'13-'14 Schedule

[RowdyRabbit]

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Oof. That is terrible. Belmont will be a good one. I was considering season tickets, but now I'm reconsidering my consideration. I know I know, can't get anybody to come to Frost, but c'mon man.

[SanDakotaState]

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Montana usually has a pretty good team.

They lost Will Cherry and its the 1st home game of the year. I'm not to worried.

[goon]

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They lost Will Cherry and its the 1st home game of the year. I'm not to worried.

Its still a better game then dakota state and the like. Atleast its a agme to look forward too.

[2002jack]

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Lehigh is a good program, so lets not pop-poo that tournament either.



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[filbert]

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Yes, that's a disappointing home non-conference schedule, but it's also one of the predictable consequences of back-to-back NCAA appearances and the nation's longest home win streak, that it gets hard to find schools willing to come to your place. Plus, geography is still not our friend.

The only fix is to be able to pay enough of a guarantee to buy people in--that and/or go crazy-nutzo Gonzaga/Butler level successful, where people start wanting to put you on their schedule for RPI-strengthening purposes.

[jackmd]

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Lehigh is a good program, so lets not pop-poo that tournament either.



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Agree, I'm taking a couple days away from the office to hunt pheasants and attend that tourney.

[Nidaros]

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Yes, that's a disappointing home non-conference schedule, but it's also one of the predictable consequences of back-to-back NCAA appearances and the nation's longest home win streak, that it gets hard to find schools willing to come to your place. Plus, geography is still not our friend.

The only fix is to be able to pay enough of a guarantee to buy people in--that and/or go crazy-nutzo Gonzaga/Butler level successful, where people start wanting to put you on their schedule for RPI-strengthening purposes.

During the early part of the transition,I recall listening to KWSN, over the internet and our good friend Mike Hendricksen and his side kick Craig constantly used to laugh at SDSU in thinking that they could draw D1 opponents for basketball. Geography is not our friend for anything, whether its for athletics or drawing well known speakers, we just are out of the loop, but I sense this is changing. Try and find a direct route to Troy Alabama, not so easy either, and Troy U is FBS now, but finds ways to draw crowds for football, but they did not have a Frost Arena, when I visited their campus in 2003, ten years ago, but they were D1. Montgemery is further from Troy, then Brookings is from SF. I guess the key is winning and winning and they will come since we will have more guarentee money to pay those opponents who lose their way on the road to Brookings.

Its fun to see a GPAC on the schedule, and SWMU has been fun to watch too.

[NebraskaJack]

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Yes, that's a disappointing home non-conference schedule, but it's also one of the predictable consequences of back-to-back NCAA appearances and the nation's longest home win streak, that it gets hard to find schools willing to come to your place. Plus, geography is still not our friend.

The only fix is to be able to pay enough of a guarantee to buy people in--that and/or go crazy-nutzo Gonzaga/Butler level successful, where people start wanting to put you on their schedule for RPI-strengthening purposes.

Keep winning like the ladies and they will get a schedule like theirs.

[witness]

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Keep winning like the ladies and they will get a schedule like theirs.

Men's basketball doesn't work like women's basketball. Men will never get a schedule like women's basketball.

[tbjack]

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This Schedule isn't that bad. It's acually a step in the right direction. Last year we got CSU Bakersfield, UND, and Tennesse State to come to Frost for D1 programs. Year before that it was UND, Western Michigan, and Buffalo. I will definitely take Montana, Belmont, Lehigh, and Howard over those two groups. We get 3 teams in the top 2 of their conferences last year and Howard is comparable to a CSU Bakersfield level. The non-D1 schools stink to have on the schedule and I wont be attending those games, but when you look at the overall schedule it is an improvement.

[rabidrabbit]

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Men's basketball doesn't work like women's basketball. Men will never get a schedule like women's basketball.

I think that should the home winning streak continue, and SDSU actually wins on the road vs the BCS schools, that we may see a major want to come in to "break the streak"

I think an Iowa/Ia St, KState, even a Creighton or Marquette may come in. Let's build that streak another 14 games, and stuff Frost for most of the games. If Jacks could guarantee 5K in the stands, many medium sized teams in high conferences may be enticed to come in.

[jack power]

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I think that should the home winning streak continue, and SDSU actually wins on the road vs the BCS schools, that we may see a major want to come in to "break the streak"

I think an Iowa/Ia St, KState, even a Creighton or Marquette may come in. Let's build that streak another 14 games, and stuff Frost for most of the games. If Jacks could guarantee 5K in the stands, many medium sized teams in high conferences may be enticed to come in.

Those teams you listed averaged almost 14000 in home attendance last year. They have no incentive to make the trek to Brookings. Without looking i bet those schools together only played a handfull of true road games last year and i'm guessing most of those were rivalry games, inter league, or played some place where they had a large alumni base.

[bigticket1]

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Those teams you listed averaged almost 14000 in home attendance last year. They have no incentive to make the trek to Brookings. Without looking i bet those schools together only played a handfull of true road games last year and i'm guessing most of those were rivalry games, inter league, or played some place where they had a large alumni base.

IMO the only way any of those teams set foot in South Dakota would be if the Pentagon facility or the new Event Center , when it is finished , put together a financially attractive deal to get them in. A doubleheader featuring the Jacks , USD , and two major conference teams could sell out the new Event Center.

[goon]

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IMO the only way any of those teams set foot in South Dakota would be if the Pentagon facility or the new Event Center , when it is finished , put together a financially attractive deal to get them in. A doubleheader featuring the Jacks , USD , and two major conference teams could sell out the new Event Center.

I think that could help, but I think you will find more mid majors will be less likely to keep going to major power confrence schools when they are unwilling to make a return trip, that unless they really up the money, other good mid majors i think you will find realize the benefit of doing home and home games with other good mid majors who need a decent OOC schedule and need good competition before confrence play and it would help schools fill home games with out going to lower division schools.

Like the summit should try to get into scheduling agreements with the valley for basketball or big sky or something. Sort of like what others have talked about like a big 10/acc challenge but on the mid major scale.

[jacksfaninne]

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I think that should the home winning streak continue, and SDSU actually wins on the road vs the BCS schools, that we may see a major want to come in to "break the streak"

Which does what for them? I don't think giving up a home game and the risk of losing a game to a mid-major -- likely with a lower RPI -- is anywhere near offset by the perceived feather-in-the-hat one would earn by breaking a streak that few, outside of the fans of the team riding the streak, even notice. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see it happening, even with a weak, low-level BCS opponent and a 2-for-1 deal.