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Post by hchoops on Aug 16, 2016 8:57:15 GMT -5
Who is more likely to play HC someday, PC or Fordham? It should be Fordham, but who really knows ? based on their OOC sched, we may be too tough for them. And I trust we would demend a home and home. So who knows what their coach and AD are thinking ? i certainly hope we can play some team in the metro area in 2017-18
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Post by lou on Aug 16, 2016 9:11:45 GMT -5
Fordham fans don't even want to think about the Patriot League, but also seem to believe that losing to Boston U in the CIT last season meant nothing
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Post by bison137 on Aug 16, 2016 9:20:42 GMT -5
Who is more likely to play HC someday, PC or Fordham? It should be Fordham, but who really knows ? based on their OOC sched, we may be too tough for them. And I trust we would demend a home and home. So who knows what their coach and AD are thinking ? In recent years, Fordham has played two home-and-homes with Lehigh, plus a home-and-home with Colgate fwiw.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 16, 2016 10:01:13 GMT -5
It should be Fordham, but who really knows ? based on their OOC sched, we may be too tough for them. And I trust we would demend a home and home. So who knows what their coach and AD are thinking ? In recent years, Fordham has played two home-and-homes with Lehigh, plus a home-and-home with Colgate fwiw. That helps put things into perspective: it is ridiculous that Fordham seems to be unwilling to play HC when it will play Lehigh and Colgate
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Post by hchoops on Aug 16, 2016 10:02:28 GMT -5
It should be Fordham, but who really knows ? based on their OOC sched, we may be too tough for them. And I trust we would demend a home and home. So who knows what their coach and AD are thinking ? In recent years, Fordham has played two home-and-homes with Lehigh, plus a home-and-home with Colgate fwiw. But those were most likely arranged with the previous coach and AD
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Post by hc6774 on Aug 16, 2016 11:05:09 GMT -5
May be a Jesuit thing more than PL
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Post by lou on Aug 16, 2016 15:26:02 GMT -5
In recent years, Fordham has played two home-and-homes with Lehigh, plus a home-and-home with Colgate fwiw. But those were most likely arranged with the previous coach and AD Since the current Fordham AD came from Colgate, I was assuming he helped make it happen
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Post by sarasota on Aug 16, 2016 16:10:39 GMT -5
Maybe Fordham sees HC as more of a direct competitor for students.
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Post by rf1 on Aug 16, 2016 17:29:34 GMT -5
Interesting that this is the first of a 3 game series after playing there last year. Hopefully this new 3 game series will include one in Worcester
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Post by rf1 on Aug 16, 2016 17:53:24 GMT -5
A URI employee involved with scheduling confirmed on the Rhody fan board that the series has one game in Worcester and two games in Kingston on the URI campus. The series is similar to the series the Cross has with UMass as the Worcester game will be at the DCU Center.
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Post by southernsader on Aug 16, 2016 21:14:45 GMT -5
Don't get the obsession with schedule. Would like to have an interesting holiday tournament every year, but other than that, it is about league play. Could care less whether or not we play meh so-called majors like UMass or URI, and prefer not to be a punching bag for legit high majors.
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Post by HC92 on Aug 16, 2016 23:23:57 GMT -5
Playing a mediocre A-10 school like URI in a 2-for-1 with the 1 at the DCU really does not excite me. Hopefully we can improve to the point where we will have better scheduling options.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 16, 2016 23:27:04 GMT -5
Playing a mediocre A-10 school like URI in a 2-for-1 with the 1 at the DCU really does not excite me. Hopefully we can improve to the point where we will have better scheduling options. They are predicted to be better than mediocre this season fwiw Lunardi has them as an 8 seed, which probably means 1st in the A10
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Post by rf1 on Aug 17, 2016 5:31:48 GMT -5
Playing a mediocre A-10 school like URI in a 2-for-1 with the 1 at the DCU really does not excite me. Hopefully we can improve to the point where we will have better scheduling options. It is the same arrangement that many here hailed when it involved mediocre A-10 school UMass.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Aug 17, 2016 6:14:21 GMT -5
I've never been an "anti PL guy", but I do not like the 18 game league schedule. Aside from the fact that I like to see as many different teams as possible, I worry that if not enough PL schools are on board with putting together challenging non league schedule, it can really drag down the league RPI. I don't mind a 1 bid league if the league champ has a realistic shot at a 11-12 seed in a really good year. The way it is now, I wonder if we'll ever again see a PL with 2 teams in the top 75 of the RPI.
