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BFieldHusky said:
Amore tweeted out today that they may still participate in the Never Forget Tribute in Newark, but that it's up in the air as it sounds like the opponent (not named) we were supposed to play backed out. Mention we could replace it with a home/home.
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Hope we get a high profile home and home. We are already playing a ton of games in the NYC/NJ area.

Also be cool to see us do something in the Boston area in the next few years.
 
gampelcrazies said:
Hope we get a high profile home and home. We are already playing a ton of games in the NYC/NJ area.

Also be cool to see us do something in the Boston area in the next few years.
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There had been some talk before the season of Hurley/Penny setting up a home and home. Between us and the women, we need to play four series with American teams as part of our exit from the league. Wonder if that could be looked at for next year.
 
BFieldHusky said:
There had been some talk before the season of Hurley/Penny setting up a home and home. Between us and the women, we need to play four series with American teams as part of our exit from the league. Wonder if that could be looked at for next year.
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You’re probably right. I forgot about the aac games.
 
BFieldHusky said:
There had been some talk before the season of Hurley/Penny setting up a home and home. Between us and the women, we need to play four series with American teams as part of our exit from the league. Wonder if that could be looked at for next year.
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But that means we have to play on that god awful court again
 
gampelcrazies said:
Hope we get a high profile home and home. We are already playing a ton of games in the NYC/NJ area.

Also be cool to see us do something in the Boston area in the next few years.
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There should be a New England classic in the Garden with us, BC, PC and UMass every year.
 
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Chief00 said:
IDK - I travel a lot on business and the areas that are growing are in the AAC footprint. Eventually that is going to factor into things verses the areas people are leaving in droves.
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So Chief. Are you saying we should have stayed in the AAC?
 
Storrs South said:
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Fun facts about those games:

* High Point is coached by Tubby Smith
* Siena is clearly the best team in the MAAC, but Monmouth could very well be the 2nd best team. Lots of their players returning and we all know they gave us a scare last time we played them. King Rice is another fun coach to watch.
 
the games against highpoint and monmouth are exactly what the new scheduling rules are meant to stop. no more cupcake home games masquerading as part of a MTE.
 
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The seeming lack of ability by the decision makers to differentiate between a good schedule and a good home schedule is disconcerting to this season ticket holder. They need to start applying that home filter in both football and MBB. When Benedict discusses scheduling he rarely if ever brings up the home schedule filter.
 
Chief00 said:
The seeming lack of ability by the decision makers to differentiate between a good schedule and a good home schedule is disconcerting to this season ticket holder. They need to start applying that home filter in both football and MBB. When Benedict discusses scheduling he rarely if ever brings up the home schedule filter.
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Even when I agree with you, your post manages to annoy me. Well done sir!
 
Get a Job said:
Even when I agree with you, your post manages to annoy me. Well done sir!
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Just curious, why does that post annoy you? I have taken the Myers Briggs personality type test a few times as part of team building exercises and I am always far in the analytical side (INTP). So if you have a “feeling” type personality that could annoy you? There’s no right or wrong type - just different.
 
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Chief00 said:
Just curious, why does that post annoy you? I have taken the Myers Briggs personality type test a few times as part of team building exercises and I am always far in the analytical side (INTP). So if you have a “feeling” type personality that could annoy you? There’s no right or wrong type - just different.
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It's that you seem to imply you have sat at the table with the AD while scheduling discussions were being held. If that is the case, it's an annoying humble brag. If it's a lie, it's obvious why that is annoying.
 
Get a Job said:
It's that you seem to imply you have sat at the table with the AD while scheduling discussions were being held. If that is the case, it's an annoying humble brag. If it's a lie, it's obvious why that is annoying.
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I was referring to interviews in which he discussed scheduling. But, that’s consistent with how he talks about it in smaller group’s/private settings.
 
Get a Job said:
It's that you seem to imply you have sat at the table with the AD while scheduling discussions were being held. If that is the case, it's an annoying humble brag. If it's a lie, it's obvious why that is annoying.
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So pleased I have no idea what you are talking about. The ignore feature is a beautiful thing.
 
Chief00 said:
The seeming lack of ability by the decision makers to differentiate between a good schedule and a good home schedule is disconcerting to this season ticket holder. They need to start applying that home filter in both football and MBB. When Benedict discusses scheduling he rarely if ever brings up the home schedule filter.
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It seems you've forgotten there's going to be 8-10 good Big East games every year instead of East Carolina and Tulane
 
navery12 said:
It seems you've forgotten there's going to be 8-10 good Big East games every year instead of East Carolina and Tulane
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Yes and Monmouth’s NET ranking will be better than that of ECU. Imagine they were similar this year.
 
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navery12 said:
It seems you've forgotten there's going to be 8-10 good Big East games every year instead of East Carolina and Tulane
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Who are the 8-10 good Big East home games?
Who are the good OOC good home games? We use to have a good OOC game each year at Gampel and XL.
 
