Re: Non conference schedule

[Brad Holdheide]

Agreed.  Apparently to the NCAA selection committee it's more important to pad your resume with easy wins.


> > > address@hidden 5/9/2006 2:38:30 PM >>>

Except for the fact that USF has been a slam-dunk win the last few years, so
that'll actually help the Irish improve their resume.

On 5/9/06, Zahid Siddiqi <address@hidden> wrote:
> A 16 game schedule with just one home & home game makes perfect
> sense.  And I especially agree on the screw Notre Dame thing!
>
> "richard l. kandell" <address@hidden> wrote:  I know, at least
> for the next year or so, the conference schedule is greatly
> impacted by the contract with ESPN. However, when that expires, and is
> renegotiated, why not have a 16 game schedule with only 1 home/home
> series?
> Then the once a year games might be huge for any network (e.g.,
> UConn-Villanova), and the home and home games would make sense: there
> would
> be the long term regional rivals home and home, e.g., Pitt/W.Va., UC/UofL,
> Marquette/DePaul. Others could be called things like the home and home
> battle for New England, UConn/Providence; the battle for New York,
> Syracuse/St.John's, the war for New Jersey, Seton Hall/Rutgers, the battle
> between where the Constitution was written, Villanova, and where it is
> being
> rewritten, Georgetown, and finally, the we're going to screw Notre Dame
> for
> not playing football in the conference by making their basketball team fly
> all the way to South Florida every year series. :-)
>
> Richard K.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Al Uhrig"
> > To:
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:33 AM
> > Subject: [UC Basketball] Non conference schedule
> >
> >
> > No Dayton next year and most likely no Dayton for a long time. With the
> > Big East most probably going to an 18 game schedule, play everyone once,
> > play 3 teams twice, for 2007-2008; it becomes more difficult to schedule
> > home and home series, keeping the home schedule at 20 games. Memphis and
> > UAB are 6 year series; NC State is away in 2007-2008.
> >
> >
> >
> > If you get 28 games to play and you are going to play 18 at home with 2
> > exhibitions for a total of 20 home games, that leaves 10 away games.
> > With 9 Big East games on the road that leaves 1 away game per year
> > non-conference.





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