It would be easy enough to alter the league schedule to 16 games (and allow for an opportunity for schools to schedule up), but that's a topic for another thread (or day)....
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Post by hc6774 on Aug 17, 2016 6:59:40 GMT -5
Don't get the obsession with schedule. Would like to have an interesting holiday tournament every year, but other than that, it is about league play. Could care less whether or not we play meh so-called majors like UMass or URI, and prefer not to be a punching bag for legit high majors. I like the holiday tournament but playing UMass Prov URI et all helps sell HC home tickets in Worc area. When we play well vs them the curiosity factor brings locals to PL games that they otherwise distain.
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Post by HC92 on Aug 17, 2016 7:17:08 GMT -5
Playing a mediocre A-10 school like URI in a 2-for-1 with the 1 at the DCU really does not excite me. Hopefully we can improve to the point where we will have better scheduling options. It is the same arrangement that many here hailed when it involved mediocre A-10 school UMass. True, but I was not among the many.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 17, 2016 8:52:25 GMT -5
Received an email earlier this week that unusually, has not appeared on gohc.com. It is an opportunity to buy VIP tiks to the UMass game. The offer ends Thursday at 11:59 pm. The interesting part is that tiks start at $12. Probably bad seats, but that is a reasonable price.
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 17, 2016 9:14:29 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Aug 17, 2016 9:38:43 GMT -5
I am expecting to be sitting on the team bench! . If so, I hope CBC does not put you in the game.
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 17, 2016 10:09:41 GMT -5
Nah, walk-on status means no floor time unless it is a runaway.
I still have 4 years of eligibility, I think.
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Post by bison137 on Aug 17, 2016 10:13:05 GMT -5
I've never been an "anti PL guy", but I do not like the 18 game league schedule. Aside from the fact that I like to see as many different teams as possible, I worry that if not enough PL schools are on board with putting together challenging non league schedule, it can really drag down the league RPI. I don't mind a 1 bid league if the league champ has a realistic shot at a 11-12 seed in a really good year. The way it is now, I wonder if we'll ever again see a PL with 2 teams in the top 75 of the RPI. Actually the reverse is true. Its lbetter for HC's RPI if it's fellow PL competitors play weak OOC schedules and run up good records. For example, it's much better for HC if PL teams play teams with a .400 winning pct and beat them 60% of the time than if they play teams with a .800 winning pct and beat them 20% of the time. The winning pct of HC ' s fellow PL teams gets twice as much weight in the RPI formula as the winning pct of PL team's opponents.
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 17, 2016 10:16:08 GMT -5
Of course, playing and beating better teams is the best combination to raise your RPI, right?
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Post by bison137 on Aug 17, 2016 10:41:29 GMT -5
Of course, playing and beating better teams is the best combination to raise your RPI, right? Theoretically yes. But realistically it's much better to play teams that allow you to have a high winning pct than to play strong teams where your winning pct will be low. The best teams to schedule, by far, are mid majors in mediocre leagues who are likely to have very good records but who you have a good chance to beat. Following up up on my original point, the best thing for HC would be if other PL teams sought out only the worst teams in America and won almost 100% of their OOC games.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Aug 17, 2016 11:22:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation, Bison. That being said, I'd still rather see the league teams play the strongest schedules they can. Veering off the rails here, but I would think that better schedules might entice a few higher level players, and down the road you start winning more of those "reach" games. It feels like we're starting to see that a bit in the Ivy League.
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