Chief00 said:
Who are the 8-10 good Big East home games?
Who are the good OOC good home games? We use to have a good OOC game each year at Gampel and XL.
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In the Calhoun days, you had a soft OOC schedule with only one good OOC home game (the last time they had two marquee OOC opponents at home in the OBE was 2004-2005 Indiana/UNC). I would expect a similar setup this season assuming a Big 10 opponent comes to Connecticut as part of Gavitt Games.

The AAC you had to schedule a better OOC because you have so many dregs in that conference and towards the end they could only get 1 each season because every P5 is going to 20 game league schedules so there are not many takers. Sadly, in today's CBB climate, it is extremely difficult to get good opponents to come to your gym OOC. They will play you in NYC, Chicago, Miami, wherever as long as it isn't on your home court.

As far as the Big East: Villanova, Georgetown, a top 25 ranked Creighton, Providence are likely the biggest draws on the schedule. Seton Hall will be bigger than it was in the OBE days because of Hurley and they have been much better in recent years. St. John's, Xavier, Butler are all projected to be tourney or bubble teams so there really isn't a night off. There are no Tulanes, ECUs, USFs, Tulsas, UCFs (really anyone not named UH, Cincy, Memphis and WSU) that have zero name recognition in this part of the country and are bad teams.

Every team in this conference is going to put up a fight (even DePaul now!). There are no pushovers, which is why the conference is consistently ranked top 2-3 in CBB from an analytics perspective.

I do think saying 8-10 marquee Big East home games is a stretch, but certainly 4-5 big time games, 2-3 good games, 1-3 solid opponents, then DePaul. Compared to what we just had to endure the last 7 years, this is a massive improvement.
 
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Storrs South said:
In the Calhoun days, you had a soft OOC schedule with only one good OOC home game (the last time they had two marquee OOC opponents at home in the OBE was 2004-2005 Indiana/UNC). I would expect a similar setup this season assuming a Big 10 opponent comes to Connecticut as part of Gavitt Games.

The AAC you had to schedule a better OOC because you have so many dregs in that conference and towards the end they could only get 1 each season because every P5 is going to 20 game league schedules so there are not many takers. Sadly, in today's CBB climate, it is extremely difficult to get good opponents to come to your gym OOC. They will play you in NYC, Chicago, Miami, wherever as long as it isn't on your home court.

As far as the Big East: Villanova, Georgetown, a top 25 ranked Creighton, Providence are likely the biggest draws on the schedule. Seton Hall will be bigger than it was in the OBE days because of Hurley and they have been much better in recent years. St. John's, Xavier, Butler are all projected to be tourney or bubble teams so there really isn't a night off. There are no Tulanes, ECUs, USFs, Tulsas, UCFs (really anyone not named UH, Cincy, Memphis and WSU) that have zero name recognition in this part of the country and are bad teams.

Every team in this conference is going to put up a fight (even DePaul now!). There are no pushovers, which is why the conference is consistently ranked top 2-3 in CBB from an analytics perspective.

I do think saying 8-10 marquee Big East home games is a stretch, but certainly 4-5 big time games, 2-3 good games, 1-3 solid opponents, then DePaul. Compared to what we just had to endure the last 7 years, this is a massive improvement.
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Some good points, but you are not serious or you? You are comparing the current Big East to when we had good teams with Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, ND, WV, Cincy, which filled up our home schedule.
 
Chief00 said:
Some good points, but you are not serious or you? You are comparing the current Big East to when we had good teams with Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, ND, WV, Cincy, which filled up our home schedule.
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Nope, no one is doing that. I'm saying UConn has never had the stacked home OOC schedule you originally claimed (at least not in 15 years), if UConn wanted to have multiple marquee home OOC games it would be next to impossible, the new Big East is a very good conference, and subsequently this is a massive improvement over the AAC from the last 7 years. The OBE will never be replicated.
 
Storrs South said:
Nope, no one is doing that. I'm saying UConn has never had the stacked home OOC schedule you originally claimed (at least not in 15 years), if UConn wanted to have multiple marquee home OOC games it would be next to impossible, the new Big East is a very good conference, and subsequently this is a massive improvement over the AAC from the last 7 years. The OBE will never be replicated.
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What I am saying is comparing the strength of the Big East then to now is no comparison. Therefore, to get a similar schedule to when we use to sellout games or come close to it - we need to do better than 0 to 1 good OOC home games per year. It’s no more complicated than that.
 
Chief00 said:
we need to do better than 0 to 1 good OOC home games per year
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if we arent playing in a MTE then yes, but i'd be surprised if Hurley wanted to play a harder schedule than this going forward:
2-3 MTE games (neutral)
2 conference challenge games (1 home 1 away)
1 P5 H/H game (home or away)

that schedule gives you 1.5 good OOC home games per year, but overall 5 or 6 of the 11 OOC games would be really strong. i doubt Hurley wants any more of the OOC games to be against P5 teams before getting to the 20 Big East Games...
 
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