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Post by sleepy on Feb 14, 2018 22:09:24 GMT -5
Not really comprable situations nor am I sure what the point of this post is. For the most part, we've already met and potentially exceeded expectations this year. We've shown growth as a team and individual players have improved through the year. Not the case last year when we essentially needed to win out to save III's job and I think you can swap the word desperation for hope in your description there. As to the point of your post? Remind us we can lost 5 games straight? Remind us how depressing last season? To remind us anything can happen as long as anything is worst case scenario? I really don't know. My buddies and I were at the Marquette game. We all agreed that it was the best we played all year and yes we could easily win out. The collapse afterwards deservedly cost JT3 his job. I think the object of the post was to remind us what a disaster those last few games were and, no matter what happens these next few games, we need to appreciate how far we've come this year. Wasn't it you and your buddies who left the Georgetown/St Johns laughing about how bad both teams were? I'm not sure you guys are benchmark for college basketball analysis and projection. However, I think you're right about everything but the appreciating part. And I don't think anyone needs a reminder of how awful those last few weeks were. This is a thread about maybe making into the NIT bubble. Excitedly thinking about the possibility. Your perspective is great. The original poster, I believe was just bringing up old wounds when the board is genuinely positive for the first time in 2 years. I will also note that the optimism isn't the result of one game, it's the result of 5-6 games of consistent good, improved play.
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Post by Hoyaholic on Feb 14, 2018 22:16:51 GMT -5
Yes, just to point out that anything can happen. We had a better team last year and still the wheels came off down the stretch.
That said, can't believe the trajectory this team is on. If we could restart the season today, playing at this level, we would be a tourney team.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Feb 14, 2018 23:31:02 GMT -5
These are basically our scenarios going into the BET: (4-0) Win out beating Xavier, Marquette, Providence, Villanova: RPI 80 (3-1) Lose to Villanova, Win Xavier, Marquette, Providence: RPI 97 (3-1) Lose to Xavier, Win Xavier, Marquette, Villanova: RPI 98 (2-2) Lose to Providence/Villanova, Beat Marquette, Xavier: RPI 111 (2-2) Lose to Marquette/Villanova, Beat Providence/Xavier: RPI 111 (2-2) Lose to Xavier/Villanova, Beat Providence/Marquette: RPI 112 (2-2) Lose to Marquette/Providence, Beat Xavier/Villanova: RPI 113 (NOTE: Some of these scenarios are obviously highly unrealistic and unlikely combinations, but I included them for reference.) I am not going to bother calculating the 1-3 or worse scenarios, since if that happens NIT won't be even close. Basically, in any scenario, to be safely in the NIT, we probably need some BET help. Surprisingly, even beating St. John's in the BET makes a pretty big difference. For example, in the most likely 3-1 combination (losing to Villanova, winning the rest), our RPI goes from 97 to 88 simply by beating St. John's in the BET (beating DePaul would give us an RPI of 92). So basically, to be well within the NIT selection zone, we would need to at least go 3-1 and probably win 2 BET games. Just for future reference, who you beat has literally no bearing on RPI if everything else is the same in these scenarios. All the 2-2s are the same in terms of calculations, though obviously good wins count more ion the eyes of committees. Honestly, I say we ignore all this and just win the whole f'ing Big East Tourney. Why screw around?
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Post by ewingitrust on Feb 15, 2018 6:24:55 GMT -5
At least for me...the NIT was always the benchmark for this season.
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Post by drquigley on Feb 15, 2018 10:23:01 GMT -5
My buddies and I were at the Marquette game. We all agreed that it was the best we played all year and yes we could easily win out. The collapse afterwards deservedly cost JT3 his job. I think the object of the post was to remind us what a disaster those last few games were and, no matter what happens these next few games, we need to appreciate how far we've come this year. Wasn't it you and your buddies who left the Georgetown/St Johns laughing about how bad both teams were? I'm not sure you guys are benchmark for college basketball analysis and projection. However, I think you're right about everything but the appreciating part. And I don't think anyone needs a reminder of how awful those last few weeks were. This is a thread about maybe making into the NIT bubble. Excitedly thinking about the possibility. Your perspective is great. The original poster, I believe was just bringing up old wounds when the board is genuinely positive for the first time in 2 years. I will also note that the optimism isn't the result of one game, it's the result of 5-6 games of consistent good, improved play. Ah Sleepy you keep me on my toes. Yes my buddies and I, as well as probably everyone who watched the game, couldn't help remark on how badly both teams played. Tell me, when was the last time you saw the shooter called for a lane violation on a foul shot? It was especially bad for SJU since they had tons of talent going to waste.
