LaTechReport.com @LaTechReport tweet
#DunkinDawgs open vs George Mason in Cancun, then Evansville or Fresno State
#LaTech will host Montana State & SEMO
http://www.cancunchallenge.net/blog/...hups-announced
Printable View
LaTechReport.com @LaTechReport tweet
#DunkinDawgs open vs George Mason in Cancun, then Evansville or Fresno State
#LaTech will host Montana State & SEMO
http://www.cancunchallenge.net/blog/...hups-announced
As reported by D06
2017 Men’s Cancun Challenge Matchups
U.S. Games
Monday, Nov. 13
Southeast Missouri State at Louisiana Tech
CSUN at Fresno State
Thursday, Nov. 16
Binghamton at George Mason
Southeast Missouri State at Evansville
Saturday, Nov. 18
Binghamton at Evansville
CSUN at George Mason
Montana State at Louisiana Tech
Sunday, Nov. 26
Montana State at Fresno State
Mexico Games
Tuesday, Nov. 21
Mayan Division
Binghamton vs. Montana State
Cal State Northridge vs. Southeast Missouri State
Riviera Division
George Mason vs. Louisiana Tech (CBS Sports Network)
Fresno State vs. Evansville (CBS Sports Network)
Wednesday, Nov. 22
Mayan Division
Mayan Third Place
Mayan Championship
Riviera Division
Riviera Third Place (CBS Sports Network)
Riviera Championship (CBS Sports Network)
Can you merge the two threads and then change the date on your post to move it to be the first post at the top?Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
Pretty sure you can decide which thread to merge into which then change the title. Not sure, but I don't thing the date can be changed. The earliest date would be at the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
Your post will always be first - if you don't mind me editing it, I can merge. It will be tomorrowQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
It doesn't matter to me. Pawdawg already edits most of my posts. :laugh: You can either do that or let the one I started die. There's no reason to have both pinned to the top of the forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
I just want to drink a cold beer out of a mug and talk Louisiana Tech Athletics with both of you and a few more from here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
Charlotte and Oklahoma State beginning series in Queen City, announced at alumni event.
Southern Miss will host East Carolina on December 14th as part of non-conference schedule.
Sleazy Stansbury is pushing for divisions for basketball. He got all the coaches on board.
Problem is it still has to get support from the ADs.
Hoops divisions sound nice in theory, but in reality it would be a logistical nightmare.
With 14 teams, divisions would destroy the travel partner model that reduces travel costs by having to split up MTSU and UAB to create divisions with an odd number of teams.
It would also either mean 19 conference games, meaning some teams would get more home games than others. Or it would mean an 18-game schedule with each team not playing a team from the other division. Or maybe a 20-game conference schedule with each team playing one cross-division opponent twice, but I don't this the coaches would support that many conference games.
I don't think you need divisions to make an 18-game schedule with geographic considerations to which teams play each other twice... just like C-USA has been doing. Tech basically played all the C-USA West teams twice except for UAB the last couple years.
Here's the link. Like most journalism today, it doesn't present the other side: http://www.bgdailynews.com/sports/wk...d8d853543.html
Coaches like formal divisions because you get two more trophies to crow about.
From a fan standpoint I can't see that it ought to matter too much in such a stupidly big conference as ours. As you point out, it wouldn't really change much in terms of what teams we play.
More "news" from the meetings--not much to see here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg06
http://conferenceusa.com/news/2017/5...525171244.aspx
Divisions would work fine with 12 teams. Not with 14.
Some teams have missed playing one division pair twice under the schedule system that has been in place. This past season UTEP and UTSA played Rice and North Texas on the road but not at home. They both played 9 games against West teams and 9 against East teams. Other teams like Tech and USM played 11 West games and 7 East games. Travel partners would have to be broken up at least on a limited basis to balance the schedule better than that.
Per Twitter -
Cajuns in Ruston on Dec 9th
Hey! A Saturday night instead of a Wednesday night. ^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden