Jon Scheyer says Duke will now schedule home and home series

[CTBasketball]

The Huskies do have a competitive advantage playing at the XL Center. The UConn players are accustomed to playing with the heavy smell of fryer grease permeating the arena.

Hartford has heart!

 

[Stew Crew]

The game should be at XL. Why would we not schedule at a place that would allow 15k people to watch it live instead of 10k.

Have you ever been to XL? It is an awful venue for basketball. The venue is dark and somewhat cavernous. the seats are not on top of the court like they are at Gampel. The best seats are gobbled up by corporate types in suits that politely sit there and have their once a month $12 beer. Even though it is an extra 45 minute drive for me, I wish every game was at Gampel. It is electric. XL is a trickle charge. Unfortunately, UConn sold their soul to the devil, aka the State Legislature, years ago. It was humorous to see the UConn president threaten to pull games from XL if UConn's budget got cut. As long as UConn is subsidized by the state, we are stuck with half our games at XL.

 

[CL82]

I hear you but I don't think challenging the University's budget is political suicide. The majority of the state either doesn't care about UConn or is in favor of cutting its budget, especially since the University has shown in recent years that they cannot control their costs. They continue to add administration at a high rate. As an example, they have an incredibly high staff count in Admissions. Every year, the number of applications increase to records highs. Why do we need recruiters going to college fairs all over the country? There already are not enough spots for in-state students in Storrs.

Also, this deal with the devil goes back 35+ years. The state funded about 75% of the cost to build Gampel. At the time, UConn agreed that they would still keep about 50% of their home games in Hartford.

I'm not sure whether that last paragraph ever happened, but for a moment, let's assume it did. The (supposed) deal is we have to have half our games in Hartford, but no one has ever alleged that we also agreed to pay an above market lease that is, at best, with a full house a breakeven to having the game in Gampel. As things stand now the inflated lease rate only serves to hide a portion of the CDRA's annual multi million dollar loss in the University of Connecticut athletics department budget. So, the state of Connecticut, pays the University of Connecticut, to pay the athletic department, to pay the CDRA which still shows multi million dollar losses every year. If the state wants the University of Connecticut to support Hartford by playing games in the dilapidated and out of date XL Center they should offer us the use of the facility at no cost to the University.

 

[Palatine]

Scheyer has two years to get Duke back to a Final Four. After that villagers with torches and pitch folks will be storming the castle.

 

[SubbaBub]

Duke is beneath us as a program, they can only win at the Final Four if we aren't there.

 

[87Xfer]

Scheyer has two years to get Duke back to a Final Four. After that villagers with torches and pitch folks will be storming the castle.

I just hope Flagg's there to hold the creepy baby up high enough to keep it from harm. But, alas, he'll be in the league, so....

 

[Fan1978]

I just hope Flagg's there to hold the creepy baby up high enough to keep it from harm. But, alas, he'll be in the league, so....

Duke loses at home to Arizona despite 8 vs 5 with refs and jay bias pandering for every call. Coach k had a nice view

 

[Dove]

Scheyer has two years to get Duke back to a Final Four. After that villagers with torches and pitch folks will be storming the castle.

Are you sure about this?

 

[RichCTBB]

I’ll take a home and home with dook. I’d love to mop up Cameron with 5 stars.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Are you sure about this?

It’s silly. He will probably be back this year.

 

[formerlurker]

Arizona 78-73 Duke (Nov 10, 2023) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Arizona Wildcats vs. Duke Blue Devils NCAAM game from November 10, 2023 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

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Jon Sheyer

 

[Hunt for 7]

If we are the basketball capital of the world then you need an appropriate capital building. I understand there are 1,000 reasons this can’t be accomplished but really think about it. Two years after Gampel was built the * started about size. Either make it bigger and play in Hartford or the city needs a new arena designed for basketball.

 

[UCfor3]

Duke loses at home to Arizona despite 8 vs 5 with refs and jay bias pandering for every call. Coach k had a nice view

K looked like Nosferatu last night. Maybe all the blood drained from his face as the game went on and he knew they were going to lose. Glad he sat up out of his coffin long enough to see his protege lose last night and send the fans home cranky on a Friday night.

 

[Hoophound]

Duke seems to lack toughness. Arizona had a few guys with attitude and a couple others with some real bulk.

 

[dvegas]

I was watching the last couple of minutes of the game with fingers crossed for a 77-74 Arizona win just to rub it in

 

[BGesus4]

Hand picked successor without head coaching experience is not a good idea. Especially at a top place where you can have your pick of coaches, you’re always better off with someone who has already proven they can do the job at other places.

Duke will always be able to recruit due to brand and NIL, but Scheyer has a lot to prove and if he happens to be one of the best coaches in the sport that would be a big coincidence and is not likely to be the case.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Hand picked successor without head coaching experience is not a good idea. Especially at a top place where you can have your pick of coaches, you’re always better off with someone who has already proven they can do the job at other places.

Duke will always be able to recruit due to brand and NIL, but Scheyer has a lot to prove and if he happens to be one of the best coaches in the sport that would be a big coincidence and is not likely to be the case.

K wanted to be sure that the person running the program at University fit the bill.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Given that they lost AT HOME I’m gonna say they will not actually be doing any more home and homes.

 

[uconngb]

Don’t be too surprised if their request is Cameron for them and MSG for our home game. They are that arrogant!

This

 

[Stew Crew]

Hand picked successor without head coaching experience is not a good idea. Especially at a top place where you can have your pick of coaches, you’re always better off with someone who has already proven they can do the job at other places.

Duke will always be able to recruit due to brand and NIL, but Scheyer has a lot to prove and if he happens to be one of the best coaches in the sport that would be a big coincidence and is not likely to be the case.

I would have thought you were talking about UConn ten years ago.

 

[Palatine]

Are you sure about this?

Yeah. It's a difficult thing when an inflated self image pops. Scheyer needs a deep run in the next two years especially after the recruiting splash.

 

[JohnFSilver]

As the biggest XL hater on this board I can think of a few things worse. For one, not getting a home and home with Duke while the other blue bloods do

XL game vs duke would be awesome. XL, sold out, fox on a Saturday night? Holt crap. That would be huge.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

The XL crowd was great today for a weak opponent

 

[Chin Diesel]

The XL crowd was great today for a weak opponent

UConn played dook today???

 

[huskiemaniac]

I didn't even realize they didn't do this. KU does it, Kentucky does it, most programs do, even if they are selective about who they play. Is there an argument against it? Maybe in some distant past you could claim the ACC season was too tough, but that's nonsense. You'll play good teams in Maui or Charleston or whatever challenge you play, and you can add at least one tough OOC game to that.

K played top out of conference teams at home and neutral sites…it was so annoying.