USD Basketball competes against the best in the nation

Since day one, Coach Rich Hill has always put a high emphasis on the caliber of teams he schedules to play during the season in non-conference play. He believes that playing quality teams throughout the year will better prepare us for the post-season NCAA Tournament. In the past, Coach Hill has been recognized for these tough schedules and did not allude to different standards this year. Since I have been here we have gone neck and neck with huge power house schools and have only improved.
As a freshman, I was welcomed to the college arena with a weekend series against the University of Texas. There is no use being nervous against any other opponent after playing a Top 5 team in the nation at that time. Since then our schedules have been packed with Pac-10 schools such as Arizona State, Stanford, UCLA, USC and many others. This is the reason why USD has received the recognition it deserves at the national level.
For the 2010 season, Coach Hill has done it again. This year’s schedule could arguably be one of the toughest schedules Rich Hill has prepared in his 20 plus years of coaching baseball.
The Toreros will be competing against legendary schools including the University of Oklahoma, Rice, Arizona State, 2008 national champions Fresno State, UC Irvine and  Cal State Fullerton.
There are a lot of different things that go into making the NCAA Tournament. The easiest of ways is winning your conference, but if this is not accomplished an at large bid is at need.
Coach Hill is very aware of this.  When he prepares our schedules he only wants the best. This looks very good to the authorities that make the decision about who gets a berth into the tournament. Coach Hill puts us in the best position for end of the year success.