(01-03-2013 02:27 PM)fishman6581 Wrote: Tried to get Indiana on the schedule right when Cal left and Josh came in.
Kansas was asked by Pastner and so was Michigan State. They just said no.
Please don't bring this up; it derails from the theme of slamming Pastner on scheduling.
As Saluki pointed out, though, most of the "big names (top 20)" are not going to agree to a H&H with MEMPHIS. Now, there are several reasons:
- Consider MEMPHIS beneath their school.
- Don't want to risk a loss to school that is NOT in a "power" conference.
- Don't want to afford MEMPHIS the exposure of playing a "power" conference school.
- Must meet criteria for having "x" OOC games at home.
So Pastner working with Bowen needs to focus on teams that are in the top 40 and willing to go H&H with MEMPHIS. The one thing Bowen will need to grasp is for MEMPHIS to remain a national brand in BB and gain recruits nationally....then the schedule also must be national in scope. So the focus should be on opponents like:
- SEC (LSU, Missouri, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M)
- ACC (Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Florida State, NC State)
- B1G (Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Purdue)
- B10 (Texas, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Kansas State)
- PAC12 (Utah, Arizona, Stanford, Washington)
Non "power" conference possibilities:
- Villanova, Georgetown, Marquette, St Johns (NYC media), Butler, BYU, UNLV, VCU, UAB (yeah, the Bartow Classic)
Oh, and keep the San Diego State BB series even if they go back to the MWC. The Aztecs are fairly good.