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Post by jellybean on Apr 9, 2020 15:45:46 GMT -5
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 9, 2020 19:49:56 GMT -5
coach ash mentioned on instagram yesterday that they're playing at bucknell this year. so the known ooc schedule so far is home against nova, penn and st francis ny, away against bucknell, and 3 neutral court games in the cayman islands.
that leaves either 4 or 6 games to fill depending on whether the a10 goes to a 20 game league schedule. i remember reading somewhere that exempt mte tournaments are now limited to 3 games but the ncaa is allowing teams to schedule an additional game if they choose, putting the limit at 31 regular season games.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 9, 2020 20:32:55 GMT -5
I hope we also host St. Francis (PA) so we can complete the Mid-Atlantic Franciscan sweep.
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Post by theneumann64 on Apr 9, 2020 22:31:29 GMT -5
I hope we also host St. Francis (PA) so we can complete the Mid-Atlantic Franciscan sweep. And maybe play our Exhibition game against D-3 St. Joseph’s (of NY) in order to complete the round-robin of parenthetical schools.
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Post by jellybean on Apr 10, 2020 7:23:25 GMT -5
Thanks diehard. Temple is an away game this season (I think).
So in keeping with the All Saints schedule, we already have St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, St.Joe (PA) and St. Francis (Brooklyn). Since we have one St. Francis all we need are St. Peter's , St.John's and the long desired match with fellow Lasallian D-1 St. Mary's (CA).
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 10, 2020 7:58:44 GMT -5
Thanks diehard. Temple is an away game this season (I think). So in keeping with the All Saints schedule, we already have St. Bonaventure, Saint Louis, St.Joe (PA) and St. Francis (Brooklyn). Since we have one St. Francis all we need are St. Peter's , St.John's and the long desired match with fellow Lasallian D-1 St. Mary's (CA). thank jb. don't know how i forgot the game @ temple. so that leaves 3 or 5 open games depending on what the a10 decides. possibly drexel is on the schedule too but coach ash didn't mention it. below is a link to the article i read about this season's ncaa scheduling model. i don't know if they ever got around to voting on it back in jan/feb. since la salle is in a mte, they can play as many as 31 games but they don't need to schedule that 31st game if they don't want to. www.bloggingthebracket.com/2019/6/27/18307537/college-basketball-early-season-tournaments-multi-team-events-mte-reforms-changes-2020-21-ncaa
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 11, 2020 7:26:18 GMT -5
I do not want to see a 20 game schedule. An 18 game league schedule is bad enough. The A10 needs more bites of the apple. They are not the Big 10 or the ACC where they can circle the wagons.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 11, 2020 7:40:18 GMT -5
I do not want to see a 20 game schedule. An 18 game league schedule is bad enough. The A10 needs more bites of the apple. They are not the Big 10 or the ACC where they can circle the wagons. Except we live in a world where the A10 bites are low level P5 schools.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 11, 2020 9:28:30 GMT -5
I don't want another pre-season of cupcakes that get us wins but leaves us ill-prepared for the rigor of A10 play. Year 3...time to step it up.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 11, 2020 10:14:32 GMT -5
I don't want another pre-season of cupcakes that get us wins but leaves us ill-prepared for the rigor of A10 play. Year 3...time to step it up. You're right. Someone get Duke on the blower. La Salle is in a terrible position to schedule games. I remember Giannini talking about. Nobody wants to come to Gola, nobody wants to play good A10 teams, nobody good will pay to have La Salle come to them. The tourney La Salle is in should provide enough OOC firepower. Get what else you can.
