2024-2025 Basketball Schedule

[sportdawg]

Don't know how we are going to pay for Hester's extension, it's not from Ticket sales 2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule - Mississippi College Athletics (gochoctaws.com)

[Dwayne From Minden]

I thought it was a foolish extension -

What has he proved? What has he achieved?

If anything the program has taken a step back

[DallasDog]

We need to just have a blanket rule no extensions, they won't keep a big school from taking a good coach from us, but they have the effect of helping us keep average to bad coaches. If a coach does well, we can award/reward them with a new contract when the old one is done. Simply tell all coaches this upfront. It wouldn't change who stays, leaves or is stolen one bit.

We aren't stealing a coach or buying someone's contract out to come here. The state of college athletics going forward for schools like us are hiring young hot coaches from a lower level or a decent assistant from a somewhat bigger school... but they are only here if or until they have success then they are gone.

[Dwayne From Minden]

We need to just have a blanket rule no extensions, they won't keep a big school from taking a good coach from us, but they have the effect of helping us keep average to bad coaches. If a coach does well, we can award/reward them with a new contract when the old one is done. Simply tell all coaches this upfront. It wouldn't change who stays, leaves or is stolen one bit.

We aren't stealing a coach or buying someone's contract out to come here. The state of college athletics going forward for schools like us are hiring young hot coaches from a lower level or a decent assistant from a somewhat bigger school... but they are only here if or until they have success then they are gone.

I have no problem with an extension after a conference regular season championship or a tournament championship or NCAA at large bid

Outside of that have to really be knocking on the door of something special to consider at ONE year extension with no bonus

A losing first year followed by a choke of a second year with a ONE & DONE in the conference tournament doesn't constitute basis for an extension

[DallasDog]

With the way college athletics is going and the level that everyone will be playing at except for about 40 programs, I don't think they make much financial sense for schools outside of that top group. I could see extension for making the NCAA's in your sport, like you said 1 year etc. Winning the regular season or conference tournament is what they are being paid for. It's just part of the season 99% of the time. We have proven winning the regular season doesn't help get you anywhere other than where we already are.

I get where you are coming from. I could see a bonus for winning a conference tournament, and 1 year extension for NCAA. I mean the only way we will get into the NCAA's in most sports is to win the conference tournament anyway. The game is rigged so even if the small conferences really are a 2 or 3 bid contender, they will really only have a shot at 1 to 2 at most, 9 out of 10 years. Baseball is the least of rigged games left.

[sportdawg]

Potential for some decent opponents. At least it's not a road MTE vs. Alabama A&M, Samford & TN Southern.

Quadrant 1 (Q1) : Home (1-30) Neutral (1-50) Away (1-75)
Quadrant 2 (Q2): Home (31-75) Neutral (51-100) Away (76-135)
Quadrant 3 (Q3): Home (76-160) Neutral (101-200) Away (136-240)
Quadrant 4 (Q4): Home (161-362) Neutral (201-362) Away (241-362)

2023-2024 Final Net
UMass 91
Richmond 72
Southern Illinois 116

Eastern Kentucky 219
Ball State 258

@RoccoMiller8 56m

LouisianaTech vs. UMass will be part of the 2024 Equality Games at Nassau Coliseum. Doubleheader with Hofstra vs. Seton Hall.

2024-25 Men’s College Basketball Exempt Tournament MTE Tracker - Blogging the Bracket
Gulf Coast Showcase (Nov. 25–27:Estero, Fla., 3 games)
Ball State (MAC), Eastern Kentucky (ASUN), Louisiana Tech (CUSA), Richmond (A 10), Southern Illinois (MVC), 3 TBA (Ball State, EKU, Alex Rosinski, Rocco Miller)

[sportdawg]

@TheD1Docket
Louisiana Tech will host Georgia Southern on December 13th, the first game of a two-season home-and-home series, per public records obtained by
@TheD1Docket
.


The return game will be hosted by Georgia Southern during the 2025-26 season on a to be determined date.

UL-L game must have been moved. GA So 283 Net last year

[Dwayne From Minden]

UL-L game must have been moved. GA So 283 Net last year

Trying to get 20 wins...

I would mind them so much - at least they are SBC - if we didn't have the non DI's on the schedule

[sportdawg]

Trying to get 20 wins...

I would mind them so much - at least they are SBC - if we didn't have the non DI's on the schedule

My eye roll was more about BTB's response:

@BleedTechBlue · 23h That’s a really good home game for the #DunkinDogs.

[sportdawg]

Last OOC is mighty Rust College

[qng001]

What is a Rust College?

[sportdawg]

What is a Rust College?

They are in a conference with the University of the Virgin Islands.

[dawg80]

What is a Rust College?

They are in a conference with the University of the Virgin Islands.

They usually lose to the College of WD-40.

[Dwayne From Minden]

Three non D1 opponents -

You can't tell me NWSt or ULM wouldn't of jumped at a chance for a home and home

Or any regional SWAC - school G-fam and JSU come to mind

I'm ok with one non DI program and that program should be Centenary

Lazy lazy scheduling

[sportdawg]

Three non D1 opponents -

You can't tell me NWSt or ULM wouldn't of jumped at a chance for a home and home

Or any regional SWAC - school G-fam and JSU come to mind

I'm ok with one non DI program and that program should be Centenary

Lazy lazy scheduling

Yep
ULM has Champion Christian & Ecclesia on there schedule.
NSU has Dallas Christian, John Melvin & Southern-New Orleans

Open With Non-D1 (similar to playing an FCS) and then have a H/H with ULM/NSU.