Post by ALioninWinter on Aug 31, 2023 17:55:16 GMT -5
The Away and Neutral OOC schedules aren't bad. But the Home schedule is weak - whether you're looking at Names or Rankings. Names are important for two reasons. One, we need to build fan enthusiasm to get people into Gersten. Jackson State, Tarleton, Central Arkansas, and Detroit Mercy will not excite anyone. Shoot, most people couldn't find those schools on a map. I'm not excited about those games and I'm as avid an LMU fan as you're going to find. Second, while it's true that NET rankings trump all, the reality is that Names affect those rankings. More than they should, but they do.
The NET rankings referenced in pumpfake's entry are for last year. Except for Top 25 rankings, we haven't seen too much in the way of rankings for the upcoming season. I saw one prediction that has LMU in 3r place in the WCC behind Gonzaga and SMC, but it's early for too much in the way of predictions. Tons of roster turnover EVERYWHERE, so it's hard to predict what most of these teams will look like once the season begins.
I applied last year's NET rankings to this coming season's OOC schedule just for fun. Our home schedule shows no Quadrant 1 games, 1 Quadrant 2 game (Yale), 2 Quadrant 3 games (CSU and Tarleton State), and 4 Quadrant 4 games (Jackson State, UTEP, Detroit Mercy and Central Arkansas.
How many days til the November 7th opener??
CSU has a decent pedigree. You need a course in Ancient History to find UTEP's BB pedigree and I'm not even sure how long the others have been playing DI ball.
The Away and Neutral schedules are better with 1 (probably 2, possibly 3) Quadrant 1 games (Nevada, hopefully Drake, and possibly USU), 2 Quadrant 2 games (UNLV and UCSB), 1 Quadrant 3 game (Stephen Austin) and possibly no Quadrant 4 games. Not sure how the Caymans Classic will play out. Possible opponents after Stephen Austin and hopefully Drake are Marshall (#79), USU (#16), FIU (#207) and Akron (#98). If we got to the Finals we could face USU which would be a Quadrant 1 game using last year's rankings.
The NET rankings referenced in pumpfake's entry are for last year. Except for Top 25 rankings, we haven't seen too much in the way of rankings for the upcoming season. I saw one prediction that has LMU in 3r place in the WCC behind Gonzaga and SMC, but it's early for too much in the way of predictions. Tons of roster turnover EVERYWHERE, so it's hard to predict what most of these teams will look like once the season begins.
I applied last year's NET rankings to this coming season's OOC schedule just for fun. Our home schedule shows no Quadrant 1 games, 1 Quadrant 2 game (Yale), 2 Quadrant 3 games (CSU and Tarleton State), and 4 Quadrant 4 games (Jackson State, UTEP, Detroit Mercy and Central Arkansas.
How many days til the November 7th opener??
CSU has a decent pedigree. You need a course in Ancient History to find UTEP's BB pedigree and I'm not even sure how long the others have been playing DI ball.
The Away and Neutral schedules are better with 1 (probably 2, possibly 3) Quadrant 1 games (Nevada, hopefully Drake, and possibly USU), 2 Quadrant 2 games (UNLV and UCSB), 1 Quadrant 3 game (Stephen Austin) and possibly no Quadrant 4 games. Not sure how the Caymans Classic will play out. Possible opponents after Stephen Austin and hopefully Drake are Marshall (#79), USU (#16), FIU (#207) and Akron (#98). If we got to the Finals we could face USU which would be a Quadrant 1 game using last year's rankings.
