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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4763415, member: 591"] Just to clear it up - Division I teams can not generally play each other as an "exhibition" unless the game is for charitable purposes. This would be basically a normal-ish game, and yes, box score and all the rest can be maintained - although, of course, being an exhibition, the stats do not count towards the teams regular season. Just the same as if they were playing an non-DI team. These charitable games are rare, but Rutgers is actually participating in one (not televised) in honor of the late Nikki McCray at South Carolina. Division I teams can compete behind closed doors in a "scrimmage". No records can be kept or released to the public, in fact, generally, scrimmages are sometimes not even acknowledged after they have occurred. Back in the day, exhibition games were not only against non-D1 schools, but also traveling teams that were put together simply for that purpose. This fell out of favor over 20 years ago, and while I don't know all the details, now some teams don't play any exhibitions, preferring the scrimmage route, while others will do exhibitions to get the fan base out. [/QUOTE]