2019-20 Basketball Schedule

['70 Grad]

What were beer prices in the garden? I assume they will stay similar or maybe a buck more

Dissapointing to see no beer in the student section. Coulda been a nice draw for upperclassmen attendance

I think they started at $5 the first year and then went to $6. Big cans of regular beer brands & 12 ouncers for the fancy stuff. Got to gets me some more 312!!!

[BCPanther]

Penciling in assumed TV coverage for the obvious ones. I expect we'll have MUCH more TV coverage this year than we did last year.

[Waverly_Panther]

Not a single non-conference home game to be excited about.

[Blue42]

What were beer prices in the garden? I assume they will stay similar or maybe a buck more

Dissapointing to see no beer in the student section. Coulda been a nice draw for upperclassmen attendance

I think you have to be realistic.

If you allowed beer in the student section it would be an underage drinking festival.

There's just no way they could do that.

Upperclassman can still drink. They just can't sit in the student section.

[BCPanther]

1. Not a single non-conference home game to be excited about.

Old Dominion and Marshall are both solid. Northern Colorado will probably be picked to win the Big Sky. Cal State Bakersfield has an older group that got better as the year went on and will probably be picked 3rd in the WAC behind NM State and GCU.

I know none of them are exciting on paper but all should be okay for numbers purposes. Quad 1 & 2 games.

Plus we have the best bunch of nicknames in McLeod Center history. Monarchs, Skyhawks, Roadrunners, Thundering Herd....

[clenz]

Not a single non-conference home game to be excited about.

I....

I mean sure, it's not Iowa, Iowa State, North Carolina, etc.

But to say there isn't one to get excited about and act like this is a bad schedule is ignoring the value of the programs beyond just "names"

[MNpanthers]

I think you have to be realistic.

If you allowed beer in the student section it would be an underage drinking festival.

There's just no way they could do that.

Upperclassman can still drink. They just can't sit in the student section.

Yea fair enough, I still don't think it would be bad but I get it. Just think underage students have plenty of easier methods to get trashed then spending 6 bucks per beer at a place where it would be really easy to get in huge trouble.

I'm pretty certain UMN allows it but thats in a big ten sized stadium and not a small arena.

[clenz]

Yea fair enough, I still don't think it would be bad but I get it. Just think underage students have plenty of easier methods to get trashed then spending 6 bucks per beer at a place where it would be really easy to get in huge trouble.

I'm pretty certain UMN allows it but thats in a big ten sized stadium and not a small arena.

Does the idea of getting in huge trouble and buying $4 beers and $8 mixed drinks stop them at bars?

They'll already have a fake if that's the case.

[MNpanthers]

Does the idea of getting in huge trouble and buying $4 beers and $8 mixed drinks stop them at bars?

They'll already have a fake if that's the case.

Would argue it's much much easier to get away with it at the bars.

I'm bias as a recent grad but college students are all legal adults and the school should show at least a little respect for their maturity to make their own decisions without babying them.

Anyways this is off topic so I'm gonna stop discussing now.

[Waverly_Panther]

Old Dominion and Marshall are both solid. Northern Colorado will probably be picked to win the Big Sky. Cal State Bakersfield has an older group that got better as the year went on and will probably be picked 3rd in the WAC behind NM State and GCU.

I know none of them are exciting on paper but all should be okay for numbers purposes. Quad 1 & 2 games.

Plus we have the best bunch of nicknames in McLeod Center history. Monarchs, Skyhawks, Roadrunners, Thundering Herd....

I get what you are saying, but to the average basketball fan, these names aren't selling season tickets. I know there is a huge issue in college basketball scheduling for mid majors, and we're seeing that with this schedule. I'm in the camp that would love to see the MVC in more conference challenges to get some quality games in the the non-con. Also, really hate to see 2 d3 games, which is becoming our norm.

[MNpanthers]

I get what you are saying, but to the average basketball fan, these names aren't selling season tickets. I know there is a huge issue in college basketball scheduling for mid majors, and we're seeing that with this schedule. I'm in the camp that would love to see the MVC in more conference challenges to get some quality games in the the non-con. Also, really hate to see 2 d3 games, which is becoming our norm.

I gagged when I saw Luther, but I've become apathetic to our home scheduling issues. It is what it is and I doubt it will get better unless we find consistent success, which just isn't our recipe as of late.

[clenz]

Would argue it's much much easier to get away with it at the bars.

I'm bias as a recent grad but college students are all legal adults and the school should show at least a little respect for their maturity to make their own decisions without babying them.

Anyways this is off topic so I'm gonna stop discussing now.

As an adult that is now almost a decade out of college - college kids, even upperclassmen - are dumb.

Anyway

on the topic of the schedule

Yeah, lets not get home games - which is what people have *****ed about - let's just whore ourselves out to UNC, Duke, Texas, etc. and play 2 home OOC games but hey, we are playing big names and a tough schedule. Right?

[sivert]

SCHEDULE

Nov 5 Old Dominion 7 PM PSN/ESPN+

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9 weeks.

[CyCarp]

Would argue it's much much easier to get away with it at the bars.

I'm bias as a recent grad but college students are all legal adults and the school should show at least a little respect for their maturity to make their own decisions without babying them.

Anyways this is off topic so I'm gonna stop discussing now.

As somebody else said, they can still buy a beer and drink it on the concourse. When I first saw beer was coming, I kind of cringed at the thought of it in a student section. Just seems like it would be a mess. I think this is the perfect way to implement it to be honest. Regardless, adding beer sales isn't going to draw more students imo. It's a draw for the casual fan more than anything.

[BCPanther]

Isn't this the same bunch of students that whined about it snowing in Iowa and had the university shut down for two days?

Sorry for the continued derail. Anyway, I think they're implementing it perfectly.