DePaul's Non-conference Schedule Drawing Fire Again This Year

[tornado]

I disagree...

even if Bradley has the weakest schedule in America....
then the subject of DePaul's schedule is a different topic, and I don't see why it can't be discussed separately from BU's schedule?

Why does every single topic have to slide back to ripping on Bradley?
If that's what you want to see, let me know and I will give you a link to a message board where that's been going on for years, and where all the BU fans have deserted because that's the only way they discuss things there.

Here we actually have the cognitive ability to see the difference between "DePaul's Schedule" and "Bradley's Schedule", and we do have the ability to discuss or criticize one without feeling we need to drag up the other and make comparisons.


By the way....in the thread on Rick Pitino, I didn't feel the overwhelming urge to bring up the subject of John Calipari, or Jerry Wainwright, or Jim Les, did you??
Isn't it just possible to talk about DePaul's schedule without being compelled by some primal urge to bring up Bradley's schedule, too?

[squirrelgotdead]

The Oakland-Oregon series is the final part of a three year deal. The first contest was played at Auburn Hills and last two at Oregon. Oakland will be going for the three game series sweep of the Ducks.

[TheAsianSensation]

I bet we could play just about anyone also on the road!

I dunno if that's 100% true, for a team like us. See, since we're good enough to beat people, some certain teams would rather avoid us altogether. The philosophy is that if you're going to play non-BCS teams, might as well schedule down to make getting the win easier.

[squirrelgotdead]

I bet we could play just about anyone also on the road! .

I bet we could too. And the more willing we are to do so, the more willing some of those schools would be to giving us a return game or at least a favorable neutral contest.

And I for one would gladly sacrifice a home game or two for that long-term benefit.

[squirrelgotdead]

I dunno if that's 100% true, for a team like us. See, since we're good enough to beat people, some certain teams would rather avoid us altogether. The philosophy is that if you're going to play non-BCS teams, might as well schedule down to make getting the win easier.

That may be true to an extent, on certain teams but I don't think those schools view us as that big a threat, really on their home floor.

Michigan State (twice), Florida, and Mississippi State were our last for BCS road games and we served as little more than floor wax for those teams. Iowa State will be a big hurdle for this year's team.

Since we probably knew that going in, we tried to offset that with confidence building wins at home against vastly inferior teams.

Give me consistent quality. I actually think this year's schedule might be the most intriguing we've had under Les. Although, it's two bad the few opportunities to land a game vs. A10 team have fallen through. . .

[TheAsianSensation]

That may be true to an extent, on certain teams but I don't think those schools view us as that big a threat, really on their home floor.

Michigan State (twice), Florida, and Mississippi State were our last for BCS road games and we served as little more than floor wax for those teams. Iowa State will be a big hurdle for this year's team.

Since we probably knew that going in, we tried to offset that with confidence building wins at home against vastly inferior teams.

Give me consistent quality. I actually think this year's schedule might be the most intriguing we've had under Les. Although, it's two bad the few opportunities to land a game vs. A10 team have fallen through. . .

Well, MSU and Florida were Top 25 teams. I'm thinking about the average-minus BCS team - DePaul-like teams, or a little better than that.

[squirrelgotdead]

Florida was a Top 25 team at the time, but they were only an NIT team and we were not even competitive.

[SFP]

I bet we could too. And the more willing we are to do so, the more willing some of those schools would be to giving us a return game or at least a favorable neutral contest.

And I for one would gladly sacrifice a home game or two for that long-term benefit.

I'm more into this type of scheduling philosophy, just like Temple use to do under Chaney! Play anyone, anywhere, anytime! It got them on the map and from what I remember they made a few good runs in the NCAA during March. They never had a great win-loss record but who cares when they played some great teams that prepared them to win their conference and the NCAA tourney.

Didn't Florida win the NIT or make the finals. I'd say they were pretty good and competitive especially at home.

[MacabreMob]

Didn't Florida win the NIT or make the finals. I'd say they were pretty good and competitive especially at home.

Penn St beat Baylor in the Championship last year (w/ ND and San Diego St in the Final 4). Florida lost in the quarterfinals to Penn St.

Oh, and I wanted to add... Florida's "biggest" win RPI wise was over Washington on a neutral floor (Washington wound up winning the Pac10 and had an RPI of 14).

[squirrelgotdead]

I'm more into this type of scheduling philosophy, just like Temple use to do under Chaney! Play anyone, anywhere, anytime! It got them on the map and from what I remember they made a few good runs in the NCAA during March. They never had a great win-loss record but who cares when they played some great teams that prepared them to win their conference and the NCAA tourney.

Didn't Florida win the NIT or make the finals. I'd say they were pretty good and competitive especially at home.

Chaney was a bad mutha. . .too bad they had to lose to Duke in 1988.

Another great point about Chaney was that many times he would only end up with 7-8 players on his roster because he drove them harder than any coach in the modern era and would not put up with anything. He also took a lot of "last chance" type players that new his tough love approach was likely their last chance to have a successful adult.