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cincyguy13 said:
Marshall also talked about getting a couple SEC schools to play also. If Wichita does gets a couple more of those type games, it starts making the "it's hard to schedule games" narrative hard to believe
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Yep. At that point we need to start maybe looking within. Who does the scheduling for basketball-- is it Mike Bohn or is it Mick?

david aka the TYZ said:
Does anybody on here truly believe Mick turns down any home and home opportunities with quality opponents?
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I think the question is more likely the other way around. Does the opposition decline requests to play due to some issue with the coach, the AD, or for some other reason?
 
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david aka the TYZ said:
Does anybody on here truly believe Mick turns down any home and home opportunities with quality opponents?
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No, but all you hear is how hard it is to get games, and then a team exactly like UC has one of the better OOC schedules there is and looking to build on it. I like mick, but it isn't a good look. Who knows, he could still get some good games. Let's hope
 
cincyguy13 said:
No, but all you hear is how hard it is to get games, and then a team exactly like UC has one of the better OOC schedules there is and looking to build on it. I like mick, but it isn't a good look. Who knows, he could still get some good games. Let's hope
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Why is everyone ignoring the fact that UC had games against XU, ISU and Butler this year and was supposed to have a game against Michigan. The issue Cronin has is trying to land a marquee team and not a mid-tier P5 school. UC would like to have more games against solid to good opponents and at least one against a marquee program. That is the issue.
 
JasonS said:
Why is everyone ignoring the fact that UC had games against XU, ISU and Butler this year and was supposed to have a game against Michigan. The issue Cronin has is trying to land a marquee team and not a mid-tier P5 school. UC would like to have more games against solid to good opponents and at least one against a marquee program. That is the issue.
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I clearly said they have gotten a couple decent games every year. Mick said its getting harder and harder because we won 30 games and are returning everyone and no one wants to schedule that. I pointed out Wichita is in the exact same position and seem to be getting games or atleast a couple with more on the way
 
i don't see the league getting better anytime soon. Uconn is a mess, might be top 50. Memphis has 2 players left on their roster. SMU lost 70% of their offense if semi doesn't return. Ucf should be ok if taco returns. Temple might be top 50. Those are the teams we are counting on to be good. And our best case for our preseason tournament is a showdown with Iowa. If we don't schedule 4-5 good games, we will be a 6 seed again. That's why I am interested in the schedule. That and the team is pretty much set so there isn't anything else to talk about
 
cincyguy13 said:
I clearly said they have gotten a couple decent games every year. Mick said its getting harder and harder because we won 30 games and are returning everyone and no one wants to schedule that. I pointed out Wichita is in the exact same position and seem to be getting games or atleast a couple with more on the way
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My point is that their OOC schedule has been on par with ours recently. Yes, Maui would be nice but that isn't happening because we stepped in for UL and didn't have time to put together packages and therefore didn't have enough fans show up. Not much you can do about that.
 
JasonS said:
My point is that their OOC schedule has been on par with ours recently. Yes, Maui would be nice but that isn't happening because we stepped in for UL and didn't have time to put together packages and therefore didn't have enough fans show up. Not much you can do about that.
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I understand the Maui is hard to get in to. Dont really care about the Maui. Don't really understand how preseason tournaments work. I do know there are many other good tournaments that it never seems like we are in for whatever reason. I also know that if we don't load in non conference, our chances of a high seed are slim.
 
I see Dayton has a home and home with Auburn. Not like Auburn is any good but at least a school that people has heard of in a P5 conference. Would love one or two games like that, the cayman classic, a couple teams we could beat up on (local teams, Miami oh type) then a tournament type team (Iowa state butler)
 
I really want to play NKU.

And I don't mind playing it next year as long as we are the "Home" team and we control ticket sales.

IF NKU controls it, tickets will be super cheap and they will have a huge home court advantage but if we are the home team and we fill out 6k in season ticket holders plus control ticket sales, then we still own the advantage.

They will be a top 125 Kenpom team and maybe even better than that.


They are starting to become a pretty high level buy game. We still can crush them but it also helps RPI.
 
justinhub2003 said:
I really want to play NKU.

And I don't mind playing it next year as long as we are the "Home" team and we control ticket sales.

IF NKU controls it, tickets will be super cheap and they will have a huge home court advantage but if we are the home team and we fill out 6k in season ticket holders plus control ticket sales, then we still own the advantage.

They will be a top 125 Kenpom team and maybe even better than that.


They are starting to become a pretty high level buy game. We still can crush them but it also helps RPI.
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If they're going to be good for a few years, why not do a home and home and be the "road" team this year? Then we get them at 5/3 in 2018-19.
 
justinhub2003 said:
I really want to play NKU.

And I don't mind playing it next year as long as we are the "Home" team and we control ticket sales.

IF NKU controls it, tickets will be super cheap and they will have a huge home court advantage but if we are the home team and we fill out 6k in season ticket holders plus control ticket sales, then we still own the advantage.

They will be a top 125 Kenpom team and maybe even better than that.


They are starting to become a pretty high level buy game. We still can crush them but it also helps RPI.
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If you're NKU why would you agree to be the road team in your own arena?
 
I'm sure many will disagree, but I just think it is asinine that Cincinnati and Dayton don't play more often. For the home team, it is a guaranteed sell-out. For the road team, it is an easy (read, inexpensive) road trip in a tough road environment. For both teams, it is a likely strong RPI opponent and a match-up that generates buzz and excitement in the Tri-State and Miami Valley areas.
 
Robert said:
I'm sure many will disagree, but I just think it is asinine that Cincinnati and Dayton don't play more often. For the home team, it is a guaranteed sell-out. For the road team, it is an easy (read, inexpensive) road trip in a tough road environment. For both teams, it is a likely strong RPI opponent and a match-up that generates buzz and excitement in the Tri-State and Miami Valley areas.
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Agree, I hope we can work something out to play every year. It's right in our backyard, we could beat them most of the time, and it's a decent win most of the time
 

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