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Post by mrose on Jan 9, 2019 12:01:03 GMT -5
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Post by mrose on Jan 9, 2019 10:24:38 GMT -5
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Post by mrose on Jan 4, 2019 10:25:15 GMT -5
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Post by mrose on Jan 4, 2019 9:20:11 GMT -5
Women are now 3-0 in Horizon League play, tied with YSU. RPI #80 and ELO #60. WSU has the only Group 1 win (over UWGB) in the HL and is 2-2 vs Groups 1 & 2 combined. They play again tomorrow afternoon at home vs. Milwaukee.
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Post by mrose on Jan 3, 2019 21:33:07 GMT -5
Final. 85-67 WSU.
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Post by mrose on Jan 3, 2019 21:27:08 GMT -5
This team is in trouble. Oakland just beat NKU. Does anyone think they can go into Oakland and get a W on Saturday? We have 0 road wins. I know defense isnt exciting but it wins alot of games. Years ago we played against lottery picks in Gordon Hayward multiple times and a game against Glen Davis. Those guys never scored 40 on us. Our D isn't good. It's about the 200th best in the country. That ain't going to win many road games.
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Post by mrose on Jan 3, 2019 21:21:27 GMT -5
Oakland beats NKU in a thriller. Who would’ve guessed the Detroit teams would be leading after 3 games Davis (UDM) is potential NBA talent. I mentioned it above, we don't have the talent to compete at that level in the backcourt. And with all his quirkiness his dad can recruit, fill-in the pieces around him, and coach a bit. I said it back in April, that was a good hire for UDM. Detroit might be the place where Mike Davis puts it all together...a lost fan base with low expectations and an Administration willing to tolerate the ups and downs that come with Mike. NKU was upset (We weren't), but winning the first 2 in Northeast Ohio by the teams up north was sorta given.
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Post by mrose on Jan 3, 2019 12:22:04 GMT -5
I hope that was sarcasm. This was an embarrassment for us and the HL. Both teams played like shitty high school teams the way neither team could buy a basket most of the game. +1 Not to beat a dead horse, but to add more color to my comment about the "good exposure" comment and my already known opinion of the ESPN+/HL partnership here's some data. The Dec. 28 game between UIC/WSU didn't make cable's Top-25 shows for the day. ESPN led the way with 9 shows in the Top-25, but the UIC/WSU game wasn't one of those shows. Ancient Aliens airing at 1 in the Morning came in at #24 in the key demo (Age 19-49). In fact, the UIC/WSU game didn't make the Top-50, Top-100, or...wait for it...Top-150 shows. Heck, Extreme Cake Makers on the Cooking Channel came in at #120. I didn't even know there's a Cooking Channel, but my research shows it's a spinoff of The Food Network. So, 107k people viewed Extreme Cake Makers on a spinoff channel at 11 PM, but the UIC/WSU game didn't make the Top-150. The show with the least viewership in the Top-150 (Golic & Wingo) had 67k viewers and that was at 6 AM. And we got good national exposure?!?!?! SMH. Lastly, for the first time in history and since its launch in 1993 ESPN2 won't finish in 2nd place, behind ESPN, for the year (2018) in sports channel ratings. ESPN2 didn't even finish 3rd in ratings. NBCSN, thanks to the 2018 Winter Olympics, finished the year #2 in sports channel ratings. FS1 came in #3.
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Post by mrose on Jan 1, 2019 11:04:33 GMT -5
scary that WSU is winless on the road as they are getting ready for 5 straight games on the road. This is where you hope out tougher scheduling this year helps us out. All of those road losses were against teams ranked higher than most of the teams we are going to face in the HL. Our lone home win vs a Q 2 (Toledo) didn't help us win against a lower ranked Q 4 (UIC) at home. To take it a bit further, our avg. win has a NET ranking of 194. Currently there are 5 other programs in the HL with a better NET ranking. I'm not in the camp our non-con schedule helped prepare this team this season. Time will tell, but I think this weeks games will shed light on where this team will end up in the final standings. I'm worried UDM's backcourt will expose our lack of depth and overall D I talent in the backcourt...
