Isn't bucknell here too?
Not sure, heard someone mention Bucknell but nothing confirmed. BTW, their RPI last year was 63. Would be a nice home pick-up to the schedule.
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Isn't bucknell here too?
You were there during the Benny Becton era? Very nice!Wow, UVM on the schedule. Played there 58-62. They should be solid again next year. Tres Belle Haynes (g) and Anthony Lamb (pf) are special players. Becker's teams are well coached and generally go 7-8 deep. Have no insight to freshman class. Should be a fun game.
Yes indeed. Benny was a great kid, and player we had our share of laughs. He had a game at Maine my last year scoring 31 with 29 rebounds, and we lost. Game was on TV and the ref, named Gentile, let them beat the crap out of Benny. He made every call in the game and would run to the TV camera to get face time when he made the calls. Had a near riot when our bench erupted object to the calls and the local cops grabbed a couple of our kids and pulled them into room off the court. I managed to get a little of my own face time Mr. Gentile in the parking lot after the game.You were there during the Benny Becton era? Very nice!
In non-conference competition, Richmond will compete in an eight-team tournament in the Cayman Islands Nov. 20-22. UR will play three games. The other participants are Cincinnati, Iowa, Wyoming, UAB, Lousiana (formerly Louisiana Lafayette), South Dakota State, and Buffalo.
The Spiders will play at Boston College, at Wake Forest, and at Old Dominion. At home, UR will meet Vermont, Bucknell, and James Madison. UR is still in search of more games.
No reason for a return game from ORU. I thought we had just picked that one up because we needed one and it was close to Texas for our Texas guys.Schedule update from JOC. No mention of Oral Roberts return game and confirmation of Bucknell are the new tidbits.
http://www.richmond.com/sports/soll...cle_795f19d3-f27c-5f80-97bd-6cffecd86860.html
No reason for a return game from ORU. I thought we had just picked that one up because we needed one and it was close to Texas for our Texas guys.
Eight, this was also my understanding.No reason for a return game from ORU. I thought we had just picked that one up because we needed one and it was close to Texas for our Texas guys.
No reason for a return game from ORU. I thought we had just picked that one up because we needed one and it was close to Texas for our Texas guys.
Until we win a couple of A-10 tournaments and get some consistency in the top 3, our pairings are never going to improve. St. Louis may be loaded this year, but the reason we're scheduled them twice is because they've been bad. They're not a draw to the RC based on name recognition, and we're not going to sell out the RC ahead of time like we would for a Dayton. Dayton is going to be our big draw this year outside of VCU.
Until we win a couple of A-10 tournaments and get some consistency in the top 3, our pairings are never going to improve. St. Louis may be loaded this year, but the reason we're scheduled them twice is because they've been bad.
The theory, for what is worth, is that one of top teams gets a top 50 win each time two top teams plays. But it is a double edged sword.not sure having the top teams playing each other twice enhances the leagues chances at extra bids. one of the top teams gets a loss each time two top teams play.
Au contraire. The schedule is fine; just win, baby!Still early - but right now the schedule is not looking great.
We may have to go back to the Wainwright thinking of scheduling and just schedule anyone, anywhere, anytime. Unfortunately given our poor performance lately - we are not in a position to command a good home and home series with a top level program that we can count on being good for the next few years.
We are more likely in a position where we may need to play some away games with no return and get some money in return.
The tourney we are in is so-so at best.
it is still early, but based on this schedule - there is a lot of hope involved that some of these bad teams from last year improve greatly this upcoming year - or we accumulate a lot of wins in the OOC.
not sure having the top teams playing each other twice enhances the leagues chances at extra bids. one of the top teams gets a loss each time two top teams play.
In addition to Spider basketball, you can check out the bikinis!Mite - I am more than willing to share the "glory" ...................fwiw.............of posting "first" about the Cayman Islands Classic - but better than that would be being in the Cayman Islands...................
Still early - but right now the schedule is not looking great.
We may have to go back to the Wainwright thinking of scheduling and just schedule anyone, anywhere, anytime. Unfortunately given our poor performance lately - we are not in a position to command a good home and home series with a top level program that we can count on being good for the next few years.
We are more likely in a position where we may need to play some away games with no return and get some money in return.
The tourney we are in is so-so at best.
it is still early, but based on this schedule - there is a lot of hope involved that some of these bad teams from last year improve greatly this upcoming year - or we accumulate a lot of wins in the OOC.
Here's the bracket for visual learners. So ya, each team gets a preliminary round home game, presumably against a low major unfortunately. Then they all head to the Caymans for three games.
We face UAB, then winner or loser of Cinci/Buffalo depending on our outcome. The 2-0 teams from each side of the bracket then face off for the championship, teams that won first game and lost second game face off for 3rd/4th, teams that lost first game and won second game face off for 5th/6th, and the 0-2 teams meet for 7th/8th.
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools...17/misc_non_event/2017CaymanIslandClassic.pdf