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Looking for high major. We should be able narrow it down to a few schools that make sense based on current scheduling.

 
temple hasnt had a game yet and doesnt play until saturday

st. joe's hasnt played since 11/27 and also doesnt play until saturday

head to philly and play both
 
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Saint Bonaventure.

They had a solid OOC schedule in Bubbleville canceled: Vermont, Stephen F. Austin, Towson...

As of now, their season starts Saturday against St. Francis (PA) and they have Akron, Hofstra and Buffalo as their OOC games before A-10 games.

As one of the better A-10 teams with legitimate tournament aspirations, they would need a win again a team like UConn to enhance their at-large resume.

On the flip side, the Bonnies are a top-75 junior-laden team who would pose a good challenge for UConn. Osun Osunniyi is solid post player (10.8 ppg, 57.6 fg%) and a defensive force in the paint (2.5 bpg) while the Bonnies return four junior guards/wings who averaged double-digits last season.

Siena

Iona is getting all the hype, but Siena is the best team in the MAAC. They haven't played yet and start their season with conference play at Fairfield Friday and Saturday. Play in Storrs on Wednesday, hang Thursday and then play Friday and Saturday.

Jaden Pickett is the star Siena and the best player in the MAAC. The 6'4 205 lead guard averaged 15.1p, 4.6r, 6.0a, 1.1b, 1.0s and hit 37% of 3P last season and he has legit NBA potential. He'd be a good prep for playing against a David Duke of Providence or a Nate Johnson/Paul Scruggs of Xavier. He pairs up with 6'7 215 forward Manny Camper who is a double-double machine who is also capable from deep.

Siena bolstered their frontcourt over the summer by signing URI transfer Dana Tate and Detroit transfer Harrison Curry, as well as backup guard Nick Hopkins from Belmont.

Not as big of a game as Bonaventure, but still a solid top-150 team with good depth to tune up with before heading into Big East play.
 
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Saint Bonaventure.

They had a solid OOC schedule in Bubbleville canceled: Vermont, Stephen F. Austin, Towson...

As of now, their season starts Saturday against St. Francis (PA) and they have Akron, Hofstra and Buffalo as their OOC games before A-10 games.

As one of the better A-10 teams with legitimate tournament aspirations, they would need a win again a team like UConn to enhance their at-large resume.

On the flip side, the Bonnies are a top-75 junior-laden team who would pose a good challenge for UConn. Osun Osunniyi is solid post player (10.8 ppg, 57.6 fg%) and a defensive force in the paint (2.5 bpg) while the Bonnies return four junior guards/wings who averaged double-digits last season.
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I still get nightmares about that St. Bonaventure game from the early 00s. I didn't go to many games in that time period, but I was there for that beat down.
 
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The 2019 intramural Champs. We’ll see how tough our guys are when the opponent’s best defense is to pants somebody
 
Arkansas would be a good game. We need another good out of conference game. This should be plan A and hopefully we are on the phone as we speak on this one.

Temple or the Bonnies is a good plan B

Plan C: UMass or Quinnipiac
 
I love the Arkansas idea, 42 in Kenpom, excellent game for a road game, or even home game if they could travel. I just hope we hear some news at some point today. Seems like if we go past tonight, it gets increasingly unlikely that something gets scheduled.
 
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highly doubt Hurley brings our guys down to Arkansas
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yeah thats silly. i thought the idea was not having to fly anywhere...otherwise we'd be on the way to freaking spokane to play gonzaga since theyre up for anything
 
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Really though- is there an update? I can’t believe we are missing on games this week when we didn’t test positive for anything.
 
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