Looking at 2015-2016

[UNIChippewa]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Steve Schofield mentioned on OPR today the possibility of the SFA home game being a part of the ESPN marathon again this year, possibly another morning tip.

Ehhh...

Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, naturally, but unless you're a night owl who sleeps until noon I don't know why this is a bad thing.

A game on national television against a good, NCAA-tournament caliber team to start the season? What's wrong with that?

[UNIAlum95]

The only problem is that if it is during the week as the SFA game was, it will be poorly attended. Now I'll admit that taking the morning off to go to a basketball game would be pretty cool for me, but I'll bet that I'm the exception rather than the rule.

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[06panther10]

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Well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, naturally, but unless you're a night owl who sleeps until noon I don't know why this is a bad thing.

A game on national television against a good, NCAA-tournament caliber team to start the season? What's wrong with that?

8 AM Tuesday morning tip times aren't exactly convenient for people, to say the very least.

[otter]

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Free A's for all the students who show up for the game

[Khan4Cats]

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Free A's for all the students who show up for the game

Nope, that's the North Carolina athlete academic plan

[pantherclaw]

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Nope, that's the North Carolina athlete academic plan

KABOOOM!!!!!!

What's funny, is that my brother is a doctoral student at UNC so I give him a hard time about it.

[Panther AC]

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The only problem is that if it is during the week as the SFA game was, it will be poorly attended. Now I'll admit that taking the morning off to go to a basketball game would be pretty cool for me, but I'll bet that I'm the exception rather than the rule.

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Comments like this reinforce the idea that as a basketball program, we're really "not there yet". Sure it's inconvenient early on a weekday morning but it was inconvenient last year for SFA also and their fans and students embraced it and had a great crowd and atmosphere as we saw on ESPN.

[PantherChic]

Comments like this reinforce the idea that as a basketball program, we're really "not there yet". Sure it's inconvenient early on a weekday morning but it was inconvenient last year for SFA also and their fans and students embraced it and had a great crowd and atmosphere as we saw on ESPN.

I think our program is almost there. But I think our fan base is further behind. We're getting there, as is evidenced by the craziness around season tickets after the UNC game was announced. But our rabid fan base is still pretty small. Mighty, but small. And our students....'nuf said.
Now I only hope I'm dead wrong!

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[Panthers to the Bone]

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I was shocked to hear we only had 2,300 season ticket holders last year. Seemed really low.

You're right, our fan base isn't there yet.

[run&blade]

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2300 I think is good. How many chair back seats are there? Student section took 1600 spots every year. So that leaves only and 2500 for single game/walk up.

Not sure what "there" means but if you want a bigger fan base uni needs to stop the cycle of rebuilding for four years after a good year and get to reload mode.

Next years non conference will kill any chance uni has for an at large bid. Nobody is going to touch Wsu in valley play so next year what you hope for is growth and a shot to steal the valley tournament.

Of course the kook aid crowd in here will pooh pooh that as hate but I work in the cedar valley and everybody I talk to shares the same opinion.

[BCPanther]

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Anecdotal evidence is always 100% factually accurate.

The non-con is absolutely daunting, but it creates margin for error as well. If we can go something like 9-3 and win 12 or 13 league games, we'll get a bid. The talent level is exponentially higher now than in the 2010-2011 season.

I'll concede the Carolina game is an extreme long shot and probably gives us the first November loss in McLeod Center history, but what other games are on the schedule that you feel we have no chance in??

[run&blade]

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Iowa State is going to cause major problems. Tuttle was a rock inside last year and could impose his will on the pace of the game. Was pun probably would like to run a little and Koch will be very green when that game comes around.

Non-conference for uni isn't about a good record, if they want an at large bid they are going to need to beat some name schools that will have good records at the end of the year.

[ProwlingPanther]

You are aware that Tuttle was a white non transfer who fell well short of 7 ft tall and is from a small town in Iowa, right?

[run&blade]

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You are aware that Tuttle was a white non transfer who fell well short of 7 ft tall and is from a small town in Iowa, right?

Yes. The got lucky. Happens about once every five years.

The schools that recruit better bigger athletes don't wait five years. Which is why I have hoped since the Kansas game uni would up the recruiting. If you want uni to be part of the college basketball conversation more than twice a decade you should hope so also. You need ballers.

[ProwlingPanther]

Seemed to me that pre Doug McDermott set back, we were making the tournament pretty consistently. Also had some bad "luck" with a bit city baller/athlete that didn't want to work hard that set us back.