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Future Non-Con with UCONN?

UCONNonasunnyda said:
No offense, but if you look at UConn's scheduling of home and home's, UConn doesn't really have a place for a school like Iowa State. UConn has home and home's with elite schools, branded power schools, and usually a west coast school every other year.

Call it hubris, but Iowa State fits none of those categories. Now, maybe in a neutral court tournament setting they might meet, but otherwise UConn won't schedule you.
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Yeah, but much of that scheduling was on the boards we got into this craphole conference. Right now we'll talk to anybody in top 50 as we need all the RPI we can get in OOC. Plus our pre-season tourney next year, Puerto Rico Challenge, looks awful. BC, WVU, Geo Mason, Indiana... ick. Especially if Florida decides to postpone their home game with us next year. We'll need to plug that with someone good.

I've been lobbying for Pitt since we had a good rivalry there, they always manage a good RPI and we can beat them in their house. But ISU would do in a pinch :-)
 
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7 seed UCONN wouldn't come to Iowa State because UCONN puts more elite teams on their schedule.

2 seed Michigan schedules Iowa State because, as Michigans coach said, they wanted to play in a crazy environment to get a feel for how it would be before conference play started.

And I'd argue Hilton is louder than any Big 10 court, except maybe Michigan State and Wisky. MAYBE.
 
Cincyclone said:
I really hate crap like this. A handful of drunk fans does not an entire fan base make. Imagine if people judged all ISU fans solely on the racist ****s on twitter after KU last year. That's exactly what you're doing here.
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Thanks mommy ... I will be good next time ... When you call me a racist.
BTW - Key board bullying should be a crime.
 
ThurgoodMarshal said:
At least the tournament starts back up tonight so the next 24 should fly by (hopefully). I wouldn't be opposed to playing them during the regular season. Contrary to what other posters say, I think they're a quality basketball school. Plus it'll make their record that much more impressive when the clones start 14-0 again next year.
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If there really are any posters who think that UCONN is not a quality basketball school/program, than those posters are complete and total f*cking morons who quite clearly don't know jack about basketball and should be mocked and ostracized for their ignorance, even if they are fellow Cyclone fans.

UCONN has won 3 national championships since 1999 and is a tournament mainstay, with the exception of last year due to academic sanctions. They are the very definition of a high-quality basketball school and program, and anyone who thinks otherwise is just being stupid and silly.
 
UCONNonasunnyda said:
No offense, but if you look at UConn's scheduling of home and home's, UConn doesn't really have a place for a school like Iowa State. UConn has home and home's with elite schools, branded power schools, and usually a west coast school every other year.

Call it hubris, but Iowa State fits none of those categories. Now, maybe in a neutral court tournament setting they might meet, but otherwise UConn won't schedule you.
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By elite do you mean Harvard, Yale, Stanford? Other than that looks like Florida was the toughest noncon game for UCONN,
 
Back to the topic at hand after my rant, I would love to see a OOC match-up with UCONN, and I think I've heard or read somewhere that it just might be in the works.
 
Not to mention ... How you shriek about the the horror of drunk students YELLING crap versus dismissing the true horror of having an innocent ISU student's arm shattered by real U-con thugs .,, with all the expense, pain and suffering that followed. Nice play!
 
storrsroars said:
Yeah, but much of that scheduling was on the boards we got into this craphole conference. Right now we'll talk to anybody in top 50 as we need all the RPI we can get in OOC. Plus our pre-season tourney next year, Puerto Rico Challenge, looks awful. BC, WVU, Geo Mason, Indiana... ick. Especially if Florida decides to postpone their home game with us next year. We'll need to plug that with someone good.

I've been lobbying for Pitt since we had a good rivalry there, they always manage a good RPI and we can beat them in their house. But ISU would do in a pinch :-)
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This guy gets it. UCONN will need to step up their non conference because their conference schedule is pretty weak. From ISU's perspective I think it's a perfect match up. Like the last few years I don't see them being elite next year but they'll be good enough it would be a pretty good non con win. And not a terrible loss.
 
That's the rub. UCONN has been playing Harvard, Yale, mid-majors only at home. UCONN doesn't go on the road against those types of schools.

Florida at Gampel (won by UCONN) is to be reciprocated next year. Stanford was another home game. UCONN has returns set.

Add in neutral games (Maryland in Brooklyn, Indiana in the Garden), there are not a lot of games that UCONN can go on the road for.

UCONN needs to schedule strong, no question. The problem is the scarcity of UCONN's OOC away options due to the number of home games it schedules against the 75-150 schools.


ISU1294 said:
By elite do you mean Harvard, Yale, Stanford? Other than that looks like Florida was the toughest noncon game for UCONN,
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00clone said:
No thanks...we already have a split series with UNI/Drake where we play a mid major that's desperate to claim relevance.
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To our UConn friends, anyone saying that UConn is a mid-major is just trying to get under your skin. I think it would be great to play a home/home. We have actually had a nice little rivalry with the football game and two basketball games in the last few seasons. Would love to continue it.
 
HoopsTournament said:
To our UConn friends, anyone saying that UConn is a mid-major is just trying to get under your skin. I think it would be great to play a home/home. We have actually had a nice little rivalry with the football game and two basketball games in the last few seasons. Would love to continue it.
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I wouldn't call them a mid major but you do realize how bad the American Conference is going to be next year right? Cincinnati doesn't return anyone who scored 7 points per game or more, and no one who scored 20 points or more in a game. Louisville is gone, and Memphis loses all but 2 guys who averaged more than 10 mpg. UCONN brings back 2 solid guys in Boatright and Daniels (assuming neither goes pro, very unlikely they will). But their recruiting class was unranked last year and is 40th this year. The best team in the American next year might be SMU.
 
cbro31 said:
I wouldn't call them a mid major but you do realize how bad the American Conference is going to be next year right? Cincinnati doesn't return anyone who scored 7 points per game or more, and no one who scored 20 points or more in a game. Louisville is gone, and Memphis loses all but 2 guys who averaged more than 10 mpg. UCONN brings back 2 solid guys in Boatright and Daniels (assuming neither goes pro, very unlikely they will). But their recruiting class was unranked last year and is 40th this year. The best team in the American next year might be SMU.
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SMU winning the AAC is a distinct possibility and IMO, not a bad thing. The question for SMU going forward is what happens post-Larry Brown. Cincy won't drop off the map because of Cronin's system, regardless what one thinks of it. Memphis has a 4-star PG and 3 JUCOs coming in. Tulsa could also be around a bubble team (they've got Scottie Wilbekin's little brother coming in).

It's not a pretty conference, but it won't be a 2-bid league anytime in the near future.

And Brimah will be around next year for UConn. If you saw his progress from November till now, you'd understand why you can't overlook the kid. He's only been playing for four years.
 
I would love to see a multiple sport home an home with UConn (football, men's b-ball and women's b-all). East Coast exposure is good for ISU, and the SOS would be beneficial to both. Nothing wrong with a little quality competition!

:)

alaCYCLONE
 
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