AAC might go to 20 League Games

[Bearcat_NTS]

The AAC is going to be brutal and it will 20 games of brutality. I've been told the league schedule is going to be a home-and-home with all 10 opponents. That should be welcome news to Tulane fans who hate the Green Wave's non-conference schedule and tell me about it often.

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Don't know how I feel about this. I don't know if the extra 2 conference games will be that significant of an RPI booster. I guess since they'll be on the road they won't be as bad as playing Chicago State or UMass Lowell.

 

[Robert]

Good lord. I guess we won't have to schedule any cupcakes out of conference since we will have plenty in conference.

2014-15 AAC RPI:

14. Cincinnati
29. Connecticut
34. Memphis
42. Southern Methodist
82. Tulsa
165. Houston
174. Temple
188. South Florida
215. Central Florida
219. Tulane
227. East Carolina

 

[Bearcat04]

Good lord. I guess we won't have to schedule any cupcakes out of conference since we will have plenty in conference.

2014-15 AAC RPI:

14. Cincinnati
29. Connecticut
34. Memphis
42. Southern Methodist
82. Tulsa
165. Houston
174. Temple
188. South Florida
205. Rutgers
215. Central Florida
219. Tulane
227. East Carolina

The looks similar to some of the years in CUSA and it didn't keep us from getting high seeds in the tournament. Also, Temple should definitely be a top 100 team next year.

 

[ervins84]

Rutgers is leaving AFAIK

 

[Robert]

Rutgers is leaving AFAIK

They are. I didn't mean to include them on the list.

 

[Robert]

The looks similar to some of the years in CUSA and it didn't keep us from getting high seeds in the tournament. Also, Temple should definitely be a top 100 team next year.

It also didn't seem to do a very good job of preparing us for the NCAA tournament, considering we got bounced on the first weekend more often than not.

 

[kg5]

It also didn't seem to do a very good job of preparing us for the NCAA tournament, considering we got bounced on the first weekend more often than not.

We got bounced the first weekend more often than not in the Big East also

 

[Scheids21]

I actually like this. People would rather see bad conference teams than bad nonconference teams.

 

[UCalum08]

Good lord. I guess we won't have to schedule any cupcakes out of conference since we will have plenty in conference.

2014-15 AAC RPI:

14. Cincinnati
29. Connecticut
34. Memphis
42. Southern Methodist
82. Tulsa
165. Houston
174. Temple
188. South Florida
215. Central Florida
219. Tulane
227. East Carolina

Ay ay ay. Yeah that is def not helping our RPI at all. I am pretty confident Temple will be back soon and I think Houston will be at least top 100 soon.

 

[#BearcatNation]

It just seems weird though. It was 16 when we started in the BE, then 18, now potentially 20? Is it eventually going to be the whole season soon? I just don't see a reason to keep adding a couple games every few years.

 

[Not Guilty]

I actually like this. People would rather see bad conference teams than bad nonconference teams.

I think there is merit to this, but this will either cut into the total number of home games or if we keep the same number of home games, it will affect our ability to schedule home and homes with marquee OOC opponents.

I think that either of those is bad news, especially when the type of opponent we will be seeing more of within conference will generally be pretty bad. I think I'm pretty strongly against this.

 

[UCalum08]

It just seems weird though. It was 16 in the BE, then 18, now potentially 20? Is it eventually going to be the whole season soon? I just don't see a reason to keep adding a couple games every few years.

I agree. It seems a bit excessive.

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

It is all about extra inventory for TV Conference contracts. In most conference, the league doesn't control a majority of the OOC games. This isn't bad news from that perspective because every American league game is nationally televised.

 

[Scheids21]

I just like that we get a home and home with every team as well. I couldn't stand the mirror system with the Big East, but I do understand its not always possible with numbers.

 

[Robert]

I think there is merit to this, but this will either cut into the total number of home games or if we keep the same number of home games, it will affect our ability to schedule home and homes with marquee OOC opponents.

I think that either of those is bad news, especially when the type of opponent we will be seeing more of within conference will generally be pretty bad. I think I'm pretty strongly against this.

Exactly. If this were the old Big East, I wouldn't mind giving up some home games for the chance to possibly play Louisville or Syracuse twice instead of once.

Unless adding conference games increases our TV revenue, it's a losing proposition. Losing a home game = less revenue, and more games in the AAC doesn't necessarily help our RPI either.

With 20 conference games, you're looking at a maximum of 11 games out of conference. 3-4 of them will be of the preseason tournament variety, and we are trying to play a neutral court game in NYC every season. That leaves only 6-7 opportunities to schedule our own games, and 2 of those will likely be the road end of home-and-homes. So you're down to 4-5 home games out of conference.

I hope this idea gets shot down.

 

[Scheids21]

Good news about being in this conference? We will definitely have a say in matters like this.

 

[david aka the TYZ]

I actually like this. People would rather see bad conference teams than bad nonconference teams.

The way the RPI works you're better off playing a bad conference team than a bad non-conference team.

 

[Bearcat Rob]

And we must keep a uconn and memphis home game every year for the fan base to have those marquee conference games. So in way this is a decent thing it garentees us home games with memphis, uconn, smu, and temple (hopefully they recover next year)

 

[bearcat jeff]

If you can fill the other 11 games every year with good teams and not direction schools I have no problem with it. If you can't please don't go to 20 leagues game.

 

[mdchick]

cincy, Memphis, UConn, SMU, and Temple will be tournament teams next year, just as many as this year, huge down year for temple with injuries and ineligible players, make no mistake if not next year then the year after that they will be back to a strong squad.