Official 2013-2014 Schedule Thread

I'm convinced our fans will complain about anything. Last year we played 2 high-major OOC games. Both of those teams missed the tournament. Lavin eliminated the road game against a small-time team in which we've lost each of the last three years and replaced it with a neutral game against a perennial tournament team. This schedule is infinitely better than last years and is not a bad schedule compared to our peers.
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It seems like Lavin would like to get some recruiting inroads into Louisiana. A game at LSU or even Tulane instead of home against Longwood would have been my preference. Actually, anything would have been my preference over home against Longwood.
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The Longwood game is part of the Barclays Tournament. We didn't have a choice in scheduling that.
 
I think from a player prospective, playing a road game against a storied program would be exciting. Winning at Duke or UCLA would be a lot more memorable than winning in Sioux City.
 
Our non conference schedule is putting a lot of faith in the first year of the new Big East. The Syracuse game doesn't help our RPI that much as a home game.

And I'd much rather play locals like St. Francis and NJIT over a team like Longwood. At least it makes sense and is throwing local college hoops team a bone. Longwood is going to finish in the bottom 10 in all of college hoops in RPI because they always do.
 
I'm convinced our fans will complain about anything. Last year we played 2 high-major OOC games. Both of those teams missed the tournament. Lavin eliminated the road game against a small-time team in which we've lost each of the last three years and replaced it with a neutral game against a perennial tournament team. This schedule is infinitely better than last years and is not a bad schedule compared to our peers.
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It seems like Lavin would like to get some recruiting inroads into Louisiana. A game at LSU or even Tulane instead of home against Longwood would have been my preference. Actually, anything would have been my preference over home against Longwood.
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The Longwood game is part of the Barclays Tournament. We didn't have a choice in scheduling that.
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Dartmouth should not be on the schedule. Or Youngstown State. I know USF is a return game, but I would have told them no thanks. I don't even want Wagner at home, and I like them.
 
I'm convinced our fans will complain about anything. Last year we played 2 high-major OOC games. Both of those teams missed the tournament. Lavin eliminated the road game against a small-time team in which we've lost each of the last three years and replaced it with a neutral game against a perennial tournament team. This schedule is infinitely better than last years and is not a bad schedule compared to our peers.
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It seems like Lavin would like to get some recruiting inroads into Louisiana. A game at LSU or even Tulane instead of home against Longwood would have been my preference. Actually, anything would have been my preference over home against Longwood.
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The Longwood game is part of the Barclays Tournament. We didn't have a choice in scheduling that.
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Dartmouth should not be on the schedule. Or Youngstown State. I know USF is a return game, but I would have told them no thanks. I don't even want Wagner at home, and I like them.
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Last year Duke had the #1 SOS and played 8 teams with a sub-150 RPI.
 
As a fan I like the chances of getting 20+ wins.....but as a season ticket holder I question why I spend so much money for 6-7 games I have zero interest in. I Dont think we a have any chance of big crowds for any of those games. None of those games will create a Buzzzzz on campus. If we get upset...the place will be empty. I think we could have pushed the envelope a bit more.
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Don't get season tickets then. Pick and choose the games you want to go to. I think we've seen over the years how there is no advantage to season tickets really.

Making a schedule isn't easy. It takes two to tango. Dates have to match for starters, who is paying what, is there a reciprocal game.

I post my favorite link again. Check out all these teams still looking to fill games on their schedule.

http://www.basketballtravelers.com/game-schedule-board/?e_type=1
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Pretty interesting list of schools. At the end of the day we have still go out and win, regardless of who the opponent is. That said, it would have been interesting to play some of those schools on the list such as; UCF, UNCC, Dayton, Princeton, James Madison, LaSalle, ODU, even Purdue, Miami and NC State.
 
As a fan I like the chances of getting 20+ wins.....but as a season ticket holder I question why I spend so much money for 6-7 games I have zero interest in. I Dont think we a have any chance of big crowds for any of those games. None of those games will create a Buzzzzz on campus. If we get upset...the place will be empty. I think we could have pushed the envelope a bit more.
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Don't get season tickets then. Pick and choose the games you want to go to. I think we've seen over the years how there is no advantage to season tickets really.

