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UConn may play NC State on Dec. 5th at Mohegan; Florida game in doubt

I don’t see much reason to play Cincinnati.

We’re going to play a home and home with Xavier and you want to head back to Cincinnati for a non-con?

Why?

Because we played a bunch of 54-50 games there?
 
Zionn said:
Just random but would anyone have interest in retaining an ongoing AAC "rivalry"? Maybe Memphis or Cincy?

I always enjoyed keeping old BE foes as part of the OOC schedule.
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As a Cincy resident, I’d selfishly love to see UC on the OOC schedule for a drivable game.

As a UConn fan, would rather they play in recruiting hot beds & continue to grow / strength brand for younger generations in those regions - first team that comes to mind (for me at least) is Maryland for DMV, but that’s not the question....to answer your question, I would prefer to move on, but between the two, bring on UC
 
superjohn said:
You're the one who brought it up. It's not relevant because Depaul is in our conference and Cinci is not. I would've rather seen us play most other teams in the country instead of the AAC teams we had to play the past 6-7 years. Now that we're in the Big East we will play a bunch of teams people want to see us play and we have a choice of trying to setup matches with teams from all over the country to fill our schedule. I would much rather see us play teams like Maryland, Syracuse, Michigan State etc. than I would Cincinnati.

So no, you wanting to play Cinci over DePaul and St. John's isn't at all relevant to the discussion. I don't see why you can't understand this.
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You’re ridiculously obtuse.

I threw a conference opponent out there that I’m not excited about playing.

I didn’t say we had to pick one over the other.

I didn’t say there weren’t other schools I would rather play more.

But you just can’t help being you and have to pretend I made some ridiculous argument like wanting to play Cinci over Michigan St.

You and the posters like you make this place insufferable.

I don’t give a —— who you would rather see us play. You don’t want Cinci on the schedule. Fine. Others wouldn’t mind them replacing someone else on our schedule. That’s their preference. deal with it.

here’s why you can’t understand it.
I didn’t say “I WANT to play Cinci instead of DePaul”. I said “I’d be more excited to see us play them than DePaul”
maybe if you could comprehend nuance instead of always looking to argue.
 
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People forget that we never really ran the aac like we should have. It also wasn't all bad I have some good memories from that conference. The natty year and Jalen' shot in 2016. Not to mention some epic battles with smu.
 
I don't mind playing Cinci and I'd be careful about downplaying DePaul
At this point I am just hoping UConn is actually going to be playing someone in 30 days- bring on The Sisters of the Poor- I just want to see UConn mens hoops
Its been a while since waiting to get out of the XL parking garage after beating Memphis
 
MDHuskFan said:
I really want to see how Cinci is going forward a few years before committing to playing them. If we’re doing former teams associated with the BE, I’d much rather play Syracuse, WVU, Pitt & Louisville over Cincy
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No opinion on playing Cinci, but Louisville and WVU were always tough games against consistently tough programs. As I remember, Louisville basically dominated us especially during the Montrez Harrell era, and WVU was a bear on the road, though I think we beat them at Morgantown when they had Pitznogel. Still WVU was always a physical game.

Syracuse and Pitt I don't really care about. Why bother to try to deal with the Syracuse unique zone for one game, and unless Pitt is back, why play them? Rather play Louisville or WVU.
 
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WingU-Conn said:
You’re ridiculously obtuse.

I threw a conference opponent out there that I’m not excited about playing.

I didn’t say we had to pick one over the other.

I didn’t say there weren’t other schools I would rather play more.

But you just can’t help being you and have to pretend I made some ridiculous argument like wanting to play Cinci over Michigan St.

You and the posters like you make this place insufferable.

I don’t give a —— who you would rather see us play. You don’t want Cinci on the schedule. Fine. Others wouldn’t mind them replacing someone else on our schedule. That’s their preference. deal with it.

here’s why you can’t understand it.
I didn’t say “I WANT to play Cinci instead of DePaul”. I said “I’d be more excited to see us play them than DePaul”
maybe if you could comprehend nuance instead of always looking to argue.
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Geezus, you're thick. If you brought up being more excited to play Cincinnati over Sacred Heart it would be relevant and make total sense, you being more excited to play Cincinnati over DePaul or St. John's is totally irrelevant and makes no sense in this thread. I tried to explain it to you several times but you still don't get it...moving along.
 
bendm said:
4 H/H between mens and women's so probably two H/H each, although they should just give all 4 to the men we need a lot more help scheduling quality OOC
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What? First of all, calling the AAC "quality OOC" in MBB or WBB seems like a stretch, but beyond that, there's far less need for MBB to schedule up OOC when they're in one of the best leagues. BE WBB is decent, but it's nothing like BE MBB.
 
superjohn said:
Geezus, you're thick. If you brought up being more excited to play Cincinnati over Sacred Heart it would be relevant and make total sense, you being more excited to play Cincinnati over DePaul or St. John's is totally irrelevant and makes no sense in this thread. I tried to explain it to you several times but you still don't get it...moving along.
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You're stuck on stupid. You don't understand the analogy. It's okay. I can talk about other OOC schools and make the same point.

