maryland twerps release weak schedule

[lichoya68]

hey in the post today the twerps realeased their bball schedule ive never heard of a couple of the teams very weak only good stuff in the orlando spice thing other than that kinda weak go hoyas we await your schedule duke memphis etc go hoyas could this be garys last year comments please

[1227]

They have no non-conf road games (only neutral old spice games).

[lichoya68]

wow kinda like in the past when ucoon adn the cuse didnot play OUTSIDE THERE STATES ONE YEAR... BEFORE THE BIG EAST... WOWOWO... and they say were weak... NOT... go hoyas... go jt3 ... is it november yet? or february? ITS GONNA BE KINDA INTERESTING.. AND FUN THIS YEAR ...with the youngins yup

[grokamok]

"Terps To Face Tough Schedule in 2008-09

Maryland plays 11 teams that reached postseason; 12 games on national TV "

Article: tinyurl.com/5w5cny
Schedule (pdf): tinyurl.com/63clv5

National TV appearances include their opening game in the Old Spice Classic vs. Michigan St. (with the remaining two games TBA but presumed to be broadcast nationally), a home game against Michigan in the B10/ACC challenge (on ESPNU - limited penetration), home-and-away vs. UNC & Duke, home against BC, @ Clemson, @ UVA, @ga Tech & @ NC St. (though the last two are on Fox SportsNet - also limited penetration).

They probably draw one of the tougher ACC schedules, playing UNC, Duke, UVA, Miami & GA Tech twice. OOC, the OSC & B10/ACC challenge are their only major-conference games (though Michigan is still struggling to rebuild under Beilein); other teams on their 30-game schedule (maxed out to help them get wnough victories for a bid - not that this helped the 'Cuse in recent years) include:

07-08 RPI / Team / Comment

201 / Bucknell / Regular challenger for the Patriot automatic NCAA spot coming off a down year
227 / Youngstown State / Filler
187 / Vermont / Regular challenger for the America East automatic NCAA spot coming off a mediocre year
185 / GW / BB&T - still seriously struggling after several successful campaigns in prior years
207 / Delaware St. / Filler
87 / American / Could be considered a challenge, having knocked off the Terps at Comcast last year
N/A / Bryant / WHO? - Oh, yeah - this small college from Rhode Island will be making its D-I basketball debut this fall...
208 / Elon / Regular Southern Conference whipping-boy for UNC-Greensboro, College of Charleston and ... wait for it ... Davidson
73 / Charlotte / Decent team still adjusting to life in the A-10; return game of a home-and-away that UMD won in close fashion last year in the Terps only regular-season OOC away game (though the CBE tournament game against Missouri was in Kansas City)
135 / Morgan St. / Good campaign last year; lost a close one at the Comcast Center

The rub: they play NO away games OOC, with neutral games at the OSC & the BB&T being their only games outside the friendly confines of the Comcast Center.

Their 14 games against 11 opponents who made the postseason are:

NCAA - UNC, @unc, Duke, @duke, Miami, @miami, Clemson, Michigan St., American
NIT - Virginia Tech, Florida St, Charlotte, Morgan St.
CBI - UVA

They will play another against either Gonzaga (NCAA) or Oklahoma St (NIT) in the second round of the OSC and may get yet another in their third game, depending on the results.

[Jack]

Easy, Tiger. Let's wait to see how the Hoyas' schedule fills out before we cast any stones, ok? Given the OSC, I wouldn't be surprised to discover only 1 true road game in the OOC this year- albeit a tough one at Cameron.

[lichoya68]

still think its pretty weak folks yup

[lichoya68]

hope they and we win both the first two games in the tourney so we can see on the court even with our youngins yup go hoyas

[lichoya68]

ps bryant ... whipping boysof the league ...and alot down year or coming off a down year .. alot of down year teams make up a poor schedule for me... our ooc so far are duke .. away memphis ..au ncaa.. and the mount ncaa ok ... let see ..still think our schedule a little tougher ...but we need to win.. on the court ....and about the coaching difference well kinda of a slam dunk on that one oops maybe a bad analogy go hoyas .

[DFW HOYA]

It'a weak schedule because it has to be--one NCAA bid in four years, a sub.-500 ACC record...just six years removed from an NCAA title. Starting the season 7-3 is no way to reclaim its place on the NCAA landscape.

[FairfaxHoya]

Gary's desperate for W's. Of course, he was just as desperate last year and they still lost some gimmes at Comcast.

[HeartAttackHoya]

They surely can't consider American to be a tough game.