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2021 OOC
May 11, 2021 17:18:35 GMT -5
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Post by jjjacks17 on May 11, 2021 17:18:35 GMT -5
MWC vs A10 challenge cancelled
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Post by trout95 on May 11, 2021 17:28:32 GMT -5
Ah, bummer. Was looking forward to this. Had great potential.
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2021 OOC
May 11, 2021 18:23:55 GMT -5
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Post by ohs73 on May 11, 2021 18:23:55 GMT -5
Aw, crud.
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Post by ceharv on May 12, 2021 7:32:20 GMT -5
I hope the league is already busy searching for a replacement challenge series. With so many teams at this level looking for schedule upgrades, this kind of league-wide help is an answer and the league should stay at it despite the disappointment of loosing this series. But will they persist or just quit trying?
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2021 OOC
May 12, 2021 7:47:13 GMT -5
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Post by thebonafan08 on May 12, 2021 7:47:13 GMT -5
We don’t know who quit first. While we have a potential once in a generation type team coming up and should be more eager to bust the travel budget, others do not and I Imagine travel across the country after a pandemic budget crushing year does not feel great for them.
That said, yes it would be great if A10 was trying something just not sure what they can get this quick. Maybe it’s a good thing many schedules basically got reset after last year, leaving openings for this year? Perhaps Bona can still get a home and home with an eager/higher level MWC team?
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Post by maplehurst on May 12, 2021 10:22:44 GMT -5
just call New Mexico and see if they still want to play. They may have a hard time filling the date as Bonas'. No reason not to try.
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Post by ohs73 on May 12, 2021 10:36:38 GMT -5
Head for The Valley. Loy-o-la, Loy-o-la...
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2021 OOC
May 12, 2021 15:32:33 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on May 12, 2021 15:32:33 GMT -5
Call Ole Miss; they’ve played a number of A10 opponents over the years.
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2021 OOC
May 12, 2021 19:22:44 GMT -5
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Post by Pinnum on May 12, 2021 19:22:44 GMT -5
Head for The Valley. Loy-o-la, Loy-o-la... Will they be any good? I don’t know what their team will look like with their coach gone.
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2021 OOC
May 12, 2021 19:24:31 GMT -5
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Post by Pinnum on May 12, 2021 19:24:31 GMT -5
Call Ole Miss; they’ve played a number of A10 opponents over the years. Have they played and away game at any A10 school other than Dayton in the last 15 years? They seem to have a nice relationship with Dayton playing them every four of five years but it seems like their other games come in neutral site events. And we already have a potential meeting with them in Charleston.
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2021 OOC
May 12, 2021 19:26:03 GMT -5
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Post by Pinnum on May 12, 2021 19:26:03 GMT -5
just call New Mexico and see if they still want to play. They may have a hard time filling the date as Bonas'. No reason not to try. I don’t think New Mexico has trouble filling their schedule. NMSU on the other hand has a lot of trouble filling their schedule and they are regularly a solid program. But I am not sure a trip out to the desert is worth it either way depending on what other options are available.
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Post by letsgobonas on May 12, 2021 19:33:24 GMT -5
Go bigger... The American!
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2021 OOC
May 12, 2021 19:45:40 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on May 12, 2021 19:45:40 GMT -5
Ole Miss played a home & home with UMass 2015-2016 & 2016-2017.
They played George Mason in 2015-2016 and St Joes in 2016-2017.
As mentioned, they’ve had a home & home with Dayton.
Their HC, Kermit Davis, coached at Middle TN State for many years.
BTW, they play in the Charleston Classic next year.
Would love to play them and beat them.
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2021 OOC
May 12, 2021 19:57:56 GMT -5
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Post by Pinnum on May 12, 2021 19:57:56 GMT -5
Ole Miss played a home & home with UMass 2015-2016 & 2016-2017. They played George Mason in 2015-2016 and St Joes in 2016-2017. As mentioned, they’ve had a home & home with Dayton. Their HC, Kermit Davis, coached at Middle TN State for many years. BTW, they play in the Charleston Classic next year. Would love to play them and beat them. UMass was not a home/home deal. It was a game played in the Hall of Fame Classic with a return trip required for the neutral court game. Mason and Joes were in tournaments. Mason at the Charleston Classic where we could already see Ole Miss are this year and Joes at the Paradise Jam we were slated to play in last year. Dayton is the only team they have played that wasn’t scheduled by a third party. Miss State and Ole Miss are the SEC schools that have had the hardest time scheduling games. Which is why they schedule Dayton. But that doesn’t mean they struggle getting games. They just have it harder than the likes of Kentucky and Florida.
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Post by chrismoses on May 17, 2021 7:33:22 GMT -5
just call New Mexico and see if they still want to play. They may have a hard time filling the date as Bonas'. No reason not to try. I don’t think New Mexico has trouble filling their schedule. NMSU on the other hand has a lot of trouble filling their schedule and they are regularly a solid program. But I am not sure a trip out to the desert is worth it either way depending on what other options are available. I think solely due to UNM's location, they have a difficult time putting together an OOC you would expect for a program like that. Same thing for Colorado State. I would take a H&H with any MWC school most years.
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