OT: KY

[NJCat]

Kentucky beat someone called Asbury College by 156-63 in their second exhibition game. I wonder what you learn when you beat someone by 93; there are probably IM teams in Lexington who would give the Cats a better game.

Asbury got $20,000 to take that beating. They are going to buy a new scoreboard with that money.....

 

[Wrestlerneverdiesasacatfan]

Cool

 

[NURoseBowl]

I haven't heard any direct comments from CCC about it, but I would surmise that as the program gets a little more established and our talent base solidifies just a bit more (and it's coming), we'll perhaps upgrade the OOC schedule a bit. Not to a level anywhere near the annual gauntlet that Izzo schedules, but maybe sprinkling in a few top-75-type teams to replace a few of the 200+ RPI teams that we've typically scheduled.

 

[NJCat]

I haven't heard any direct comments from CCC about it, but I would surmise that as the program gets a little more established and our talent base solidifies just a bit more (and it's coming), we'll perhaps upgrade the OOC schedule a bit. Not to a level anywhere near the annual gauntlet that Izzo schedules, but maybe sprinkling in a few top-75-type teams to replace a few of the 200+ RPI teams that we've typically scheduled.

Have you looked at this years OOC schedule? Texas, Butler, ND or CO, Dayton are all top 75 teams......

 

[willycat]

Kentucky beat someone called Asbury College by 156-63 in their second exhibition game. I wonder what you learn when you beat someone by 93; there are probably IM teams in Lexington who would give the Cats a better game.

Asbury got $20,000 to take that beating. They are going to buy a new scoreboard with that money.....

How many "exhibition" games are teams allowed? Their players probably learned more during the game then they ever learn in the few times they enter a classroom.

 

[Ubermorgen]

Used to be 2 many years ago. Haven't kept up with NCAA rules lately though.

 

[Hungry Jack]

I'll be happy to go out and play UK for 20 grand. I just need the TV timeouts to catch my breath.

 

[NURoseBowl]

Have you looked at this years OOC schedule? Texas, Butler, ND or CO, Dayton are all top 75 teams......

Absolutely, and I'm not talking about a giant bump in scheduling . . . maybe just tacking on one or two additional games of this caliber to replace a game or two that are such mismatches that Vegas doesn't even post lines for them. That's all. A small upgrade, one that wouldn't likely undercut our record, would make for both a bit stronger RPI (especially important for a bubble team) AND a more compelling pre-con schedule for the people we'd like to see in the seats.

 

[NJCat]

Absolutely, and I'm not talking about a giant bump in scheduling . . . maybe just tacking on one or two additional games of this caliber to replace a game or two that are such mismatches that Vegas doesn't even post lines for them. That's all. A small upgrade, one that wouldn't likely undercut our record, would make for both a bit stronger RPI (especially important for a bubble team) AND a more compelling pre-con schedule for the people we'd like to see in the seats.

You make a great point about getting decent opponents in WRA. All of the games I cited are either road games or neutral arena venues. Wake and DePaul are the only halfway decent WRA games this season.

 

[Cat Fan in Buckeye Land]

I was reading some stuff after that game. Apparently, Asbury College runs that Grinnell University system (run & gun, shoot a lot of 3's, frequent mass substitutions), and the best comment was "if you're going to run the Grinnell system, you have to at least be good at one thing!"