Sun Belt looks to boost its standingQuote:
The Sun Belt Conference will attempt to change its perception with the NCAA tournament selection committee by trying a drastic scheduling maneuver to enhance its power rating.
The Sun Belt will announce Monday afternoon that it will demand all of its teams, beginning in the 2011-12 season, to play non-conference games against teams that have a three-year combined power rating that is within the top 150 or if that school finished with an RPI inside the top 150 in the previous season.
The Sun Belt will also forbid teams from playing non-Division I games and will stress that the member schools should average at least the national average of 5,038 fans a game. The Sun Belt had only one member average 5,000 fans a game over the last five seasons. The league will announce that it will aid in helping to promote attendance as best as it can.
Doesn't look like we will be playing stAte anytime soon, unless things turn around very quickly!