(05-23-2018 12:57 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  From a pure optics perspective I hope ODU never does a guarantee game with U.Va. They did home-and-homes with VCU and GW and 2-for-1s with George Mason and JMU. I don't think ODU warrants a H/H series right now but I'd rather see them never play the Cavs again than tell the world "hey, we're a level below Mason and JMU."

(05-23-2018 01:09 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(05-23-2018 12:57 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  From a pure optics perspective I hope ODU never does a guarantee game with U.Va. They did home-and-homes with VCU and GW and 2-for-1s with George Mason and JMU. I don't think ODU warrants a H/H series right now but I'd rather see them never play the Cavs again than tell the world "hey, we're a level below Mason and JMU."

If I were feeling cocky, Id say ODU is a level above GMU and JMU in hoops. Though that would justify VCU feeling cocky and saying the same thing about us. Truth is, we're all pretty much at the same level, looking up at UVA.

(05-23-2018 01:19 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(05-23-2018 01:09 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(05-23-2018 12:57 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  From a pure optics perspective I hope ODU never does a guarantee game with U.Va. They did home-and-homes with VCU and GW and 2-for-1s with George Mason and JMU. I don't think ODU warrants a H/H series right now but I'd rather see them never play the Cavs again than tell the world "hey, we're a level below Mason and JMU."

If I were feeling cocky, Id say ODU is a level above GMU and JMU in hoops. Though that would justify VCU feeling cocky and saying the same thing about us. Truth is, we're all pretty much at the same level, looking up at UVA.

I don't think it's cocky to say that ODU basketball is a level ahead of JMU, factoring in recent results, history and facilities. George Mason is a closer call, because they had the Final Four run and got into the A-10, but they serve as an object lesson of how to **** up a wet dream. They're in a better conference but they've contributed nothing to it, at least in men's basketball.

VCU is still ahead of ODU, though that's a gap that can quickly evaporate if ODU improves and VCU doesn't from last year. I suspect they'll be OK, but there's no sure things.

(05-23-2018 03:29 PM)84Monarch Wrote:  

(05-23-2018 01:19 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  

(05-23-2018 01:09 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(05-23-2018 12:57 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  From a pure optics perspective I hope ODU never does a guarantee game with U.Va. They did home-and-homes with VCU and GW and 2-for-1s with George Mason and JMU. I don't think ODU warrants a H/H series right now but I'd rather see them never play the Cavs again than tell the world "hey, we're a level below Mason and JMU."

If I were feeling cocky, Id say ODU is a level above GMU and JMU in hoops. Though that would justify VCU feeling cocky and saying the same thing about us. Truth is, we're all pretty much at the same level, looking up at UVA.

I don't think it's cocky to say that ODU basketball is a level ahead of JMU, factoring in recent results, history and facilities. George Mason is a closer call, because they had the Final Four run and got into the A-10, but they serve as an object lesson of how to **** up a wet dream. They're in a better conference but they've contributed nothing to it, at least in men's basketball.

VCU is still ahead of ODU, though that's a gap that can quickly evaporate if ODU improves and VCU doesn't from last year. I suspect they'll be OK, but there's no sure things.

At some point the statute of limitations runs out on GMU's final four run. That was 12 years ago and they never maintained that level of play. The clock is ticking on VCU's. Those final four runs are ancient history in basketball years. Great accomplishments for each school, that can never be taken away. But I don't see how they help in recruiting due to how long ago they were. In GMU's case freshmen this year would have been in 1st grade maybe when they made the final four. For VCU those kids would have been in 6th grade. Not sure what gravitas those runs have in 2018.

(05-24-2018 12:16 PM)Monarch1987 Wrote:  So UVA adds Marshall but will not play us.

(05-24-2018 12:16 PM)Monarch1987 Wrote:  So UVA adds Marshall but will not play us.

(05-26-2018 08:29 AM)ODUi Wrote:  I didn't want to start a new thread... I never knew this arena existed. Imagine if it had been maintained as a venue. At 3,200 capacity for basketball, it could have served as the coveted second arena CUSA requires for it's hosting site. A lot of history indeed.

https://pilotonline.com/sports/columnist/harry-minium/article_81503924-5dca-11e8-9073-5fe9a499b56c.html

(05-26-2018 07:40 PM)Old Dominion Wrote:  I watched A bunch of games there as a kid. Button Speakes, Harry Lozon, etc etc. It's what really got me hooked on basketball.
Very close inside, you could smell the sweat. Man it was great!

(05-27-2018 12:09 PM)bit_9 Wrote:  http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/marshall_sports/chuck-landon-c-usa-making-big-moves-in-hoops/article_dad0483a-c987-5b60-9041-bfc87418accd.html

Some more info from Marshall about pod system.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

(05-27-2018 12:09 PM)bit_9 Wrote:  http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/marshall_sports/chuck-landon-c-usa-making-big-moves-in-hoops/article_dad0483a-c987-5b60-9041-bfc87418accd.html

Some more info from Marshall about pod system.

Posted from mobile device. Hopefully it's coherent.

(05-28-2018 10:46 AM)TheDancinMonarch Wrote:  So the top 5 in the conference finish up the season with 2-2 records. Maybe the RPI doesn't get hurt but the records are. And then there is always the real possibility of not finishing in the top 5 and you have made a national declaration that you are not worthy. This sounds like a plan devised by the geniuses that run NASCAR.