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Post by bison137 on Aug 17, 2016 13:26:23 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. I agree about the stronger schedules. However even with 18 league games, that leaves room for 11-13 occ games - which is a fair amount. Bucknell, for example, this year plays at Vanderbilt, at Butler, at Wake, at Siena (#2 in the MAAC), at Fairfield (likely #4 in the MAAC), at LaSalle, home vs Princeton (#1 in the Ivy), home vs Richmond, and home vs Manhattan (#5 or 6 in MAAC). Plus four other games where they may be favorites. No matter how many openings there were for ooc games, I doubt they would want to go any tougher than that. You mention the Ivy's schedules - but I think that has also happened with a number of PL schools. Last year, Lehigh, Loyola, Bucknell, American, and Colgate had good ooc schedules - and Lafayette and Boston had respectable ones. HC has clearly upgraded this year - which may leave only Army and Navy as the outliers.
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Post by rgs318 on Aug 18, 2016 5:48:46 GMT -5
Do Army and Navy face any pressure to play ooc games around the country so that the military academies can be seen by as many folks as possible? PR for the military schools is increasingly important as some politician or other talks about closing them as a cost-cutting measure almost every year.
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Post by bison137 on Aug 18, 2016 9:19:54 GMT -5
Do Army and Navy face any pressure to play ooc games around the country so that the military academies can be seen by as many folks as possible? PR for the military schools is increasingly important as some politician or other talks about closing them as a cost-cutting measure almost every year. I doubt there is any pressure at all, given that both have rarely played ooc games against decent opponents and both don't travel around the country much. Both programs have far more funding than do any other PL schools, so there is no pressure to play $ games, and their ooc games against mediocre opponents rarely draw many fans.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 25, 2016 13:30:59 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Sept 2, 2016 21:25:15 GMT -5
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Post by Chu Chu on Sept 3, 2016 16:49:57 GMT -5
How is he able to transfer from Nebraska to Syracuse and play right away? I don't get it.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Sept 3, 2016 16:58:29 GMT -5
How is he able to transfer from Nebraska to Syracuse and play right away? I don't get it. Because he graduated. Graduates with a eligibility left can play right away upon transferring.
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Post by rgs318 on Sept 3, 2016 17:07:28 GMT -5
How is he able to transfer from Nebraska to Syracuse and play right away? I don't get it. Remember how RJ graduated and played for UConn right away?
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Post by Chu Chu on Sept 3, 2016 18:12:43 GMT -5
How is he able to transfer from Nebraska to Syracuse and play right away? I don't get it. Because he graduated. Graduates with a eligibility left can play right away upon transferring. Thanks. I missed that detail.
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Post by lou on Sept 6, 2016 10:06:50 GMT -5
From "Daly Dose of Hoops" ...
Biggest opportunity to start MAAC play on a high note: Marist.
The Red Foxes will probably be picked among the last four in the preseason coaches' poll, but that shouldn't stop Mike Maker from reaching for the stars with an ever-improving core led by senior guard Khallid Hart and a pair of promising sophomores in Brian Parker and Isaiah Lamb. Marist opens with a pair of winnable games in December, first hosting Niagara before traveling to Quinnipiac, and a 2-0 start to league play will no doubt serve as a much-needed pick-me-up going into the new year, when Maker's team will be tested instantly with three of their next four league games coming against Iona, Manhattan and Monmouth.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 6, 2016 11:13:38 GMT -5
From "Daly Dose of Hoops" ... Biggest opportunity to start MAAC play on a high note: Marist. The Red Foxes will probably be picked among the last four in the preseason coaches' poll, but that shouldn't stop Mike Maker from reaching for the stars with an ever-improving core led by senior guard Khallid Hart and a pair of promising sophomores in Brian Parker and Isaiah Lamb. Marist opens with a pair of winnable games in December, first hosting Niagara before traveling to Quinnipiac, and a 2-0 start to league play will no doubt serve as a much-needed pick-me-up going into the new year, when Maker's team will be tested instantly with three of their next four league games coming against Iona, Manhattan and Monmouth. Just possibly their unmentioned OOC games may have some influence on their early league games.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 8, 2016 11:50:26 GMT -5
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Post by sarasota on Sept 8, 2016 17:08:13 GMT -5
Whose 1-3-1 will prevail?
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Post by hchoops on Sept 8, 2016 19:00:33 GMT -5
Whose 1-3-1 will prevail? Cuse plays a 2-3
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Sept 8, 2016 19:23:12 GMT -5
It was always gonna be a very difficult game.
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Post by HC92 on Sept 8, 2016 20:08:20 GMT -5
Hate Boeheim. Really would like to win. Seems unlikely but we now have enough shooters to give us a puncher's chance if we're hot from downtown.
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Post by hc811215 on Sept 9, 2016 8:04:43 GMT -5
While I would love to beat Syracuse, I'm hoping our experience playing Syracuse has some positives that help us with other very difficult OOC games and really makes our PL season a strong one from the start. I agree that a strong OOC schedule will help with recruiting, especially if we can steal a few wins, or play very competitively against top tier teams.
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Post by jflare on Sept 13, 2016 18:59:58 GMT -5
November 13th at South Carolina. Could there possibly be two more different coaching personalities than Frank Martin and CBC...... Should be interesting.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 24, 2016 6:44:19 GMT -5
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Sept 25, 2016 12:07:53 GMT -5
Do Army and Navy face any pressure to play ooc games around the country so that the military academies can be seen by as many folks as possible? PR for the military schools is increasingly important as some politician or other talks about closing them as a cost-cutting measure almost every year. The academies use football as a vehicle for PR and for branch recruiting purposes but not basketball because it is not nearly as much of a draw. This is why Navy requested to play in the AAC West Division even though geographically it would make sense to be in the East with UConn and ECU. Army and Navy also both try to schedule games close to bases around the country. This, for example, is why each has Hawaii on the schedule at least once every 5 years or so.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 29, 2016 15:31:36 GMT -5
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Post by lou on Sept 29, 2016 19:33:53 GMT -5
The ASN telecast of the UNH football game was picked up by MSG, so you never know
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Post by hchoops on Sept 29, 2016 19:38:15 GMT -5
True, but msg is much busier in the winter
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Post by CHC8485 on Sept 29, 2016 20:05:43 GMT -5
YES and SNY should be looking to fill programming hours.
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Post by hc811215 on Oct 12, 2016 14:44:26 GMT -5
This may be rehashing old news, but in looking at the schedule, there is only one home game on a Saturday all season!?!?!? We play Lehigh and Navy away on Saturdays so it can't be just a PL thing. The women's team plays 5 home games on saturdays. It is tough to take in a lot of games if you are driving a distance and can't take off Monday. Anyone know why this is?
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