ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

[Cannic88]

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/36367/nonconference-schedule-analysis-mvc

[ubuntuCAT]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...e-analysis-mvc

Imagine that! the redbirds with a soft schedule

[GoPanthers85]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

The big bad blue jays got a 3! For a team that is going to make it at least to the sweet 16 (or at least thats the way espn makes them out to be) seems like a really soft schedule. There hardest game is at Northwestern, a team that has never made it to the big dance! SDSU is there other tough game and they won't be anywhere near as good as they were last year.

[casbern]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

The big bad blue jays got a 3! For a team that is going to make it at least to the sweet 16 (or at least thats the way espn makes them out to be) seems like a really soft schedule. There hardest game is at Northwestern, a team that has never made it to the big dance! SDSU is there other tough game and they won't be anywhere near as good as they were last year.

This.

Their schedule is horrible.

[GoPanthers85]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

The only thing more ridiculous than the blue jays schedule is Iowa's! They got a 2! They don't play a game outside of the state until conference play. Their longest trip is either to Ames or Cedar Falls, don't know which is longer from Iowa City, but either way its a joke!

[casbern]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

The only thing more ridiculous than the blue jays schedule is Iowa's! They got a 2! They don't play a game outside of the state until conference play. Their longest trip is either to Ames or Cedar Falls, don't know which is longer from Iowa City, but either way its a joke!

Ames is further, but that is a complete joke.

[9YRPLAN]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

The only thing more ridiculous than the blue jays schedule is Iowa's! They got a 2! They don't play a game outside of the state until conference play. Their longest trip is either to Ames or Cedar Falls, don't know which is longer from Iowa City, but either way its a joke!

its not really iowas fault. four of their OOC games are completely out of their hands, plus this is the first year of the dale howard classic in des moines. the rest of the games pretty much have to be home games for revenue reasons, even if iowa did have a good team that could risk some challenging home-and-home series.

not that RPI will matter for iowa anytime soon, but the Dale Howard classic is exactly how you improve your RPi in an efficient manner. the key is play neutral site games in a not-so-neutral location. i wish UNI would do something similar in DSM, but the whole D+ thing probably impacts that.

[panther-state]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

They also have us as a tougher opponent than CU, although that could be due to the fact that CU is a home game.

[PantherHawk]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

Lets face it, we are going to see more "Soft" schedules in all sports. Teams want a way to increase revenue and make more $$. So they will have these soft schedules and will basically turn the non-conf schedule into a "Pre-season" basically. We are already seeing it in college football.

[Panther Fan]

Re: ESPN MVC non-conference breakdown

the rest of the games pretty much have to be home games for revenue reasons

With the combination of the money received from football and the Big Ten Network, along with the crowds Iowa would draw playing a Campbell, I don't see revenue generation being a reason for the poor schedule.