Posted by nineralum
on 7/2/2009, 4:50 pm, in reply to "Re: the advantage of overscheduling"
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Gotta remember, if you don't play em, you can't beat em. This kind of schedule says more about the direction of the program and the intent of the coaching staff to reach for the unexpected. Its always scary to play a tough road schedule, especially early on, but it does show that we are on the upswing. When Seth scheduled Kansas, there, most people thought he was nuts, but we were the talk of college basketball for a couple of weeks after we blew them out on their home floor.
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: We'd probably have to win 1-2 of the games
: against the heavyweights for it to have that
: type of impact. Of all my years of following
: this team, this is definitely the most
: ambitious schedule without a doubt. That
: Kentucky game is icing on the cake!
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: This just passed either of Tex's first 2
: seasons schedules at LB.
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: Will this lead to a top 100 national recruit
: eventually coming here straight from HS?
: Most recent one was Lucious Harris?
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: http://www.longbeachstate.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/lbst/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009-10MBKProspectus
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: It's not engraved in stone yet, but you can
: find the schedule on the men's basketball
: page of the athletic site.
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: That is a ball buster non-conference
: schedule.
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: I'm sure Calipari will want to do a
: home-and-home!!! Just make sure he's around
: after all the Derrick Rose et al stuff flows
: out of Memphis. Not sure which is slicker,
: all the goo in his hair or his recruiting.
: He might end up pulling a Floyd.
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: While a loss is a loss, playing Duke, Texas,
: and Kentucky on TV helps in a couple ways.
: One is that, when recruiting, we can tell
: recruits we are planning to play against the
: top teams in the country, where they can
: showcase their talents on a National scale.
: The second is, of course the possibility
: that we win a game or two. While unlikely,
: we have a talented squad who showed last
: season they can play well in tough venues.
: Further, the media generally likes Monson
: and the exposure on National TV means more
: recruits get a chance to find out about us.
: As noted above it helps pay the bills too.
: And lastly, if we win the BW and dance in
: March the kids are less likely to be
: overawed because they are playing a tough
: team in a bright spotlight.
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: For it to be an rpi help, you gotta win one
: of
: these. Losing is losing, the computer
: doesn't give points for making it close.
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: Fine line between strong schedule and over
: scheduling.
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: Just a point.... too bad all on the road.
: PRobably very good for the budget though
: which given the morons in Sacramento is a
: very good idea this year!
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: Awesome! Let's just hope we can make it a
: competitive game. If we even stay close, it
: could be a huge boost in our RPI rankings
: because we will have one of the toughest
: schedules in the NCAA.
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: just got word that we got an away game with
: KENTUCKY in December, and it will be
: televised on ESPN
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