Your dream is to play against TCU?Dream OOC for me would be:
PK85
Gavitt Wisco
Big12 TCU
LIU
Farfield
Monmouth
Hofstra
Yale
Cinci
4 cupcakes in the 150-250 kenpom range so possibility of sticking Q3, a good local rival, an old "rival", 2 good tests in the gavitt/big12 games and PK85
yeah, my thoughts exactly. if our Big 12 game (at home, no less) is TCU that's a big whiff. We want one of Baylor, KU, Tech, or Texas coming to CT next year.Your dream is to play against TCU?
KU will have a home game next year in the challenge as they played at SJU this year.yeah, my thoughts exactly. if our Big 12 game (at home, no less) is TCU that's a big whiff. We want one of Baylor, KU, Tech, or Texas coming to CT next year.
The "dream" is KU @ Gampel
We can’t afford to go cupcake the rest of the way . We did that this year and it burned us.If we are going to be in PK85 + both conference challenges, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Hurley go cupcakes for all the rest.
There should be 5 good P5 OOC resume builders in those tournaments / challenges.
I’d love to see a few mid majors on the scheduled as a fan of basketball and because VCU is more fun opponent than MD Eastern Shore. But the “risk” of scheduling those is probably not worth the reward in Hurleys eyes.
Agreed.Should play Vermont every year...seem to be in the mix with regularity.
It's all about the metrics now, NET, Kenpom, etc. So scheduling quality opponents is crucially important. The more opportunities the better. Opponents > 200 don't help. In many ways losing to a good opponent is better than beating a cupcake.Agreed.
There's some value in playing 1 true early-season cupcake game in the first week or two just to give the team a chance to go through the motions and get out the cobwebs.
But a year to year November/December "cupcake" schedule including 3-4 from this list would be great:
- Vermont
- BU
- Northeastern
- Harvard
- Colgate
- Fordham
- Siena
- Iona
We can’t afford to go cupcake the rest of the way . We did that this year and it burned us.
Probably sub 300 teams. That cannot happenWe have 10 conference home-and-homes and three PK85 games. By my count that leaves 8 open slots. What is known and what is being speculated about those games?
YupWe can’t afford to go cupcake the rest of the way . We did that this year and it burned us.
We blew them out by 30, didn’t learn anything, and didn’t even develop the benchWe can’t afford to go cupcake the rest of the way . We did that this year and it burned us.
Vermont has consistently not been a cupcake. Iona is coached by Pitino who knows how to maximize his personnel. Colgate is a 14 seed playing Wisconsin tonight.Agreed.
There's some value in playing 1 true early-season cupcake game in the first week or two just to give the team a chance to go through the motions and get out the cobwebs.
But a year to year November/December "cupcake" schedule including 3-4 from this list would be great:
- Vermont
- BU
- Northeastern
- Harvard
- Colgate
- Fordham
- Siena
- Iona
If we're going to be playing 300+ ranked teams in buy games every year, I'd like to see us open with CCSU every year. At least that way the money moves between CT public universities, plus we help CCSU a bit with recruiting and maybe sell a few extra single game tickets
James Jones has stated the UConn refuses to play them, so take Yale off that list.Dream OOC for me would be:
PK85
Gavitt Wisco
Big12 TCU
LIU
Farfield
Monmouth
Hofstra
Yale
Cinci
4 cupcakes in the 150-250 kenpom range so possibility of sticking Q3, a good local rival, an old "rival", 2 good tests in the gavitt/big12 games and PK85