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One week between games totally destroys momentum.
Mike needs to find a way to quit scheduling games a week between each other. :wave:

Mike didn't schedule the conference games. CUSA did, and every conference team has week offs during the season.

I think we were 0-5 last year when we had a week off.

This season we are 1-1.

Not every team does.

According to the schedules on their respective websites, neither Cincinnati nor Louisville went Saturday to Saturday without a game in between all season.

I wonder how the conference decides who gets the week off (or two weeks, in UAB's case) during the season?

LJBlazerFan Wrote:Not every team does.

According to the schedules on their respective websites, neither Cincinnati nor Louisville went Saturday to Saturday without a game in between all season.

I wonder how the conference decides who gets the week off (or two weeks, in UAB's case) during the season?

Well sometimes they might have even a non-conference game thrown in there and I dont see anything wrong with that. Cincy just play Xavier this past Thursday... otherwise it wouldve been a week between games for them.

That would have been one week; UAB had two.

Louisville played Tennessee on a Saturday, otherwise they might have gone a Wednesday to Wednesday. That was their only non-conference game once conference play started.

LJBlazerFan Wrote:That would have been one week; UAB had two.

Louisville played Tennessee on a Saturday, otherwise they might have gone a Wednesday to Wednesday. That was their only non-conference game once conference play started.

Well again... we cant do that why?

My point is that not everyone has one, let alone two.

Certainly, UAB should be able to schedule non-conference games if necessary. Perhaps Coach Anderson prefers not to do that for some reason.

LJBlazerFan Wrote:My point is that not everyone has one, let alone two.

Certainly, UAB should be able to schedule non-conference games if necessary. Perhaps Coach Anderson prefers not to do that for some reason.

Alot of coaches prefer to get the OOC games out of the way so they can "focus" on conference play, but personally I dont think it makes much sense. You wouldnt want to face an Illinois in the middle of conference play, but a good team from a mid-major school... why not? CMA should look into that if you ask me.

And, in my opinion, he should make sure that ALL teams in the league have the same number of week-long breaks between games.

When did we have a two weeks off this season? I know last year we had something like eleven days off, but that was for final exams in December. I looked at my schedule and can't see where we took two weeks off.

As far as playing non conference games in the middle of conference season, UAB used to do that during the Great Midwest days, mainly because the Great Midwest only had six or seven teams. Bartow always complained that it took the focus away from the team on the conference race.

We should only play a non conference game after December if
A. it is a post season tournament

or
B. It is a made for TV game.

No cupcakes or mid majors.

Unfortunately with new CUSA, in a couple of years, I bet we will be a part of the bracket buster Saturday.

Memphis Blazer Wrote:When did we have a two weeks off this season? I know last year we had something like eleven days off, but that was for final exams in December. I looked at my schedule and can't see where we took two weeks off.

As far as playing non conference games in the middle of conference season, UAB used to do that during the Great Midwest days, mainly because the Great Midwest only had six or seven teams. Bartow always complained that it took the focus away from the team on the conference race.

We should only play a non conference game after December if
A. it is a post season tournament

or
B. It is a made for TV game.

No cupcakes or mid majors.

Unfortunately with new CUSA, in a couple of years, I bet we will be a part of the bracket buster Saturday.

He means 2 one-week off periods.

Two single weeks...

Jan. 22 to Jan. 29

Feb. 5 to Feb. 12

Two weeks cumulative, not two weeks consecutive...

Gotcha

LJBlazerFan Wrote:Not every team does.

According to the schedules on their respective websites, neither Cincinnati nor Louisville went Saturday to Saturday without a game in between all season.

I wonder how the conference decides who gets the week off (or two weeks, in UAB's case) during the season?

Every Conference team has/had 2 off days scheduled into the conference rotation. Using only Weds. & Sats. for dates (for simplicity) They are as follows. Also included is any non-conference opponent that they played during that break in the conference schedule.


