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St. Bonnie's replaced with @ Fairfield. A lower tier opponent but I will never complain about games in the Northeast.

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Eh....no big home games

Tell me why when we play FECESU at home it is scheduled when the students are on Christmas break yet when we play them at their place it is when students are in school ? The rest of our OOC schedule is pretty mediocre.

CUSA schedule is not too bad for us especially finishing up the season with 2 games at home.

Richmond and Towson are pretty solid games. Really limited though, I'm guessing because of Charleston?

YAWN!!!!! Where's the beef?
Aside from the Charleston Classic, this is a vegetarian schedule.

OK, folks, let's play a little game. You're ODU's schedule maker. You think this schedule sucks. Create a better, realistic schedule, given this team's returning talent, one that will test it, but give it chances for success and prep it for the CUSA season.

FWIW, I don't know if the schedule is good or bad, because I know nothing about Bowling Green and/or Fairfield. Charleston tournament certainly looks good and challenging and I think playing anyone on the road in this age of mid-major parity is a tough outing. Yes, even W&M. Then again, I'm a dope.

Smart, put CNU on the schedule so we can scout our next big man

Let me turn the question around a little? Aside from the Charleston Classic and the automatic game vs. VCU, what would you say is the highlight of our schedule? JMU? W&M? Richmond?

I would say that we could realistically add two games against either ACC, Big East, SEC, or even AAC. If you have to go on the road, so be it.

Football can get home games with ACC teams. Why can't basketball get a road game?

If you have to, add another A10 team or UNCW.

Instead, we get "games against quality teams from the A-10, CAA, MAAC and MAC".

The current schedule will get us 20 wins and qualify for one of those CHIT Tournaments. Then again, the fact that we now consider W&M a "tough outing" speaks volumes.

In a season in which JJ needs to get to the NCAAs, this schedule won't help. The only option looks to be to win the conference tournament as our at-large hopes are already shot on July 13.

(07-13-2017 09:28 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Let me turn the question around a little? Aside from the Charleston Classic and the automatic game vs. VCU, what would you say is the highlight of our schedule? JMU? W&M? Richmond?

I would say that we could realistically add two games against either ACC, Big East, SEC, or even AAC. If you have to go on the road, so be it.

Football can get home games with ACC teams. Why can't basketball get a road game?

If you have to, add another A10 team or UNCW.

Instead, we get "games against quality teams from the A-10, CAA, MAAC and MAC".

The current schedule will get us 20 wins and qualify for one of those CHIT Tournaments. Then again, the fact that we now consider W&M a "tough outing" speaks volumes.

Whats worse is that W&M doesn't consider us a tough outing.

(07-13-2017 09:30 AM)ODU_NYG Wrote:  

(07-13-2017 09:28 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Let me turn the question around a little? Aside from the Charleston Classic and the automatic game vs. VCU, what would you say is the highlight of our schedule? JMU? W&M? Richmond?

I would say that we could realistically add two games against either ACC, Big East, SEC, or even AAC. If you have to go on the road, so be it.

Football can get home games with ACC teams. Why can't basketball get a road game?

If you have to, add another A10 team or UNCW.

Instead, we get "games against quality teams from the A-10, CAA, MAAC and MAC".

The current schedule will get us 20 wins and qualify for one of those CHIT Tournaments. Then again, the fact that we now consider W&M a "tough outing" speaks volumes.

Whats worse is that W&M doesn't consider us a tough outing.

And they have no reason to. They've had our number in the JJ era.

(07-13-2017 09:28 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  In a season in which JJ needs to get to the NCAAs, this schedule won't help. The only option looks to be to win the conference tournament as our at-large hopes are already shot on July 13.

This sums it up for me.

(07-13-2017 09:28 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Let me turn the question around a little? Aside from the Charleston Classic and the automatic game vs. VCU, what would you say is the highlight of our schedule? JMU? W&M? Richmond?

I would say that we could realistically add two games against either ACC, Big East, SEC, or even AAC. If you have to go on the road, so be it.

Football can get home games with ACC teams. Why can't basketball get a road game?

If you have to, add another A10 team or UNCW.

Instead, we get "games against quality teams from the A-10, CAA, MAAC and MAC".

The current schedule will get us 20 wins and qualify for one of those CHIT Tournaments. Then again, the fact that we now consider W&M a "tough outing" speaks volumes.

In a season in which JJ needs to get to the NCAAs, this schedule won't help. The only option looks to be to win the conference tournament as our at-large hopes are already shot on July 13.

"We don't" consider W&M a tough outing. I do, because I think they've become a better program than people who remember the W&M of two decades ago want to give them credit for. . . . And you'd be pissed if we went on the road to LSU or Mississippi or NC State or Wake and got our asses handed to us. Why? Just so we could say we played someone with more name recognition? . . . Again, not saying this is a great schedule -- I don't know. But I think people say they want to see us play the old CAA teams, they want us to play UR and VCU, want us to play in challenging tournaments, and the NSU thing is good for the city, or should be. After all that and CUSA, that doesn't leave much room IMO

Is UMES now a regular for us? Absolutely no marque home games. If we're going to have to accept road games (Fairfield) why not make them pay days? Are we supposed to believe no P5 will play us at their place?
If insisting on h-h games with P5's is complicating scheduling and we end up with a mess like this, I'd much rather see us go on the road and get paid 1x a year. I understand wanting to save money by not having to travel to far, but I am bored to death with UMES

Here's my prediction:

Towson W
at JMU W
Charleston, finish 2-1
at WM W(???)
UMES W
at VCU L
Richmond L
BG W
at Fairfield W
NSU W
Charlotte W
at Rice W
at NT W
WKU L
Marshall L
at FIU W
at FAU W (if we lose, the fanbase dies)
at Charlotte L
MTSU L
UAB L
at USM W
at LT W (our biggest win, unfortunately)
UTSA W
UTEP W #2000milesofmilddistain
at Marshall L
at WKU L
FAU W
FIU W
CUSA tournament, win 1 lose 1

Final Record: 21-10 (11-7)

Don't let them spin the 20 win season bs this year. It's NCAA or bust, and I predict bust.

