Why we don't play any exhibtion games anymore prior to beginning of season?

[BigEastPhil]

I recall us back 10-20 years ago playing exhibition games vs teams like Athletes in Action etc?

Why did we stop playing exhibition games? We can always play a Div 2 or Div 3 school as well -prior to the season - rather than on 12/30 vs Caldwell.

Can't recall but were the recent CCNY and Baruch games actual meaningful games for standings?

Seton Hall is playing 1-2 exhibition games this year and I just saw Kentucky on tv draw 20,000 fans for an exhibition game.

Besides the risk of injury, why have we stopped the exhibition games?

P.S I get "games" were played in Spain but that was several months ago.

Thanks.

 

[BillyC80]

Phil, let’s hope our early OOC games are like exhibitions.

 

[HeavenUniv.]

Remember games against Marathon Oil and Greece National Team too

 

[BillyC80]

I remember an exhibition game in the late 70s (1978?) against a Soviet National team, where Jammin James dunked over their giant center (he was well over 7 ft tall) and brought the house down, at the RAC if I’m not mistaken.

 

[knights1212]

A team can play exhibition games now or closed scrimmages. We played 2 closed scrimmages against Towson and Yale. I don't think teams are allower to play any national teams or teams like Athletes In Action any more. I remember when we played the Greek National team the Soviet tean and had a tie game with China when China did not want to play overtime.

 

[LotusAggressor]

I recall us back 10-20 years ago playing exhibition games vs teams like Athletes in Action etc?

Why did we stop playing exhibition games? We can always play a Div 2 or Div 3 school as well -prior to the season - rather than on 12/30 vs Caldwell.

Can't recall but were the recent CCNY and Baruch games actual meaningful games for standings?

Seton Hall is playing 1-2 exhibition games this year and I just saw Kentucky on tv draw 20,000 fans for an exhibition game.

Besides the risk of injury, why have we stopped the exhibition games?

P.S I get "games" were played in Spain but that was several months ago.

Thanks.

I remember somebody named Curt Smith from Marathon Oil charbroiling multiple RU defenders to the tune of 44 points.

 

[huskersalways]

A team can play exhibition games now or closed scrimmages. We played 2 closed scrimmages against Towson and Yale. I don't think teams are allower to play any national teams or teams like Athletes In Action any more. I remember when we played the Greek National team the Soviet tean and had a tie game with China when China did not want to play overtime.

NU played Wichita St in a closed scrimmage as well as another team and also played an exhibition last Wednesday.

 

[combes]

NU played Wichita St in a closed scrimmage as well as another team and also played an exhibition last Wednesday.

Nope. Just WSU and Doane. Teams can only play two exhibitions and a closed scrimmage counts as one of the two. If Nebraska has played two closed scrimmages they could not have played the Doane game.

The only exception is if there is a charity game approved by the NCAA that is open to the public. Nebraska did not play one of those.

 

[Seton75]

As I remember, there was an issue with some compensation uconn and calhoun gave a visiting team, who had a connection to a recruit, so the old way was banned.

Too bad. The d2/3 games can be awful and we cant watch the others.

 

[Scarlet Shack]

I remember an exhibition game in the late 70s (1978?) against a Soviet National team, where Jammin James dunked over their giant center (he was well over 7 ft tall) and brought the house down, at the RAC if I’m not mistaken.

Correct ...this was the very first game at the RAC....Rutgers v The USSR. The Soviet national team. I have a game program. Place was almost sold out.

The next year ...we played the People’s Republic of Chinese National team at Madison Square Garden...and the game ended in a tie!

 

[RUChoppin]

Didn't Mike Williams get hurt in our last exhibition game versus St John's?

 

[HeavenUniv.]

I know the politically correct will have a fit, but I remember when we played Greece, there were quite a few fans of theirs. After one particular basket, they got pretty loud. A guy not far from me yells out , “ I guess every diner in New Jersey is closed tonight. “ People cracked up, including the folks rooting for Greece.

 

[Scarlet Shack]

I remember an exhibition game in the late 70s (1978?) against a Soviet National team, where Jammin James dunked over their giant center (he was well over 7 ft tall) and brought the house down, at the RAC if I’m not mistaken.

That dunk ...the photo turned into a hand drawn picture that was the cover of eastern basketball later that year

 

[BillyC80]

That dunk ...the photo turned into a hand drawn picture that was the cover of eastern basketball later that year

Would love to see that. Glad to know there’s a photo of it. We jumped out of our seats with high fives all around.

 

[Russ Wood]

As I remember, there was an issue with some compensation uconn and calhoun gave a visiting team, who had a connection to a recruit, so the old way was banned.

Too bad. The d2/3 games can be awful and we cant watch the others.

The travel team Rudy Gay played on was paid $25k to play an exhibition game against Connecticut.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Correct ...this was the very first game at the RAC....Rutgers v The USSR. The Soviet national team. I have a game program. Place was almost sold out.

The next year ...we played the People’s Republic of Chinese National team at Madison Square Garden...and the game ended in a tie!

 

[e5fdny]

Remember games against Marathon Oil and Greece National Team too

Yes.

 

[e5fdny]

Also remember playing China during the John Battle era.

 

[bowlgoal]

We always thought we would beat all of those teams and many times we did. I do recall a few where we got killed against a few foreign teams.

 

[HallX2]

The travel team Rudy Gay played on was paid $25k to play an exhibition game against Connecticut.

believed it was $50k but upon review ur right at $25k

 

[ColonelRutgers]

Also remember out last NCAA team in 1990-91 played some Russian team in preseason and we got our doors blown off. The Russians had like 5 guys named Sergei on the team.

 

[Russ Wood]

believed it was $50k but upon review ur right at $25k

Basically they paid $25k to make sure they got Rudy Gay instead of Maryland.

 

[80RU]

I was there – – we won

 

[HallX2]

Basically they paid $25k to make sure they got Rudy Gay instead of Maryland.

money well spent

 

[ScarletDave]

Back then the RAC was just known as The AC