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Post by explorerentourage on Apr 11, 2020 10:26:50 GMT -5
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Post by explorer88 on Apr 11, 2020 10:31:53 GMT -5
Nothing would be sweeter than us having a great season and everyone questioning why we weren’t in this challenge. Should be something the team holds as a chip on their shoulder all season.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 11, 2020 11:29:18 GMT -5
I don't want another pre-season of cupcakes that get us wins but leaves us ill-prepared for the rigor of A10 play. Year 3...time to step it up. it would be nice to get at least one more game with a p5 or big east team even if it means going on the road for a buy game. can't fill the rest of the schedule with teams with 250+ net rankings. we already have one in st francis ny (305 last year, will most likely be worse this year). last year, we had wagner (328), morgan state (313), and fdu (281) with bucknell (239) and drexel (237) not far below that. coach ash needs to fill out the remaining games with teams in the 100-200 range. in his defense, bucknell and iona (224) were supposed to be much better than they were, and last year was more about winning games and establishing a winning culture. this year there is enough talent on the team for them to get into the top half of the a10 and sneak into a postseason tournament. i'd look at playing teams in the top half of mid-major conferences located east of the mississippi like vermont and stony brook from america east, old dominion from cusa, hofstra, northeastern, towson, william & mary, delaware and college of charleston out of the caa, yale, harvard, and princeton out of the ivy league, siena and rider out of the maac, and maybe a team from the top 5-6 in the underrated southern conference. i'd have no issue with la salle agreeing to home and homes with most of these schools and 2 for 1's with others. at this point, he has 3 or 5 games left to fill. you'd think he'd be able to arrange something with at least a few of the above teams as they have some of the same problems scheduling games as we do. if you look at the 2012-13 schedule which was strong enough to get us an at-large bid, they played a lot of teams that fit this profile (delaware, northeastern, siena, rider). there will be plenty of opportunities to get good wins in the a10 schedule.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 11, 2020 21:49:50 GMT -5
I don't want another pre-season of cupcakes that get us wins but leaves us ill-prepared for the rigor of A10 play. Year 3...time to step it up. You're right. Someone get Duke on the blower. La Salle is in a terrible position to schedule games. I remember Giannini talking about. Nobody wants to come to Gola, nobody wants to play good A10 teams, nobody good will pay to have La Salle come to them. The tourney La Salle is in should provide enough OOC firepower. Get what else you can. No one is saying get Duke in here, but if you think fans or the committee would be excited about the Wagners, Morgan States, and FDU's of the world on our schedule, you're mistaken. That cream-puff schedule in December with a 5-game win streak heading into conference play did nothing to prep us for what was to come - going 1-8 in the next 9 games. As diehard said, get 1 or 2 mid to low P5 or Big East teams in here..have it at the Palestra if we have to. St. Francis (NY) doesn't scream signature win to me, or attendance of more than 1200.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 12, 2020 9:17:07 GMT -5
You're right. Someone get Duke on the blower. La Salle is in a terrible position to schedule games. I remember Giannini talking about. Nobody wants to come to Gola, nobody wants to play good A10 teams, nobody good will pay to have La Salle come to them. The tourney La Salle is in should provide enough OOC firepower. Get what else you can. As diehard said, get 1 or 2 mid to low P5 or Big East teams in here..have it at the Palestra if we have to. re-read my post. i said even if it means going on the road for a buy game (like we did with florida two years ago). no p5 or big east team is giving us a game at the palestra this year unless we agree to play at their place the following 2-3 years and i don't see coach ash doing that. there was a rumor back then that we would be getting a return game from florida but i'd be surprised if that's true. and the only p5 or big east team that would ever agree to play at gola is nova.
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 12, 2020 11:30:01 GMT -5
I'm fine playing those on the road as well. Chaney used to do that. Thinking back to my 4 years as an undergrad, we had non-con games against teams like DePaul, Notre Dame (4), Loyola Marymount (2), BYU (2), Florida State, Maryland, and Kansas State. Our AD worked at Northwestern and Georgetown...hoping he can make some calls to contacts and start to schedule 1 or 2 of those types of games a year.
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Post by sweat83 on Apr 12, 2020 12:05:18 GMT -5
I hope we also host St. Francis (PA) so we can complete the Mid-Atlantic Franciscan sweep. And maybe play our Exhibition game against D-3 St. Joseph’s (of NY) in order to complete the round-robin of parenthetical schools. This ^ comment was well thought out. Not too many college basketball fans get caught up in parenthesis. (Not me, anyhow)
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Post by jellybean on Apr 15, 2020 11:18:13 GMT -5
I'd call Coach right now. Play them H and A. Go to their place first. Furman should be a top 100 club maybe even top 75 this year.
