Quick little check on the end of the 2003-04 year RPI for Pitt’s 11 non-con opponents is pathetic:

Loyola-MD – 322
Howard – 321

St. Francis – PA – 249
Coppin St. – 234
Robert Morris – 217
Bucknell – 216

Penn St. – 189
Duquesne – 162

Richmond – 47
South Carolina – 45
Memphis – 32

Two — two teams with RPIs in the 300s! That is inexcuseable. Over half the games against teams with RPI at 216 or lower. Disgusting. Those hideous numbers puts the RPI of our non-cons at: 184.91. For a program like Pitt, that guarantees no non-con national TV coverage (except for the Memphis game). Pitt will take deserved ridicule for this kind of schedule. At the very least the needed to schedule some games against legit “name” mid-majors like Kent St., Valpo and Creighton despite the risk. I hated last year’s schedule. This one is just as bad.