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(07-13-2017 10:06 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote:  

(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.

Having those teams on the schedule means absolutely nothing. You have to beat all of them, if you schedule them. I agree I would rather see us play them, but just having them there and losing to them, does us no good.