Seriously? I believe EL just did. Relax and wait to see before putting this out there.
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Seriously? I believe EL just did. Relax and wait to see before putting this out there.
Two games good for them I believe means two games good for UR. Slow down on your rebuttals until the appropriate time.
Bama game is December 29. Full schedule below MINUS the all important last OOC game, vs. a 2019 NCAA team per UR Athletics' Bob Black. Very possibly at DC neutral venue 12/22.
11/8/19 St. Francis PA
11/14/19 Vanderbilt
11/17/19 Cal St. Northridge
11/22/19 McNeese St
11/25/19 Wisconsin at Barclays Brooklyn, NY
11/26/19 Auburn/New Mexico at Barclays Brooklyn, NY
11/30/19 Boston College
12/3/19 AT Hampton
12/8/19 South Alabama
12/14/19 College of Charleston
12/18/19 AT Old Dominion
12/29/19 AT Alabama
11/8/19 St. Francis PA
11/14/19 Vanderbilt
11/17/19 Cal St. Northridge
11/22/19 McNeese St
11/25/19 Wisconsin at Barclays Brooklyn, NY
11/26/19 Auburn/New Mexico at Barclays Brooklyn, NY
11/30/19 Boston College
12/3/19 AT Hampton
12/8/19 South Alabama
12/14/19 College of Charleston
12/18/19 AT Old Dominion
12/29/19 AT Alabama
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I like this schedule with potentially 5 P5/6 teams and hopefully a 6th from game 13? That said, what I question is the HOME DOMINATED (7H-3A) scheduling continues. The committee a couple years back made it clear greater emphasis would be given on away games. If Mooney was trying his hardest to get back to the tourney, wouldn't more away games help to attain that goal? Maybe it's me, but just doesn't make sense. Go Spiders!
Bob and Coach have spent time on SSL the past two years making light of Duquesne's home-heavy schedule.
9-3 I don't know. 7-5 with a good win would be excellent. fodu on the road would be a decent win.
7-5 and we know early no #bestclassever. But I prefer we don't factor just 12 games OOC. However I have a fear the UR athletic dept & coaches will fall short on securing this 13th game. One we know they want, and also expected to be vs. NCAA team. That will be just be another example of adults letting down kids. If we only have 12, then it will be #worstadminever.
11/8/19 St. Francis PA
11/14/19 Vanderbilt
11/17/19 Cal St. Northridge
11/22/19 McNeese St
11/25/19 Wisconsin at Barclays Brooklyn, NY
11/26/19 Auburn/New Mexico at Barclays Brooklyn, NY
11/30/19 Boston College
12/3/19 AT Hampton
12/8/19 South Alabama
12/14/19 College of Charleston
12/18/19 AT Old Dominion
12/29/19 AT Alabama[/QUOTE]
Think that this is a pretty good pre-conference schedule. Better than what we have been seeing lately, but NO WHERE NEAR the greatest schedule ever claim.
Don't see the Spiders going 9-3 with these opponents. I think that 7-5 is much more likely, and that might even be generous. 6-6 or 5-7 wouldn't surprise me much.
11/14/19 Vanderbilt
11/17/19 Cal St. Northridge
11/22/19 McNeese St
11/25/19 Wisconsin at Barclays Brooklyn, NY
11/26/19 Auburn/New Mexico at Barclays Brooklyn, NY
11/30/19 Boston College
12/3/19 AT Hampton
12/8/19 South Alabama
12/14/19 College of Charleston
12/18/19 AT Old Dominion
12/29/19 AT Alabama[/QUOTE]
Think that this is a pretty good pre-conference schedule. Better than what we have been seeing lately, but NO WHERE NEAR the greatest schedule ever claim.
Don't see the Spiders going 9-3 with these opponents. I think that 7-5 is much more likely, and that might even be generous. 6-6 or 5-7 wouldn't surprise me much.
I am thinking that UR only bought “naming rights” because this OOC schedule does not look impressive. If Lunardi really worked on it, UR basketball is worse off than I thought.
There was nowhere to go but up after last year’s schedule, so I don’t put any stock into such a comparison.
There was nowhere to go but up after last year’s schedule, so I don’t put any stock into such a comparison.
No, the marquee games on this one are Wisconsin - which appears a little down by their standards (not in pre season top 25 predictions) and POSSIBLY Auburn - who lost a lot and with Bruce Pearl will probably be on probation at some point in the near future. Vandy - serious rebuild under first year coach. It's a weak, greatest schedule ever.
To be fair let’s not conflate bestclass ever with toughest in A10. It was not greatest schedule ever just toughest in A10. But still I don’t see this as say a top 3 toughest in A10.
