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(02-25-2014 07:56 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(02-25-2014 07:07 PM)sadolakced Wrote:  We need an iron bowl of basketball.

That will never happen in Alabama. Most people in Alabama don't give a crap about basketball. It's hard wired in.

The North Carolina Duke series gets attention not because it is an in state rivalry but because people there care about basketball.

We have had a series with Auburn. It was not as successful as our memories want it to be. Do you know when it was most successful? When it was played the night before the Iron Bowl in Birmingham. In other words, it was successful when it was tied to football. And as a basketball fan, it was pretty disheartening to hear Auburn fans chant "we want Bama" even before the basketball game was over.

I've given up on basketball ever granting a speck of interest in Alabama year round. If anything it gets a little interest when the bowl games are done, when one of the SEC teams has a decent year, and drops off even before March Madness because spring training is getting started.

UAB playing North Carolina couldn't even get a full house. Ridiculous

Well I get that it won't happen right now. But I don't think it's impossible.

I think if you wait for basketball to be big in alabama before you push for a UAB-UAT series, you'll wait forever. It's like waiting for football at UAB to be big before you push for on OCS. Sometimes you need a trigger, and impetus.

And while you may be right about the proclivities of alabama residents, don't forget that Birmingham is attracting lots of transplants right now.

For basketball to be big in Birmingham, Alabama football and Aubrn football have to in the tank for about a decade. Remember that UAB basketball had its biggest fan support in the 80’s when Alabama football was at a low point (ray perkins and Bill curry era).

Geez I'm starting to sound like Bamanblazerfan

(02-25-2014 10:34 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  For basketball to be big in Birmingham, Alabama football and Aubrn football have to in the tank for about a decade. Remember that UAB basketball had its biggest fan support in the 80’s when Alabama football was at a low point (ray perkins and Bill curry era).

Geez I'm starting to sound like Bamanblazerfan

Speaking of the 1980's....

Teacher salaries.

In response to his mention of Davis doing so well in Texas. What is UAB's record vs. the SWAC again? Undefeated isn't it?

(02-26-2014 12:57 AM)Hambit Wrote:  In response to his mention of Davis doing so well in Texas. What is UAB's record vs. the SWAC again? Undefeated isn't it?

O the halcyon days of the murry bartow era at UAB when we won four straight SWAC titles.

(02-26-2014 12:57 AM)Hambit Wrote:  In response to his mention of Davis doing so well in Texas. What is UAB's record vs. the SWAC again? Undefeated isn't it?

Yeah, I had a chuckle at that.

Given Davis' career trajectory, Indiana, UAB, Texas State Tech, or whatever, his next gig will be a middle school girls team in Idaho.

I do think some rivalries would be helpful in this state. Everybody on this board wants to look to Alabama and Auburn, but those just aren't happening.(especially Bama) There is no reason we can't play Samford or USA home and home. I'd much rather do that than non D-1 schools we've never even heard of. If nothing else, those games are winnable road games that can be traveled to.(road wins help in the RPI, it's nice to be able to see the team play)

It all just depends on what we get on our schedule. A game against Samford is going to draw more fans than a game against team X that we have to look up to determine what state they are from. A lot of us don't like the way Alabama and Auburn treat us, but we want to treat these schools the same way. Doesn't make much sense to me.

I'd be happy to play samford, USA, Troy, etc, as long as the rest of our OOC schedule is loaded with big games. We can't afford to have a schedule like this years again.

I would be for a season opening H&H with Samford. Two for ones with JSU, Troy, A&M, and State.

Home and home with USA. I have no desire to play Tuscaloosa. I would welcome a H&H with Auburn but they won't come back to Bartow so screw them.

We could easily play Samford, Troy and USA without destroying our SOS. I'm saying to replace the 2 non d-1's with two of them, and then take your pick on the rest of our schedule.(Troy was already there, so that works) We do not need to do those 3+ Florida A&M, Alabama A&M, Chattanooga, and Georgia Southern. I would argue that Rutgers and Northeastern were decent games as far as schedule intent went, and Temple was as down as they've been in years.

At this point, I'd like to see our schedule look something like this:

1 tournament-the best we can get
2 or 3 of the teams above(or the others Attalla listed, just don't put 5 of them on one schedule, we won't overcome that)
1 SWAC team
2-3 games against average power conference teams(Rutgers and LSU would have fit this mold here)
Memphis(figure it out, it's a good game)
1-2 games against solid power conference teams(UNC fits-might not always get a home and home out of it, take what you can get, even if it's a one time away game, although I'd prefer at least 2 for 1)
2-3 games against above average non power teams. I'll never understand why this is so damn hard for every non power school to do.

That would at least give us a chance to offset some of the bad conference games we'll have. Right now, we have 5 future members that are 229 or worse. Adding WKU will help, but it won't offset all of that. Hopefully the teams at the top continue to improve and we can get at least a couple of top 50 teams in the future.

Chattanooga is a H&H we go there next year.

I would not mind a H&H with Murray State.

I agree, a H&H with Murray State would be a good one. So would Belmont.

Do we know much about next year's schedule:

Atlantis
LSU
@UNC
@Chattanooga
Troy/@Troy???

Next years schedule has some serious firepower

Atlantis
@North Carolina
LSU
@ Chattanooga

Just a bunch of rumors right now on opponents. When we get some intel I will post it.

(02-26-2014 12:03 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Atlantis
@North Carolina
LSU
@ Chattanooga

Just a bunch of rumors right now on opponents. When we get some intel I will post it.

The 2014 edition of the tournament in Paradise Island, Bahamas, will include Florida, North Carolina, UCLA, Georgetown, Wisconsin, Butler, Oklahoma and UAB.

(02-26-2014 12:40 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(02-26-2014 12:03 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Atlantis
@North Carolina
LSU
@ Chattanooga

Just a bunch of rumors right now on opponents. When we get some intel I will post it.

The 2014 edition of the tournament in Paradise Island, Bahamas, will include Florida, North Carolina, UCLA, Georgetown, Wisconsin, Butler, Oklahoma and UAB.

WOW!!! What a line up!! It really pays off to hire a well connected BBHC. I hope we win, or at least don't get killed.

How bad is college basketball in Alabama? The top ten count down please.
No.10 its so bad C.M.Newton is saying after 5 years Grant needs more time to get it turned around
No. 9 its so bad MontgomeryBlazer think, UAT is the only team in the state to make an elite 8.
No. 8 its so bad Davis, Gottfied and Ellis are mentioned in same thread as good coaches
No. 7 its so bad most fans in Alabama believe Davis, Ellis AND Gottfreid still are coaching at UAB, Auburn and Alabama.
No. 6 The state of Alabama basketball is so bad, the real basketball fans have to read the complete Scarbinsky Article to realize how bad basketball is in the state of Alabama
No. 5 its so bad alabama and auburn fans think its an article about how bad football recruiting is and want their previous coaches back.
No. 4 its so bad Davis, Ellis and Gottfried was heard saying, I told the AD it wasnt my fault.
No. 3 its so bad, The Answer was heard saying Next years schedule has some serious firepower
No.2. its so bad Attalla said,Just a bunch of rumors right now on opponents. When we get some intel I will post it
The No. 1 reason basketball is so bad in Alabama, drum roll please....Kevin Scarbinsky said it is, there you have it..

LOL good stuff