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To be fair with Tank and Roman fully healthy I think we would have been an 8-9 seed. We did limp a bit to the finish line. However, without Roman going down we might not have seen how good Joe is.
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LDog2013
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+x+xAbout talking heads being so condescending. Isn’t that the exact reason we are all frustrated Between scheduling and selection process ( the quad bs) the smaller conferences don’t get the chance they deserve Year after year they prove they can play with big boys We deserve more bids im hoping eventually coach uses his connections and we start playing creighton on a yearly basis. Would give us a good OOC game which seems pretty hard for any good mid major team to schedule these days. Because they're friends, that's usually the reason they don't play each other
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Nothing to do with this topic but Oral Roberts over Florida. Love it
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BulldogJT
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+x+x+xAbout talking heads being so condescending. Isn’t that the exact reason we are all frustrated Between scheduling and selection process ( the quad bs) the smaller conferences don’t get the chance they deserve Year after year they prove they can play with big boys We deserve more bids im hoping eventually coach uses his connections and we start playing creighton on a yearly basis. Would give us a good OOC game which seems pretty hard for any good mid major team to schedule these days. Because they're friends, that's usually the reason they don't play each other i think its more about power 5 teams see no benefit in playing good mid majors but maybe friendship has something to do with it too. Maybe instead of trying to get a decent power 5 game drake needs to try for home and home with other good mid majors, VCU, BYU, San Diego st, etc type teams
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+x+x+x+xAbout talking heads being so condescending. Isn’t that the exact reason we are all frustrated Between scheduling and selection process ( the quad bs) the smaller conferences don’t get the chance they deserve Year after year they prove they can play with big boys We deserve more bids im hoping eventually coach uses his connections and we start playing creighton on a yearly basis. Would give us a good OOC game which seems pretty hard for any good mid major team to schedule these days. Because they're friends, that's usually the reason they don't play each other i think its more about power 5 teams see no benefit in playing good mid majors but maybe friendship has something to do with it too. Maybe instead of trying to get a decent power 5 game drake needs to try for home and home with other good mid majors, VCU, BYU, San Diego st, etc type teams That sounds like Bracket Busters which only served to disqualify mid majors from at large consideration.
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BulldogJT
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+x+x+x+x+xAbout talking heads being so condescending. Isn’t that the exact reason we are all frustrated Between scheduling and selection process ( the quad bs) the smaller conferences don’t get the chance they deserve Year after year they prove they can play with big boys We deserve more bids im hoping eventually coach uses his connections and we start playing creighton on a yearly basis. Would give us a good OOC game which seems pretty hard for any good mid major team to schedule these days. Because they're friends, that's usually the reason they don't play each other i think its more about power 5 teams see no benefit in playing good mid majors but maybe friendship has something to do with it too. Maybe instead of trying to get a decent power 5 game drake needs to try for home and home with other good mid majors, VCU, BYU, San Diego st, etc type teams That sounds like Bracket Busters which only served to disqualify mid majors from at large consideration. its not like beating up on maryland baltimore eastern shore is helping them get in either, so whats the answer? power 5s wont schedule you, beating crap teams doesnt help you, and beating good mid majors doesnt help either. so basically win your conference or play in the NIT, i cant accept that. Maybe we just have to go on the road a few times to some power 5s and hope for the best.
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Jw5511986
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+x+x+x+x+x+xAbout talking heads being so condescending. Isn’t that the exact reason we are all frustrated Between scheduling and selection process ( the quad bs) the smaller conferences don’t get the chance they deserve Year after year they prove they can play with big boys We deserve more bids im hoping eventually coach uses his connections and we start playing creighton on a yearly basis. Would give us a good OOC game which seems pretty hard for any good mid major team to schedule these days. Because they're friends, that's usually the reason they don't play each other i think its more about power 5 teams see no benefit in playing good mid majors but maybe friendship has something to do with it too. Maybe instead of trying to get a decent power 5 game drake needs to try for home and home with other good mid majors, VCU, BYU, San Diego st, etc type teams That sounds like Bracket Busters which only served to disqualify mid majors from at large consideration. its not like beating up on maryland baltimore eastern shore is helping them get in either, so whats the answer? power 5s wont schedule you, beating crap teams doesnt help you, and beating good mid majors doesnt help either. so basically win your conference or play in the NIT, i cant accept that. Maybe we just have to go on the road a few times to some power 5s and hope for the best. Agreed, the game is rigged. Drakey is right (that doesn't feel great coming off my lips), the committee will look at this tournament and retool the way they decide at large bids to favor P5 schools, they do it every time mid majors start to show something like parity. Best example of this is how they did away with the RPI being an important metric after the Valley solved it.
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As I said in the other thread, yes, we have to go on the road play hard at top P5 schools. That will get us much more credit than beating a decent Mid-major. Loyola's losses to P5 schools were looked at better than our wins over St. Mary's School for the Blind.
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Going to the NCAA Tournament is going to help and hurt Drake with scheduling. Hopefully it will help us get into a better early season tournament (possibly even the preseason NIT); however, it will greatly reduce our chance of any type payday road game from a Power 5 team. Payday games are given to teams that are a sure win, not NCAA at large teams who are returning every player.
Wisconsin vs. Loyola was not a regular schedule game - it was added after Covid canceled other games. UNI got lucky with a 2 for 1 North Carolina series a few years back because North Carolina had a player from the area. Home and away games with A10, CUSA, Mountain West, and WCC teams would be our best bet but even that will be difficult.
There is also the possibility of a showcase game at a neutral court. Loyola played two of them after their Final Four year. That may be our best bet to get a Power 5 team on the schedule other than an early season tournament.
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+x+xGoing to the NCAA Tournament is going to help and hurt Drake with scheduling. Hopefully it will help us get into a better early season tournament (possibly even the preseason NIT); however, it will greatly reduce our chance of any type payday road game from a Power 5 team. Payday games are given to teams that are a sure win, not NCAA at large teams who are returning every player. Wisconsin vs. Loyola was not a regular schedule game - it was added after Covid canceled other games. UNI got lucky with a 2 for 1 North Carolina series a few years back because North Carolina had a player from the area. Home and away games with A10, CUSA, Mountain West, and WCC teams would be our best bet but even that will be difficult. There is also the possibility of a showcase game at a neutral court. Loyola played two of them after their Final Four year. That may be our best bet to get a Power 5 team on the schedule other than an early season tournament. The AAC and Conference USA also have teams that we should consider scheduling - SMU, Western Kentucky just to name a few. The AAC and Conference USA also have teams that we should consider scheduling - SMU, Western Kentucky just to name a few.
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I don't want many teams out of USA except for North Texas, WKU or maybe UAB or old dominion. Am I wrong on that?
AAC would be alright, but are Cinci, SMU, Houston, Memphis, or WSU going to come here? If not, I'm not sure most other programs make sense for reliable mid major games.
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I know it wasn’t on purpose but Drake basically went the opposite frame of mind when it came to scheduling. Schedule easy opponents and garner attention via that shiny zero in the loss column.
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