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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Apr 12, 2010 7:18:24 GMT -6
The Big East would HAVE gotten in 13 and it would HAVE been a travesty. If you are picking the best 65 at-large teams in the 96 team format, the Big East should get 13 teams in the field this past season. UCONN, UC, Seton Hall, USF and St.John's. There RPI ans SOS backs that up. |
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 12, 2010 8:24:02 GMT -6
Ask yourself this: would the NCAA Tournament have been better or worse off with UConn, Cincinnati, Seton Hall, South Florida and St. John's as participating teams?
Remember that two of the above had embarassing first-round home losses in the NIT, three in all bowed out in the opening round and two fired their coaches within days of defeat.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Apr 12, 2010 11:06:00 GMT -6
Ask yourself this: would the NCAA Tournament have been better or worse off with UConn, Cincinnati, Seton Hall, South Florida and St. John's as participating teams? Remember that two of the above had embarassing first-round home losses in the NIT, three in all bowed out in the opening round and two fired their coaches within days of defeat. I guess it would of been worse, so we don't need 96 teams. 2nd you can't totally judge a team in how they play in post-season in one game and really not in the NIT. |
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Apr 12, 2010 12:55:31 GMT -6
EDIT: Changes Portland's postseason tournament from NIT to CIT The schedule is now nearly complete. We'll play in the Athletes in Action Basketball Classic on Nov. 12-14 against Florida Atlantic, UC Davis and at Portland, a CIT team in 2010. www.basketballtravelers.com/pages/m_athletesinaction.htmBy my count, we're looking for no more than three games for the upcoming season, probably one home and two away. We're getting closer by the day to having no non-D1 games. That's a very good thing. Back to the Panthers here, who do you think the Panthers will get for road games? BCS schools or maybe some more H/H series with other mid-majors. I know they are trying to get a 2 for 1 deal with an BCS school. |
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Post by nohopspanther on Apr 12, 2010 23:20:45 GMT -6
The Big East would HAVE gotten in 13 and it would HAVE been a travesty. If you are picking the best 65 at-large teams in the 96 team format, the Big East should get 13 teams in the field this past season. UCONN, UC, Seton Hall, USF and St.John's. There RPI ans SOS backs that up. Every single one of those teams finished .500 or worse in conference play, proving that RPI is a hand job for power conferences. |
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Post by DunneDeal on Apr 13, 2010 7:46:00 GMT -6
Every single one of those teams finished .500 or worse in conference play, proving that RPI is a hand job for power conferences. +10 Nicely Put |
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Apr 13, 2010 10:48:00 GMT -6
Hand job or not, which they change the RPI to make it more mid-major friendly, those teams would be in.
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Post by Pounce Needs Pals on Apr 24, 2010 8:26:54 GMT -6
Here is what we know so far.....
HOME GAMES
Marquette
Northern Iowa
Bowling Green
Western Michigan
Butler
Green Bay
Detroit
Loyola
Cleveland State
Wright State
Valpariso
UIC
Youngstown State
AWAY GAMES
Wisconsin
Niagara or 2011
Portland
UC Davis @portland
Florida Atlantic @ Portland
9 HL Games
It looks like they need 2 to 3 more road games and one more game. Don't forget about the two exhibition games as well. Any guess on any of these levels?
A good guess would be UW- Parkside for an exhibition game.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2010 9:25:07 GMT -6
I'm going to guess a school like Viterbo or Lawrence as the first exhibition game which takes the spot of Cardinal Stritch this past season.
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Post by PantherU on Apr 24, 2010 13:10:06 GMT -6
Anybody ever been to Portland? I'm thinking of making the trip.
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Post by uwmfutbol on Apr 24, 2010 17:59:08 GMT -6
Man that's a great schedule. UNI, Butler, and MU at home.
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Post by uwmfutbol on Apr 24, 2010 17:59:37 GMT -6
UC-Davis will also be interesting.
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Post by PantherU on Apr 24, 2010 22:17:06 GMT -6
UC Davis would be the team we were losing to by 20+ at halftime at ISU in 2008-09.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2010 8:36:13 GMT -6
I was at that one- down by 26 points in the early minutes of the second half. Biggest comeback in program history if I recall (Tone and Ricky and Big Lumber hit LOTs of 3's). That was a fun one to watch.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 28, 2010 22:14:06 GMT -6
I hear that the Niagara return date will be played in the upcoming season, right after the trip to Portland and before the home game with Northern Iowa.
Nov. 12 -- vs. UC Davis
Nov. 13 -- vs. Florida Atlantic
Nov. 14 -- at Portland
Nov. 17 -- at Niagara
Nov. 20 -- Northern Iowa
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