brooklyn brownstone said:

Trap, I sincerely hope your post about extra time to scout Mt. Olive and hope that they are tired is entirely sarcastic or meant as a joke. If we need extra advantages over them, then our schedule is actually too tough, not the opposite.

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It was as sarcastic as they come, BUT - i looked at Mount Olive last year.

They played NC State in an exhibition - lost by 10. 5 days later - they played UNCW and lost by 39. So again - maybe a smart move, Mount Olive will hang with UNCW, but then get blown out by UR?

urmite said:

Are you allowed to play 2 games in 3 days? 2 games day 1, 2 games day 2.

Different teams sit out each day and play each other day 3.

Then everyone needs 1 game elsewhere, or not…

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Yes, you could do two games each over three days:

Day 1
A–B
C–D
E sits out

Day 2
A–C
D–E
B sits out

Day 3
B–E
A/C/D sit out

It still counts as an MTE and we'd still be allowed 31 games max, so we could another non-MTE game to our schedule, if we could find another opponent. In theory, you could do like A–D and B–C paired up for games outside of the MTE, and E would be the only one left hanging needing another opponent from somewhere.

urfan1 said:

IF teams 1A, 2B. 3C. 4D and 5E. 1 plays BCD, 2 plays AED, 4 plays ABE, 4 plays CAB and 5 plays CDE. I think each team plays 3 games feel free to check me. Then set rules for who wins tourney, eg wins and margins.

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what about BAC? might need that checked.

SFspidur said:

We’ve explained a couple times…5 teams playing 3 games each is 15 total “spots”. At two spots per game, it doesn’t divide evenly.

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Are you allowed to play 2 games in 3 days? 2 games day 1, 2 games day 2.

Different teams sit out each day and play each other day 3.

Then everyone needs 1 game elsewhere, or not…

spiderman said:

btw ... every schedule I look at, game #1 is 11/4. that's opening night.
can anyone explain why why we open on 11/6?
Mount Olive wasn't available on the 4th?

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97spiderfan said:

Agreed. Our athletic department again fails on basic marketing of our product. Hey, everyone opens up on this date but the D-2 team that we scheduled to open can't play that night. Oh well, we will just open on a different night then.

In the world of lost opportunities, this certainly is not the biggest but when you add this to a crappy OOC, crappy/incomplete MTE, shut out of ESPN league games, it all adds up to making to an image screaming, we are small time, we will settle for whatever.

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Yeah I brought this up when schedule came up because I thought it was very strange. I think it got lost amongst the turd of the schedule.

u r jazzed up for 1st game, whether that is an easy cupcake or not. It's the 1st game and everyone else is opening and there is more eyeballs on college hoops as result. Yet we open 2 days later and we open with a d2 team that isn't even counting the game! So an exhibition for our opponent is our HOME reg season opener. We usually get a nice opening crowd, granted it takes someone breaking your car window and leaving free tix in the seat, but ppl show up. I have to think it will be less vs Mount Olive and some may not even realize its not a exhibition for us. We'll see I guess if any discernable difference w attendance. maybe wanting to see all the new players is enough. In my mind we don't have a real game until the 9th. It's like hey let's just sit out for 5 days, which is an interesting tactic. And I realize not likely desired, but the execution is on the staff and AD.

fan2011 said:

5E is playing a game against itself here

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So one of teams actually plays 4 games…

If you count them playing with themselves…

spiderstudent17 said:

Not disagreeing with you here. Still, I want us to have the mindset that we belong and strive towards ambitious goals, which includes Big East.

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except when it comes to scheduling

urfan1 said:

IF teams 1A, 2B. 3C. 4D and 5E. 1 plays BCD, 2 plays AED, 4 plays ABE, 4 plays CAB and 5 plays CDE. I think each team plays 3 games feel free to check me. Then set rules for who wins tourney, eg wins and margins.

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5E is playing a game against itself here

urfan1 said:

If you don't believe in yourself, how can you expect any one else to believe in you?

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100%. This is what I was trying to say in the other thread. You said it much more succinctly.

spiderman said:

that's funny. I mean, it's one thing to throw Mt Olive an opening night bone (that's bad enough). but if they aren't available ... you swap them for some other crappy team who is.

you don't sit home on opening night while everyone else plays.

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Agreed. Our athletic department again fails on basic marketing of our product. Hey, everyone opens up on this date but the D-2 team that we scheduled to open can't play that night. Oh well, we will just open on a different night then.

In the world of lost opportunities, this certainly is not the biggest but when you add this to a crappy OOC, crappy/incomplete MTE, shut out of ESPN league games, it all adds up to making to an image screaming, we are small time, we will settle for whatever.

Time for Coleman to show out - this is where he can lay claim to the spot for the rest of the year and prove he is the guy. Conference play is where is really counts and this is very much a game we should expect to win if we think we’re a playoff team.

Trap, I sincerely hope your post about extra time to scout Mt. Olive and hope that they are tired is entirely sarcastic or meant as a joke. If we need extra advantages over them, then our schedule is actually too tough, not the opposite.

urfan1 said:

why not?

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because you can't get everyone playing 3 games in 4 days when there's 5 teams. the math doesn't work.

Exactly. Push back against low predictions, say that you're going to do well. Set a high bar and deliver on it. Don't say "well, we play in a league with a lot of great teams." I'm so tired of this quote in response to almost anything. Generic, inoffensive statements are a hallmark of how UR goes about talking about its team publicly. It's almost like we want to be invisible all the time, except when we don't (usually only after we've achieved something.)

Make some noise once in awhile.

urfan1 said:

why not?

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We’ve explained a couple times…5 teams playing 3 games each is 15 total “spots”. At two spots per game, it doesn’t divide evenly.

urmite said:

We needed the 2 extra days of practice for cohesion…

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Extra fluidity practice

If you don't believe in yourself, how can you expect any one else to believe in you?

spiderman said:

yeah, doesn't work.

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why not?

8legs1dream said:

realignment is based primarily on tv deals and media interest, all you have to do is look at how many of those Friday Night A10 games we have been a part of over the past few seasons to tell you where we would stand on the Big East's radar.

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Not disagreeing with you here. Still, I want us to have the mindset that we belong and strive towards ambitious goals, which includes Big East.

spiderman said:

that's funny. I mean, it's one thing to throw Mt Olive an opening night bone (that's bad enough). but if they aren't available ... you swap them for some other crappy team who is.

you don't sit home on opening night while everyone else plays.

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We needed the 2 extra days of practice for cohesion…

We are indeed the only A-10 team not playing on opening day.

spiderman said:

that's funny. I mean, it's one thing to throw Mt Olive an opening night bone (that's bad enough). but if they aren't available ... you swap them for some other crappy team who is.

you don't sit home on opening night while everyone else plays.

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This was smart move my UR in my mind. We get game film on Mount Olive and properly prepare for them, and hope they are tired from the travel - while we get to rest at home and get a good scouting report in. Would not be surprised if Gipe drives down to UNCW in full disguise to watch the game live.

that's funny. I mean, it's one thing to throw Mt Olive an opening night bone (that's bad enough). but if they aren't available ... you swap them for some other crappy team who is.

you don't sit home on opening night while everyone else plays.

Coleman it is.

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