Some schedule updates | The Boneyard

Some schedule updates

D00A86CB-2C7A-4902-AB18-B25C30223EAF.jpeg
 
.-.
.-.
darrell said:
They’re playing one of them and Virginia. How they managed to not play UConn, UCLA or Va. Tech is beyond me.
Expand ...
Because this isn't really a tournament. It's just a collection of teams playing two games against each other in the same venue. Maybe whoever put the tournament together didn't know LSU and UConn were really good teams and didn't think to pair them up.
 
darrell said:
They’re playing one of them and Virginia. How they managed to not play UConn, UCLA or Va. Tech is beyond me.
Expand ...
VT isn’t an option as both play each other two weeks later

VT doesn’t face ucla or UConn either. What a weird group of matchups
 
Mulkey def ducked UCONN per her normal history. This year she has zero excuses she’s the defending “champ”.

Meanwhile all the other years while she was at Baylor (minus the griner years and the 2 cox years that they were favorites) she would always say it’s a rebuild year and tout her conference.
Hope she goes undefeated in her conference play this year because if she doesn’t she’s in for a rude awakening from the ncaa seeding committee
 
darrell said:
They’re playing one of them and Virginia. How they managed to not play UConn, UCLA or Va. Tech is beyond me.
Expand ...
I don’t know this for fact, but I’m guessing that before teams (coaches) agree to play in tournaments, they are told who they will play. They don’t agree blindly to participate in a tournament without knowing who they will play.

Coaches try to build confidence and chemistry during the preseason portion of their season. Some coaches don’t want to play a team that could potentially blow them out, and destroy the confidence and chemistry they’ve built up to that point. Of course, they won’t admit to the media that you prefer not to play certain teams. The media would have a field day with that admission.

Somebody has to play LSU and UConn. If you are a mid-major or an unranked team, you will be compensated more handsomely for agreeing to play those teams. Otherwise, why do it? Kansas knows they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hates of winning that game.

The tournament organizers made them an offer ($$$) that was hard to refuse. Coaches have their own reasons for not wanting to play certain teams.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
Because this isn't really a tournament. It's just a collection of teams playing two games against each other in the same venue. Maybe whoever put the tournament together didn't know LSU and UConn were really good teams and didn't think to pair them up.
Expand ...
Joanne P McCallie serves as Executive Director of the tournament. Surprising she allowed the planners to schedule only one marquee game among LSU, VA Tech, UConn and UCLA. It would have brought greater interest to have two games with presumed highly ranked schools playing one another. Conspiracy theorists might suggest a particular coach with a track record for scheduling weak non-conference opponents made it a condition of participation to duck the other top three schools…
 
.-.
I think we got the decent draw. Don't have to play Niagara or Tulane.

Kansas with the best draw, Virginia Tech and UCONN.

Only played Kansas twice, not since '96. UCLA 7 times, last in '21.
 
jake0414 said:
Joanne P McCallie serves as Executive Director of the tournament. Surprising she allowed the planners to schedule only one marquee game among LSU, VA Tech, UConn and UCLA. It would have brought greater interest to have two games with presumed highly ranked schools playing one another. Conspiracy theorists might suggest a particular coach with a track record for scheduling weak non-conference opponents made it a condition of participation to duck the other top three schools…
Expand ...
A lot of teams play their preseason schedule ahead of time and can only have so many potential losses in the group. It makes no sense for LSU or UCONN to play two very good opponents over a weekend. You risk injury and an early season loss when the idea at that point of the season is to build chemistry.
 
Rowdy831 said:
A lot of teams play their preseason schedule ahead of time and can only have so many potential losses in the group. It makes no sense for LSU or UCONN to play two very good opponents over a weekend. You risk injury and an early season loss when the idea at that point of the season is to build chemistry.
Expand ...

Not buying this. Teams risk injury no matter who or when they are playing. This tourney is not to build chemistry. That's what exhibition games are for.
 
Carnac said:
I don’t know this for fact, but I’m guessing that before teams (coaches) agree to play in tournaments, they are told who they will play. They don’t agree blindly to participate in a tournament without knowing who they will play.

Coaches try to build confidence and chemistry during the preseason portion of their season. Some coaches don’t want to play a team that could potentially blow them out, and destroy the confidence and chemistry they’ve built up to that point. Of course, they won’t admit to the media that you prefer not to play certain teams. The media would have a field day with that admission.

Somebody has to play LSU and UConn. If you are a mid-major or an unranked team, you will be compensated more handsomely for agreeing to play those teams. Otherwise, why do it? Kansas knows they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hates of winning that game.

The tournament organizers made them an offer ($$$) that was hard to refuse. Coaches have their own reasons for not wanting to play certain teams.
Expand ...
Good points Carnac. I’m guessing it’s actually a two way conversation. The tourney tells teams who they’d like to see them play and the teams indicate who they’re willing to play. Then it’s negotiated out from there.
 
To me it looks like the teams that are traveling a farther distance get the better match ups, and those better match ups can increase their strength of schedule.

For instance, Niagara us traveling from far away, so they get UCLA & a top team to increase their SOS with LSU.
I don't believe that there's anything sinister going on with Kim. & LSU.
LSU plays a strong conference schedule & isn't traveling all that far, so they're playing Niagara, & Virginia is an upcoming SEC team that is traveling from farther away or similar to the distance that LSU is traveling.
So they're playing.

It all makes perfect if you use the distances traveled along with the conference that each team plays in & their SOS.

