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you play your conference opponent twice on the road one year and twice at home the next. This would cut the number of flights in half. Some years it would work to our advantage, others not. It doesn't really matter though because the conference tourney alone will determine whether we dance.
I know you could play El Paso and NMSU in one trip, but what about FIU or Liberty? And it would be better to have to bus to Huntsville only once ever two years.
Maybe it could make sense to extend a conference invitation to NDSU with this scheduling scheme.
Personally, I liked last year's conference schedule the best.....Tech traveled to a CUSA school (say UNT) and played 'em twice in one weekend. The next week a different CUSA opponent (say UAB) traveled to Ruston and took two whippings from us. I thought it was a better format for preparing the CUSA schools for end of season "tournament" basketball too. In tournament basketball, teams play back to back games like that.
Except when you have to play at WKU twice in a season.
New C-USA Travel Partners (not ideal)
NMSU/UTEP (45 min drive)
MTSU/WKU (2 hour drive)
Liberty/Jacksonville State (8 hr drive)
SHSU/LA Tech (4.5 hr drive)
FIU
Tech won one of those games at WKU last year, and IMO, should have won 'em both. That said, I think that format is one of the reason's Tech played so well in the NIT tournament.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
It's too bad Marshall panicked and decided to leave CUSA 3.0 for the Sunbelt 3.0. Huntington, WV is only 4.5 hours from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
I think they are scared of LibertyQuote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Game time of the Saturday UTSA game changed to 6:00 PM to eliminate the conflict with baseball.