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Post by Filo on Feb 15, 2018 10:36:53 GMT -5
This board is hilarious these days I must say that. Trey makes a couple elementary plays at the end of a game and he's all of a sudden good and we get one decent win and we started up the NCAA and NIT talk. We have a 1% chance of making the NCAAT and that is winning the BE tourney. We have about a 3% chance of making the NIT and that would be winning at least 4 more games. The OOC did in our NIT chances. if we just replaces the MEACs and Maine with a bunch of North Texas and Mt. St. Mary's we would've been fine. The argument of those in favor of the all time weak OOC was that the team would fall apart with a few losses to good teams and would likely lose to a few bad teams. We played a few of those just bad teams (Mt. St. Mary's, Richmond, North Texas) and didn't have any trouble. Our only bad loss on the year is to Depaul and quite frankly the only reason their numbers look bad is because they scheduled almost as bad as we did. They did not lose to a non power 5/6 team all year either. If your worry was a heartbreaking loss or a stomping defeat would kill the team well we have plenty of evidence that it didn't. This team has more heart breaking losses and one of the worse defeats in school history and they just bounced back from all of it for their best win of the season. This team was not prepared for Big East play in my mind. This team looks nothing like it did entering BE play and that is a good thing. The OOC is done and nothing can be done now so it is what it is, but to defend it knowing what we know now seems silly in my book. I think even Pat would admit that having an all time weak OOC is a bad idea. He's learning and thats all we can ask for. "Trey makes a couple elementary plays at the end of a game and he's all of a sudden good" is pretty Editedy. Don't see many posters out there who are saying TD is first team all big-east. But, it was more than a couple good plays, and if you can't see the connection between improved guard play and the recent wins, then I don't know what to tell you. As for the OOC schedule, no one here liked the weak OOC. But to say the "OOC did in our NIT chances. if we just replaces the MEACs and Maine with a bunch of North Texas and Mt. St. Mary's we would've been fine" is simplistic and flawed. The team wasn't ready (as you admit it wasn't ready for BE) and games against better teams early on would have been losses which, of course, would have resulted in a worse record than we have now, which, of course, means no chance at the NIT anyway. In any event, you have posters who agreed with you and appreciate your post, which is what makes a message board. Personally, I never understand why people who think they are "keeping it real" have to be so negative. And I happen to agree that our chances of making the NIT are slim to none and there is no chance at the NCAA.
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Post by sleepy on Feb 15, 2018 11:05:43 GMT -5
This board is hilarious these days I must say that. Trey makes a couple elementary plays at the end of a game and he's all of a sudden good and we get one decent win and we started up the NCAA and NIT talk. We have a 1% chance of making the NCAAT and that is winning the BE tourney. We have about a 3% chance of making the NIT and that would be winning at least 4 more games. The OOC did in our NIT chances. if we just replaces the MEACs and Maine with a bunch of North Texas and Mt. St. Mary's we would've been fine. The argument of those in favor of the all time weak OOC was that the team would fall apart with a few losses to good teams and would likely lose to a few bad teams. We played a few of those just bad teams (Mt. St. Mary's, Richmond, North Texas) and didn't have any trouble. Our only bad loss on the year is to Depaul and quite frankly the only reason their numbers look bad is because they scheduled almost as bad as we did. They did not lose to a non power 5/6 team all year either. If your worry was a heartbreaking loss or a stomping defeat would kill the team well we have plenty of evidence that it didn't. This team has more heart breaking losses and one of the worse defeats in school history and they just bounced back from all of it for their best win of the season. This team was not prepared for Big East play in my mind. This team looks nothing like it did entering BE play and that is a good thing. The OOC is done and nothing can be done now so it is what it is, but to defend it knowing what we know now seems silly in my book. I think even Pat would admit that having an all time weak OOC is a bad idea. He's learning and thats all we can ask for. "Trey makes a couple elementary plays at the end of a game and he's all of a sudden good" is pretty Editedy. Don't see many posters out there who are saying TD is first team all big-east. But, it was more than a couple good plays, and if you can't see the connection between improved guard play and the recent wins, then I don't know what to tell you. As for the OOC schedule, no one here liked the weak OOC. But to say the "OOC did in our NIT chances. if we just replaces the MEACs and Maine with a bunch of North Texas and Mt. St. Mary's we would've been fine" is simplistic and flawed. The team wasn't ready (as you admit it wasn't ready for BE) and games against better teams early on would have been losses which, of course, would have resulted in a worse record than we have now, which, of course, means no chance at the NIT anyway. In any event, you have posters who agreed with you and appreciate your post, which is what makes a message board. Personally, I never understand why people who think they are "keeping it real" have to be so negative. And I happen to agree that our chances of making the NIT are slim to none and there is no chance at the NCAA as an at large bid. Fixed it for you.