UConn & UCLA are both traveling from far away so that get to meet to avoid traveling again in the future to meet.
Both teams can enjoy the boost to their SOS, & Kansas is also traveling pretty far & gets to play UConn as a reward to their SOS.
It makes the best use of the travel investment.

IMO it's all perfect & without any conspiracy by the tournament officials.
The management simply scheduled the games that seemed to make the most sense primarily by travel distance.
Forget the conspiracy drama, just play the basketball games.
I'm sure that the tournament officials are aware of how each team performed in the post season last year.
UConn has more to prove than LSU, plus UConn plays a weaker conference schedule & is playing games in Europe.
 
Last edited:
sun said:
To me it looks like the teams that are traveling a farther distance get the better match ups, and those better match ups can increase their strength of schedule.

For instance, Niagara us traveling from far away, so they get UCLA & a top team to increase their SOS with LSU.
I don't believe that there's anything sinister going on with Kim. & LSU.
LSU plays a strong conference schedule & isn't traveling all that far, so they're playing Niagara, & Virginia is an upcoming SEC team that is traveling from farther away or similar to the distance that LSU is traveling.
So they're playing.

It all makes perfect if you use the distances traveled along with the conference that each team plays in & their SOS.

UConn & UCLA are both traveling from far away so that get to meet to avoid traveling again in the future to meet.
Both teams can enjoy the boost to their SOS, & Kansas is also traveling pretty far & gets to play UConn as a reward to their SOS.
It makes the best use of the travel investment.

IMO it's all perfect & without any conspiracy by the tournament officials.
The management simply scheduled the games that seemed to make the most sense primarily by travel distance.
Forget the conspiracy drama, just play the basketball games.
I'm sure that the tournament officials are aware of how each team performed in the post season last year.
UConn has more to prove than LSU, plus UConn plays a weaker conference schedule & is playing games in Europe.
Expand ...

Last season LSU played 2 SEC teams in the top 25 and went 1-1. The SEC is a strong conference only in comparison. Real SOS is the elite games a team plays. Those are also what builds popularity in wcbb, not 120-30 scores.
Mulkey has the right to schedule who she wants. What ticks me off is the media not pointing out the truth.
 
.-.
All I know is if Geno was given the choice of who to play, would choose LSU without a doubt every time. Unlike Mulkey, who has a proven record of ducking opponents, Geno has always sought out the toughest schedule. Not one person, no matter who they root for, has brought up Geno as the person ducking anything.
 
sun said:
To me it looks like the teams that are traveling a farther distance get the better match ups, and those better match ups can increase their strength of schedule.

For instance, Niagara us traveling from far away, so they get UCLA & a top team to increase their SOS with LSU.
I don't believe that there's anything sinister going on with Kim. & LSU.
LSU plays a strong conference schedule & isn't traveling all that far, so they're playing Niagara, & Virginia is an upcoming SEC team that is traveling from farther away or similar to the distance that LSU is traveling.
So they're playing.

It all makes perfect if you use the distances traveled along with the conference that each team plays in & their SOS.

UConn & UCLA are both traveling from far away so that get to meet to avoid traveling again in the future to meet.
Both teams can enjoy the boost to their SOS, & Kansas is also traveling pretty far & gets to play UConn as a reward to their SOS.
It makes the best use of the travel investment.

IMO it's all perfect & without any conspiracy by the tournament officials.
The management simply scheduled the games that seemed to make the most sense primarily by travel distance.
Forget the conspiracy drama, just play the basketball games.
I'm sure that the tournament officials are aware of how each team performed in the post season last year.
UConn has more to prove than LSU, plus UConn plays a weaker conference schedule & is playing games in Europe.
Expand ...
What the hell does distance have to do with matchups? There are 4 top flight teams with a NC as a goal for this year. Those 4 teams should have played one game involving them for the sake of the tournament. LSU is scheduled to play VT later, so I understand why they aren't matched up, although UConn and SC did play in the Bahamas even though they were scheduled later that season. So, to do the smart thing, UConn should be playing VT so LSU could play UCLA. I really don't understand why the defending NC are matched up with 2 of the weakest competitors. A mid- major and a low major, but of course these matchups reflect Kims OOC scheduling for the last few years. It is amazing how she gets away with this, so I'm hoping that UConn smashes both UCLA and Kansas and LSU struggles with the bottom feeders. As a result, UConn will take over the #1 spot in the polls.
 
I think one of these tournaments is only on FloSports.
I'll use the Varsity App instead, if they broadcast them.
 
Alydar said:
Last season LSU played 2 SEC teams in the top 25 and went 1-1. The SEC is a strong conference only in comparison. Real SOS is the elite games a team plays. Those are also what builds popularity in wcbb, not 120-30 scores.
Mulkey has the right to schedule who she wants. What ticks me off is the media not pointing out the truth.
Expand ...
I don't agree that the media didn't point out the truth.
That's all the media talked about was how LSU was ranked as a #3 seed in the March Madness bracket when they were ranked #2 nationally in the NET.
All the news stories talked about was LSU's cupcake OOC schedule & how they were untested against ranked opponents.
And LSU also bowed out of the SEC Tourney early. when #4 seed LSU only beat #7 Georgia before losing to #3 Tennessee.
There wasn't any media cover up.
LSU wasn't favored to win the NC or even the SEC Championship, Scar was the big favorite & losing to Iowa was a huge upset.
 
Last edited:
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,552
Messages
4,582,307
Members
10,492
Latest member
7774Forever


Top Bottom