Big Monday's....road teams disadvantage

[ketelmeister]

Tough to play three big Monday's in a row, and tough to be the road team 2 of 3. No chance to prep, and tough on sleep. Not an excuse, just fact. It's a great opportunity to showcase the program, but tough to manage.

 

[Turn2]

Good grief.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Three in a row is a *****. I'm glad that part is over and hopefully we can settle back into a more normal routines between games.

 

[Spam]

Good thing we didn't play in Lubbock on Big Monday. That could have ended badly

 

[Daserop]

Yep.. Hate big Monday games. Such ********.

 

[VeloClone]

Fred pointed out that the disadvantage is countered by the advantage of having 3 solid practice days* between Monday and Saturday so you can actually work on ironing things out rather than just having a couple of practices to rush in the game plan for the next opponent.

*Teams have to have a day off each week per NCAA.

 

[kingcy]

Nope not at all.

 

[CyCloned]

Big Monday games on the road are going to be hard. One less day of rest, plus the away teams still has to travel, sleep in motels, etc. Not saying that is a great excuse, because the struggles that ISU is having are more fundamental in nature, but is sure doesn't help.

 

[erikbj]

I know there is no travel, but in March we will have to play 2 games in 3 days.

 

[501Clone]

While this is true it is great prep for the tournament. Only we wont have to travel from our first to second game in the tourney.

 

[Cyclonepride]

I guess we have a 4th Big Monday coming up (KSU/OU). Forgot about that one.

 

[cycloneworld]

It is a tight turn around but the other team has to do it too.

I bet everyone in and around the program will gladly take the 48 turn around for being the showcase game on ESPN 4 times on Big Monday this year.

 

[CTTB78]

Lack rebounding and too many turnovers also make Big Monday's tough.

Road loss to a good team. We'll still finish we our share of Ws.

 

[cygrads]

Fred pointed out that the disadvantage is countered by the advantage of having 3 solid practice days* between Monday and Saturday so you can actually work on ironing things out rather than just having a couple of practices to rush in the game plan for the next opponent.

*Teams have to have a day off each week per NCAA.

Good point and this extra time will help against WV.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Texas Tech and TCU would love to have this 'problem'...

 

[im4cyclones]

One needs only see KU's record on Big Monday. They are 30-1 at home and 23-16 on the road. Keep in mind, they were assuredly the favorites in those road games. That speaks to how difficult a quick turnaround game on the road is.

 

[istater7]

Yup, made even tougher by the fact that Fred said OU is probably the hardest team to prepare for in the conference.

 

[Psiclone]

Good thing we didn't play in Lubbock on Big Monday. That could have ended badly

Pointless statement as the score could have been even worse if it had been a Monday road game. Your statement does nothing to address the issue posed by the OP: it is difficult to win on the road with only one day between games.

 

[Final42b]

Didn't hurt OK ST last night

 

[twocoach]

Tough to play three big Monday's in a row, and tough to be the road team 2 of 3. No chance to prep, and tough on sleep. Not an excuse, just fact. It's a great opportunity to showcase the program, but tough to manage.

Agreed that it is tough but all the top three Big 12 teams have to deal with it. KU has four Big Monday games with 2 on the road (in back to back weeks) as well. Oklahoma will have four Big Monday games with three of them on the road, assuming that the OU @ISU game is the one chosen on March 2.