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More cupcakes than your local bakery. Not exactly a price to value relationship for the steep increase in season tickets. The cost on the secondary market is going to be low for those tilts. Dave B - you can do better than that.
 
shizzle787 said:
It doesn't. Which is why the Division 1 transformation committee is coming for schools like Stonehill. They should be in Division 3. They are milking off of the sweat equity of the 200-250 schools that have been Division 1 for 50+ years.
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With admin creep ("administrative creep", aka the tendency for bureaucracy to get larger and less efficient), I wouldn't put it pass the NCAA to have a Transformation committee.

Or do you mean D1 Membership and Reclassification?
 
shizzle787 said:
Gampel will likely get Nova, Creighton, and Providence this year so it will even out.
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Where is the prevailing assumption that the teams will alternate sites come from?

Id assume they would want to make these games in particular the highest money makers possible no? I know the alternate is old history but this is a new setup. Just curious if this has been confirmed anywhere

Further diving on this. We played Houston at home 3 straight times at XL in 16,17,19

I get the flipping back and forth makes sense on paper but with this money hungry regime I cant see them turning down Providence and Nova at a sold out XL
 
HuskyHawk said:
It's a solid OOC schedule. Home slate could be better. I don't know if Hurley wants the easier games to avoid a potential loss, but it seems we could add a meh P5 team or an A10 level team. PKI is going to be great, except for the likely times.
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The season ticket holders are considered by UConn to be cash cows. I think that has been and will continue to be a mistake.
Especially as seat prices have escalated, there needs to be both full OOC and home OOC filters applied to an analysis of the schedule.
If Danny isn’t comfortable playing anyone good at home, given the circumstances maybe play in slightly less stacked neutral tournaments where you in fact have a likely win and add a competitive OOC game to the home slate.
Again, I think it is exhibit A of poor schedule management to have all meaningful OOC games played by 12/7. With all our new players we are taking a huge risk if everything doesn’t jell quickly. I still line Calhoun’s approach of Jan/Feb marque OOC game.
 
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It is what it is. We’ve seen better and there have been a few years where it has been worse. It’s not Cuse like by any means but it isn’t overly adventurous. Why bother debating when it’s driven by the AD and in league cases, by the networks. Let’s just hope that Gampel doesn’t get slighted again. As far as I am concerned all home games should be on campus. Just win baby
 
Padutch5 said:
It’s a little early in the day to be on the sauce isn’t it. This is not a challenging or impressive schedule at all. The out of conference schedule in its entirety is not impressive at all.
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Sick burn. I’ll tell Benedict to schedule Kentucky 11 straight games in a row for next years OOC slate.
 
Chief00 said:
The season ticket holders are considered by UConn to be cash cows. I think that has been and will continue to be a mistake.
Especially as seat prices have escalated, there needs to be both full OOC and home OOC filters applied to an analysis of the schedule.
If Danny isn’t comfortable playing anyone good at home, given the circumstances maybe play in slightly less stacked neutral tournaments where you in fact have a likely win and add a competitive OOC game to the home slate.
Again, I think it is exhibit A of poor schedule management to have all meaningful OOC games played by 12/7. With all our new players we are taking a huge risk if everything doesn’t jell quickly. I still line Calhoun’s approach of Jan/Feb marque OOC game.
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I recall that was common then. I’m pretty sure KU usually has one of those later big games as well. This year Kentucky Jan 28. IU and Harvard home in mid-late December too.
 
Disappointing after last year seeing us kill the cupcakes and struggle against good competition. I thought we’d elevate more so we could gain useful experience. We are Syracuse with this OOC. Maybe it’s needed to get a bunch of new Huskies to gel before the BE schedule but damn…
 
How many season ticketholders like myself did not have deep reservations before renewing?
They have just added some more bricks for us to carry on our backs. This is such a “stupid” business practice and I try not to use that word.
 
P5/major conference schools per Big East school OOC so far:
Butler: 6
UConn: 5
Creighton: 7
DePaul: 4+ Loyola
Georgetown: 5
Marquette: 6
Providence: 3+URI (with several games to schedule)
Seton Hall: 6+URI (they also play St. Peter's)
St. John's: 5
Nova: 6+ 4 Philly matchups
Xavier: 6

Long story short: the excuse that other schools don't schedule tougher than us is not true. Almost all of the Big East schools challenge themselves more than we do in the OOC.
 
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auror said:
My buddy works for a lower division conference in New England as a commissioner, and he filled me in a bit on Stonehill. They weren't even good in their D2 conference. Haven't won their conference tournament since 2012, 10-9 in d2 conference last year. Graduating their best player, no good freshmen last year. Basketball gym seats less than 2k. Their school is literally 50% athletes (2500 enrollment, 1250 athletes). And now they have to do full scholarships lol. I have no idea how that math works out.
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This is why I commented on it early in this thread. I coached an AAU kid who played at Stonehill. Nothing about that school says "D1". Moving up to D1 these days clearly isn't a meritocracy, granted Bryant and UMass-Lowell aren't much better.
 
Lefty2one said:
This is why I commented on it early in this thread. I coached an AAU kid who played at Stonehill. Nothing about that school says "D1". Moving up to D1 these days clearly isn't a meritocracy, granted Bryant and UMass-Lowell aren't much better.
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There should only be about 15 D1 schools in New England (the six flagships, the four Ivies, BC, Providence, BU, Northeastern, and Holy Cross). The rest are superfluous though I do think Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, and others should still be able to play D1 hockey.
 