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Post by mrose on Dec 31, 2018 11:38:23 GMT -5
I think it helps explain and puts into perspective a lot of the frustration WSU fans have had over the years. We're easily the crown jewel of the league and have only 1 trip to the NCAA in the past 10 + years. With all the resources and support the program has received, especially compared to other HL programs, it has underperformed. And that's putting it mildly. Also, I'm not sure I buy the part that Ohio players good enough would rather go to a MAC school. I guess the presumption and gist of the article is those "good enough" players view the Horizon LeCrone a sub-par conference vis-à-vis the MAC. Whose fault is that? Is it collectively the HL members for having weak programs or is it because Wright State does a poor job in selling the program to in-state "good enough" kids?
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Post by mrose on Dec 28, 2018 21:20:31 GMT -5
Very entertaining game. Good exposure for the Horizon League on ESPN2 tonight. I hope that was sarcasm. This was an embarrassment for us and the HL. Both teams played like shitty high school teams the way neither team could buy a basket most of the game. +1
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Post by mrose on Dec 17, 2018 21:34:13 GMT -5
I get tired of reading articles how hard it is to schedule at the mid-major level. It's bull shit. Look at this year's mid-major conferences, according to Sagarin. Conferences ranked between #11 and #22 play 185 games vs non D I competition. 185 games. Conferences #11 - #22 encompass 123 programs. On average each of those mid-majors play 1.5 games vs non D I competition. Here's the breakdown of non D I games scheduled vs D I games by conference. MAC: 22 games. 2nd most vs D I conferences/non D I. #1 ooc is HL @ 26. Non D I #2 HL: 16 games. 2nd most vs D I conferences/non D I. #1 ooc is MAC @ 26 Non D I #2 MVC: 14 games. More than any D I conference. IVY: 14 games. Tied for most vs D I conference. C-USA: 28 games. Next closest is 10 games vs D I conference (3)....18 game gap. Sun Belt: 21 games. More than any D I conference. WAC: 18 games. More than any D I conference. CAA: 12 games. 2nd most. Patriot: 4 games. 11th most. Big West: 17 games. 3rd most. Summit: 18 games. More than any D I conference. It's complete crap to complain how hard it is to schedule against decent competition when 90% of true mid-major conferences have as many or more games scheduled vs non D I programs vs. a D I conference. Cut thru the b.s. 1) Coaches *think* improving their record by beating weak programs keeps their job safe. 2) Coaches are afraid to take risks and potentially lose to their peers and expose their program for failure to keep pace with other mid-majors. 3) There's a fallacy floating around it's financially better to pay a non D-I program $5k, tarnish the image of the program, and play in front of 900 people in a cavernous 12K seat arena than to enter into a home-and-home with another mid-major and play next year in front of 4-5K paid fans, but potentially lose. 4) It's a lie to say academic schedules don't line up with the programs they want to play...like we're to believe NAIA, NCAA D II and NCAA D III universities don't have academic standards, calendars, finals, etc. but they can fit us into our schedules and go on the road. SHM. Here it is in a nutshell, IMHO, mid-major coaches only want to schedule consistent top-100 programs (which aren't mid-majors) and know if they lose that would be expected, but a win would be a feather in their cap. In other words, no downside risk. 100% upside. But if they schedule a mid-major that was a Quad 2 last year, but has the misfortune to be a Q 4 this year coaches don't want to risk losing that game. In other words, they don't have confidence in their own team.
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Post by mrose on Dec 11, 2018 18:46:55 GMT -5
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Post by mrose on Dec 11, 2018 14:17:19 GMT -5
FWIW, the NCAA has been updating the NET rankings on a daily basis.
Thru yesterday there were 5 HL programs with sub 200 rankings...the lowest 138 (IUPUI). There are 2 300+ rankings (Milwaukee #305 & YSU #324). WSU is ranked 3rd highest in the HL (#147) behind NKU (#143).
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Post by mrose on Dec 10, 2018 21:48:40 GMT -5
Last year's NCAA share was ~ $273K. Meaning we got $45.5K, or basically half the payout of the typical D I buy game. The NIT payout varies depending on gate receipt, etc. Most conferences don't have a policy requiring split of NIT shares, but I'm not sure of the HL. Programs in conferences that have equal share payout (NCAA tourney), but are allowed to keep 100% of NIT shares and win at least one NIT game typically come out head in $$ for that season rather than 1-and-done in NCAA. The caveat is the NIT is just a one-time payout, but the NCAA pays out over a 6-year period with a 2-3% yearly increase.
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