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Post by sleepy on Feb 15, 2018 11:19:26 GMT -5
Wasn't it you and your buddies who left the Georgetown/St Johns laughing about how bad both teams were? I'm not sure you guys are benchmark for college basketball analysis and projection. However, I think you're right about everything but the appreciating part. And I don't think anyone needs a reminder of how awful those last few weeks were. This is a thread about maybe making into the NIT bubble. Excitedly thinking about the possibility. Your perspective is great. The original poster, I believe was just bringing up old wounds when the board is genuinely positive for the first time in 2 years. I will also note that the optimism isn't the result of one game, it's the result of 5-6 games of consistent good, improved play. Ah Sleepy you keep me on my toes. Yes my buddies and I, as well as probably everyone who watched the game, couldn't help remark on how badly both teams played. Tell me, when was the last time you saw the shooter called for a lane violation on a foul shot? It was especially bad for SJU since they had tons of talent going to waste. It's college basketball, sometimes the kids look very sloppy. I watched a Nova/Providence game last night where the quality of play on both sides was slightly elevated from that of our St Johns game, while extraordinarily overrated, Nova is still a top 20 team, possibly top 10. While the win/loss column didn't and still doesn't reflect it, I don't think either Georgetown or St Johns were bad teams in the sense that they couldn't play good basketball at that point in the season. They had both played quality teams teams close recently but weren't able come up with wins. Both then and now I thought the criticism was unfair and mean spirited.
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Post by miracles87 on Feb 15, 2018 11:30:36 GMT -5
I'm curious, doesn't the selection committee, yes the NCAA tourney selection committee, give great weight to how a team finishes the last month or so? Now, I am as doe-eyed an optimist that exists, and no, I really don't pay that much attention to what goes on Selection Sunday except where the Hoyas end up, but here goes. If we take some big pelts, wins over XU and VU, while going 5-2, say losing to Quette and, I dunno, the Johnnies in the BET finals or something, would we really have no chance at an at-large? I think all of this talk ignores the fact the fact that, at this very moment, Georgetown looks very much like an NCAA Tourney team. If XU is a top two seed, and we were beating the brakes off of 'em in Cincy for most of that game, I mean, I dunno. As far as the NIT, if indeed we fall short, but continue playing as we have, I don't think there is any question we will get the nod. They need to put fannies in the seats, and the Hoyas with Ewing are going to do that in spades.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Feb 15, 2018 12:09:43 GMT -5
At least for me...the NIT was always the benchmark for this season. I am not sure how you are using "benchmark" but, personally, I think that the season could be viewed as positive even without the NIT (though obviously, getting in would be great). I know I previously posted that I thought 5 wins or so was my prediction, with a ceiling in the range of 7. Obviously, we have no idea what will happen in the next 4 games, but I think if we finish 7-11 or better, that's a pretty good result considering where we were coming from into this season - new coach, losing our best 2 players, not replacing them with anybody equivalent, etc. Basically, I think if we continue playing better and get a few wins, there is a lot of room for optimism, because it will mean our guys have improved, and set the table to be in contention for the tournament next year assuming nobody leaves. Really, the only scenario that would have me concerned is if we bombed the rest of the season like we did last season, but I don't think that will happen.
