Which College Basketball Team Had the Hardest Schedule Last Season?

Strength of schedule is everything in college basketball. Well, not really. But it does count for a lot, much like free throws and the athletic budget of the given university. Because it’s the offseason, and we’re getting a little antsy around here always having to come up with insightful things to say about the various coaching changes, we’re going to go back to the numbers from the last season of hoops. Today we’re going to give you the top ten basketball teams in terms of their schedule strength, as determined by Ken Pomeroy’s BasketballProspectus.com Opponents Pythagorean Win/Loss Ratio rankings. Arizona was way out in front of the pack on this one, and is you take the time to look at their schedule, you’ll see why. The Pac-10 was well represented.

1. Arizona
2. Georgia Tech
3. USC
4. Illinois
5. Texas
6. Cal
7. Oregon
8. North Carolina
9. Michigan
10. Kansas

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