(07-13-2017 09:58 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Is UMES now a regular for us? Absolutely no marque home games. If we're going to have to accept road games (Fairfield) why not make them pay days? Are we supposed to believe no P5 will play us at their place?
If insisting on h-h games with P5's is complicating scheduling and we end up with a mess like this, I'd much rather see us go on the road and get paid 1x a year. I understand wanting to save money by not having to travel to far, but I am bored to death with UMES

I don't think P5's have much reason to schedule us. If they win, they did what they were supposed to against a RPI 100-150 team. If they lose, it's a bad loss for them.

So much can be gleaned from this quote:

“Every season our goal is to put together a challenging non-conference schedule and this year is no exception,” said Jones. “With games against quality teams from the A-10, CAA, MAAC and MAC, as well as a great field at the Charleston Classic, we've got our work cut out for us and we wouldn't want it any other way.”

I see maybe three NCAA tournament caliber teams on the schedule. Even that may be a stretch.

(07-13-2017 09:58 AM)jumpshooter Wrote:  

(07-13-2017 09:28 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Let me turn the question around a little? Aside from the Charleston Classic and the automatic game vs. VCU, what would you say is the highlight of our schedule? JMU? W&M? Richmond?

I would say that we could realistically add two games against either ACC, Big East, SEC, or even AAC. If you have to go on the road, so be it.

Football can get home games with ACC teams. Why can't basketball get a road game?

If you have to, add another A10 team or UNCW.

Instead, we get "games against quality teams from the A-10, CAA, MAAC and MAC".

The current schedule will get us 20 wins and qualify for one of those CHIT Tournaments. Then again, the fact that we now consider W&M a "tough outing" speaks volumes.

In a season in which JJ needs to get to the NCAAs, this schedule won't help. The only option looks to be to win the conference tournament as our at-large hopes are already shot on July 13.

"We don't" consider W&M a tough outing. I do, because I think they've become a better program than people who remember the W&M of two decades ago want to give them credit for. . . . And you'd be pissed if we went on the road to LSU or Mississippi or NC State or Wake and got our asses handed to us. Why? Just so we could say we played someone with more name recognition? . . . Again, not saying this is a great schedule -- I don't know. But I think people say they want to see us play the old CAA teams, they want us to play UR and VCU, want us to play in challenging tournaments, and the NSU thing is good for the city, or should be. After all that and CUSA, that doesn't leave much room IMO

W&M has established themselves as a top 125 team in the past few years.

(07-13-2017 09:58 AM)odu09 Wrote:  Here's my prediction:

Towson W
at JMU W
Charleston, finish 2-1
at WM W(???)
UMES W
at VCU L
Richmond L
BG W
at Fairfield W
NSU W
Charlotte W
at Rice W
at NT W
WKU L
Marshall L
at FIU W
at FAU W (if we lose, the fanbase dies)
at Charlotte L
MTSU L
UAB L
at USM W
at LT W (our biggest win, unfortunately)
UTSA W
UTEP W #2000milesofmilddistain
at Marshall L
at WKU L
FAU W
FIU W
CUSA tournament, win 1 lose 1

Final Record: 21-10 (11-7)

Don't let them spin the 20 win season bs this year. It's NCAA or bust, and I predict bust.

Unfortunately....I agree. Although I believe VCU is a win. They are not going to be very good this year.

(07-13-2017 09:58 AM)jumpshooter Wrote:  

(07-13-2017 09:28 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  Let me turn the question around a little? Aside from the Charleston Classic and the automatic game vs. VCU, what would you say is the highlight of our schedule? JMU? W&M? Richmond?

I would say that we could realistically add two games against either ACC, Big East, SEC, or even AAC. If you have to go on the road, so be it.

Football can get home games with ACC teams. Why can't basketball get a road game?

If you have to, add another A10 team or UNCW.

Instead, we get "games against quality teams from the A-10, CAA, MAAC and MAC".

The current schedule will get us 20 wins and qualify for one of those CHIT Tournaments. Then again, the fact that we now consider W&M a "tough outing" speaks volumes.

In a season in which JJ needs to get to the NCAAs, this schedule won't help. The only option looks to be to win the conference tournament as our at-large hopes are already shot on July 13.

"We don't" consider W&M a tough outing. I do, because I think they've become a better program than people who remember the W&M of two decades ago want to give them credit for. . . . And you'd be pissed if we went on the road to LSU or Mississippi or NC State or Wake and got our asses handed to us. Why? Just so we could say we played someone with more name recognition? . . . Again, not saying this is a great schedule -- I don't know. But I think people say they want to see us play the old CAA teams, they want us to play UR and VCU, want us to play in challenging tournaments, and the NSU thing is good for the city, or should be. After all that and CUSA, that doesn't leave much room IMO

W&M is certainly better than we are right now, but they aren't the only ones that moved.

I rather lose on the road to LSU or Mississippi or NC State or Wake then to win enough cupcakes to boast another 20 win season. At least having those teams on the schedule, and especially on the road, gives us some chance at an at-large NCAA bid. If we could win 2 of those, it might well get the job done.

The goal is the NCAA Tournament, therefore we need to schedule accordingly. On this point, we failed.