I hope everyone agrees non-conference tilts are important. They are to the NCAA selection committee. Now I'm not knocking UMass-Lowell, but they own a 6-2-1 non-conference mark. Four of those wins were over Army and Air Force. I feel the reason Lowell hasn't been Top-10 is because of their strength of schedule. What prominent team have they beaten? Brown is decent, but not a Top-10 team. This is why I feel they haven't received more notoriety. We shall see if the Chiefs are deserving after they face BU, New Hampshire and Maine twice each. Not a flame. Just my two cents. Nick Strangas