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Post by CTHoya08 on Feb 15, 2018 12:14:37 GMT -5
This board is hilarious these days I must say that. Trey makes a couple elementary plays at the end of a game and he's all of a sudden good and we get one decent win and we started up the NCAA and NIT talk. We have a 1% chance of making the NCAAT and that is winning the BE tourney. We have about a 3% chance of making the NIT and that would be winning at least 4 more games. The OOC did in our NIT chances. if we just replaces the MEACs and Maine with a bunch of North Texas and Mt. St. Mary's we would've been fine. The argument of those in favor of the all time weak OOC was that the team would fall apart with a few losses to good teams and would likely lose to a few bad teams. We played a few of those just bad teams (Mt. St. Mary's, Richmond, North Texas) and didn't have any trouble. Our only bad loss on the year is to Depaul and quite frankly the only reason their numbers look bad is because they scheduled almost as bad as we did. They did not lose to a non power 5/6 team all year either. If your worry was a heartbreaking loss or a stomping defeat would kill the team well we have plenty of evidence that it didn't. This team has more heart breaking losses and one of the worse defeats in school history and they just bounced back from all of it for their best win of the season. This team was not prepared for Big East play in my mind. This team looks nothing like it did entering BE play and that is a good thing. The OOC is done and nothing can be done now so it is what it is, but to defend it knowing what we know now seems silly in my book. I think even Pat would admit that having an all time weak OOC is a bad idea. He's learning and thats all we can ask for. "Trey makes a couple elementary plays at the end of a game and he's all of a sudden good" is pretty Editedy. Don't see many posters out there who are saying TD is first team all big-east. But, it was more than a couple good plays, and if you can't see the connection between improved guard play and the recent wins, then I don't know what to tell you. As for the OOC schedule, no one here liked the weak OOC. But to say the "OOC did in our NIT chances. if we just replaces the MEACs and Maine with a bunch of North Texas and Mt. St. Mary's we would've been fine" is simplistic and flawed. The team wasn't ready ( as you admit it wasn't ready for BE) and games against better teams early on would have been losses which, of course, would have resulted in a worse record than we have now, which, of course, means no chance at the NIT anyway. In any event, you have posters who agreed with you and appreciate your post, which is what makes a message board. Personally, I never understand why people who think they are "keeping it real" have to be so negative. And I happen to agree that our chances of making the NIT are slim to none and there is no chance at the NCAA. Maybe the wasn't ready for BE play because it wasn't seriously tested in the preseason? We can debate this forever, because we'll never know what would have happened with a tougher schedule. I'd love for the team to get into the NIT this year, but won't mind that much if it doesn't. I just hope this schedule was a one-year experiment.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Feb 15, 2018 12:56:49 GMT -5
I just hope this schedule was a one-year experiment. I think fans need to be prepared fr the likelihood that Ewing will follow his old coach's advice and continue to underschedule in 2018-19. And as long as Georgetown continues to absorb growing deficits in the program and payouts to every MEAC school that gets in line for a check, there's not much incentive for him to do otherwise. You'll see a road game at Syracuse, a home return with Richmond, and a likely game in the Big East-Big Ten challenge. After that, what's ahead? Many of the holiday tournaments are already filling up and ESPN won't book a Big East opponent unless NCAA tournament buzz dictates otherwise (read=Villanova). With a little creative forethought, bringing one or two of the Big East expats for a home and home (Pitt, VPI, West Va.), renewing the Memphis series, or even the long-discarded local opponents like GW and American (no guarantee check required) would raise at least some interest in a season where season tickets may decline significantly thanks to the change in the tax laws. Instead, it's Alabama A&M, Coppin State, and lots of empty seats.
