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Re: The Official USD to D-I Smack Thread
Nidaros: There is ABSOLUTELY no comparison between the first-year transition schedule for the SDSU women's team and the USD schedule just released.
USD is playing three "notable" teams: Colorado State, University of Northern Iowa, and UNC. SDSU played (in the same first year) Rutgers, Kentucky, Oregon State, University of Southern California, Purdue, Oklahoma State, Middle Tennessee State, Alabama, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Wisconsin-Green Bay. That's 10-3. And the only one of the three with real Division I credentials on the USD schedule is UNC. We didn't play Colorado State the first year, but whipped them badly in two other outings later.
And I'll defend Coyote Fan's comments. I don't believe he represents everybody, but I believe that a majority of the true USD women's basketball fans are absolutely embarrassed by the schedule.
We did schedule some pretty inferior teams in January and February (all of the big ones came before the first of the year). We had no choice at that time...and USD has pretty much the same problem, except that now the Independents are aware of the logic of playing each other in those months (thanks to SDSU and NDSU, who got the whole thing organized), so they at least have games in those month.
And I second the statement that it is embarrassing for them to go play two NAIA schools on their own floor...almost as embarassing as forcing their football teams to bus 2,000 miles to play a Division II school in South Carolina. I would have opted for an open date rather than subject my players to such an ordeal (and hit my budget for all the costs with no reimbursement!). That is absolutely insane (and I wonder how prospective recruits will look at that treatment, sure to be pointed out by competing recruiters.) I honestly feel sorry for the football team, and for the women's basketball players.
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USD is playing three "notable" teams: Colorado State, University of Northern Iowa, and UNC. SDSU played (in the same first year) Rutgers, Kentucky, Oregon State, University of Southern California, Purdue, Oklahoma State, Middle Tennessee State, Alabama, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Wisconsin-Green Bay. That's 10-3. And the only one of the three with real Division I credentials on the USD schedule is UNC. We didn't play Colorado State the first year, but whipped them badly in two other outings later.
And I'll defend Coyote Fan's comments. I don't believe he represents everybody, but I believe that a majority of the true USD women's basketball fans are absolutely embarrassed by the schedule.
We did schedule some pretty inferior teams in January and February (all of the big ones came before the first of the year). We had no choice at that time...and USD has pretty much the same problem, except that now the Independents are aware of the logic of playing each other in those months (thanks to SDSU and NDSU, who got the whole thing organized), so they at least have games in those month.
And I second the statement that it is embarrassing for them to go play two NAIA schools on their own floor...almost as embarassing as forcing their football teams to bus 2,000 miles to play a Division II school in South Carolina. I would have opted for an open date rather than subject my players to such an ordeal (and hit my budget for all the costs with no reimbursement!). That is absolutely insane (and I wonder how prospective recruits will look at that treatment, sure to be pointed out by competing recruiters.) I honestly feel sorry for the football team, and for the women's basketball players.
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