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Post by Hoopsmith on Jul 14, 2020 12:56:16 GMT -6
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Jul 14, 2020 14:06:39 GMT -6
Too much long distance travel. Were Butler, IUPUI, Fort Wayne and Kokomo not available?
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Post by williamtsherman on Jul 14, 2020 14:22:37 GMT -6
It's been sort of nice to have not given a thought to BSU basketball in recent months.
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Post by redfeather on Jul 15, 2020 10:50:44 GMT -6
Why didn’t we just go ahead and schedule Eastern I’ll, Northwestern and DePaul while we were at it so we could every team in Illinois!🙄
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Post by nwicard77 on Jul 30, 2020 17:26:35 GMT -6
Too much long distance travel. Were Butler, IUPUI, Fort Wayne and Kokomo not available? |
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Post by bsutrack on Aug 19, 2020 12:21:23 GMT -6
CBS sports today ran an article on the upcoming college basketball season. www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-biggest-question-facing-college-basketball-heading-into-september-will-nonconference-games-be-doable/From the article: "Only 17 of Division I's 357 programs have released a schedule. Charles Pipkins, who runs the D1 Docket website and Twitter account and diligently tracks the scheduling world of college hoops, told CBS Sports that in a normal year we'd be at or above 175 officially released schedules by now. This dawdling reveals what's been assumed for months in college basketball circles: no one expects the season to start on time. For some this has been a blessing. "Nonconference scheduling has been easier this year than ever before because there's the belief it's not going to stay in its current form," one mid-major coach told CBS Sports." So maybe Butler can "throw us a bone" by scheduling us thinking they really will not have to actually play us due to the season being cancelled by Covid-19? |
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Post by rmcalhoun on Aug 19, 2020 18:45:05 GMT -6
Why would Butler be scared to play us.. They passed us up years ago
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Post by bsutrack on Aug 19, 2020 19:43:25 GMT -6
Why would Butler be scared to play us.. They passed us up years ago I wasn't really thinking in terms of Butler being scared to play BSU. I was thinking more in terms of how the leading programs in a state are often expected to offer a game to the "weaker sisters" of the state to help that weaker program get some exposure. There's nothing to really gain for the superior program. If they win in a blow-out, it's expected. If the game is close, or God forbid they lose, it's a disaster. I think that was basically what the quote from the unnamed Mid-major coach in the article I quoted was all about. High level programs signing deals with Mid-majors that really didn't help them, but not worrying too much because the game wasn't really going to get played. Kind of like saying you are going to donate a large sum to charity, but then never having to write the check. |
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Post by rmcalhoun on Aug 19, 2020 19:47:11 GMT -6
Gotcha.... I get it
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Post by CallingBS on Aug 20, 2020 6:25:56 GMT -6
It is also an RPI hit
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