Good luck..zero reason a conference school who schedule a home game with RU at msg after the RU crowd showing yesterday
Anyone knocking MSG is Nuts
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Good luck..zero reason a conference school who schedule a home game with RU at msg after the RU crowd showing yesterday
There is no such thing as nycs team..we reside in NJ...nyc follows about a half dozen major schools and those that win the most at any time garner the most attention
That’s a good point.
Wasn’t this the last game of the contract for this type of thing? Maybe the B1G re-upped but that’s what I heard in the bowels of the Garden yesterday in a conversation between B1G and MSG staffers.
So if you want to be ( trust me Rutgers wants this ) on top in the largest media market in the world you need to play in NYC . Winning is necessary as well.
We should all want this there is lots of rich people with NIL money in NYC.
Interesting to see the folks who are so against this very telling how they look at things. "Small time" comes to mind amongst other adjectives
There are ways to do this without losing a home conference game.
And the bold is the most important thing, no matter where the game is played.
MSG’s foot-dragging on the date has led RU to consider other options. RU and the third party that put the original deal together are exploring other venues and opponents. SJU at MSG is still the first choice, though.
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Why play sju on their home court?
Why not try to schedule teams like Tennessee , UNC, Texas, UConn,
Why not try to schedule teams like Tennessee , UNC, Texas, UConn,
I would consider St Johns an away game with no return game the next year
Normally our fans would be upset with that
This is why it should be anyone but St Johns, unless they come to the RAC the following year
If it were to be St Johns and they treat it ticket wise like their home game, selling to their fans first through season ticket sales, which now will sky rocket under Pitino
our fans might get the crappiest seats
So? IMO don’t think the last bold should be a concern, since it would be their home game and that’s what happens.
I’d wouldn’t mind playing a home and home with St. John’s but the venue, MSG, it’s seems to many is more important. Which I agree with…Johnnies at MSG only and NEVER at Carnesseca.
So that being said, don’t really care who it is (SJU, Iona, Manhattan, Fordham) but I wouldn’t mind playing a NYC local there every year. And let it be their home game too. But never at their own actual on campus facility, as what’s the point?
But who would the NCAA consider the home team to be in that situation?
Knowing the NCAA they’ll claim it was a home game for both teams.
If it’s organized and run by a third party then I believe the rules say it is a neutral site.
That’s a pretty fair point. Think maybe Michigan, tOSU or PSU could pull it off. But otherwise, totally agree.
I think I made it pretty clear
I was, and Am, an advocate for a .MSG game
yearly
I would have no problem with your list of possibilities except for St. John’s
If we play at your place, you play at ours next
If they don’t agree, play somebody else,
we have many possibilities as you list, and st john’s is the only problem
I actually would prefer a national team like Gonzaga. But if it had to be local, Iona would work. Not so exciting though
Is it MSG or the opponent?
If it’s the former, who cares. We want to play there, right?
If it’s the latter then I’d rather it be like you said and have our game at the RAC.
But to me, i don’t see St. John’s as a problem in either scenario.🤷♂️
Obviously not as I’m not too sharp. It’s not you, it me. 🙂
For me…love to play at MSG every year. Preferably as an away game against a local talent. Fine as a one and done with this set up too. Because I view it as the same Temple at the Linc for football, an away game but not really.
Or a holiday tournament before the B1G sked kicks in. My “Empire Classic” idea fits that scenario.
Not a fan of a neutral site (unless MSG and TV make it worth our while: $$$$ like MetLife did for our FB game) or as an away team ever few years as the B1G’s representative.
It was a league game.
MSU had a week to prepare.
MSU had a home game immediately after RU game.
Indiana had a home game hosting RU. No travel for Indy.
RU had to travel three games away from the RAC in less than a week.
Last two times at the RAC we beat MSU by 22 and 32. We cruise at the RAC. This was a struggle.
We were losing at the half and up to that point worst shooting percentage from floor and foul line all year.
Indiana away was within 48 hours from emotional MSU game.
This was after starting the season with conference favorites, Indy and Purdue, as two of first three games.
We got no credit for a neutral site game. Not our home court arena.
MSU intros
MSU pep band.
MSU fans at mid court.
MSU green on Scoreboard.
More MSU fans at MSG than would ever be at the RAC.
Mag got hurt!!!!!!! Coincidence, who knows, but why chance it? Didn’t happen at RU.
If truly about expanding RU brand and fan base, game would not have been at 12:00, the worst possible time for attendance. Could have been a sell out at 7:00?
Two predictable close losses at Indy and Illinois followed. Fresh legs, games go other way? Tired legs….
No other team voluntary gives away league home games.
We subsequently learn post game no new contract has been signed so a chance we will never make up this lost “home” game.
Coach Pike indicated he would much rather play a league game at the RAC. Politely saying this is crap.
Coach Pike repeatedly indicated the difficulty of three consecutive league games away from home.
We really didn’t have a real league homestand all year.
Unmitigated mess. B1G treats us like a poor step child. It was a great crowd for sure but does not erase all the other negatives. Never ever give up a home league game at the RAC again. It’s a bad idea for RU!!!!! I think unfortunately turned our season around the wrong way. Hard to argue otherwise. To all those who blasted me, those comments didn’t age very well and apologies accepted.
MSU had a week to prepare.
MSU had a home game immediately after RU game.
Indiana had a home game hosting RU. No travel for Indy.
RU had to travel three games away from the RAC in less than a week.
Last two times at the RAC we beat MSU by 22 and 32. We cruise at the RAC. This was a struggle.
We were losing at the half and up to that point worst shooting percentage from floor and foul line all year.
Indiana away was within 48 hours from emotional MSU game.
This was after starting the season with conference favorites, Indy and Purdue, as two of first three games.
We got no credit for a neutral site game. Not our home court arena.
MSU intros
MSU pep band.
MSU fans at mid court.
MSU green on Scoreboard.
More MSU fans at MSG than would ever be at the RAC.
Mag got hurt!!!!!!! Coincidence, who knows, but why chance it? Didn’t happen at RU.
If truly about expanding RU brand and fan base, game would not have been at 12:00, the worst possible time for attendance. Could have been a sell out at 7:00?
Two predictable close losses at Indy and Illinois followed. Fresh legs, games go other way? Tired legs….
No other team voluntary gives away league home games.
We subsequently learn post game no new contract has been signed so a chance we will never make up this lost “home” game.
Coach Pike indicated he would much rather play a league game at the RAC. Politely saying this is crap.
Coach Pike repeatedly indicated the difficulty of three consecutive league games away from home.
We really didn’t have a real league homestand all year.
Unmitigated mess. B1G treats us like a poor step child. It was a great crowd for sure but does not erase all the other negatives. Never ever give up a home league game at the RAC again. It’s a bad idea for RU!!!!! I think unfortunately turned our season around the wrong way. Hard to argue otherwise. To all those who blasted me, those comments didn’t age very well and apologies accepted.
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People change, but as of now Pike has no interest in the Empire, Gotham or Legends Classics.
League games should never ever leave the RAC.
Nobody else is forced to give up their home court.
Nobody else is forced to give up their home court.
Pitino/SJU pulled out of the MSG agreement. After what happened to RU with the MSG ”home game”, they’ll only play at MSG if they are the home team. They don’t want to agree to a neutral site MSG game now and risk getting screwed by the NCAA later. Of course, RU won’t agree to that.
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