2023-24 Schedule

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gmubrian said:
Road trip!
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a few years ago I drove out there to see the WVU vs Xavier BBall game , after the game at Xavier where they had the fights - on the court and in the stands. In each aisle of the student sections there was an officer sitting in the aisle with a camera recording the crowd for the whole game.
 
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jessej said:
a few years ago I drove out there to see the WVU vs Xavier BBall game , after the game at Xavier where they had the fights - on the court and in the stands. In each aisle of the student sections there was an officer sitting in the aisle with a camera recording the crowd for the whole game.
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I wonder how they fit sofas in the aisles?
 
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EXpatriot13 said:
Hardest job in sports belongs to the folks in the ticket office. Good lord I feel bad for them with the home slate we've cooked up this season.
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agree
I see 3 home games that i am willing to pay to see.
and potentially 5 home games of the A-10 schedule.
 
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Based on what we know of the nonconf I'll give my .02 on what I'm thinking. I haven't taken a deep dive on rosters, but just looking at last years net rankings and where I feel like each program can fall in this type of analysis.

Good to Great games that Mason finally has more than 1 of:

Toledo/ UT/Tulane/ECU

Having the 3 home and homes (Toledo, Tulane, ECU) I think are a great piece of the schedule. My hope is all of these teams end up in the top 125 or top 150 which is where we really should be targeting home and homes. Good work to get Tulane and ECU to agree to h/h.

As expected, taking a Power 5 buy game check (and beatdown), is good too. Nice that Barnes is finally playing Mason after all these years. Will be a fun game, even if Mason loses by 20+

Average/Best we can do/might be better than we think

Jacksonville classic games, including Cornell

Cornell was 128 in the Net last year and that could be a good matchup. Also, depending on who Mason plays in the Jacksonville MTE, maybe 2 top 100 chances which would be very good. Considering everything, this could be a perfect MTE for where Mason is as a program right now.

Crappy buy games that everyone does and we all complain about (Monmouth, Austin Peay, NJIT, NC A&T)

Hopefully Mason wins these by an average of 20+. Most of these schools are going to be sub 250 (maybe even worse) on the net. We'll take the scrimmage, pay them and send them home after a loss. I always prefer buy games that are top 200 NET but whatever. Also, Desmond White will be coming to Fairfax as a member of Austin Peay, which I know everyone is looking forward to.

Overall, from the looks of it, I think this could be a solid B. 2 new home and homes, MTE looks at least average. Only downside are the crappy buy games but those are expected.
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This was written before Loyola and Bridgewater were added.

I think the schedule is probably a C+ at this point. We're still too heavy on the buy games (6 if you count Bridgewater) at home, but I do think that having an average MTE and 2 new home and homes (although TBD if they are any good), makes the schedule slightly improved from years past.

Win and better opportunities will come. I still would like to see us target better buy games and replace at least one of them with a neutral game but I'm not in charge of scheduling. There are too many and the quality is not there. But we obviously know why.

Scheduling is tough, and its year 1 of Tony's era. Hopefully the program improves and scheduling gets better. Need to finish top 100 in NET consistently for the MTE chance amongst others.
 
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I’d be interested to see how many home schedules would be considered “exciting”.

Here’s Virginia’s home non-con schedule:

- Tarleton State
- North Carolina A&T
- Texas Southern
- Texas A&M (ACC/SEC Challenge)
- North Carolina Central
- Northeastern
- Morgan State
 
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Patriot8 said:
I’d be interested to see how many home schedules would be considered “exciting”.

Here’s Virginia’s home non-con schedule:

- Tarleton State
- North Carolina A&T
- Texas Southern
- Texas A&M (ACC/SEC Challenge)
- North Carolina Central
- Northeastern
- Morgan State
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Blech!
 
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Five Two said:
But UVA doesn't need their home OOC to be any good. They make it up with home games against ACC schools.
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My main point is: Go find 5 programs who have home non-conference schedules that you think are really good. Especially mid majors.

Trying to get quality home games is a really difficult task.
 
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I really don't care who we play OOC in year one of Tony Skinn. BRYC AllStars? Sister Treasa's School for the Blind? Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow? I don't care. Blowouts? Bring them on! I just want to see wins. Enter league play ay 12-1 or 11-2, win 10 - 11 games in conference and let the cards fall as they may in regard to an NCAA / NIT appearance. Better times are coming.......
 
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