Teams with No. 1 schedule
strength rankings can usually look forward to an NCAA tournament invitation
Virginia ended an 8-year streak in
which the top-ranked schedule strength team
which was eligible did not receive an
invitation to a post-season tournament. The
Cavs ended the 2009 regular
season with the No. 1 schedule
strength rank, but their 10-18 overall
record and 4-12 ACC mark was too much to
overcome for post-season play. Since 1991,
14 of the 19 teams holding the No. 1
regular season schedule strength rank have been in the NCAA
tournament and 15 of 19 teams have been in
post-season play. In four of the last
nine years, the team
holding top schedule strength honors has lost in
the first round of the NCAA tournament.
The Division I record shown in the list
found below is for the final, regular
season.
Teams with No. 1 Schedule
Strength, Final Regular Season, since 1991
RS
Div. I
Year RPI Team
Record Postseason
1991
21 Georgetown*
14-12 No. 8 seed,
1-1 in tournament
1992 32 Notre Dame 14-14 NIT, 2nd place
1993 1
Indiana 28-3 No. 1 seed, 3-1 in tournament
1994 21 Virginia 17-12 No. 7 seed, 1-1 in tournament
1995 68 Duke 13-18 None
1996 9 Georgia Tech 21-11 No. 3 seed, 2-1 in
tournament
1997 3 North Carolina 24-6 No. 1 seed, 4-1 in
tournament
1998 7 Maryland 19-10 No. 4 seed, 2-1 in tournament
1999 54 Florida St. 13-17 None
2000 2 Kentucky 21-9 No. 5 seed, 1-1 in tournament
2001 23 Georgia 16-14 No. 8 seed, 0-1 in tournament
2002 6 Arizona 22-9 No. 3 seed, 2-1 in tournament
2003 5 Georgia 19-8 Ineligible
2004 12 Florida 20-10 No. 5 seed, 0-1 in tournament
2005 2 Kansas 23-6 No. 3 seed, 0-1 in tournament
2006 17 Syracuse 23-11 No. 5 seed, 0-1 in tournament 2007 13 Kentucky 21-11 No. 8 seed, 1-1 in tournament
2008
1 Tennessee
28-4 No. 2
seed, 2-1 in tournament
2009
114 Virginia
10-18 None
| * Georgetown was 4-0 against non-Division I
opponents in 1991 |
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