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2014-15 Mens Basketball Schedule
Wick250:
Goodnews,
Four DI ooc home games is actually an improvement over past seasons. (Kennesaw State and Northern Kentucky are new DI participants.) That Oberlin game is a joke that is tied into that Eastern Michigan tournament. Thiel and Wilberforce are embarrassments. The reason that keeps happening is because season ticket holders (myself included) put up with it. We should be ashamed of ourselves.
Your point about the quantity of DI schools within a one day drive is well-taken. We know that delusional Akron will not play a home-and-home series. Assuming the other Ohio MAC schools share that delusion, except for Kent State, here are the other candidates. All of these schools play in conferences that are equal or inferior to the Horizon League:
Buffalo, Canisius, Niagara, Bucknell, St. Francis, Robert Morris, Eastern Michigan, Ball State, Fort Wayne, IUPUI, Northern Kentucky, Kent State.
None of those programs can schedule "big time" opponents at home. Most if not all of them need early season home games. Most if not all of them would be receptive to a home-and-home with a Horizon League opponent.
Play them all and that would give us six home/six road every preseason. And very reasonable travel costs.
ysufan0505:
My god, another horrible schedule. Wilberforce???? WHO IS THAT lol. Just padding Slocum's win total I guess.
OleYSUfan:
Horrible is not the word for this home schedule - it is down right shameful for fans who do attend. I don't care how many special incentives the athletic department announces, it won't draw any people to attend those" big named" teams. Every year the home schedule gets worst. No wonder we can't recruit well, who would want to play home games against these teams.
IAA Fan:
--- Quote from: OleYSUfan on August 14, 2014, 02:42:16 PM ---Horrible is not the word for this home schedule - it is down right shameful for fans who do attend. I don't care how many special incentives the athletic department announces, it won't draw any people to attend those" big named" teams. Every year the home schedule gets worst. No wonder we can't recruit well, who would want to play home games against these teams.
--- End quote ---
I think you have a great point in the quality of the schedule, so I do not want to take away from it.
As for recruits ...I would like to say that recruits know that big teams will be on-the-road. Also winning the conference and getting a post-season invite are much bigger factors in recruiting.
Dmorton:
If you are D-1 in the 12th toughest conference in the country. Schedule like you're D-1. Stop scheduling teams most nationally know high schools could beat. Thiel, Westminster, Wilberforce, Oberlin really!!!! No wonder we have trouble in league play, those teams really prepare us well for our conference slate!
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