Yea Saint Mary's really was the one that I was surprised with. Your'e exactly right though - if you aren't in a "Power Conference" you better do all that you can to get as many big-name schools to play you in the non-conference. The system is skewed against the mid-majors to begin with, so they really need to do extra work in their non-conference. Sometimes its tough for a team like Saint Mary's to get any of those schools to play them though. They see it as a lose-lose. A win might not bolster their own resume too much, but a loss would be damaging. Anyway, that doesn't mean they can't do a better job of scheduling overall - scheduling games against Sacramento St. and Seattle and UC-Irvine were pretty pointless. Can't wait for the action to get started!
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