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Post by hoopsmccan on Feb 15, 2018 13:09:55 GMT -5
I just hope this schedule was a one-year experiment. I think fans need to be prepared fr the likelihood that Ewing will follow his old coach's advice and continue to underschedule in 2018-19. And as long as Georgetown continues to absorb growing deficits in the program and payouts to every MEAC school that gets in line for a check, there's not much incentive for him to do otherwise. You'll see a road game at Syracuse, a home return with Richmond, and a likely game in the Big East-Big Ten challenge. After that, what's ahead? Many of the holiday tournaments are already filling up and ESPN won't book a Big East opponent unless NCAA tournament buzz dictates otherwise (read=Villanova). With a little creative forethought, bringing one or two of the Big East expats for a home and home (Pitt, VPI, West Va.), renewing the Memphis series, or even the long-discarded local opponents like GW and American (no guarantee check required) would raise at least some interest in a season where season tickets may decline significantly thanks to the change in the tax laws. Instead, it's Alabama A&M, Coppin State, and lots of empty seats. I thought it was reported on twitter that PE would change his scheduling philosophy for next year. Did I imagine that or are we ignoring it because it was on twitter (which would be fair)? hm
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Post by sleepy on Feb 15, 2018 13:24:18 GMT -5
I just hope this schedule was a one-year experiment. I think fans need to be prepared fr the likelihood that Ewing will follow his old coach's advice and continue to underschedule in 2018-19. And as long as Georgetown continues to absorb growing deficits in the program and payouts to every MEAC school that gets in line for a check, there's not much incentive for him to do otherwise. You'll see a road game at Syracuse, a home return with Richmond, and a likely game in the Big East-Big Ten challenge. After that, what's ahead? Many of the holiday tournaments are already filling up and ESPN won't book a Big East opponent unless NCAA tournament buzz dictates otherwise (read=Villanova). With a little creative forethought, bringing one or two of the Big East expats for a home and home (Pitt, VPI, West Va.), renewing the Memphis series, or even the long-discarded local opponents like GW and American (no guarantee check required) would raise at least some interest in a season where season tickets may decline significantly thanks to the change in the tax laws. Instead, it's Alabama A&M, Coppin State, and lots of empty seats. If we can just take away the sub 300 teams and schedule schools with decent numbers that are still low majors, I would be fine with it. I don't really see the benefit of playing more that 2 high majors and maybe one mid-major that can beat us respectably in an OOC schedule.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Feb 15, 2018 14:15:46 GMT -5
I just hope this schedule was a one-year experiment. I think fans need to be prepared fr the likelihood that Ewing will follow his old coach's advice and continue to underschedule in 2018-19. And as long as Georgetown continues to absorb growing deficits in the program and payouts to every MEAC school that gets in line for a check, there's not much incentive for him to do otherwise. You'll see a road game at Syracuse, a home return with Richmond, and a likely game in the Big East-Big Ten challenge. After that, what's ahead? Many of the holiday tournaments are already filling up and ESPN won't book a Big East opponent unless NCAA tournament buzz dictates otherwise (read=Villanova). With a little creative forethought, bringing one or two of the Big East expats for a home and home (Pitt, VPI, West Va.), renewing the Memphis series, or even the long-discarded local opponents like GW and American (no guarantee check required) would raise at least some interest in a season where season tickets may decline significantly thanks to the change in the tax laws. Instead, it's Alabama A&M, Coppin State, and lots of empty seats. This strikes me as a little over pessimistic, though I have my concerns as well. That said, there is a lot of “incentive” for him to schedule differently next year - most importantly, that our team should be better next year, and if Ewing wants a good chance to make the NCAA tournament, he really has no other choice. Also, as far as the November tournaments are concerned, the major ones usually have a Big East team because each tournament can only have one team per conference. I do think that unless they already have something planned that it could be tough to get into one, but it’s really something they should aim for every year going forward. Of course, we also have no idea what Ewing himself thinks of this year’s OOC. This was new for him, as well, and it is possible he sees some of the negatives to scheduling that way from a basketball perspective too. Or maybe not and maybe he will just schedule MEAC and SWAC. I also think there’s a better than negligible chance that our 2018-2019 team could be better than 2019-2020 (depending on the 2019 class - hard to say right now), so we need to take advantage. If this team can beat Seton Hall and Butler, and everyone returns and we add a few recruits, there’s simply no reason to play 300 level opponents. The team is better than that.
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Post by JohnnyJones on Feb 15, 2018 14:20:45 GMT -5
I think fans need to be prepared fr the likelihood that Ewing will follow his old coach's advice and continue to underschedule in 2018-19. And as long as Georgetown continues to absorb growing deficits in the program and payouts to every MEAC school that gets in line for a check, there's not much incentive for him to do otherwise. You'll see a road game at Syracuse, a home return with Richmond, and a likely game in the Big East-Big Ten challenge. After that, what's ahead? Many of the holiday tournaments are already filling up and ESPN won't book a Big East opponent unless NCAA tournament buzz dictates otherwise (read=Villanova). With a little creative forethought, bringing one or two of the Big East expats for a home and home (Pitt, VPI, West Va.), renewing the Memphis series, or even the long-discarded local opponents like GW and American (no guarantee check required) would raise at least some interest in a season where season tickets may decline significantly thanks to the change in the tax laws. Instead, it's Alabama A&M, Coppin State, and lots of empty seats. This strikes me as a little over pessimistic, though I have my concerns as well. That said, there is a lot of “incentive” for him to schedule differently next year - most importantly, that our team should be better next year, and if Ewing wants a good chance to make the NCAA tournament, he really has no other choice. Also, as far as the November tournaments are concerned, the major ones usually have a Big East team because each tournament can only have one team per conference. I do think that unless they already have something planned that it could be tough to get into one, but it’s really something they should aim for every year going forward. Of course, we also have no idea what Ewing himself thinks of this year’s OOC. This was new for him, as well, and it is possible he sees some of the negatives to scheduling that way from a basketball perspective too. Or maybe not and maybe he will just schedule MEAC and SWAC. I also think there’s a better than negligible chance that our 2018-2019 team could be better than 2019-2020 (depending on the 2019 class - hard to say right now), so we need to take advantage. If this team can beat Seton Hall and Butler, and everyone returns and we add a few recruits, there’s simply no reason to play 300 level opponents. The team is better than that. How dare you suggest a DFW post is overly pessimistic.
