USM's schedule is pathetic, but that schedule of ODU's damn sure enough is not raising CUSA's profile.

(08-08-2017 06:20 PM)eagle04 Wrote:  

(08-08-2017 04:49 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  

(08-08-2017 03:02 PM)eagle04 Wrote:  

(08-08-2017 02:39 PM)Old Dominion Wrote:  How in the hell does this conference raise it's profile with schedules like this? Can't the conference do anything about this?

Not saying all of the teams that Southern Miss plays are acceptable but have you checked ODU's schedule?

Christopher Newport
Towson
Maryland Eastern Shore
Fairfield
Norfolk State

What that old saying about glass houses?

The only bad one there is UMES. Norfolk State is usually decent (and also local).

Towson had an RPI of 92 last season and Fairfield was above .500 in the MAAC which is a better basketball conference than C-USA.

The point was raised about "raising the conference profile". If the common fan doesn't know who teams are (D1 or not), is that accomplishing that goal?

It's not a great schedule, but it means they should give us a winning ooc record, something we need all teams to have so our conference too isn't awful. Probably a 1 bid league no matter what, but a lot easier to get an at large asna top 10 conference than one ranked in the 20s.

(08-07-2017 05:58 PM)usm99 Wrote:  Let the jokes and such begin. Rust, Blue Mountain, William Carey and then at Alabama A&M.....Maybe as an exhibition but not as a regular season game.


Southern University New Orleans (SUNO)
@ Michigan
Blue Mountain (part of Pentagon Showcase series)
@ Sanford Pentagon Showcase @ Sioux Falls, SD **games vs South Dakota, Youngstown St, Northern Colorado**
@ South Alabama
Rust
Troy
@ Alabama A&M
William Carey
@ Florida St
vs Mississippi St (played in Jackson, MS)

"This will be one of the most challenging schedules we've had since I've been here, both in and out of conference play," Sadler said.

And today the women announced their OOC schedule. Somewhat better than the men's but still a couple you have to double check to make sure you read it correctly (see first and last games)

University of Antelope Valley (exhibition)
William Carey (crosstown NAIA school)
Tulane
Mississippi Valley St
@ Mississippi St
Alcorn St
Alabama St
@ Northwestern St
South Alabama
@ Ole Miss
Sam Houston St
@ Samford
@ Georgia Tech
Blue Mountain