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		<title>Does Non-Conference Scheduling Matter?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<div><p>As we transition into the first full week of the conference season, commentators and pundits alike will be heard discussing how the toughness of a team’s non-conference schedule prepared them for the rigors of conference play. There is a long held prevailing belief in college basketball circles that a difficult non-conference schedule forces teams to improve on the fly. The premise is that those teams, having faced several opponents of equal or better acumen, are better prepared &#8212; &#8220;battle-tested,&#8221; if you will &#8212; for the early weeks of conference play. We can call this the Long Beach State Theory, as Don Monson’s team has ranked [...]</div>]]></description>
		
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