School:........Off Date (prev conf game-next conf game) [non conf opp if any]
Charlotte:....January 5 (N/A-1/8)
....................Febraury 2 (1/29-2/5)
Cincinnati:....January 22 (1/19-1/27) [Wake Forest]
.....................February 9 (2/5-2/12) [Xavier]
DePaul..........January 12 (1/8-1/15)
.....................February 9 (2/6-2/12)
East Carolina February 9 (2/5-2/12)
......................March 2 (2/26-3/5)
Houston.........January 12 (1/8-1/15) [Centennary]
......................February 23 (2/19-2/26)
Louisville.......January 22 (1/19-1/26) [Tennessee]
.....................February 23 (2/20-2/26)
Marquette.....January 5 (N/A - 1/8)
......................February 26 (2/24-3/2)
Memphis........January 5 (N/A-1/9) [Texas]
.....................February 16 (2/12-2/19)
Saint Louis....January 12 (1/8-1/15)
......................February 16 (2/12-2/20) [IUPUFW]
South Florida. January 12 (1/8-1/15)
.......................February 26 (2/22-3/2)
Southern Miss.January 26 (1/22-1/29)
........................March 2 (2/26-3/5)
TCU..................January 5 (N/A-1/8) [Texas State]
........................February 16 (2/12-2/19)
Tulane..............February 2 (1/29-2/5)
.........................February 16 (2/12-2/19)
UAB...................January 26 (1/22-1/29)
..........................February 9 (2/5-2/12)

Nobody got screwed by having more open weeks, everybody had two. Some just chose to fill in with a non conference game or two.

blazerjay Wrote:

LJBlazerFan Wrote:Not every team does.

According to the schedules on their respective websites, neither Cincinnati nor Louisville went Saturday to Saturday without a game in between all season.

I wonder how the conference decides who gets the week off (or two weeks, in UAB's case) during the season?

Every Conference team has/had 2 off days scheduled into the conference rotation. Using only Weds. & Sats. for dates (for simplicity) They are as follows. Also included is any non-conference opponent that they played during that break in the conference schedule.


School:........Off Date (prev conf game-next conf game) [non conf opp if any]
Charlotte:....January 5 (N/A-1/8)
....................Febraury 2 (1/29-2/5)
Cincinnati:....January 22 (1/19-1/27) [Wake Forest]
.....................February 9 (2/5-2/12) [Xavier]
DePaul..........January 12 (1/8-1/15)
.....................February 9 (2/6-2/12)
East Carolina February 9 (2/5-2/12)
......................March 2 (2/26-3/5)
Houston.........January 12 (1/8-1/15) [Centennary]
......................February 23 (2/19-2/26)
Louisville.......January 22 (1/19-1/26) [Tennessee]
.....................February 23 (2/20-2/26)
Marquette.....January 5 (N/A - 1/8)
......................February 26 (2/24-3/2)
Memphis........January 5 (N/A-1/9) [Texas]
.....................February 16 (2/12-2/19)
Saint Louis....January 12 (1/8-1/15)
......................February 16 (2/12-2/20) [IUPUFW]
South Florida. January 12 (1/8-1/15)
.......................February 26 (2/22-3/2)
Southern Miss.January 26 (1/22-1/29)
........................March 2 (2/26-3/5)
TCU..................January 5 (N/A-1/8) [Texas State]
........................February 16 (2/12-2/19)
Tulane..............February 2 (1/29-2/5)
.........................February 16 (2/12-2/19)
UAB...................January 26 (1/22-1/29)
..........................February 9 (2/5-2/12)

Nobody got screwed by having more open weeks, everybody had two. Some just chose to fill in with a non conference game or two.

Thanks BlazerJay,
And I still believe we shouldn't schedule non conference games after conference season starts unless it is a made for TV game. Most of the other teams have only played made for TV games.

I stand corrected on Cincinnati and Louisville. I don't consider starting conference play three days later than everyone else to be the same as a week off between games, though.

I also agree with Memphis about the non-conference games in conference play. There is no point in playing a weak to mid-level team, and I don't think UAB is going to get many upper-level teams to play in the middle of their respective conference seasons.

Blazer85 Wrote:

LJBlazerFan Wrote:My point is that not everyone has one, let alone two.

Certainly, UAB should be able to schedule non-conference games if necessary. Perhaps Coach Anderson prefers not to do that for some reason.

Alot of coaches prefer to get the OOC games out of the way so they can "focus" on conference play, but personally I dont think it makes much sense. You wouldnt want to face an Illinois in the middle of conference play, but a good team from a mid-major school... why not? CMA should look into that if you ask me.

Bringing Gonzaga to UAB would be huge!