Scheduling?

[BonduBluejay10]

Does anybody else wish that the UNI panthers would schedule tougher games? because when the panthers play tough teams it gets them exposure and they play better when the opponent is better. Is it just that the bcs conferences don't want to play valley teams because of the upset factor or what?

[06panther10]

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Yeah you are right. Playing cupcakes such as South Dakota State is too easy for us. Maybe we should an away, away two year series with North Carolina.

[BonduBluejay10]

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Yeah maybe not even that strong maybe a baylor or illinois or a texas tech or just a middle of the pack bcs team kinda like when we played cincinati a while back and washington last year we almost beat both of those.

[06panther10]

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Obviously right now we dont even want to think about playing tougher teams because we are struggling to beat anyone that we play. BUT, with that said, if we wanted to play tougher teams it would be hard to do because we cannot get anyone to come to Cedar Falls. Who wants to play tough non-conf. teams on the road if they will never return the trip to CF? That does not do us any good.

[BonduBluejay10]

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yeah your right besides rpi and sos that doesn't benefit us but maybe one would help us in march if we were on the bubble.

[Pantherpower]

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My goodness, the sarcasm on this board has gone from a steady drip to a full discharge!

[UnderParPanther]

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Who wants to play tough non-conf. teams on the road if they will never return the trip to CF? That does not do us any good.

I dont think they want to play MVC schools at their place either. Win and it doesnt help much (in their eyes). Lose and everyone talks about it all year.

Remember back a couple years ago when Maryland and Syracuse were so upset with the MVC getting bids infront of them that Barry Hinson called Gary Williams to set up a game with them?

I wish every athletic dept was like Michigan State. Izzo will play anyone-anywhere. They scheduled a home-home with bradley. I dont know if there is a 3rd game back at MSU, but atleast they were willing to travel.

MVC teams have gotten a one-shot on the road game at the BCS teams and have done really well. WSU over Syracuse...Us over LSU...

[Khan4Cats]

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You're right in that the BcS conferences don't wish to schedule the MVC, or other similar conferences, anymore. They got burned a few years ago and aren't about to let that happen again.

The only way they'll play us is in tournaments on neutral sites or at their place. Wichita took the one game buy with Syracuse and it burned the Orange, don't expect to see Boeheim looking to the MVC for any more opponents soon. The LSU game we played was part of a tourney.

You pointed out the exception in Michigan State, but don't expect to see any more visits unless someone can leverage a football game into a home and home like SIU did with Indiana. Let's hope whoever we hire as AD will continue to fight to keep the Iowa and ISU series going.

It would be great if Elgin tried to set something up with the A-10 or Mountain West, even the WAC.

[UnderParPanther]

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I'd like an A-10/MVC challenge....I'd forgotten that the LSU game was part of that Vegas thing. Thanks for bringing that up.

[jman2004]

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I dont think they want to play MVC schools at their place either. Win and it doesnt help much (in their eyes). Lose and everyone talks about it all year.

I know this mentality exists, but why just with the Valley? Why can A-10 schools schedule better non-conference games than us? Or can they?

I'm real bitter about the A-10 all of a sudden. Looking at them on paper, they aren't much at all. Xavier should be their only lock and even UMass should be a lucky bubble team. They beat Syracuse, but who's Syracuse this year? St. Joes, Dayton, and Rhode Island are all MEDIOCRE teams but they'll get plenty of coverage compared to us and our mediocre teams.

[UnderParPanther]

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dayton started off hot this year with some good wins but 5-8 for 12th place in that conference is terrible. Really Xavier is not awhole lot different that Drake. Drake also lost Young for several games and Xavier has 6 players averaging over 9.9 pts per game and none of them has missed a game this year.

The A-10 has had some pretty good teams over the years and its on the East Coast so they get plenty of coverage. If people would watch the MVC game in and game out, they'd understand how hard it is to win in this conference. WSU is 3-13 but has been in almost every conference game this year, just can't pull one out.

[06panther10]

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I know this mentality exists, but why just with the Valley? Why can A-10 schools schedule better non-conference games than us? Or can they?

I'm real bitter about the A-10 all of a sudden. Looking at them on paper, they aren't much at all. Xavier should be their only lock and even UMass should be a lucky bubble team. They beat Syracuse, but who's Syracuse this year? St. Joes, Dayton, and Rhode Island are all MEDIOCRE teams but they'll get plenty of coverage compared to us and our mediocre teams.

I can definitely see what you are saying. Xavier is a GOOD team though. I watched them play againsts Tennessee earlier this season and it was a great great game. But other than that, I think you are right on. Those teams ARE mediocre and are not any better than the MVC. The sports media basically just chose the A-10 to be the darling mid-major league this season.

[06panther10]

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Yes but why does the A-10's parity get them multiple teams in the tourny, while the MVC's parity gets us only one? You claim they are similar conferences but the A-10 is getting all the pub for some reason.

[Marc Wigim]

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My goodness, the sarcasm on this board has gone from a steady drip to a full discharge!

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