Some factors to consider to the people who whine about our non-con schedule, especially our "reluctance" to play good teams at home:
  • Almost all high-major teams have expanded the number of conference games
  • The Big East-Big 12 Battle started in 2019
  • Early season tournaments have expanded
    • There are 29 this season
    • In the 15-16 season, there were 22
    • I'm sure there were even less ten years ago
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Some factors to consider to the people who whine about our non-con schedule, especially our "reluctance" to play good teams at home:
  • Almost all high-major teams have expanded the number of conference games
  • The Big East-Big 12 Battle started in 2019
  • Early season tournaments have expanded
    • There are 29 this season
    • In the 15-16 season, there were 22
    • I'm sure there were even less ten years ago
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Scheduling is not as easy as most posters make it out to be 100%. But take a look at UNC for example (I randomly picked another PKI team):
  • 4 home cupcakes, 1 exhibition prior to PKI (we have 5 cupcakes)
  • 3 games at PKI (just like us)
  • At Indiana (ACC/B10 Challenge) -- we host OK State in ours
  • The Citadel at home (we're at Florida)
  • Ohio State in NYC (we host Long Island)
  • Michigan in Charlotte (we played an extra game before PKI)
So really, the only difference is changing one of the cupcakes to a P5 team -- UNC is afforded some extra opportunities in a way with those two neutral games -- but we've played in those one off neutral site games plenty of times (like Bonnies last year).

There is no reason that one of those 5 cupcakes before PKI could be a Home and Home or neutral site game. Would love to start the season, Game #1, vs an old Big East foe like Cuse or Rutgers as an annual tradition at MSG or Home and Home.
 
The schedule isn't the worst and it isn't going to sink us, especially if we win the first game at PK—or at least avoid Portland.

But to hike up prices and then not give the home fans at least more interesting regional games is pretty rough.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Some factors to consider to the people who whine about our non-con schedule, especially our "reluctance" to play good teams at home:
  • Almost all high-major teams have expanded the number of conference games
  • The Big East-Big 12 Battle started in 2019
  • Early season tournaments have expanded
    • There are 29 this season
    • In the 15-16 season, there were 22
    • I'm sure there were even less ten years ago
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At some point in business one is told or knows, it is time to figure it out or it is time to get someone who can.

By doubling their seat prices, in many cases over 3 years, UConn has raised the stakes. The time is now.

Again, my complaint is about the Home schedule, so arguments about other games don’t hit home.
 
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shizzle787 said:
There should only be about 15 D1 schools in New England (the six flagships, the four Ivies, BC, Providence, BU, Northeastern, and Holy Cross). The rest are superfluous though I do think Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, and others should still be able to play D1 hockey.
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Bryant should be on the list. They are investing maniacally in facilities and coaches. No idea if that’s wise or not, but they are doing it.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Some factors to consider to the people who whine about our non-con schedule, especially our "reluctance" to play good teams at home:
  • Almost all high-major teams have expanded the number of conference games
  • The Big East-Big 12 Battle started in 2019
  • Early season tournaments have expanded
    • There are 29 this season
    • In the 15-16 season, there were 22
    • I'm sure there were even less ten years ago
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If people want to complain about the games for the money they pay, I get that. I care more about the schedule on the whole and if it gives the team opportunities for good wins. This one does. Don’t let anyone lie to you about needing to improve anyone’s “scheduling ability.” That’s just dumb. I’m glad they’re finally getting closure on the Florida series. That was supposed to wrap-up two years ago.
 
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NJHoops said:
If people want to complain about the games for the money they pay, I get that. I care more about the schedule on the whole and if it gives the team opportunities for good wins. This one does. Don’t let anyone lie to you about needing to improve anyone’s “scheduling ability.” That’s just dumb. I’m glad they’re finally getting closure on the Florida series. That was supposed to wrap-up two years ago.
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There is no good reason to play Stonehill or Delaware State from a metrics standpoint or from a interest standpoint for a season ticket holder.

With an already dreadful home slate, particularly after raising prices exponentially, these feel like valid points of contention.
 
Quick tidbit on Boston University:

New Haven native and St. Luke's grad Walter Whyte is back for his extra year of eligibility.

He's had quite a career at BU:
  • 2949 minutes played (53 away from top-10)
  • 1238 points (223 away from top-10)
  • 144 three-pointers made (33 away from top-10)
  • 642 rebounds (62 away from top-10)
  • Career 54.0 2p%, 34.4 3p%
 
With that in mind, let’s break down UConn’s nonconference schedule, which was released last week. Overall, it’s a pretty good slate, with bouts against Power Five foes like Oregon, Oklahoma State and Florida, as well as potentially Alabama, Michigan State, North Carolina and even Big East brethren Villanova.

www.nhregister.com

UConn men’s basketball’s 2022-23 nonconference is set. Here’s what you need to know about opponents.

UConn men’s basketball team’s 2022-23 non-conference schedule features bouts with Power Five foes, but plenty of cupcake opponents at home.
www.nhregister.com www.nhregister.com

Alternate free link:

UConn men’s basketball’s 2022-23 nonconference is set. Here’s what you need to know about opponents​

 
On second thought, we might’ve been a lot a happier if we didn’t get paired up with Oklahoma State.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Quick tidbit on Boston University:

New Haven native and St. Luke's grad Walter Whyte is back for his extra year of eligibility.

He's had quite a career at BU:
  • 2949 minutes played (53 away from top-10)
  • 1238 points (223 away from top-10)
  • 144 three-pointers made (33 away from top-10)
  • 642 rebounds (62 away from top-10)
  • Career 54.0 2p%, 34.4 3p%
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TJ Power will break all of his records in a few years after he commits to an ACC school, never plays, and transfers home...
 
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