Chris Murray as futurist

Chris Murray of the Reno Gazette-Journal does a damn good job with the present and now he's expanded his world:

Wolf Pack sports
Looking at 10 key games on the WAC hoops docket
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
11/25/08

It's still too early to draw conclusions from the RPI rankings, but the Western Athletic Conference currently resides in 26th place out of 32 conferences. The reason for the low ranking, to date, is the soft schedule, as the WAC is last among the conferences in strength-of-schedule. So far, the conference's biggest win is either Hawaii's victory at Iowa State or Nevada's win at Montana State (Boise State also beat the Bobcats, but did so at home).

Of course, we aren't even a quarter of the way through the non-conference schedule and many big games are left on the schedule. Teams tend to schedule soft early to get a nice start to the season, while leaving the big games for later in the non-conference schedule. So, here are 10 games that can boost the WAC's RPI (one for each team in the conference, plus a bonus Nevada game)...

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