Making a schedule isn't easy. It takes two to tango. Dates have to match for starters, who is paying what, is there a reciprocal game.

I post my favorite link again. Check out all these teams still looking to fill games on their schedule.

http://www.basketballtravelers.com/game-schedule-board/?e_type=1
Click to expand...

Pretty interesting list of schools. At the end of the day we have still go out and win, regardless of who the opponent is. That said, it would have been interesting to play some of those schools on the list such as; UCF, UNCC, Dayton, Princeton, James Madison, LaSalle, ODU, even Purdue, Miami and NC State.
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But again look at Miami. They are looking for a game on Dec 19th. No other days. Also they want a return game next year. Some teams don't want to commit to a 2nd game. So when you start looking at the requirements each team has it makes it harder to find a dance partner.
 
As a fan I like the chances of getting 20+ wins.....but as a season ticket holder I question why I spend so much money for 6-7 games I have zero interest in. I Dont think we a have any chance of big crowds for any of those games. None of those games will create a Buzzzzz on campus. If we get upset...the place will be empty. I think we could have pushed the envelope a bit more.
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Don't get season tickets then. Pick and choose the games you want to go to. I think we've seen over the years how there is no advantage to season tickets really.

Making a schedule isn't easy. It takes two to tango. Dates have to match for starters, who is paying what, is there a reciprocal game.

I post my favorite link again. Check out all these teams still looking to fill games on their schedule.

http://www.basketballtravelers.com/game-schedule-board/?e_type=1
Click to expand...

Pretty interesting list of schools. At the end of the day we have still go out and win, regardless of who the opponent is. That said, it would have been interesting to play some of those schools on the list such as; UCF, UNCC, Dayton, Princeton, James Madison, LaSalle, ODU, even Purdue, Miami and NC State.
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But again look at Miami. They are looking for a game on Dec 19th. No other days. Also they want a return game next year. Some teams don't want to commit to a 2nd game. So when you start looking at the requirements each team has it makes it harder to find a dance partner.
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Good point, I must confess I just glanced at the teams, didn't really look at the requirements
 
As I count again, it's actually 20 home games this year.

A $25 season ticket increast for 2 more home games? I think that's justified. Probably the same, or maybe even a little less, on a per game basis then last year. (Of course, they will probably never reduce that total price again, but I'll rant about that when the time comes).
 
As a fan I like the chances of getting 20+ wins.....but as a season ticket holder I question why I spend so much money for 6-7 games I have zero interest in. I Dont think we a have any chance of big crowds for any of those games. None of those games will create a Buzzzzz on campus. If we get upset...the place will be empty. I think we could have pushed the envelope a bit more.
Click to expand...

Don't get season tickets then. Pick and choose the games you want to go to. I think we've seen over the years how there is no advantage to season tickets really.

Making a schedule isn't easy. It takes two to tango. Dates have to match for starters, who is paying what, is there a reciprocal game.

I post my favorite link again. Check out all these teams still looking to fill games on their schedule.

http://www.basketballtravelers.com/game-schedule-board/?e_type=1
Click to expand...

Pretty interesting list of schools. At the end of the day we have still go out and win, regardless of who the opponent is. That said, it would have been interesting to play some of those schools on the list such as; UCF, UNCC, Dayton, Princeton, James Madison, LaSalle, ODU, even Purdue, Miami and NC State.
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But again look at Miami. They are looking for a game on Dec 19th. No other days. Also they want a return game next year. Some teams don't want to commit to a 2nd game. So when you start looking at the requirements each team has it makes it harder to find a dance partner.
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If I had any say, I'd add Miami as a home game. That is an easy 20 point whooping to be handed out to an ACC team.
 
I know people only want to bitch but there are 32 games on the schedule.

22 of them are against major conference teams.

I have no problem with nine of them being against teams that should be wins.

