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I understand the non-con sked is plenty ambitious now but I still wish these filled games wouldn’t be against sub-300 teams. We’ll get dinged for that. The Black Bears finished 318 in the NET.
Yes this exactly. Alabama plays The Citadel and College of Charleston every year. It’s formulaic. If not for the Caldwell game last year who knows where JYs confidence would have been. That game launched the rest of his season, and we needed it badly after a bit of a slide in the weeks beforeI wonder if Pikiell felt the Caldwell game was beneficial in some meaningful way and wanted another absolute patsy for the game right after Christmas and before conference play. But this year at least it'll count in the W column.
Don’t put College of Charleston in the Cupcake category. John Kresse, Tom Herrion, and Bobby Cremins would be upset. I believe Tom Herrion, during his tenure at College of Charleston, turned down a Rutgers head coach offer.Yes this exactly. Alabama plays The Citadel and College of Charleston every year. It’s formulaic. If not for the Caldwell game last year who knows where JYs confidence would have been. That game launched the rest of his season, and we needed it badly after a bit of a slide in the weeks before
I wonder if Pikiell felt the Caldwell game was beneficial in some meaningful way and wanted another absolute patsy for the game right after Christmas and before conference play. But this year at least it'll count in the W column.
We're already playing Baylor who is a preseason top 5 team, plus we'll probably get tournament teams or close to it in both the ACC Challenge and Gavit Games. Not sure if I'm out of the loop but I assume we're still competing in both of those competitions this year.
Everyone plays at least a few Maine type games per year. It's not a big deal to play a few cupcakes given the fact that our overall schedule is going to be very difficult.
Well, the issue is in playing Maine vs. playing a team like North Florida. Both should be easy wins but beating teams who compete to win the tiny conferences (like UNF) helps your NET numbers a lot more than beating the bottom of the barrel teams in tiny conferences (like Maine).
On first glance it doesn't seem to matter. Maine or North Florida, who cares right? But it does have ramifications.
Me too.I think this was very smart. A game between christmas and New Year's we have often struggled with such as Stony Brook and others. a game also on Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving we have also struggled as well. I like playing a D-1 Maine on December 29.
You’re thinking of Bill Herrion of Drexel and the comically mismanaged coaching search of 1997.I believe Tom Herrion, during his tenure at College of Charleston, turned down a Rutgers head coach offer.
This is probably a joke but maybe you’re onto something. It’s widely known that Geo was ranked super low like in the 400s out of HS, I wonder if he had interest in Maine but they never offered. Pike is known to schedule like this in the pastMaybe he's giving his Senior captain player from New Hampshire a chance to beat up his neighbor? (wink and lol).
A lot of coaches try to do this too. Sometimes it works, sometimes because of other scheduling commitments it doesn’t/can’t.This is probably a joke but maybe you’re onto something. It’s widely known that Geo was ranked super low like in the 400s out of HS, I wonder if he had interest in Maine but they never offered. Pike is known to schedule like this in the past
I like the part in the article when it said:Some thoughts on Cuse as ACC match
Fansided The Loud House
Syracuse Basketball: ACC-Big Ten Challenge match-ups remain a mystery
Scroll down to last three paragraphs - good stuff
The final team on the list might be the most intriguing one. Former Big East rival Rutgers. Neither team has played each other since 2013. Fortunes are a bit different for these programs right now as Rutgers is the team that Goodman ranks in the top 25, ranked 14th in fact, while Syracuse did not make his top 50...
But what might be best for the Orange is someone like Northwestern or Nebraska. While neither game is impressive it could be their best shot for a win against another Power-5 school. Rutgers and Iowa are set up to be towards the top of one of the best conferences in the country. Syracuse, especially early in the season, would not be set up for success seeing either of those teams on the road.
So will Syracuse play a top Big Ten tier team because of their name recognition? Or will they play a team that is a little more their speed this season? Only time will tell.
Rutgers is winning their poll.More Cuse musings. Again scroll to the bottom.
Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician
Which Big Ten opponent do we want to see Syracuse play in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge?
Oh my.. Boeheim gets one more visit to the RAC.. I hope. That would be fantastic!
I may have to spare a prayer from more important things for this one. Sorry world peace.. you have to take the bench for a moment.
Food for thought....
Caldwell game had a lot of importance in RUTGERS season.
It was Jacob Young’s turning point in the season.
We will never know what would have happened to Jacob Young’s season if there was no Caldwell
https://scarletknights.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2019-20/caldwell/boxscore/8271
1. I don’t think I was strongly against playing Caldwell. I didn’t go to the game though so I think it is the only game I voluntarily missed
2. Even if I was against the game there is nothing wrong pointing out that perhaps it played a huge role in Young’s turn around.
There were so many wrong takes about scheduling Caldwell coming off of the holiday break and it turned into the best way to play a game, after having kids return from home and time with their families.
In regard to Jacob Young, I think his progress from Caldwell through the end of the year, also should eliminate the notion that "RU doesn't do well with transfers".....there are too many hot takes that just turn out to be wrong in general.
we had a friend who was a cuse fan.. he was 0-3 in games (BBALL and football) where we got him to sit with us.. then refused ticket offers since... a true fan.. but we always make a show of inviting him... it is pretty funnyCuse used to draw big at the RAC, especially in the 100 sections.
A win vs Cuse in front of their fans at the RAC would be satisfying.