Why can't we get a pod going here with local teams to cut down on travel. UVA, MD, Tech, GW, UR, VCU, ODU, Georgetown would make a sweet little 8 team pod?
Getting Ready for Whatever
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Sorry, athletic departments are only interested in cutting expenses if it involves cutting a non revenue sport.
article mentions Detroit gets $200k for this tournament.
RTD take on what our attendance may be. No surprise the school will comply with state recommendations.
https://richmond.com/sports/college...cle_7ba266ce-e7c1-50c2-ac9f-d4523041bb3d.html
https://richmond.com/sports/college...cle_7ba266ce-e7c1-50c2-ac9f-d4523041bb3d.html
This doesn't bother me at all, because I've been getting ready for whatever.Colorado State game is off the table for this season...the A-10/MWC challenge is being pushed back a year. Not sure if pairings will remain the same for 2021-22.
Mountain West-Atlantic 10 Challenge Series Postponed for One Year
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference and the Mountain West Conference have mutually agreed to postpone the leagues’ challenge series, originally scheduled to begin in December of 2020. Matchups are slated to be rescheduled for the 2021-22 season.atlantic10.com
Well, this is definitely a hit on our OOC, I just did a quick search and CSU was being predicted number 2 in MW in first review I found. Hopefully if we do one of the bubbles we can replace them with an equivalent.
We have a once in a decade team this year, hopefully our staff is working overtime to put the best OOC schedule together. Fantastic that we were able to preserve the Kentucky game and understand that was our top priority, but still lots of work to do. Need to protect that Cincinatti game as well.
Nothing we could do about the Mountain West series. Flying cross country for one game in the current status was never gonna happen anyway.
Good report. I realize it is a very difficult environment to try to keep these scheduled, and the situation is so fluid and could go downhill fast in the fall I fear. Hopefully our staff's efforts will be rewarded.
And we can win some of these, that would be nice too 
. I like what I read in the Athletic article too - our players are very smart and motivated and ready to cease this opportunity. Just hope they have the chance, and hope they do not feel too much pressure early. I think these guys are "ready for whatever"!!
. I like what I read in the Athletic article too - our players are very smart and motivated and ready to cease this opportunity. Just hope they have the chance, and hope they do not feel too much pressure early. I think these guys are "ready for whatever"!!
I hope they Seize it instead of Cease it...And we can win some of these, that would be nice too
I do too haha. I actually won a spelling bee, but that was about 37 years ago.I hope they Seize it instead of Cease it...
LInk to the interview with Mooney that EL referenced:
Get In The Web: Chris Mooney Talks Spiders Basketball, Schedule & More
The Richmond Spiders men’s basketball coach joins the show, discussing the scheduling process for this season, still playing Kentucky, how excited his players are to get going and even some E…
espnrichmond.com
For you Philly guys, even got some Philly football talk in there, I'm sure GiantKiller will love that!
I do too haha. I actually won a spelling bee, but that was about 37 years ago.
LInk to the interview with Mooney that EL referenced:
Get In The Web: Chris Mooney Talks Spiders Basketball, Schedule & More
The Richmond Spiders men’s basketball coach joins the show, discussing the scheduling process for this season, still playing Kentucky, how excited his players are to get going and even some E…
For you Philly guys, even got some Philly football talk in there, I'm sure GiantKiller will love that!
Philly Bob for ya. & the Moon man awfully quick to jump on the Eagles D for not meeting expectations...wonder what he’d say about not going to NCAA for 9 straight.
They decided to stick with the originally reduced limit of 25 or 27 with an exempt event.
www.ncaa.org
Basketball oversight committees maintain maximum contest limitations
The Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Oversight Committees reaffirmed their positions on the maximum number of games teams can play in the upcoming 2020-21
www.ncaa.org
ESPN's plan for a multi-event bubble in Orlando with over two dozen teams has completely imploded.
theathletic.com
Exclusive: ESPN abandons plan for college basketball bubble events in Orlando
Some two dozen men's teams, which were slated to play in up to 10 events, will now scramble to fill out their schedules.
theathletic.com
UVA now needs to fill a few more ooc games. Hope Mooney is reaching out to his great friend trying hard to schedule this game.
Bubbling college kids has to be exponentially more challenging than professional athletes.ESPN's plan for a multi-event bubble in Orlando with over two dozen teams has completely imploded.
Exclusive: ESPN abandons plan for college basketball bubble events in Orlando
Some two dozen men's teams, which were slated to play in up to 10 events, will now scramble to fill out their schedules.
Of the teams, that I think we match up terribly against, UVA would be number 1 on my list. Bennett is just too good with his defensive schemes. But hey, if there was a year to try, I guess it would be this year.
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a ton of teams suddenly have 2-3 games opening up with this news. time for those AD's to earn their keep and get some replacements arranged QUICK and hopefully we can benefit from it some
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VCU loses three games scheduled for Orlando to open season
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VCU loses three games scheduled for Orlando to open season
As the wild world of nonconference college basketball scheduling continues to turn, VCU on Monday lost three games it had planned to start the season.
VCU loses three games scheduled for Orlando to open season
VCU loses three games scheduled for Orlando to open season
As the wild world of nonconference college basketball scheduling continues to turn, VCU on Monday lost three games it had planned to start the season.
They should consider themselves lucky. They “lose” 3 games but if they had played them they really would have lost 3 games...
If we are ranked 15th pre season, there is no reason not to schedule UVA at their place!
Prepare yourself for games being postponed or cancelled everywhere. Seems like a endless process of moving the schedule. Nothing is guaranteed this year.
unfortunately I think we’ll see more of that during the year. I’d rather they play & lose but at minimum play. We want as close to a full season as possible it bodes well for us the more is played. If they’re lucky here it just means we’re unlucky. Two of the best UR teams last season & this one and we might get zero NCAAs out of it when we’ve been waiting 10 years. Mooney might be the most jinxed unlucky guy there is and we r throwing more million dollar extensions his way.