We also have 1 remaining that could make it stronger. Bob Black promised another NCAA team so presumably it would be pretty strong. But he also said he thought we’d have as much as SIX NCAA ooc teams on schedule and we have 2, max 3. So to translate that from UR speak it more likely means no 13th game at all or a weak opponent.
If we aren’t 4-0 going into Wisconsin we have problems. After the last few years we are due for a good start!
We also have 1 remaining that could make it stronger. Bob Black promised another NCAA team so presumably it would be pretty strong. But he also said he thought we’d have as much as SIX NCAA ooc teams on schedule and we have 2, max 3. So to translate that from UR speak it more likely means no 13th game at all or a weak opponent.
If we aren’t 4-0 going into Wisconsin we have problems. After the last few years we are due for a good start!
Sure. I'm one of the few not expecting problems. NCAA or bust.
Hard to say now without knowing how good all of these teams will be, who we beat, and who we lost to. Fun to make predictions, but a lot easier to comment on the predictions after the fact. I think it's important to have some good wins out of conference, and avoid the bad losses, meaning 9-4 with good wins and no bad losses is a lot better than 9-4 with no good wins and a bad loss.
VT4700 you seem like you have a line to UR athletic dept, how confident are you about this 13th game being added?
Think that this is a pretty good pre-conference schedule. Better than what we have been seeing lately, but NO WHERE NEAR the greatest schedule ever claim.
Don't see the Spiders going 9-3 with these opponents. I think that 7-5 is much more likely, and that might even be generous. 6-6 or 5-7 wouldn't surprise me much.[/QUOTE]
He's not being nasty.
Gotta get through these with two of 6 wins and it's a success. I'm realistic and don't sleep on Hampton. It is a relatively strong schedule considering the recent past that could yield a good result if the squad can find a bit of depth:
Wisconsin
Auburn/New Mexico
BC
Charleston
fodu
Alabama
If we hired Lunardi to help us build the strongest A-10 OOC schedule this year and don't even schedule the full allotment of 13 games, that would be the definition of epic failure.
I don’t mind the schedule. It’s not the toughest OOC in the A10, that was a dumb thing for CM to claim but it’s an ok OOC slate. As mentioned by some, it’s probably appropriate given our performance last year.
If we don’t schedule a final/13th game, I think it would be an incredibly sad statement. Hoping to avoid that scenario still.
If we don’t schedule a final/13th game, I think it would be an incredibly sad statement. Hoping to avoid that scenario still.
The irony is that we probably can't get a 13th game against an NCAA team because their coaches are worried about our GREATEST CLASS EVER jumping up and beating them. Mooney should have just kept his mouth shut.
Think that this is a pretty good pre-conference schedule. Better than what we have been seeing lately, but NO WHERE NEAR the greatest schedule ever claim.
Don't see the Spiders going 9-3 with these opponents. I think that 7-5 is much more likely, and that might even be generous. 6-6 or 5-7 wouldn't surprise me much.[/QUOTE]
Middle of the road schedule for middle of the pack team. Makes sense. Not to mention, Mooney is trying to keep his job and one way to do that is not schedule too hard. Assuming we pick up another game - for NCAA shot - we need to go 9-3 or better. Go 8-4 or 7-5 and that is more NIT road. Either way - we would still need a top 4 finish (likely top 3 to be safe) in the A10 as well.
Mite, I would agree - HOWEVER - when we were getting are butt's worked by Jacksonville State of Alabama, did you freaking see Mooney. Deer, headlights. We kept doing the same thing over and over while he was sipping his stupid water and looking like a complete idiot. That has to change if we want to start better, or Moondoggle will have FMM all over his arse and we know he hates pressure. HE HATES PRESSURE. HE CANNOT TAKE PRESSURE
Sorry, working on my early to mid season form early this season.
That’s the point. Find major conference teams that you can beat. Just because you schedule Duke doesn’t make it a good schedule, because you know you won’t win.
PA, the problem is that in present day, beating up on yesterday's name teams doesn't necessarily add up to anything. Metrics, metrics and metrics. No matter if it is RPI, BPI or NET - the selection committee will not give credit for beating a name team, they have to be good too.
Agree. This is a perfect schedule for us.
No question about it. A lot of the lesser majors still have ratings in the top 150 and some even flirt with and end up top 100, regardless of their record, because they are in a major conference playing all those major teams. So, just about any win over a major will be a good win, and mid level majors, like Alabama, could end up quad 1 games for us. This is a great schedule for us.
Yes, playing as many majors as possible is the best way to go. Hardt should be going after 2A/1H agreements with the majors if that's what it takes.
Don't worry I expect Bob Black to announce that next season 90% of ooc schedule will be made up of high major conference teams or NCAA teams. Be patient he won't announce it until we suffer a tough home defeat after losing a big 2nd half lead.
Mooney could take a crap on a cupcake and you would proclaim it the greatest thing you ever tasted.
