Fordham's 10 schools enroll 14,448 students. There are 7,652 undergraduates, of whom 3,842 live in University-managed housing either on-campus or in the local community. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Rams. Athletic claim to fame is consistent mediocrity in nearly all sports and few A10 title winning programs.

	Duquesne DUQUESNE Duquesne University is a private, coeducational university, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania located on 48 secluded acres, on a bluff above downtown. Founded in 1878 as a Catholic college by the Order of the Holy Spirit. It is the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world. Duquesne offers 10 schools of study and 100 degree programs to 6,000 undergraduates and 3,800 graduate students. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Dukes.

	George Washington GEORGE WASHINGTON Students choose from two distinct GW campuses — Foggy Bottom and Mount Vernon. Both are located in historic and prestigious Northwest Washington, DC residential neighborhoods. With 9,700 undergraduate students, GW was founded almost 200 years ago and is named after the first President of the United States. GW stands as one of the nation's premier academic institutions with dozens of famous political, social, science, liberal arts, medical and professional graduates to its credit. Fellow members of the A10 Conference. Nickname is the Colonials.