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Mooney said these are the OOC games that we have locked up for next year so far:

HOME – Texas Tech, Wake Forest, ODU, 2 low-level games as part of the Barclays Thanksgiving tournament

AWAY - JMU

NEUTRAL – Barclays Center Thanksgiving tourney with Kansas State, Maryland, BC (we already knew about this, but I am not sure if we get one game there or two); Barclays Center A-10/ACC Challenge just before Christmas vs. unknown ACC opponent
 
This schedule looks pretty good so far. Might be too good for our team, we will see.

Wake: These guys were very young this year, 70% of their minutes were played by freshmen and sophomores. The loss of Devin Thomas will sting. Not sure how good they will be next year, they will probably be better than this year though. A potential top 100 team.

Texas Tech: These guys are losing 2 key pieces on their team, but should be in the top 100 next year.

ODU: Who knows? Maybe top 100 but probably in the 100-200 range.

Kansas St./Maryland/BC: I really hope we don't play BC. We probably will though, and if we do we better get a second game against K State or Maryland. Maryland will be very good and K State will be tough but BC should be a pushover.

Unknown ACC Opponent: We are already probably playing the 2 worst teams in the ACC, so this will probably be Georgia Tech or Va. Tech. I suspect it will be another bottom tier team and a winnable game.

Overall I think if our team is hovering around 100th in the country we have a good shot at beating Wake, Texas Tech, BC, Unknown ACC. I think this is an interesting schedule. We hopefully will able to get wins against many of these P5 teams which is nice in terms of marketing, but the wins won't count for much if the teams finish at the bottom of their conferences. I also like that none of the P5 games are away games. They are all on our home court or at neutral sites which greatly increases our chances for a win.

One thing we did not capitalize on this year was our INCREDIBLY favorable A10 schedule. We got most of the top teams at home and a bunch of the bad teams on the road. For a decent team that can defend the home court our A10 schedule was a recipe for a great season, but we were unable to beat the good A10 teams at home this year. This favorable schedule is why we ended up with more A10 road wins than home wins (our road games were easier, as ridiculous as that sounds). Next year we will probably get a very unfavorable schedule, so if we want to have a post season it would help to build a resume out of conference.
 
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The Barclays Classic will pair the Spiders against either Maryland or Kansas St. in the opening round, aiming to have those two P5 schools meet in the final. So, the best way to avoid BC is to win.
 
fan2011 said:
Unknown ACC Opponent: We are already probably playing the 2 worst teams in the ACC, so this will probably be Georgia Tech or Va. Tech. I suspect it will be another bottom tier team and a winnable game.
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I think Va. Tech played this year in the thing, but I could be wrong.
 
I guess W&M is off the schedule for the time being? I know people will say "they're an RPI anchor" but last I looked they were ranked higher than us in RPI this year (102 vs. 126).
 
wr70beh said:
I guess W&M is off the schedule for the time being? I know people will say "they're an RPI anchor" but last I looked they were ranked higher than us in RPI this year (102 vs. 126).
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At this point the question is are we scheduling for an at large? If the answer is yes than we should try to pick up games against top 100 teams if at all possible. If the answer is no we should try to play a few more cupcakes than usual so we can come into A10 play with a decent record and hopefully a good amount of playing time for our young players (freshmen and/or sophomores with bigger roles).
 
fan2011 said:
At this point the question is are we scheduling for an at large? If the answer is yes than we should try to pick up games against top 100 teams if at all possible. If the answer is no we should try to play a few more cupcakes than usual so we can come into A10 play with a decent record and hopefully a good amount of playing time for our young players (freshmen and/or sophomores with bigger roles).
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VDU could answer that question for you this year. They got waxed by the good teams on their OCC schedule and cake walked through the the "weak" A-10 and tied for championship and have a great chance of being left out of the dance.
 
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I think NYC Buckets has an error there...should be the Kansas St. game for Robert Morris that's part of Barclays campus round, not UVA. UVA is already in the Emerald Coast Classic.

And there was an early article saying it was either us or Arkansas in the host field, so I assume Arkansas is no longer involved.
 
It makes me ill to say this, but I think if CM loses three straight to JMU, that would actually be a fireable offense. Isn't there some dumb logic somewhere about it being hard to beat an opponent three times in a row?
 