I wouldn't mind playing Cinci over Sacred Heart, Saint Joseph's, Main, Iona, St. Peter's, UNH, or NJIT.

You'd rather play the above cupcakes rather than a quality program stuck in a mid-major conference because people might think we're begging to go back to the AAC.

I wouldn't sacrifice Syracuse, Michigan State, or Maryland in order to schedule Cinci. You're the only one who made that false choice.
 
I said it in March and I'll say it again now, especially with how hospitalizations and deaths are trending both in CT and everywhere else: There is no way we play anything out of conference, and an incredibly slim chance we see any basketball at all this year.
 
krinklecut said:
I said it in March and I'll say it again now, especially with how hospitalizations and deaths are trending both in CT and everywhere else: There is no way we play anything out of conference, and an incredibly slim chance we see any basketball at all this year.
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You do realize college football is being played right now right?
 
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Huskyforlife said:
You do realize college football is being played right now right?
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College football is being played in Connecticut? Damn, I need to see a game.

You don't realize that our state government is never going to look at what is being done in Alabama or Indiana as a model for what it should be doing? I hope we have a season, and I haven't given up on it, but to think what is being done elsewhere WHILE THE PANDEMIC IS PICKING UP AGAIN makes little sense. The conference playing football would have played football 100 out of 100 times even knowing that it would end up cancelling every winter and spring sport if they did so.
 
Huskyforlife said:
You do realize college football is being played right now right?
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Football is played and practiced outside (generally). Not in an indoor, small, often poorly ventilated gym. Teams with larger basketball arenas are at a nice advantage here.
 
Is league only on the table?

 
superjohn said:
Logistically it has to be a lot easier playing a basketball season than a football season.
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That was my thinking. Without a bubble, you've got 60-80 players who are engaging with people across campus, potentially resulting in a positive test. With basketball you've only got a dozen or so. The problem for basketball is the current 14 day quarantine rule means that the whole team would likely be quarantined unless they can quickly get negative tests.
 
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navery12 said:
I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying we won't have a season, but things are getting worse not better right now
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For us? We have our MTE with the small CT schools set up, legends classic and NCST at Mohegan, and the Big east. All that's left is staying Covid negative.
 
businesslawyer said:
College football is being played in Connecticut? Damn, I need to see a game.

You don't realize that our state government is never going to look at what is being done in Alabama or Indiana as a model for what it should be doing? I hope we have a season, and I haven't given up on it, but to think what is being done elsewhere WHILE THE PANDEMIC IS PICKING UP AGAIN makes little sense. The conference playing football would have played football 100 out of 100 times even knowing that it would end up cancelling every winter and spring sport if they did so.
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Wow they are only playing football in Alabama and Indiana? Didn't know they moved Syracuse and the Carrier Dome out of NY. Must of missed it.
 
superjohn said:
Logistically it has to be a lot easier playing a basketball season than a football season.
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D1 College basketball in general plays 3-5x the number of games, though (more teams playing more games each). So there is more frequent travel and more likely for games to be missed because there is less downtime between games in order to test and isolate players.
 
auror said:
Football is played and practiced outside (generally). Not in an indoor, small, often poorly ventilated gym. Teams with larger basketball arenas are at a nice advantage here.
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Playing outside does not make up for the sheer difference in numbers compared to basketball. It's the difference of probably 150ish different people who could catch it in football, and probably around 25 for basketball. If one person catches it, the entire team goes down. Not to mention how much easier it is to create bubbles for basketball. Yet football is going reasonably well, which should be encouraging for a much more manageable sport.
 
auror said:
D1 College basketball in general plays 3-5x the number of games, though (more teams playing more games each). So there is more frequent travel and more likely for games to be missed because there is less downtime between games in order to test and isolate players.
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I'm aware and there's 1/6 the players and coaches for basketball. If they don't want to play games on campus and want to eliminate any positive tests do it in bubbles. Places like Mohegan and McCormick Place have empty hotels, arenas, and practice courts waiting to be used.
 
Remember that the ncaa is fully committed to having an ncaa tournament this year. The mindset has changed since last year. They will find a way to have a season in the safest way possible. Also keep in mind that Lamont volunteered the yard goats stadium to the blue jays. He isnt totally against the idea of sports.
 
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