(09-16-2021 09:37 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  Playing UVA at home - outstanding. Should be a sellout, but the masks may ruin the experience.
ODU and Mason old CAA rivals at home. Very good.
Mid major thanksgiving tourney in Florida. Very good
Road game at Penn. good.
Only 4 of 13 games at home against D-1 schools. Fail. What did we build the AUBC for?
DIII games. Dumb. Worthless to the players, the program, and the ticket holders.

The game against UVA is the biggest home game since 2014 when UVA came to town and the convo was sold out for the last time. Would be nice to see coach By have some gonads and play some power teams on the road. Those games are readily available and pay about $100k guarantee.

If you compare the ladies schedule with the men, it is head and shoulders above the men.

Maryland, UVA, West Virginia, Villanova at home and North Carolina on the road.
Also at Mason, at Liberty, at George Washington.
No silly DIII games.
Can you imagine if the men had that type of OOC schedule?
Hats off the O’regan. Coach By needs to take some notes maybe even piggyback with combo scheduling I.e. ladies willing to play at Maryland if the men’s team comes to play at JMU.

Hart, I don't think anyone will disagree with you, but we must face the fact that our girls have been good for almost two decades and have worked their way into this position. By is completely starting over and to put our guys up against strong programs every game for 11, 12, or 13 straight games could lead to a disaster. I hate playing DIII games and believe we can approach Longwood, VMI, Hampton, NSU types to accomplish the same thing and actually have the games mean something. I hope we do well this season and can see a jump in quality competition.