Post by LUconn on Nov 14, 2005 7:09:31 GMT -5
Hey, a writer for a big fancy outfit like ESPN acutally wrote an article that might be relevent to us:
sports.espn.go.com/ncb/preview2005/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2221874
Here is our part:
After reading the UNI section I was thinking "That'd be awesome if we could get a deal going like that with UVA." but the ODU section kinda addressed that. But still I think it would make great sense for UVA. They need cupcakes we need a high major game every year. If they ever decided to come to the vines in early December after a couple years of this series they get an easy road victory for the tourney comittee and the bolster their support in our area. This would also generate highly coveted interest in our program in the local area. Man, what a great idea. I don't see any loser in the situation (except for us losing the games, but not forever).
sports.espn.go.com/ncb/preview2005/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=2221874
Here is our part:
Old Dominion vs. Northern Iowa
Nonconference scheduling can get a mid-major school in or out of the NCAA Tournament during the at-large selection process, and UNI has a built-in advantage over most. The Panthers get games every season against Iowa and Iowa State, rotating one of them at home each season.
"There's no legislation that says they have to play us, but Steve Alford [of Iowa] and Wayne Morgan [of Iowa State] continue to agree to play the series," UNI coach Greg McDermott said.
Who else of that ilk came through Cedar Falls? No one.
"I've been here five years and no one else from those leagues [the high-major ones] outside of Iowa and Iowa State has or has wanted to play here," McDermott said.
What would happen if they didn't have those in-state games?
"It would be virtually impossible to get [anyone of the calber]," McDermott said.
The rest of UNI's schedule is a hodge-podge. The Bracket Buster event got a home-and-home series going with MAC sqaud Western Michigan. UNI also is in an exempted event, playing at LSU in the Las Vegas Invitational before playing Dayton in of the two scripted games in Las Vegas.
Old Dominion would love to have a written or even verbal agreement that it plays Virginia and Virginia Tech every season at alternating sites, but that's not happening, although Virginia Tech is playing ODU this season in Norfolk. ODU also got decent games against DePaul, East Carolina and at Richmond and UAB. The Monarchs are also in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where they're playing Georgia, Fordham and then possibly Wisconsin.
"We don't do guarantees," ODU coach Blaine Taylor said. "We play people home-and-home. But we've had to wait until the end of July sometimes for schools to say they'll finally play us. We've called Villanova, Georgetown, Auburn, ACC schools -- they don't want to play us home-and-home."
The Monarchs won the CAA's automatic berth last season, so they didn't have to rely on scheduling to get them a bid. But scheduling could play a role in a possible at-large candidacy this season.
"It seems to be that, in our state, we were the best team last year," Taylor said of ODU's 28-6 record and a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Michigan State. "Schools want to play the best teams. Dave Leitao agreed to play us when he was at DePaul, [but] I'm not predicting that will happen [now that he's at Virginia] anytime soon."
ODU's doesn't have as many potential NCAA teams on the schedule as Northern Iowa. That's due, in part, to some of the schools on ODU's schedule (DePaul, Richmond, Georgia, ECU) being down.
Who schedules smarter? In this case, it may be who is more fortunate, as UNI gets two perennial upper-level Big Ten/Big 12 teams on its schedule every season.
Nonconference scheduling can get a mid-major school in or out of the NCAA Tournament during the at-large selection process, and UNI has a built-in advantage over most. The Panthers get games every season against Iowa and Iowa State, rotating one of them at home each season.
"There's no legislation that says they have to play us, but Steve Alford [of Iowa] and Wayne Morgan [of Iowa State] continue to agree to play the series," UNI coach Greg McDermott said.
Who else of that ilk came through Cedar Falls? No one.
"I've been here five years and no one else from those leagues [the high-major ones] outside of Iowa and Iowa State has or has wanted to play here," McDermott said.
What would happen if they didn't have those in-state games?
"It would be virtually impossible to get [anyone of the calber]," McDermott said.
The rest of UNI's schedule is a hodge-podge. The Bracket Buster event got a home-and-home series going with MAC sqaud Western Michigan. UNI also is in an exempted event, playing at LSU in the Las Vegas Invitational before playing Dayton in of the two scripted games in Las Vegas.
Old Dominion would love to have a written or even verbal agreement that it plays Virginia and Virginia Tech every season at alternating sites, but that's not happening, although Virginia Tech is playing ODU this season in Norfolk. ODU also got decent games against DePaul, East Carolina and at Richmond and UAB. The Monarchs are also in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where they're playing Georgia, Fordham and then possibly Wisconsin.
"We don't do guarantees," ODU coach Blaine Taylor said. "We play people home-and-home. But we've had to wait until the end of July sometimes for schools to say they'll finally play us. We've called Villanova, Georgetown, Auburn, ACC schools -- they don't want to play us home-and-home."
The Monarchs won the CAA's automatic berth last season, so they didn't have to rely on scheduling to get them a bid. But scheduling could play a role in a possible at-large candidacy this season.
"It seems to be that, in our state, we were the best team last year," Taylor said of ODU's 28-6 record and a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Michigan State. "Schools want to play the best teams. Dave Leitao agreed to play us when he was at DePaul, [but] I'm not predicting that will happen [now that he's at Virginia] anytime soon."
ODU's doesn't have as many potential NCAA teams on the schedule as Northern Iowa. That's due, in part, to some of the schools on ODU's schedule (DePaul, Richmond, Georgia, ECU) being down.
Who schedules smarter? In this case, it may be who is more fortunate, as UNI gets two perennial upper-level Big Ten/Big 12 teams on its schedule every season.
After reading the UNI section I was thinking "That'd be awesome if we could get a deal going like that with UVA." but the ODU section kinda addressed that. But still I think it would make great sense for UVA. They need cupcakes we need a high major game every year. If they ever decided to come to the vines in early December after a couple years of this series they get an easy road victory for the tourney comittee and the bolster their support in our area. This would also generate highly coveted interest in our program in the local area. Man, what a great idea. I don't see any loser in the situation (except for us losing the games, but not forever).
