Posted this in the other Miami thread. I think it would be short sighted to get out of this series:
I think we have covered this topic previously. When Fred Hill had things going here, he always played a solid non conference weekend away schedule early in the year. Yes sometimes the W-L record suffered but his teams were battle tested and ready for conference play as a result. While it might be better if this was not the first games of the year, we should not give this series up. I also think it has to help recruiting to say you are going to play some of the top teams in the nation particularly given the state of our facilities and our recent lack of success. I would not water down the non conference schedule for a few extra wins. Making the NCAA's will be mostly dependent on their conference performance. Regarding the conference, #11 Michigan beat #1 Vanderbilt last night in their opener.
