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BFieldHusky said:
I know they had Providence lined up for a 4 game series.

If the tradeoff is a crappy OOC for the Big East future, no one is going to argue.

Hopefully we get nice matchups for Gavitt games and Big 12 challenge next year. I'm sure FOX will want that.
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Yeah my only beef is that I get losing a bigger game or two.

But how the heck do you end up with St Peters, Maine, UNH and Iona on the same schedule *at home*. Yikes!

I mean is Wake Forest or St Bonnie's really in demand that much?
 
BFieldHusky said:
I know they had Providence lined up for a 4 game series.

If the tradeoff is a crappy OOC for the Big East future, no one is going to argue.

Hopefully we get nice matchups for Gavitt games and Big 12 challenge next year. I'm sure FOX will want that.
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Dreaming of beating Kansas in Gampel in primetime to announce our return
 
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Better go 11-2, 10-3 at worst if we want an at large bid.
 
ucp990411 said:
St Joseph’s? A not very good A10 team?
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No, the bracketed games. A win over Buffalo likely gives them Xavier.

If the bracket plays out with Florida playing Miami, would the loser of that game play the loser of the potential UConn/Xavier game?
 
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NJHoops said:
No, the bracketed games. A win over Buffalo likely gives them Xavier.

If the bracket plays out with Florida playing Miami, would the loser of that game play the loser of the UConn/Xavier game?
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Yes.
 
A most horrible OOC home schedule
Season ticket holders be damned
Why these Sunday games??????? One Saturday game vs Maine!!!!
Totally out of the blue and ridiculous in the winter
Man these season tickets are getting out of hand cost wise and interest wise
Time to pass them on to the son..............................
 
gtcam said:
A most horrible OOC home schedule
Season ticket holders be damned
Why these Sunday games??????? One Saturday game vs Maine!!!!
Totally out of the blue and ridiculous in the winter
Man these season tickets are getting out of hand cost wise and interest wise
Time to pass them on to the son.....
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Couldn’t agree more. They are not making sound business decisions. Somebody needs to get fired. Chief doesn’t usually say that - but this is beyond incompetent.
Is the Wolfpack kicking us out of the XL Saturday slot?
 
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Chief00 said:
Couldn’t agree more. They are not making sound business decisions. Somebody needs to get fired. Chief doesn’t usually say that - but this is beyond incompetent.
Is the Wolfpack kicking us out of the XL Saturday slot?
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It’s all based on TV
 
Chief00 said:
Is the Wolfpack kicking us out of the XL Saturday slot?
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Yes.

The state pays the highest affiliate fee in the AHL for the privilege.
 
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I don't think our OCS schedule will hurt us too much. I think the overall OCS is pretty decent. Indiana, Florida (possibly twice), Xavier, St Joseph's, Villanova - that's all great.

Where the schedule is bad is that only one of those games is here. I've been saying it - i'm all for lighting money on fire to get out of the AAC and enter the Big East and then just settle up with Ollie. But SOMEONE has to pretend like money is an actual thing over there. Running that kind of deficit is bananas and now you're in a year with a whole bunch of other financial issues laid out on top of it - and this is what they came up with?

They just did this huge season ticket drive and the thanks everyone gets is a game vs. Maine on one Saturday? WTF? And look, I hear people the coaches getting caught out in between on Providence; but is this schedule really that much better with them on it? Like this home schedule is atrocious from a box office perspective. Maybe the worst one i've ever seen.

And what's even crazier is that you've got a few games in conference worth it this year: Memphis, Houston, Cincinnati, maybe Wichita. So if you're a Gampel ticket holder, you could get Houston, Wichita and then absolutely no one worth watching, whatsoever. No one. I'm not trying to be hysterical here - but but there's legitimately five home games really worth going to this year that I could confidently say will do 8,000+. They're going to take a total bath this year.

On top of it, it doesn't really cover any of the issues Hurley addressed last year - not enough big road trips early, etc. And some of the teams on this list are so bad they're not worth even playing. Half the home slate is against teams in the 300's in RPI. Then we're going to have Tulane, East Carolina and company tacked onto the back end, too. That's four games against Tulane and East Carolina, then Sacred Heart, Iona, Maine, St Peter's, New Hampshire and NJIT. That's ten games total against nobody and then HALF your home slate against not just bad teams - but absolute dreggs. UCF is going to be bad this year. Total rebuild for them. SMU has been sanctioned into oblivion again so they'll suck. Temple's got a new coach so they'll be down and Tulsa's perpetual mediocrity.

So if you're playing 17 home games, that stinks that 12 of them or so are against the worst teams you play. And not to be petulant, but stop talking about the Florida game being in Gampel and wanting energy when they're scheduling NJIT. It's gonna be like watching games in a hospital.
 
Last big OOC opponent at Gampel was Ohio State in 2015.

Since then, this has been the non-conference slate on campus:

North Florida
Northeastern
Wagner
Coppin State
Columbia
Colgate
Manhattan
UMass-Lowell
UMKC
Morehead State

Gampel season ticket holders deserve Florida this season.
 
tcf15 said:
Last big OOC opponent at Gampel was Ohio State in 2015.

Since then, this has been the non-conference slate on campus:

North Florida
Northeastern
Wagner
Coppin State
Columbia
Colgate
Manhattan
UMass-Lowell
UMKC
Morehead State

Gampel season ticket holders deserve Florida this season.
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That’s terrible.
 


let me preface this by saying i recognize we were stuck in limbo this year with the big east transition...

when it comes to these cupcakes, not only are we losing valuable ticket revenue, we are straight up flushing over a half million down the toilet, and for what? how does a win against a 200+ net ranked team benefit us in any way?

i get that Duke has 6-8 buy games per year but they have money to burn.

even starting next year when we play 20 conference games, why should we ever have more than 4 buy games on the schedule? (2 at Gampel 2 at XL)

the other 7 games should be dedicated to: 1) early season tourneys; 2) the two big east conference challenges; 3) H&Hs with high majors like memphis and florida; and 4) P5 teams that will play us in football.

so by my calculation we are still missing 3 quality OOC games in 20-21.

what's the worst that could happen? we end up with another 1 or 2 Quadrant One losses? season tickets would be sold out! fans want to see this schedule, players want to play this schedule, coaches want to coach this schedule!
 
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Towney007 said:
That's great you're a good fan, but reality is, people aren't exactly packing 'em in for UNH and St. Peter's.

If there's interest in maximizing revenue, the decision's a super easy one. 15,000 > 10,100. More central, more seats, everything.

Would love to see some actual good non conference games in Gampel again. But they're not on this schedule. The home schedule's actually pretty awful, and I kind of feel bad for people who shelled out for season tickets this year, especially if you're venue-specific.

But they've got a lot of money to pay out this year for misc. other things and not a single draw game on the OOC schedule. Other than a kick back to the students, which'd be nice; there's literally zero sane reason to hold it at Gampel.
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Doesn't it depend on what UConn has to pay for rent in Hartford and what if any cut they get from the concessions?
 
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