Comments on: 2009-2010 Non Conference Schedule Released

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:05:02 +0000

I hope that Arkansas Pine Bluff dont beat Michigan bc they have alot of talent on that DI AA school…. BE CAREFUL MICHIGAN

By: Cameo Stokes

Cameo Stokes — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:04:17 +0000

I hope that Arkansas Pine Bluff dont beat Michigan bc they alot of talent on that DI AA school…. BE CAREFUL MICHIGAN

By: Rockie

Rockie — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:23:26 +0000

I for the life of me don’t understand why we don’t play Notre Dame in Basketball every year. We do in every other sport

By: Tom Too

Tom Too — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:20:19 +0000

I think you’ll see that JB likes to put a couple of “lesser teams,” for lack of a better word, on the schedule for a reason. Back when he was at those lower level schools (Nazareth & LeMoyne), he greatly appreciated higher level teams willing to play him. At LeMoyne, which is D-II, he would schedule D-III teams to give them a shot and he would greatly appreciate D-I schools scheduling LeMoyne (Army and Siena in particular).

So, it is kind of a salute to coaches coaching at lower levels that want the shot at them, similar to what chances he got during his time in the lower ranks.

By: HBU

HBU — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:55:37 +0000

Well, one reason you schedule us is because it is a guaranteed win for you. We will play tough but we will just not have the talent/athleticism to keep up. We like to play uptempo so last year we gave some good teams a run for their money in the first half, but we collapsed in the 2nd half when we got tired and had no depth.

This is a good money game for us to get our name out there (only 2nd season back in D1…we made the tournament in 83-84), and a sure win for you.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:31:40 +0000

I’m looking forward to the Detroit match-up, I’m sure Ray McCallum will be there. And pertaining to everyone complaining about the two or three BAD teams on this list, I challenge you to find me one team in D1 that didn’t play a single 250+ RPI-ranked team last year. I’d be willing to bet that there isn’t one, or at least not many.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:37:20 +0000

I was expecting them to play Oakland, or Eastern, or both. At least they play an the instate Detroit team.

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:55:54 +0000

so you could probably look at it one of two ways. Either the AD is just mailing it in for easy wins and teams thrilled to play in AA, or it really is that hard to find a not terrible team to fit into the schedule and this is what we’re left with. It’s probably some combination of the two.

By: Avery Queen

Avery Queen — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:00:52 +0000

So is it really that hard to find a couple mediocre teams to schedule instead of a Houston Baptist or is the athletic department just lazy?

By: Ryan F

Ryan F — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:01:01 +0000

I hear what you’re saying regarding scheduling 200+ RPI teams…but I think that is much more relevant to last year’s team than this year’s. That stuff comes strongly into play when you’re a bubble team, but we’re not (shouldn’t be) a bubble team next year, and we play plenty of tough opponents both in and out of conference to rack up some big wins and have a strong ranking/RPI. To me it’s more disappointing just because I’d rather watch us play against better competition (maybe lower-tier teams from bigger conferences?).