ODU, JMU and others have devalued hoops in favor of the almighty bowl game dollar. Which doesn’t make sense, because JMU just built a nice new arena for hoops and the Ted is a decent basketball arena.
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We’re not going to play the school of Nancy Lieberman. A school that I watched us play us in the old arena, in the late 60’s.
A state school, where there is always a lot of whining on here about not playing all of the State schools.
A team that always draws well when they play at Robins.
That school?
A state school, where there is always a lot of whining on here about not playing all of the State schools.
A team that always draws well when they play at Robins.
That school?
We're hosting VMI on opening night and paying them $80K.
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I would say the same thing and more about William and Mary. Long time rival, but we are on different planets in the world of college basketball. Time to move on. If either of these schools start winning in the court again, than sure but until then these games do nothing for us, other than maybe put a couple hundred extra fans in the seat for that game.
Just paying more to lose more when they move up a level. Big boys are never gonna let them play ball in their league so to me its useless to chase that FBS money. ODU should of just gone independent in FBS football and join the A10 for all sports years ago and likely would of found themselves as a more attractive option during expansion. JMU has no market and no basketball program to speak of. They had to pull the FBS trigger sooner or later but they will find its not all its cracked up to be when you're not having double digit win seasons. As good as they are in most sports, JMU isn't going to be in any more desirable conference than they are currently in so long as their basketball program is trash.
That’s the way I feel about most of the A-10. Glorified commuter schools.
Maybe will drop to a Q5 then
Yes, with no replacements will drop from their #349 NET...Maybe will drop to a Q5 then
This OOC game will add nothing to our resume towards post season play. Actually maybe more a liability.
It's a tune-up to get back in the flow coming out of exams. Would like to think we could have done it against a team a little less bad, but I'm sure that's the thinking.
Does positioning within a Quad matter for NET ranking (ie playing a medium or high Q4 vs a bottom Q4)?
NET doesn’t directly use the quad system in its own calculations as far as I know. Only time the quads are used is to simplify understanding a schedule for humans.
what this means is that NET doesn’t care if you lost to the worst quad 3 or the best quad 4, that loss will essentially have the same impact on your NET everything else being equal. The committee probably cares though.
SLU and Drake will be playing this year...they were supposed to play in Vegas last year but it was canceled after SLU had COVID issues.
Sometimes I wish you weren’t so good at bringing these things to our attention. SLU has a loaded home schedule and so far UR has FDU. Maybe the next question to be debated is whether we need an assistant coach that is good at scheduling…..
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How exciting would a matchup with Memphis at the RC be? I would be counting down the days.
JOC with a schedule note at the end of today's piece recapping our end-of-season run. New games are hosting Bucknell again and at Charleston. No mention of our VMI game, oddly.
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Three months ago, Spiders went from losing close games to winning them, A-10 title
This team’s tombstone seemed destined to read “Lost lots of close games.” And then, just in time, the trend flipped.
Weird to do a recap piece like this just three months after it happened. Like "Oh yeah, I totally forgot about us winning the A10..."
Summer in full effect at the RTD.
Summer in full effect at the RTD.
I would never have thought to write a piece on say….guys coming back, off-season wrkouts 🤷🏼♂🫣
Hope the Charleston game is on a weekend - good excuse for a trip to one of my favorite cities ..JOC with a schedule note at the end of today's piece recapping our end-of-season run. New games are hosting Bucknell again and at Charleston. No mention of our VMI game, oddly.
Three months ago, Spiders went from losing close games to winning them, A-10 title
This team’s tombstone seemed destined to read “Lost lots of close games.” And then, just in time, the trend flipped.
FDU and Bucknell are putrid. VMI will probably be terrible as well after the coaching change and everybody transferring out.
Drake should be very solid, probably Toledo. Can usually count on UNI being good (except for the COVID year we played them) but no more Green. Charleston likely to be middling at best.
Drake should be very solid, probably Toledo. Can usually count on UNI being good (except for the COVID year we played them) but no more Green. Charleston likely to be middling at best.
The rest of our games had better be awfully good if we're going to reach that goal. We'll only play two of the three starred teams and I'm assuming St. John's would count as neutral. If by some chance it counts as a road game for us, they would be Q1, but I don't think that's the case.
Q2:
*64. St. John's (N)
*83. Syracuse (N)
86. Toledo (A)
Q3:
85. Drake (H)
98. UNI (H)
*111. Temple (N)
144. Charleston (A)
Q4:
175. VMI (H)
334. Bucknell (H)
349. FDU (H)
Q2:
*64. St. John's (N)
*83. Syracuse (N)
86. Toledo (A)
Q3:
85. Drake (H)
98. UNI (H)
*111. Temple (N)
144. Charleston (A)
Q4:
175. VMI (H)
334. Bucknell (H)
349. FDU (H)
Maybe mooney knows something about this team that we don’t. He’s scheduling like he doesn’t expect much.
I don’t know, but I would bet that it is hard for us to get OOC games. The Power conference teams
don’t want to have to play us, if they don’t have to; and the mid-majors may get more money elsewhere.
What happened to Wake? We played Kentucky and Maryland, but neither of those programs want to play
us. We used to go out west and play teams.
I just think we’re in a limbo situation with ooc games.
don’t want to have to play us, if they don’t have to; and the mid-majors may get more money elsewhere.
What happened to Wake? We played Kentucky and Maryland, but neither of those programs want to play
us. We used to go out west and play teams.
I just think we’re in a limbo situation with ooc games.
I think a combo of 5 Q1/Q2 games would be enough, as long as we get some good wins in there. I realize the argument might be play 7 of them and that gives you more chances for Q1/2 wins, but I just wouldn't want to risk almost playing yourself out of an at large before IC play starts. In 2020, we only went 1-2 against Q1/2 OOC, and I think we were in good shape for an at large at 24-7. So, 5 should be plenty, especially if we win 2 or 3 of them. Do that, go 9-4 or 10-3 OOC, then get some more Q1 and Q2 wins while going 13-5 (if 10-3) or 14-4 (If 9-4) IC, and we would be in great shape at 23-8 with more than enough Q1/2 wins. I just think we need to be very smart with our OOC schedule because we all know how hard it would be to get an at large with 10+ losses. Just look at the all the love for the Big Ten out there. The A-10 got 1 at large last year, the Big Ten got 8.
Looking at this breakdown, I don't think all of our remaining games need to be strong. We still have 4 games to schedule. Let's see what those look like before worrying too much. I think all we need to do is add a neutral Q1/2 type game like we did with NC St last year, maybe find a Q1 road game if we can, and have the other 2 be Q2 or Q3. We just want to survive the OOC schedule with a couple Q1/2 wins, avoid bad losses, and not play a lot of 250+ teams so we can keep the OOC schedule number good. That will put us in good shape going into A-10 play, which I think, as I usually do, is more important than our OOC record. We will have plenty of chances for good wins IC. We win enough of those, finish with a good record ( this is where I usually say 14-4, but maybe even 13-5 if the A-10 is good enough), and that should keep us in good shape ahead of other A-10 at large hopefuls.
From UR's website:Gipe? Has been doubted as a recruiter, maybe scheduling is his niche.
Of course, none of of us know squat, just speculating. What else is a message board for in the off season?
Gipe was promoted to assistant coach in April 2022 following six seasons on the Richmond staff. At 28, Gipe became the second-youngest assistant coach in the Atlantic 10. In addition to focusing on recruiting, scouting, and player development, Gipe directs the team's non-conference scheduling process
Hopefully his recruiting prowess is better than his non-conference scheduling prowess.
