oldowl (Guest) said

surprised no top 25 teams / big name programs so far.

Wondering if that's more on teams not wanting to play us than the other way around.

OR

Dusty knows we'll be ranked in top ten to start the year and you can't go backwards if you keep winning and did average to soft nonconference schedule. 

Posted On: Jun 14th 2023, 7:50 AM #414731

Cant be too upset about that (option 2). The conference schedule is a lot harder this year

owlmart said

Cant be too upset about that (option 2). The conference schedule is a lot harder this year

Posted On: Jun 14th 2023, 5:28 PM #414733

This ^^^

Folks need to temper things a bit…last year was very special and we had some things go our way - big time.

Not saying it can't happen again, only that it is very difficult to duplicate success as it is, and we are jumping two spots in the RPI conference wise - even with the teams leaving.

It feels like we are scheduling more away games than homes games. With the increase in attendance, excitement, and ticket prices, this concerns me a bit.

All about the 💰💰💰.

Have to have cash to host.

It is what FSU football did in it's prime, scheduled anyone away (ND, Nebraska….), went there and beat em and made their name! Boise did it too…doing what ya have to do without the $$$ to establish your program nationally! At least until they refuse to schedule ya anymore.

I like the schedule put together. Goal needs to be to get back into the tourney see if some luck falls our way again to make another run in the tournament. Even with everyone coming back it’s so hard to imagine recreating that magical run and makes that last second shot going in hurt so bad. 

It’s hard to believe we will ever have a chance to play for another national title in my lifetime. 

Rick said

All about the 💰💰💰.

Have to have cash to host.

Posted On: Jun 15th 2023, 11:00 AM #414736

New season ticket sales have netted an additional $1 million in revenue alone.

We have a really competitive schedule this upcoming season. Probably Quad 1s with Memphis x2, UAB x2, UNT x1 (at least). Tulane and temple are probably quad 2s.

Our double header with CollegeCharleston/Liberty are probably also at least quad 2s. 

Our ESPN invitational is also another two quad 1/2s. Our game against loyola is probably quad 2.

So far we already have like 7-10 Quad 1 matchups so not worth it risking it by scheduling a bunch of Top 25 matchups

faufan2017 said

Our game against loyola is probably quad 2.

Posted On: Jun 15th 2023, 1:32 PM #414741

Agreed, Charleston and Liberty are very well quad 2's, and Memphis will likely be a quad 1.

Loyola Chicago is scheduled as a hopeful W…NET of 269 and quad 4 last year.

Would be surprised if UNT is that competitive this season after losing both Perry (KSU) and Ousmane (Xavier) to the portal. Still should be a 2/3.

We’re playing in the Jimmy V classic against Illinois at MSG. Pretty damn cool