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Post by keithfromxenia on Sept 19, 2010 20:06:09 GMT -5
don't be silly, glory. why should we want to play a team like mississippi state when we can do battle with a mighty power like tusculum???
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Post by Raider Rowdies on Sept 20, 2010 7:52:10 GMT -5
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Post by Class of '83 on Sept 20, 2010 8:03:11 GMT -5
I don't know if we would have scheduled that series this year even if we knew it was an option. We already have one of the toughest OOC schedules we have had in years and we have a rebuilding team this year and a new coach. I doubt he wanted to schedule a completely killer schedule that we have little chance at winning in his first season. That's not the way to start off your tenure when you are replacing a coach that just won 20 games a year for the past 4 years. This schedule is better than last year's schedule. I just hope we continue to improve our schedule over time.
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Post by keithfromxenia on Sept 20, 2010 11:25:03 GMT -5
class, this home non con schedule has got to be one of the worst in a long while. season ticket holders are not paying div ii prices and they should not be seeing div ii games.
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Post by gerb on Sept 20, 2010 12:35:40 GMT -5
While we do face some top-notch opponents on the road this year, we’ll be hurting in the pocketbooks. Season ticket holders will be slow to buy with two D-II opponents and a couple of bottom dwellers like Southern and USAF. Oakland is the best OOC team we play in the Nutter Center, but they lack name recognition from John Q. Casualfan. I’d venture to say the majority of our potential fans think they’re located in California.
Without the home ticket revenue our budget is going to take a BIG hit. The recent schedule changes moved the Bulter game from a Saturday night to a Sunday night. Unless it’s a TV game (it’s not listed as a possibility at this point), we’re going to have a smaller crowd for our biggest game / revenue generator of the year.
This schedule does not do a whole lot for us this year. Emphasize THIS year. The flip side to all of this is that our return games next season can put quite a few more butts in the seats. Fans in this area recognize Ohio, Cincy, Charlotte as good opponents. Even if they all have down years, they will bring in more fans than a solid Northeastern team did. His year’s schedule kind of blows as far as ticket sales go, but it’s the first step in a process. It will pay dividends in the long haul.
Patience, folks.
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Post by Raider Country on Sept 20, 2010 14:56:25 GMT -5
While we do face some top-notch opponents on the road this year, we’ll be hurting in the pocketbooks. Season ticket holders will be slow to buy with two D-II opponents and a couple of bottom dwellers like Southern and USAF. Oakland is the best OOC team we play in the Nutter Center, but they lack name recognition from John Q. Casualfan. I’d venture to say the majority of our potential fans think they’re located in California. Without the home ticket revenue our budget is going to take a BIG hit. The recent schedule changes moved the Bulter game from a Saturday night to a Sunday night. Unless it’s a TV game (it’s not listed as a possibility at this point), we’re going to have a smaller crowd for our biggest game / revenue generator of the year. Our revenue isn't going to take a hit with this year's schedule. If anything, it's going to go up. We only had 13 home games last year. We have 16 this year. Even if our average attendance goes down, we will still make up the revenue with 3 extra home games. I don't think the Oakland game will even be one of our top 4 attended games this year. Miami OH is always a well attended OOC game. It's a Saturday night game so I would expect to see over 7000 for it. With Wright Patt down the street, I expect our game with Air Force to be an extremely well attended game. It's a Wednesday night game, but I still think we get over 7000 for it. The Butler game was moved to Sunday, but that isn't going to matter and the fact that it won't be on TV only helps us. More students come for TV games, but more paying customers come to non-televised games because they can't watch it on TV. Butler always draws well. Our average attendance for our home games the last 4 years is over 9000. I don't think that is going down considering Butler is going to be ranked in the top 10 this year and coming off their final 4 run. I also think several of our HL home games will draw well. Detroit has the top recruit in the conference playing for them this year. CSU has turned into a little rivalry game for us and UWM usually draws pretty well for us. I'm not really excited about our home slate this year, but I doubt our revenue will suffer one bit.
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Post by Rush the Court on Sept 24, 2010 5:40:49 GMT -5
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Post by Hoops Junkie on Oct 1, 2010 21:24:27 GMT -5
Eight Horizon League Teams to Compete in 2011 BracketBustersOctober 1, 2010 The ninth annual BracketBusters, a three-day men’s college basketball event pitting potential NCAA Tournament hopefuls against each other Feb. 18-20, will feature 11 nationally televised games – on either ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU -- selected from a pool of 114 teams, the largest BracketBusterspool in the event’s history. The 114-team field will have eight Horizon League participants, as Cleveland State, Detroit, Green Bay and Milwaukee will all hit the road on the weekend. Loyola, Valparaiso, Wright State and Youngstown State will play home contests. For the sixth straight year, ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, will feature five BracketBusters games, while ESPN or ESPN2 will televise up to six contests. The 11 BracketBusters matchups will be announced Jan. 31. BracketBusters, named because of the success of the teams in NCAA Tournament play, will provide the 22 televised teams an opportunity to play other top non-conference opponents three weeks before Selection Sunday. The 92 teams not selected for BracketBusterswill compete against each other through the same three days. The 114-team field will feature teams from 15 conferences as well as one independent: 12 from the Mid-American Conference and Colonial Athletic; 10 from the Ohio Valley Conference, Missouri Valley and Metro Atlantic Athletic; nine from Big Sky, Big South, Big West and Western Athletic; five from America East and Southern; two from the MEAC and West Coast; and one from the Summit League, as well as independent Seattle. As part of the agreement, all 11 of the BracketBustershome teams in televised games, as well as the remaining 46 home squads, will play a “return” game at the home facility of their opponent in November or December of the 2012-13 season. BracketBustersis part of ESPN’s college basketball franchise programming, along with Rivalry Week Presented by Cisco, Feast Week presented by Lowe’s, Holiday Hoops Presented by Kay Jewelers, Judgment Week and Championship Week Presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods. www.horizonleague.org/blog/eight-horizon-league-teams-to-compete-in-2011-bracketbusters.html
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