msu wins

[UNI83]

Re: msu wins

BTW Duke PLAYED AT UNN-FREAKING GREENSBORO this year.
Duke played at Wisky last season, at Purdue and at Michigan 2 years ago,
07-08 @ Marquette, Pittsburgh, Temple
06-07 @ Gonzaga, St. Johns
05-06 @ Temple, UNC-Greensboro, Indiana, Texas, Georgetown
04-05 @ Valpo


So yes, they play a lot of home OOC games, but really no more than Nova, Georgetown, UNC, Syracuse...or really any other top 10-15 every year team.

Wouldn't it be great to have a program that could say "Nope, if you want to play us it will have to be in the McLeod Center". As a fan you would freaking love that.

How many BCS conference schools go on the road for the OOC football games, other than a possible rivalry game? Looking at Iowa's football schedule (Boo Iowa I get it) they have played 5 road OOC games other than the Iowa State game since 2002. That isn't even one per year. Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, USC, Florida, Alabama, LSU, etc... all have less than that I'd bet.

Being good does wonders for a program.

[06panther10]

Re: msu wins

BTW Duke PLAYED AT UNN-FREAKING GREENSBORO this year.
Duke played at Wisky last season, at Purdue and at Michigan 2 years ago,
07-08 @ Marquette, Pittsburgh, Temple
06-07 @ Gonzaga, St. Johns
05-06 @ Temple, UNC-Greensboro, Indiana, Texas, Georgetown
04-05 @ Valpo


So yes, they play a lot of home OOC games, but really no more than Nova, Georgetown, UNC, Syracuse...or really any other top 10-15 every year team.

Wouldn't it be great to have a program that could say "Nope, if you want to play us it will have to be in the McLeod Center". As a fan you would freaking love that.

How many BCS conference schools go on the road for the OOC football games, other than a possible rivalry game? Looking at Iowa's football schedule (Boo Iowa I get it) they have played 5 road OOC games other than the Iowa State game since 2002. That isn't even one per year. Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, USC, Florida, Alabama, LSU, etc... all have less than that I'd bet.

Being good does wonders for a program.

Duke did not play "at" UNC Greensboro. They played at the Greensboro Coliseum, in front of a 80% Duke crowd.

Those big time programs hardly ever play true road games during the non-conf season. They play all their non-conf games at home, and at neutral sites, and NBA arenas. Often teams like Duke, Syracuse, etc do not play their second road game until they get into their conference schedule.

[TommyT]

Re: msu wins

BTW Duke PLAYED AT UNN-FREAKING GREENSBORO this year.
Duke played at Wisky last season, at Purdue and at Michigan 2 years ago,
07-08 @ Marquette, Pittsburgh, Temple
06-07 @ Gonzaga, St. Johns
05-06 @ Temple, UNC-Greensboro, Indiana, Texas, Georgetown
04-05 @ Valpo


So yes, they play a lot of home OOC games, but really no more than Nova, Georgetown, UNC, Syracuse...or really any other top 10-15 every year team.

How many BCS conference schools go on the road for the OOC football games, other than a possible rivalry game? Looking at Iowa's football schedule (Boo Iowa I get it) they have played 5 road OOC games other than the Iowa State game since 2002. That isn't even one per year. Michigan, Ohio State, Texas, USC, Florida, Alabama, LSU, etc... all have less than that I'd bet.

Being good does wonders for a program.

Duke playing Big Ten teams OOC is part of the ACC-Big Ten challenge, so the only reason they play away from Cameron is because of that agreement. The "big" schools (UNI has more students than Duke BTW) get to set their schedules due to cash. If the NCAA was really about equity, then you would see that a school would have to play "x" number of away games in their OOC. Having more road games could take a 27-4 team and may make them a 25-6 team; and what does that do to seeding in the tournament? The system encourages the Dukes of the world to not schedule any true road games if they can help it.