MrTbone said:
It makes me ill to say this, but I think if CM loses three straight to JMU, that would actually be a fireable offense. Isn't there some dumb logic somewhere about it being hard to beat an opponent three times in a row?
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I believe the theory is that if two equally matched opponents play each other 3 times in the same season, it should become more and more difficult for the winner of the last game to win the next one as the losing team tries a new strategy while the winning teams starts with the same winning strategy from last time.
 
urmite said:
I believe the theory is that if two equally matched opponents play each other 3 times in the same season, it should become more and more difficult for the winner of the last game to win the next one as the losing team tries a new strategy while the winning teams starts with the same winning strategy from last time.
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Our strategy should be to steal their strategy, try it for five minutes, see if it works, and then abandon it regardless of the result. That will show them who's the boss.
 
urmite said:
I believe the theory is that if two equally matched opponents play each other 3 times in the same season, it should become more and more difficult for the winner of the last game to win the next one as the losing team tries a new strategy while the winning teams starts with the same winning strategy from last time.
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That assumes the winning coach wouldn't change their strategy, which is a very poor assumption.
 
Looking forward to walk-on Stafford Trueheart dominating us on the glass and putting in the game winning stick back at the buzzer.
 
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That assumes the winning coach wouldn't change their strategy, which is a very poor assumption.
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There are holes in the above theory, I'm not convinced this is one of them. Especially if the winning coach's strategy is "score more points than your opponent", I don't believe it is a poor assumption that most coaches would not change that strategy for a rematch. :D
 
Today is "5-11". The reverse is "11-5". I believe that is when we play those Barney Dillweeds in the beautiful confines of Robins Stadium! Hoping the spiders destroy those savages!
 
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Thanks, FRS! Not familiar with dillweeds, but am certain that jmu fills the bill. OSC
 
I heard of dillweeds when i was in grade school. It seemed to be a vague reference to pubic hair. Really an odd insult.
 
The team that wins the first two meetings also wins the third one something like 73% of the time, just FYI.
 
Eight Legger said:
The team that wins the first two meetings also wins the third one something like 73% of the time, just FYI.
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I truly don't know what the statistic is. The flip side to the "three time" theory is that although two teams may be equal, not all parts of the team are equal. The strength of one could match up often to the weakness of the other team.

And then there is how do you measure two teams as equal?

And yes very few would apply the "three time theory" to very different teams. If we beat, Presbyterian twice it isn't likely to effect the third game...
 
Then we could get into the fallacy of past random results effecting future random results.

If you get heads twice, does that mean you are more likely to get tails the third time?

I think the "three time theory" is like that. You are less likely to get 3 head in 3 tosses than 2 heads in 2 tosses, so they assume past result effects future results.

We have plenty of time to pursue this until October...
 
FrontRoyalSpider said:
Today is "5-11". The reverse is "11-5". I believe that is when we play those Barney Dillweeds in the beautiful confines of Robins Stadium! Hoping the spiders destroy those savages!
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Please understand this brief video - 29 seconds - is for edification purposes only concerning the terminology "dillweed"

 
MolivaManiac said:
I heard of dillweeds when i was in grade school. It seemed to be a vague reference to pubic hair. Really an odd insult.
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The word dill comes from the Norwegian word "dilla" meaning to soothe. The whole plant with immature seeds is called dillweed. Dillweed is the dried leaves of Anethum graveolens L. (family Umbelliferae). The bright green leaves have a pleasant, aromatic odor and possess a warm taste.
 
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Dill weed, fresh lemon juice and melted butter makes good juice spread for grilled fish.
 
This is the kind of talk I enjoy on the site. Some basketball mixed in with some education on spices and cooking techniques is a nice blend of interests.
 
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I truly don't know what the statistic is. The flip side to the "three time" theory is that although two teams may be equal, not all parts of the team are equal. The strength of one could match up often to the weakness of the other team.

And then there is how do you measure two teams as equal?

And yes very few would apply the "three time theory" to very different teams. If we beat, Presbyterian twice it isn't likely to effect the third game...
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I do know what the statistic is, which is why I posted that. That is the statistic. I looked it up earlier in the year when we had this discussion and posted it then, so I recall it.
 
DukeDenver said:
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The word dill comes from the Norwegian word "dilla" meaning to soothe. The whole plant with immature seeds is called dillweed. Dillweed is the dried leaves of Anethum graveolens L. (family Umbelliferae). The bright green leaves have a pleasant, aromatic odor and possess a warm taste.
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Yes, it can be very soothing, but it's also a lot of fun to smoke.
Don't listen to the Weegies. Ask the Amsterdamians.
 
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