Pac-12 nonconference strength of schedules

By Tanner Walters
Nov. 13, 2015 10:46 a.m.
For the first months of the 2015-2016 men’s basketball season, Pac-12 teams will play nonconference schools across the country, with each schedule varying in difficulty. Using Ken Pomeroy’s 2016 College Basketball Rankings, Daily Bruin Sports analyzed each team’s scheduled opponents and ranked the Pac-12 schools by their strength of schedule. These rankings don’t include tournament games in which the opponents have not been decided yet.
A lower number for a team’s strength of schedule indicates tougher competition. For example, UCLA’s Pac-12 low of 134.4 means that the average non-conference opponent the Bruins will face is No. 134 in the nation. UCLA, meanwhile, is ranked No. 38.
Walters joined the Bruin as a freshman in 2014 and contributed until he graduated in 2018. He was the Alumni director for the 2017-2018 academic year, Editor in Chief for the 2016-2017 academic year and an assistant Sports editor for the 2015-2016 academic year. Walter spent time on the football, men's basketball, men's volleyball, men's soccer, men's water polo and rowing beats.
Walters joined the Bruin as a freshman in 2014 and contributed until he graduated in 2018. He was the Alumni director for the 2017-2018 academic year, Editor in Chief for the 2016-2017 academic year and an assistant Sports editor for the 2015-2016 academic year. Walter spent time on the football, men's basketball, men's volleyball, men's soccer, men's water polo and rowing beats.
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