(08-15-2018 01:26 PM)Bogey Wrote:  The home out of conference schedule is pretty underwhelming but it may not be the worst thing in the world with Banks recently having wrist surgery. I think he tore a tendon and will not be able to use his right arm for 12 weeks. He is currently in a hard cast and when the soft cast comes off we will be about a week or two away from when the season starts. His arm will lose a lost of muscle mass over that 12 week period but hopefully he can do some treadmill work to keep up his cardio.

(08-15-2018 01:26 PM)Bogey Wrote:  The home out of conference schedule is pretty underwhelming but it may not be the worst thing in the world with Banks recently having wrist surgery. I think he tore a tendon and will not be able to use his right arm for 12 weeks. He is currently in a hard cast and when the soft cast comes off we will be about a week or two away from when the season starts. His arm will lose a lost of muscle mass over that 12 week period but hopefully he can do some treadmill work to keep up his cardio.

(08-16-2018 08:38 AM)Centdukesfan Wrote:  itll be really interesting to see who takes the minutes of banks in the early season? I wonder if Pinkard has progressed a lot? Following Parker on social media makes me think he is really working hard to get college ready. Unsure of how the other freshmen are handling these few months.

Also - when is walfish getting replaced I wonder?

(08-15-2018 01:11 PM)ShadyP Wrote:  

(08-15-2018 12:46 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  Here are some data points for the riveting home OOC schedule.

Sagarin rating and record
Radford 190. 21-13. Not a bad game, but shouldn’t be the best home game JMU plays.
Citadel 322. 8-21
Coppin State 348. 5-27
Bridgewater not ranked. 14-12 D3 mediocrity
E Mennonite not ranked. 12-15 D3 mediocrity.

Of course JMU was 230. 9-22 so maybe these are the new peers? This is undoubtedly the National model for athletics programs.

Get your season tickets now before they sell out!

I think we all get it.....just don't get season tickets and move on. No need to perpetually put them down. No one has even disagreed that the home OOC schedule is somewhat underwhelming.
I assume you were there last year for ODU, App St, GMU, UNCC at home for OOC games and Richmond on the road since those should have been more appealing games. OOC schedules flop so 3 of those 4 are on the road, the series ended with UR and we get return games from Radford and The Citadel.

Hopefully the 2019-2020 home OOC schedule will be more to your liking.

(08-19-2018 10:08 AM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  97, you seem to be on the inside of JMU basketball, just curious, normally a 2 for 1 has cash involved, in this case it would be paid by ODU to JMU. Do you know the amount in this deal?

(08-20-2018 06:07 AM)NJDuke97 Wrote:  

(08-19-2018 10:08 AM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  97, you seem to be on the inside of JMU basketball, just curious, normally a 2 for 1 has cash involved, in this case it would be paid by ODU to JMU. Do you know the amount in this deal?

No insider but I appreciate you thinking that I am. Just a fan who follows the program very closely from the outside (with the occasional email communication with the coaches). I think in hoops 2 for 1s don't necessarily have a financial component. It was just a way to get ODU to agree to the series.

In basketball guys like John Rothstein often talk about buy games- these are the one game series like JMU's game at Florida last year. Those games typically have a financial payment to the road team. I think the money is a lot less than what you see in football. Maybe $80K- $100K would be my guess.

(08-20-2018 06:07 AM)NJDuke97 Wrote:  

(08-19-2018 10:08 AM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  97, you seem to be on the inside of JMU basketball, just curious, normally a 2 for 1 has cash involved, in this case it would be paid by ODU to JMU. Do you know the amount in this deal?

No insider but I appreciate you thinking that I am. Just a fan who follows the program very closely from the outside (with the occasional email communication with the coaches). I think in hoops 2 for 1s don't necessarily have a financial component. It was just a way to get ODU to agree to the series.

In basketball guys like John Rothstein often talk about buy games- these are the one game series like JMU's game at Florida last year. Those games typically have a financial payment to the road team. I think the money is a lot less than what you see in football. Maybe $80K- $100K would be my guess.

(08-22-2018 01:49 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  Didn't think this was worthy of a thread of its own, so hope OK I throw this in here...

..."NCAA eliminates RPI, develops new metric for NCAA Tournament selection"

Link: https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2018/08/22/ncaa-develops-new-metric-eliminates-rpi-as-primary-sorting-tool/

Also...

Jeff Borzello @jeffborzello

Just received clarification from the NCAA: the NET rankings will be public available beginning in late November or early December, and updated daily through Selection Sunday.

11:43 AM - Aug 22, 2018

I know we are in a 1-bid league (most likely), but thought some of you fellow hoops fans might find this interesting anyway.

(09-08-2018 09:47 AM)EvanJ Wrote:  The Mid-American was tenth in the Conference RPI last season, but Northern Illinois had the worst RPI in it at 236th. Oral Roberts was 256th.

(09-09-2018 04:02 PM)Dignan Wrote:  

(09-08-2018 09:47 AM)EvanJ Wrote:  The Mid-American was tenth in the Conference RPI last season, but Northern Illinois had the worst RPI in it at 236th. Oral Roberts was 256th.

So you’re saying this tourney will do wonders for our OOC SOS, right?

(08-16-2018 07:55 AM)Wear Purple Wrote:  

(08-15-2018 01:26 PM)Bogey Wrote:  The home out of conference schedule is pretty underwhelming but it may not be the worst thing in the world with Banks recently having wrist surgery. I think he tore a tendon and will not be able to use his right arm for 12 weeks. He is currently in a hard cast and when the soft cast comes off we will be about a week or two away from when the season starts. His arm will lose a lost of muscle mass over that 12 week period but hopefully he can do some treadmill work to keep up his cardio.

Thanks for the info, Bogey. Good luck to Darius in his recovery/rehab.

While it sucks for him and the team as they ramp up prep for the season in late September through opening day, I am reminded that 19-20 year olds tend to mend up pretty quickly (as of course compared to old fartekers like myself). One silver lining is that it happened now when he has a legit chance to be ready for the early season schedule. Would've REALLY sucked if he had this happen in December or heaven forbid January once the REAL schedule cranks up in a big way.

Rowe has better depth and talent to turn to now. The door may open for a guy like Jones at the 3. Or, perhaps a freshman like Hicklin or Flowers. If Parker comes in and plays more like a soph instead of a true frosh, maybe he slides into the 3-man backcourt rotation with Lewis and Mosley.

Really looking forward to the season. But, I say that every year. Back to the thread topic, I believe EZU's home non-AAC games were mostly streamed via ESPN-3 last year. I think CUSA has a streaming option (ala caa.tv) for roadies at ODU and Charlotte. Same for the A-10 at Fordham. Mason already lists theirs as being on ESPN+. Maybe that's where Fordham winds up.

I'm guessing the road game at Oakland will somehow make it to a streaming platform via Oakland, but may be radio and live stats only for the other 2 games at Oakland (NIU and ORU). Hoping we can somehow watch all 3 games over Turkey Day weekend. We should learn a lot about these Dukes during that stretch in Michigan. We'll see...