That is if there is a season.
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Post by thelasallelunatic on Apr 15, 2020 11:19:59 GMT -5
I'd call Coach right now. Play them H and A. Go to their place first. Furman should be a top 100 club maybe even top 75 this year. That is if there is a season. Amen to that Bean!
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 15, 2020 12:20:45 GMT -5
I'd call Coach right now. Play them H and A. Go to their place first. Furman should be a top 100 club maybe even top 75 this year. That is if there is a season. exactly what i referenced in a previous post. this would be a chance to pick up a quality road win in 2020-21 and then get them in gola the following year. you've got furman, etsu, and unc greensboro all in the top 100 net rankings, and western carolina, chattanooga, and wofford between 136 and 155
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Post by glorydays on Apr 15, 2020 13:44:32 GMT -5
I'd call Coach right now. Play them H and A. Go to their place first. Furman should be a top 100 club maybe even top 75 this year. That is if there is a season. exactly what i referenced in a previous post. this would be a chance to pick up a quality road win in 2020-21 and then get them in gola the following year. you've got furman, etsu, and unc greensboro all in the top 100 net rankings, and western carolina, chattanooga, and wofford between 136 and 155 ….and when games like this are on the road they are not bad early season road trips for fans..
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Post by jellybean on Apr 24, 2020 11:28:35 GMT -5
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 24, 2020 11:45:37 GMT -5
WHY NOT DUKE
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Post by MisterD on Apr 24, 2020 11:57:57 GMT -5
Hey Gonzaga, one-for-one, take it or ... oh. Ok. Two-for-one? Buy game? We pay to come to you?
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Post by blueandgold on Apr 24, 2020 17:52:58 GMT -5
Hey Gonzaga, one-for-one, take it or ... oh. Ok. Two-for-one? Buy game? We pay to come to you? Sell the Art Museum to pay them to let us visit.
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Post by big5explorer on Apr 25, 2020 6:16:44 GMT -5
I don't want another pre-season of cupcakes that get us wins but leaves us ill-prepared for the rigor of A10 play. Year 3...time to step it up. You're right. Someone get Duke on the blower. La Salle is in a terrible position to schedule games. I remember Giannini talking about. Nobody wants to come to Gola, nobody wants to play good A10 teams, nobody good will pay to have La Salle come to them. The tourney La Salle is in should provide enough OOC firepower. Get what else you can. I'll just leave this here: www.testudotimes.com/maryland-terps-basketball/2020/4/21/21228912/2020-21-nonconference-schedule-maryland-mens-basketball-saint-josephs-mark-turgeon-jon-rothstein"The Hawks join Duquesne, California Baptist and San Jose State as four of the Terps’ nonconference opponents for next season, though no official announcement has been made by the program."
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 25, 2020 7:04:23 GMT -5
Little present for the two Philly guys they just signed
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 25, 2020 10:17:15 GMT -5
Hopefully Duquesne can beat the Terps
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Post by weston2 on Apr 25, 2020 11:05:22 GMT -5
What non-conference schedule? Even in a virtual world the P5 would still want to play on their computer.😁
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Post by 23won on Apr 26, 2020 12:28:58 GMT -5
It would advantageous to focus on scheduling too 150 teams we have some connection with. Need to mine Ash and Kenny’s relationships for games. I’d focus on the Big East and Catholic schools over the big state football schools
Close proximity focus: Seton Hall, G’town, St John, Maybe Raft could help a little with the Hall. As mentioned, Baptiste in Georgetown makes sense
A team like BC would benefit from a challenging game but likely W against us. Providence owes us so guilt them into a game
DePaul - Bradshaw help here with admin? Butler is worth an ask as an old conference opponent; would be a long shot but a Hinkle Palestra sales job (even a 2:1) would be good
West Coast trip to St Mary. Schedule USF as a championship reunion game
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