I haven't looked yet but I'd love to see the schedules of the others in the conference.
 
This is the Syracuse model schedule for the past 3 decades and it has worked for them. Change the names to Colgate, Albany, Lemoyne, Binghamton, and sprinkle it with huge football (not basketball) names like Washington and Nebraska and you have the potential of entering the season undefeated or with 1 or 2 losses. Further, the kids get to learn how to win, the most important part of similar scheduling by U of Florida as per their successful coach.
I endured 26 years as a season ticket holder at Syracuse, the first few of which I had difficulty giving the early season tickets away, even in return for favors. For the last twenty, Syracuse started out 10-0 and ranked in the top ten and the seats are full; not necessarily 32,000 but 24,000 every game. Say what you will, there is great merit in this kind of scheduling; I have always maintained, with some degree of seriousness, that Syracuse's national championship and general success is due in major part to Jake Crouthammel, their AD, who scheduled, and to a lesser extent, the coaching.
The model works, at least at Florida and Syracuse, to name just two.
 
That's how Carneseca used to schedule. Some people might argue that it doesn't prepare you for the NCAA tourney and you cant gauge the team playing patsies.
 
That's how Carneseca used to schedule. Some people might argue that it doesn't prepare you for the NCAA tourney and you cant gauge the team playing patsies.
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And the flip side is you might not make the NCAA tournament playing nothing but giants. We'll have plenty of meaty opponents on the schedule during conference play.

As a fan, I'd love to watch a steady diets of G'towns, Syracuses and Dukes, but I get the rationale for building in some "training games" against less formidable opponents.
 
I would love to see Duke but they are essentially being replaced by Syracuse. I will assume a high tier team will be added next year to the home schedule as we have nothing in contract. Between Wisconsin, Syracuse, and the Barclays tournament I believe it is a bit above average schedule. I would have liked to see one true road game to get the team prepared for Out of Conference play. You could say the Syracuse game and 20,000 people will be good exposure though to play in what will be a raucous atmosphere..

I believe the problem is Duke wants to play us in December and we want to play them in January and February which is causing the problem. Also availability of the Garden could be an issue with renovation and lack of time available there.
 
This is the Syracuse model schedule for the past 3 decades and it has worked for them. Change the names to Colgate, Albany, Lemoyne, Binghamton, and sprinkle it with huge football (not basketball) names like Washington and Nebraska and you have the potential of entering the season undefeated or with 1 or 2 losses. Further, the kids get to learn how to win, the most important part of similar scheduling by U of Florida as per their successful coach.
I endured 26 years as a season ticket holder at Syracuse, the first few of which I had difficulty giving the early season tickets away, even in return for favors. For the last twenty, Syracuse started out 10-0 and ranked in the top ten and the seats are full; not necessarily 32,000 but 24,000 every game. Say what you will, there is great merit in this kind of scheduling; I have always maintained, with some degree of seriousness, that Syracuse's national championship and general success is due in major part to Jake Crouthammel, their AD, who scheduled, and to a lesser extent, the coaching.
The model works, at least at Florida and Syracuse, to name just two.
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Good post.

I, actually thought about Syracuse when I saw some folks complaining about our schedule.
 
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/basketball/pass_the_cupcakes_aT5BOdoVELNXfjHpuV60eP

the post lenn robbins on the schedule
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And the ultimate moron chimes in;

“@DickieV: HOOP thought-I have a feeling My CUPCAKE CITY AWARD this yr wll head to the Big Apple after reading @LennRobbins @HoopsWeiss Yes STEVIE L”
 
Marquette's non-conference:
http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/marq-m-baskbl-sched.html

DePaul's:
http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/depa-m-baskbl-sched.html

Creighton:
http://www.gocreighton.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1000&ATCLID=208738661

IMO, Marquette's is a little tougher then ours, DePaul's even/slightly softer, and I think Creighton's non-conference schedule is WAY SOFTER then ours. Those are the only Big East teams (along with us) that have released the non-conference schedule so far.
 
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