SluBallz Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 The students are gone from Dec 2 through Jan 10? Wow, I need to get back to school. Finals are Dec 12 - 18 and Spring classes start Jan 14th. So we will have 7 home games with out a student section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluBallz Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Temple has a Brutal out of conference schedule with Villanova, Duke, Kansas, and Syracuse all on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Finals are Dec 12 - 18 and Spring classes start Jan 14th. So we will have 7 home games with out a student section. Don't forget the SIU game which is Thanksgiving weekend and there are probably mid-terms during some of the late February or early March games. Plus, there is probably a rush event or two and intramurals might be on the same night. Plus, its probably cold out in January so they shouldn't be expected to walk down campus. Best case, we should expect 2-3 games from the students. p.s. sarcasm for those that can't figure it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Don't forget the SIU game which is Thanksgiving weekend and there are probably mid-terms during some of the late February or early March games. Plus, there is probably a rush event or two and intramurals might be on the same night. Plus, its probably cold out in January so they shouldn't be expected to walk down campus. Best case, we should expect 2-3 games from the students. p.s. sarcasm for those that can't figure it out I don't understand why students can't go to games during finals. It's a poor excuse if you call yourself a real fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluBallz Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Our Spring Break is during the A-10 Championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 We have the worst OOC schedule in the league by far. I think we run the table if we beat Kansas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Don't forget the SIU game which is Thanksgiving weekend and there are probably mid-terms during some of the late February or early March games. Plus, there is probably a rush event or two and intramurals might be on the same night. Plus, its probably cold out in January so they shouldn't be expected to walk down campus. Best case, we should expect 2-3 games from the students. p.s. sarcasm for those that can't figure it out 1) Free pizza 2) Free Royal Banks t-shirts for a "Billiken Blizzard" 3) ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 The non-conference schedule is pretty bad for a team that is going to care about seeding in March. It does look like we have joined the OVC (but only play the bad teams). All those home games are going to make improving our RPI a challenge. All could work out IF the A-10 has a good year and SLU does well in the conference. It does mean the margin of error is unnecessarily small though. This scheduling is decidedly old school but not in a good way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I don't understand why students can't go to games during finals. It's a poor excuse if you call yourself a real fan. When I was in school you could count the number of "real fans" on 2 hands. Ripping the students for not showing up during finals, winter break, vs. sh*t teams... Yawn. Their loss. Love that the game @ Butler is a Friday night. Perfect. And interesting point by NextYearBill re: 9pm (11pm STL) tip at Wash, humorous if they did it intentionally as some sort of "payback". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Temple has a Brutal out of conference schedule with Villanova, Duke, Kansas, and Syracuse all on the road. -Butler's is very solid: at Xavier (previously scheduled); Marquette, UNC/Mississippi State, and another in Maui; Penn, at Indiana, at Vandy. -Duquesne plays Pitt and West Virginia at the Consol Energy Center and also has Georgetown and Penn State on the road. -Fordham has 6 games for the Preseason NIT and only 3 non-conference home games; UConn, Georgia Tech, Harvard, Texas State, Ole Miss, and Lehigh are all on the road, with Princeton and St. John's on netural courts. Ouch. -Richmond plays at Minnesota, Ohio, Kansas, JMU, and ODU; GMU is on a neutral floor, and they have Davidson and Wake Forest at home. -St. Joe's is in the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament, has Villanova and Creighton plus several other road games, and Penn at the Palestra. -Temple plays at Kent State, Kansas, and Villanova; plays Duke and Syracuse on neutral floors; and has the Gotham Classic. -VCU has Wichita State, WKU, and Alabama visiting; will have Memphis, Duke or Minnesota, and one more in the Battle for Atlantis; and visits ODU, Winthrop and a couple others. -Xavier hosts Butler, Kent State, Vandy, and Memphis; goes to the Anaheim Classic; and Purdue, Tennessee, and Wake Forest on the road, plus the Crosstown Shootout on a neutral floor. The rest of the A10 has decent overall non-conference schedules, with opponents fairly comparable to ours overall. But we have easily the fewest road/neutral games and therefore probably the weakest overall schedule, even if we end up with Kansas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellevegas Bill Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Finals are Dec 12 - 18 and Spring classes start Jan 14th. So we will have 7 home games with