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Post by wsuraider09 on Jun 19, 2020 21:01:21 GMT -5
I think this is a horrible way to go. So you'll play everyone home and home except one set of travel partner games on the road, and one at home. This would likely mean that your schedule will be the same as your direct travel partner, which is good since ours has proven to be the only other real threat in the league. But how are they going to determine this? I mean, 2 teams are going to luck out by not having to come play at Nutter and at NKU. That's a major boost to that team's conference record. I just don't love the equality of taking out 4 games. It will undoubtedly matter at the end of the season who didn't have to play who. It also junks up tiebreakers. Will someone who went 2-0 against a tiebreaking school get the nod over someone who went 1-0 just because they didn't get the second game? Either make 2 divisions or let's play the whole league. This is too unpredictable and leaves way too much up to the commissioners office. I would love to not have to play the Wisconsin road trip, but I'm sure we'll miss out on something that's been much more kind to us over the years. |
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Post by Big D on Jun 19, 2020 21:26:27 GMT -5
My guess is we are playing 20 games this year because too many schools already scheduled too many OOC games they couldn’t get out of or didn’t want to get out of. I doubt the HL/SL showdown last more than a year or 2 then the HL will most likely expand to a 22 game conference schedule.
No one wants divisional play. It is even more unfair than only playing 20 conference games. If you go East/West all the top teams in the HL are on the east side. Makes no sense for the east to beat the shit out of one another while the crap schools on the west side get to coast.
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Post by Admin on Sept 18, 2020 19:48:05 GMT -5
247sports.com/college/louisville/Article/Louisville-basketball-looking-at-a-nonconference-bubble-151656333/Louisville basketball looking at a nonconference 'bubble' ... Mack's tweet also had a check mark by the "lodging" and "medical protocols." Multiple sources have confirmed to Cardinal Authority that the initial teams the school has looked at to play in the event were all able to bus to Louisville. The teams would have hotel stays paid for and the Covid-19 testing would be split among the schools playing. Some schools mentioned as possibilities have been Western Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, Cincinnati, Wright State, Ohio U., Miami (Ohio), and Bellarmine. ...
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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2020 9:02:15 GMT -5
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Post by nomeara on Sept 21, 2020 7:22:40 GMT -5
I am very excited to see how this all comes together this year. Starts with paying quality opponents so if we were somehow able to make it to the Louisville Bubble buzz that’s flying around, it will be all smiles from me regardless of winning or losing. Just to see how we stack up against the top teams is what we should all be hoping for right now. I’m thinking we will know more here within the next week.
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Post by Doliboabros on Oct 4, 2020 10:34:01 GMT -5
I wonder when the new schedule is going to be released.
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Post by refrigeratorraider on Oct 4, 2020 11:42:04 GMT -5
We might still be weeks away from a full schedule release, but I'd expect news about the Horizon League schedule first. If not the full schedule release, at least a general plan and dates for conference games that will be played in December.
The only bit of news I've seen related to the Raiders schedule is that according MVC insiders/Valpo, the Music City Shootout is still intact with the original scheduled dates/teams.
Edit: Per a Jon Rothstein tweet, Towson is going to be playing in an MTE at Mohegan Sun, which would mean they would be out of the Music City Shootout.
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Post by Admin on Oct 4, 2020 20:25:38 GMT -5
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Post by ohiopirate on Oct 7, 2020 20:42:05 GMT -5
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Post by riceownz2 on Oct 8, 2020 14:32:57 GMT -5
I still think home court advantage will be significant even with no fans so this is going to lead to some unbalanced schedules. And I know it's 2020 so I should accept it. |
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Post by wsuraider09 on Oct 8, 2020 20:06:46 GMT -5
This is going to be tremendously unbalanced. It's going to eliminate the travel partners, and would likely lead to us splitting all the road trips up where you'd play one travel partner twice in one weekend at home, and the other team twice at home later in the year.
Meaning we'd potentially play two road games against a team like UIC and two home games against IUPUI. Same for YSU and CSU. And NKU would have the exact opposite schedule that we would.
AND WHERE DO WE PLAY NKU TWICE? The answer to that could literally make or break the season assuming we have some semblance of fan capacity.
I'm not a huge fan of this from a balance standpoint, but I understand the logic behind it. I think we could very quickly figure out who we'd prefer at home twice and who we're okay playing on the road twice. I'm sure every team in the league would love to avoid playing on our home court twice..
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Post by gerb on Oct 9, 2020 7:07:46 GMT -5
The thing is, nothing is going to be ideal. Yeah, it may not be perfect for competition, but in a time when budgets/revenue are cut WAY down, in-person classes may not even be in session, and the increased risk of infection from going to a hotel/locker room in a rented plane or tour bus, I can see the reasoning behind it.
I can inform you that this stuff is scary. Relevant precautions are going to be necessary in the colder months. There’s a reason the season/playoffs have been working in the NBA bubble while guys like Cam Newton are out for a few weeks. Finding a way for schools to avoid a scheduling liability for their students and staff is going to be very, very tricky and some lopsided schedules might be the best option.
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Post by refrigeratorraider on Oct 9, 2020 9:25:10 GMT -5
I'll hold back any judgment until the league officially announces anything. It's a vaguely worded Jon Rothstein tweet. Honestly the normal Horizon League scheduling of the past few years(travel partners with Thursday/Saturday games to reduce travel) could be categorized as a "similar model" to what other leagues are looking into this year. I'd imagine most leagues have considered many different scheduling formats.
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Post by Big D on Oct 9, 2020 19:16:07 GMT -5
This is going to be tremendously unbalanced. It's going to eliminate the travel partners, and would likely lead to us splitting all the road trips up where you'd play one travel partner twice in one weekend at home, and the other team twice at home later in the year. Meaning we'd potentially play two road games against a team like UIC and two home games against IUPUI. Same for YSU and CSU. And NKU would have the exact opposite schedule that we would. AND WHERE DO WE PLAY NKU TWICE? The answer to that could literally make or break the season assuming we have some semblance of fan capacity. I'm not a huge fan of this from a balance standpoint, but I understand the logic behind it. I think we could very quickly figure out who we'd prefer at home twice and who we're okay playing on the road twice. I'm sure every team in the league would love to avoid playing on our home court twice.. The schedule being unbalanced isn't the only potential issue. The other one is how many fans will be allowed to attend games. Is the HL going to set the limit? Are the states we play in going to set the limits? Even if it the league, the states, and the schools came up with a certain percentage of seats being usable it still gives certain teams an advantage. Say the number is 25% capacity, WSU can have 2500 fans attend a game, whereas, Oakland can only have 1000 fans at their home games due to the differences in sizes of the arenas. At the end of the day, none of this is going to be perfect. I'm just happy we are going to be playing games. |
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Post by vandaliaraider on Oct 13, 2020 12:57:15 GMT -5
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