2023-24 conference schedule released

[belfieldhappyhour]

14 games are Wednesday or Saturday

[La Salle 08]

Think the SJU game is on the mothership or on ESPN+? I find it super hard to believe we'd be featured on ESPN (even a noon tip) but I'm sure the majority of the other games are on ESPN+ and those aren't called out so...

[GlitterBro #2]

So we could end up playing the Hawks 3 times depending on where we fall our Big 5 pod.

[theneumann64]

Sept 6, 2023 20:25:19 GMT -5 GlitterBro #2 said:

So we could end up playing the Hawks 3 times depending on where we fall our Big 5 pod.

I believe we won’t play them in the Big 5 Classic unless it’s the 1st place game. I think that was in the release. So if we both finish in 2nd or 3rd in our respective pods, we will cross-cross opponents with the other pod.

[hykos1045]

Sept 6, 2023 20:25:19 GMT -5 GlitterBro #2 said:

So we could end up playing the Hawks 3 times depending on where we fall our Big 5 pod.

Plus Brooklyn,
Plus NIT

[diehardexplorer]

Sept 6, 2023 20:31:01 GMT -5 theneumann64 said:

Sept 6, 2023 20:25:19 GMT -5 GlitterBro #2 said:

So we could end up playing the Hawks 3 times depending on where we fall our Big 5 pod.

I believe we won’t play them in the Big 5 Classic unless it’s the 1st place game. I think that was in the release. So if we both finish in 2nd or 3rd in our respective pods, we will cross-cross opponents with the other pod.

goexplorers.com/news/2023/7/20/mens-basketball-full-big-5-schedule-set-for-historic-2023-24-mens-basketball-campaign.aspx

For the 2023-24 season, Pod 1 features Drexel, La Salle and Temple while Pod 2 features Penn, Saint Joseph's and Villanova. La Salle and Saint Joseph's are in separate pods because they compete against each other in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Explorers and Hawks will only play against each other in a Big 5 game if they both make the championship game.

[diehardexplorer]

it appears the league is all in on the st.joe's (pa) hype.  11 of their conference games, including one friday night game, will be on national tv.

i understand dayton (14), vcu (13), st bona and slu (10 each) getting a lot of games because of their recent history, but what have the hawks done to warrant this.

it also grates at me that both umass (8) and uri (7) get more conference national tv games than la salle (6) despite the fact we went 4-1 against those teams last year.  i'm surprised george mason only got 5 games.  even though their roster was decimated, they brought in the most talented portal class in the league and could end up being pretty good if their new hire can coach.

[diehardexplorer]

Sept 6, 2023 19:57:40 GMT -5 La Salle 08 said:

Think the SJU game is on the mothership or on ESPN+? I find it super hard to believe we'd be featured on ESPN (even a noon tip) but I'm sure the majority of the other games are on ESPN+ and those aren't called out so...

the game at st joe's (pa) is on the cbs college sports channel.
the game at la salle will be on either espn, espn2, espnu or the espn news channel.

[diehardexplorer]

just noticed that they've added a lot of game times to the schedule. they've moved up the start time for most of the weeknight games to 6:30.  not crazy about that but it is what it is.  will need to make sure i get done work on time.

let the bitching begin 

[calsufan]

Sept 28, 2023 12:21:27 GMT -5 diehardexplorer said:

just noticed that they've added a lot of game times to the schedule. they've moved up the start time for most of the weeknight games to 6:30.  not crazy about that but it is what it is.  will need to make sure i get done work on time.

let the bitching begin 

I'm retired now, so I'm fine with the new start times.