out a student section. Get ready for the band and the Boy Scouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Somewhat related to the schedule. Maybe do a midnight madness this year? I know RM never liked it but maybe Crews will allow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 And interesting point by NextYearBill re: 9pm (11pm STL) tip at Wash, humorous if they did it intentionally as some sort of "payback". Didnt we get them at 11am. 9 am their time. Pretty sure its payback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Didnt we get them at 11am. 9 am their time. Pretty sure its payback What will their excuse be after we pound them by 20 at 11 p.m. our time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I'm pretty sure our players are pretty active at 11pm. We did them dirty for a 9am, but they couldnt possibly be a stranger to 'wake and bake' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutschkind Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 No Mardi Gras game this year, as we are away that weekend. I don't know if that's good or bad. There's always plenty of students at that game, but they are all drunk so they're not the best fans that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 1) Free pizza 2) Free Royal Banks t-shirts for a "Billiken Blizzard" 3) ??? 3) Free mustache rides for the ladies courtesy of Stamos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellevegas Bill Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 No Mardi Gras game this year, as we are away that weekend. I don't know if that's good or bad. There's always plenty of students at that game, but they are all drunk so they're not the best fans that day. Really? I always thought the drunk fans were the best fans because they actually made noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 That Valpo game is the same day as a home noon kick off vs the 49ers. If that's an evening game, I'll be HAMMERED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Yeah the OOC schedule is pretty terrible. We better take Kansas and Texas A&M to the woodshed to get any love from the committee come March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Timmerman said on Twitter that we'll also have one exhibition game and one closed-doors scrimmage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 The closed-door scrimmage is against Indiana State Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutschkind Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Really? I always thought the drunk fans were the best fans because they actually made noise. I think the drunk students don't pay as much attention to the game and are less organized. For non-students, being drunk is good, they get louder. But it seems like the opposite can happen to the student section. Or at least they don't get loud productively. They yell randomly. In terms of money, not having a Mardi Gras game is a blow. By virtue of being that weekend, we had a pretty good house for a game against FORDHAM last year. No way you get that crowd on a normal date against Fordham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I think the drunk students don't pay as much attention to the game and are less organized. For non-students, being drunk is good, they get louder. But it seems like the opposite can happen to the student section. Or at least they don't get loud productively. They yell randomly. In terms of money, not having a Mardi Gras game is a blow. By virtue of being that weekend, we had a pretty good house for a game against FORDHAM last year. No way you get that crowd on a normal date against Fordham. If we are as good as we think we are going to be, any conference game on a friday or saturday night will be close to a sellout if not a full sellout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Man Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Schedule with 2012 KenPom rating NOV-12 South Carolina-UPSTATE 132 NOV-14 SANTA CLARA 264 Nov-19 vs-Texas A&M (CBE Classic) 114 Nov-20 at CBE Classic (Kansas 4, Washington St 88) NOV-24 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 230 Nov-28 at Washington 54 DEC-2 VALPARAISO 147 DEC-5 NORTH TEXAS 159 DEC-15 UT-MARTIN 334 DEC-19 EASTERN ILLINOIS 302 DEC-22 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 142 DEC-28 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE 306 DEC-31 NEW MEXICO 19 JAN-4 SAVANNAH STATE 173 JAN-10 MASSACHUSETTS 72 Jan-12 at Temple 46 JAN-19 RHODE ISLAND 202 Jan-23 at Duquesne 128 Jan-26 at St-Bonaventure 52 JAN-31 BUTLER 110 FEB-2 DAYTON 65 Feb-6 at Fordham 273 Feb-9 at Richmond 105 FEB-16 CHARLOTTE 154 FEB-19 VCU 40 Feb-22 at Butler 110 FEB-27 SAINT JOSEPH’S 68 Mar-2 at George Washington 171 Mar-6 at Xavier 51 MAR-9 LA SALLE 64 Anything worse than 12-2 OOC is a disappointment. They'll do well to replicate last season's 12-4 A10 finish. 11-5 wouldn't be a disaster provided the conference is a strong as advertised. 23-7, plus an appearance in the A10 semis should get them into the dance. They'll probably have to go undefeated OOC and then win the regular season A10 title (finishing no worse than 27-3) to get a top 4 seed. Yes, they have a slim margin for error, but it's also set up for them to become a national storyline if they can just get to 6-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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