Molloy, Mon. Nov. 20, 6:30p, FS1, 970AM

Why are we playing a D2 school for our fourth game of the season ? Does this game even count towards our record ?
 
I think an opponent had to change their schedule and this was put together last minute. But I also don’t like playing div 2 team. A win doesn’t count towards NCAA tourney consideration.
 
First home game that I won't be at since Norm's last year, when I fell and broke my arm on the morning of a game.

Fortunately, that's not the reason this time. I'm just going to be out of town for the holiday (not in Disney World, unfortunately).

I will be able to watch, though.
 
Could be any variety of reasons, including a last minute change as noted above.

But a lot of times you see D1 teams playing D2 or D3 this weekend or early next week if they are playing in a tournament next week/weekend. If you are already playing 3 games in 3-4 days you don't necessarily want to add a 4th game against a D1 opponent that week.

At the same time you don't necessarily want to have a week+ off without a game this early in the season. Players just spent more than a month playing against nobody but each other in practice, this early you don't want to go back to that and risk things getting a little stale. Keep the momentum of the season flowing.

So sometimes you schedule a D2/3 opponent to try to strike a balance of those two things, staying sharp but hopefully not going into your first tournament with tired legs. Nobody can be taken lightly though obviously.
 
Hey they are a local Catholic school, and doing us a solid by playing what in effect is a scrimmage. I'm sure this is the highlight of their season. If it helps their program recruit, good for them.

As long as we don't do a LeMoyne vs. Syracuse, where some recent years back they actually beat the Orange, I'm cool with the whole thing.
 
But a lot of times you see D1 teams playing D2 or D3 this weekend or early next week if they are playing in a tournament next week/weekend. If you are already playing 3 games in 3-4 days you don't necessarily want to add a 4th game against a D1 opponent that week.

So sometimes you schedule a D2/3 opponent to try to strike a balance of those two things, staying sharp but hopefully not going into your first tournament with tired legs. Nobody can be taken lightly though obviously.
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potential opponent, Missouri playing DII Emporia State on Monday.

Our guys were so active to start against Nebraska I thought they'd fizzle by the end of the game but didn't. But glad to have a little tuneup afterwards before first road/neutral game.
 
Lavin's final season we played DII Franklin Pierce, although that was part of the NIT Season Tip-Off (campus game).
 
Could be any variety of reasons, including a last minute change as noted above.

But a lot of times you see D1 teams playing D2 or D3 this weekend or early next week if they are playing in a tournament next week/weekend. If you are already playing 3 games in 3-4 days you don't necessarily want to add a 4th game against a D1 opponent that week.

At the same time you don't necessarily want to have a week+ off without a game this early in the season. Players just spent more than a month playing against nobody but each other in practice, this early you don't want to go back to that and risk things getting a little stale. Keep the momentum of the season flowing.

So sometimes you schedule a D2/3 opponent to try to strike a balance of those two things, staying sharp but hopefully not going into your first tournament with tired legs. Nobody can be taken lightly though obviously.
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I posted something similar on JJ. We can give our starters less PT giving them some rest for the tourney. At the same time guys like Yakwe and Trimble can work on their game and gain confidence.
 
Smart move, give students some "stuff" & they come out.



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I don't see much difference in this game than playing St. Francis, LIU, or NJIT. Playing a local game when you play 30+ games a year to fill out your schedule especially when you're in a pre season tournament and the Gavitt games is not the worst thing in the world.

Hopefully it gives us a chance to run some 1/2 court sets, work on getting good shots, and let some of the guys that don't play a lot get into the game and have confidence just in case we need'em!
 
Who cares if they are losing to a team they should beat by a 100. Lovett made a no look between the legs behind the back pass to nobody. Twice.

Watching crap like that almost makes me want them to lose
 
OMG...trailing the entire first half, can't hit a basket for their lives and attempts a failed ally oop missing out on a sure 2.
 
Good think this was not a Div 1 team we would be behind by 20 right now Think we can come down from the clouds and keep thing in perspective We have a lot of work to do
 
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