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Post by BeantownHoya on Feb 15, 2018 14:24:49 GMT -5
I think fans need to be prepared fr the likelihood that Ewing will follow his old coach's advice and continue to underschedule in 2018-19. And as long as Georgetown continues to absorb growing deficits in the program and payouts to every MEAC school that gets in line for a check, there's not much incentive for him to do otherwise. You'll see a road game at Syracuse, a home return with Richmond, and a likely game in the Big East-Big Ten challenge. After that, what's ahead? Many of the holiday tournaments are already filling up and ESPN won't book a Big East opponent unless NCAA tournament buzz dictates otherwise (read=Villanova). With a little creative forethought, bringing one or two of the Big East expats for a home and home (Pitt, VPI, West Va.), renewing the Memphis series, or even the long-discarded local opponents like GW and American (no guarantee check required) would raise at least some interest in a season where season tickets may decline significantly thanks to the change in the tax laws. Instead, it's Alabama A&M, Coppin State, and lots of empty seats. This strikes me as a little over pessimistic, though I have my concerns as well. That said, there is a lot of “incentive” for him to schedule differently next year - most importantly, that our team should be better next year, and if Ewing wants a good chance to make the NCAA tournament, he really has no other choice. Also, as far as the November tournaments are concerned, the major ones usually have a Big East team because each tournament can only have one team per conference. I do think that unless they already have something planned that it could be tough to get into one, but it’s really something they should aim for every year going forward. Of course, we also have no idea what Ewing himself thinks of this year’s OOC. This was new for him, as well, and it is possible he sees some of the negatives to scheduling that way from a basketball perspective too. Or maybe not and maybe he will just schedule MEAC and SWAC. I also think there’s a better than negligible chance that our 2018-2019 team could be better than 2019-2020 (depending on the 2019 class - hard to say right now), so we need to take advantage. If this team can beat Seton Hall and Butler, and everyone returns and we add a few recruits, there’s simply no reason to play 300 level opponents. The team is better than that. I totally believe this and I could be totally wrong but I think when he pulled out of the PK80 he didnt realize what was really available to schedule and how hard it would be to find in August middle of the road type of opponents.... No doubt he absolutely planned on scheduling some cupcakes but I think (and hope) that he also wanted to target more "Richmond like" opponents and for a variety of reasons those type of teams just didnt work out or were not available. Not an excuse, thats still on him, and I know he flat out and basically said this was a rebuilding year but I truly believe we was looking for something a little more competitive versus what we ended up with...
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Post by ColumbiaHeightsHoya on Feb 15, 2018 14:52:57 GMT -5
So we've got Richmond at home next year. I think we have Cuse at Cuse but not sure how long that contract is. Give me American, Mason, Howard, and maybe some schools like JMU, Navy, etc. That would be good. I would love to see Maryland back in there but doubt that is where Patrick's head is at. We should be back in the B1G/Big east challenge after a year out so there is that too.
I would love to see a game against a bottom feeder ACC team like Pitt or Wake as well.
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Post by TC on Feb 15, 2018 15:11:14 GMT -5
]I thought it was reported on twitter that PE would change his scheduling philosophy for next year. Did I imagine that or are we ignoring it because it was on twitter (which would be fair)? The problem isn't that it was on Twitter, the problem is that was from Goodman - even putting aside the fact that he's a giant troll, he's supposedly been excommunicated from Georgetown sources. It's more likely that his tweet saying that the Hoyas are going to ramp it up is him trolling Hoyas fans again.
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