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(12-19-2017 10:17 AM)757ODU Wrote:  

(12-19-2017 10:09 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

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(12-19-2017 09:58 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(12-19-2017 09:47 AM)757ODU Wrote:  This is a thought I have never understood. If you are in a tough conference...Why wouldn't you challenge yourself before conference play? Throw these young guys into the fire and see what you have.

Build confidence? Get experience under belt in lower pressure situations? Throw in freshman right off the bat vs Top teams might be counter productive.

Why not have a nice balance? They have the 3rd worst strength of schedule in the country.

They are in complete rebuilding mode. Im not sure what sheduling tough games does for them early in thr year as opposed to all the tough teams they are about to play. A few months ago they werent even sure if they would have 8 scholarship Players.

How would recruits look at them if they were 2-10 right now?

The same way they will look at them when they get throttled in their own conference. Also, I am not talking about scheduling Duke or Michigan State. I am simply stating that they should be scheduling better than they are. Jay Williams consistently rips teams for this.

Then they risk losing by 20 to Fort Wayne like Indiana did. Lol

I think a 16-14 season looks a lot better to recruits than 5-25 no matter who is on schedule.