SRT4driver
Junior
We Are MILWAUKEE! And I'm all about accountability, unlike '5th Placer' Jeter apologists.
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Post by SRT4driver on Mar 8, 2023 17:05:39 GMT -6
I know there is a metric-ton of variables involved, and way too many reasons for it being done... and yes a 21-11 record DOES look good... but...
DAMN, wouldn't those 3 free wins we had, if they had been scheduled against actual D1 opponents, possibly have been more helpful to this team right around this point of a season? Like maybe, you know, going into this week? Like... going into the conference tournament?
I mean, seriously... we're 21-11, but ranked basically 250th in the country out of 363 teams. That is not a winning philosophy. And it's because we failed at the one thing we can control - our entire OOC schedule. And don't feed me some BS that our ranking is because of the HL's strength. We know that's definitevely not true because YSU was ranked #105 in the nation going into the conference tourney, with just a 1 game better conference record than us. Therefore, our ranking is based PURELY on our super sh*tty non-con scheduling philosophy.
Any chance the Bart Lundy administration improves upon this scheduling epidemic that has plagued this program since.... forever?
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Post by DunneDeal on Mar 8, 2023 18:19:11 GMT -6
It was talked about in other threads
With the end of travel partners and the opening up of scheduling Hopefully we do.
Also if the HL is also mandating X amount of Q1/Q2 buy games this will improve everyone
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SRT4driver
Junior
We Are MILWAUKEE! And I'm all about accountability, unlike '5th Placer' Jeter apologists.
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Post by SRT4driver on Mar 8, 2023 20:28:47 GMT -6
Yeah I know, I just thought it deserves it's own thread, since it's such an important piece of the puzzle - that we apparently can never get right. Why is that?
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Post by PantherU on Mar 8, 2023 20:33:04 GMT -6
They're at least trying to make moves to get better.
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Post by TBone on Mar 9, 2023 0:35:41 GMT -6
Coach talked about the difficulties in scheduling non-conference games. We were an unknown quantity, so no one wanted to put us on their schedule.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Mar 9, 2023 8:20:10 GMT -6
It would be a great benefit to be more battle-tested when the neutral-site portion of the HLT rolls around.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Mar 9, 2023 9:12:24 GMT -6
Lundy didn't seem happy with trips at Purdue, Iowa State and Rhode Island. The staff said sorry for the late non-conference schedule coming out. Lundy sounds like he wants home games.
What does this mean for 23-24? We shall see.
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Post by Petes on Mar 9, 2023 9:57:55 GMT -6
Lundy always talks about wanting home games in non conference. So we either will keep playing cupcake non d1 or we better spend some real money to buy some home games.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Mar 9, 2023 10:10:54 GMT -6
I know there is a metric-ton of variables involved, and way too many reasons for it being done... and yes a 21-11 record DOES look good... but... DAMN, wouldn't those 3 free wins we had, if they had been scheduled against actual D1 opponents, possibly have been more helpful to this team right around this point of a season? Like maybe, you know, going into this week? Like... going into the conference tournament? I mean, seriously... we're 21-11, but ranked basically 250th in the country out of 363 teams. That is not a winning philosophy. And it's because we failed at the one thing we can control - our entire OOC schedule. And don't feed me some BS that our ranking is because of the HL's strength. We know that's definitevely not true because YSU was ranked #105 in the nation going into the conference tourney, with just a 1 game better conference record than us. Therefore, our ranking is based PURELY on our super sh*tty non-con scheduling philosophy. Any chance the Bart Lundy administration improves upon this scheduling epidemic that has plagued this program since.... forever? I really think that a legitimate neutral-site pre-conference tournament could help us.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Mar 9, 2023 10:42:54 GMT -6
As I have been questioning since November, Lundy commented how important it is to have a lot of home games in order to be a good mid-major program. I never understood that. In my mind, playing tough teams on the road and/or a neutral site would make for a better team than playing non-DI teams at home. I had Sparky ask Bart about that in one of his podcasts but could not get any further clarification.
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Post by Cactus Panther on Mar 9, 2023 11:04:46 GMT -6
We are not the only mid-major program that has difficulty scheduling non-conference games. UIC, Northern Illinois, Valpo, etc. have the same challenge. Home and homes with such programs seem like a no brainer. It would require acceptance of each program to have half or slightly less of their non-conference games at home, not including MTE's. I don't understand what is so hard about this. It would create peer competition, mitigate travel costs, minimize fan fatigue and provide for fan-friendly road trips. It seems simple and makes so much sense.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Mar 9, 2023 11:08:44 GMT -6
We are not the only mid-major program that has difficulty scheduling non-conference games. UIC, Northern Illinois, Valpo, etc. have the same challenge. Home and homes with such programs seem like a no brainer. It would require acceptance of each program to haveĀ half or slightly less of their non-conference games at home, not including MTE's. I don't understand what is so hard about this. It would create peer competition, mitigate travel costs and provide for fan-friendly road trips. It seems so simple and makes so much sense. AND we have existing rivalries with two of the three programs. You could add Loyola into the mix as well. This shouldn't be that hard.
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Post by PantherU on Mar 9, 2023 12:00:18 GMT -6
We are not the only mid-major program that has difficulty scheduling non-conference games. UIC, Northern Illinois, Valpo, etc. have the same challenge. Home and homes with such programs seem like a no brainer. It would require acceptance of each program to haveĀ half or slightly less of their non-conference games at home, not including MTE's. I don't understand what is so hard about this. It would create peer competition, mitigate travel costs and provide for fan-friendly road trips. It seems so simple and makes so much sense. AND we have existing rivalries with two of the three programs. You could add Loyola into the mix as well. This shouldn't be that hard. Honestly, Loyola and UIC should be rolling home-and-homes where we alternate until one school decides to end it. What's the hurt?
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SRT4driver
Junior
We Are MILWAUKEE! And I'm all about accountability, unlike '5th Placer' Jeter apologists.
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Post by SRT4driver on Mar 10, 2023 5:11:58 GMT -6
Lundy didn't seem happy with trips at Purdue, Iowa State and Rhode Island. The staff said sorry for the late non-conference schedule coming out. Lundy sounds like he wants home games. What does this mean for 23-24? We shall see. I just know that it doesn't sound good. I'm afraid it will continue to mean multiple Non-D1 games every Now-Dec, and multiple home games in the K.C. Why would I, or many others, renew season tickets if that's where we are taking this program? We're not going to pay season ticket prices when we know that 1/3 of our games are in a HS gym. And I know for a fact that I'm far from our only diehard fan that feels this way. There are some basic expectations that have been set, that need to be met. Two of them being, we play all our games in the Panther Arena, and we play as few non-D1 oppoments as possible. Possibly one D1 team *at most* simply because we all understand unexpected sh*t happens and falls through when it comes to scheduling. But sadly, it seems like too many important people in this program have forgotten their fans expectations. :/
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Post by ghostofdylan on Mar 10, 2023 8:36:55 GMT -6
How will we ever become a consistent Top 100 program with this kind of schedule?
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