[JK37]

Shafts which ones, if everybody plays by same rules?

[olldflame]

Conference schedule format has changed again. Teams will now play all conference games on back to back days vs each school. Helps some teams, shafts some teams.

All this did is eliminate the day off between the 2 games, which theoretically will reduce cost and time missed from class. I don't see how it particularly favors or hurts anyone. The previous change to do away with home and home is the one that really shafted some teams, notably us.

[ballcoach15]

True, I was just repeating earlier post. We are team probably shafted the most. And I bet it was intentional by ASUN.

[olldflame]

True, I was just repeating earlier post. We are team probably shafted the most. And I bet it was intentional by ASUN.

I normally don't like to promote conspiracy theories, but you have to be pretty naive to believe that our starting the season, with a young team, playing 2 games in Nashville against the pre-season favorites, is totally arbitrary.

[ballcoach15]

Reminds me of ACC SENDING CLEMSON TO NOTRE DAME last week.

[Jonathan Carone]

My goodness this schedule is doo doo. At what point do we stop playing these garbage NCCAA schools? And when do we limit the non D1s? We’re established now. We don’t need four of those anymore.

[thepostman]

I'm hoping it was because of covid challenges because I'm tired of playing 4 non D1's, that is for sure.

[ballcoach15]

Who are the non D1 schools on schedule

[ATrain]

Who are the non D1 schools on schedule

Bluefield, Carolina (not the school in Chapel Hill), UVA-Wise and Regent

[stokesjokes]

So they’re all semi-local

[Jonathan Carone]

Carolina University (formerly Piedmont International) is in Winston-Salem and is smaller than every public high school in the town.

[jinxy]

Atrocious home schedule. Unf is the only top 200 level team. Geez.

[Ill flame]

My goodness this schedule is doo doo. At what point do we stop playing these garbage NCCAA schools? And when do we limit the non D1s? We’re established now. We don’t need four of those anymore.

The non D1 schools don't lower our RPI like beating up on a terrible D1 school would. In my mind those aren't the issue although I wish they would limit it to 1 or 2 a year. We don't need to stack our schedule with P5 schools but we really need to be scheduling higher end mid major schools because that's the level this program is at right now. We dominate a schedule of mostly nobody's every year and wonder why no one takes us seriously.

[ballcoach15]

Did anyone else get an email today, informing that season tickets purchased in may, will not be honored. Only 600 fans will be allowed in arena. Divided between donors, sponsors, player and coaches families and students.

[stokesjokes]

Yeah, looks like I’ll be making the most of my ESPN+ subscription

[ATrain]

Atrocious home schedule. Unf is the only top 200 level team. Geez.

Well with only 600 fans allowed, no need to bring in big names this season

[LUOrange]

The fortunate side of having my season tickets cancelled is not having to pay for games in this atrocious schedule. I'm sorry, but you're not going to attract local and casual fans playing UVA-Wise (D2), Bluefield (NAIA), Carolina U and Regent (both NCCAA). Could we really not get Longwood, VMI, Hampton or Norfolk State to beat up on? Or even Lynchburg or Randolpph? Could those ETSU, Campbell, WCU, and Gardner Webb football games not come with reciprocal MBB games? I'm sorry, but you're not even going to sell out the Lil'Arena with these non-D1 teams.

[ballcoach15]

I can take every dollar I save by not going to basketball games, and apply it to softball this spring.

[Cider Jim]

Carolina University (formerly Piedmont International) is in Winston-Salem and is smaller than every public high school in the town.

That's the school that Tenn. Temple University merged with a few years ago.

[ballcoach15]

We should play P5 schools instead of these small schools.

[ATrain]

Yes, the home schedule is lame, but this year it is what it is. We lost the best senior class we've ever had, and are in the middle of a pandemic. A few wins to build confidence in case those big games don't go our way isn't a bad thing. The other thing is, these small schools likely need the money, so I don't mind being a good neighbor in a bad year. I have no doubt that next year's schedule will look a lot better for home games.

[Sly Fox]

Putting together a schedule under these circumstances has to have been maddning. With the obvious pandemic cloud floating over everything, the idea of having students spend the majority of time on the mountain needed to be a priority. Then you factor in our success the past two seasons and you can get an idea of how reluctant other schools are to schedule games with us.

We are getting some pop in the bubble tourneys and the trip to Mizzou. So the cupcakes are just fine with me in a season where ticket sales may not happen at all if the pandemic numbers continue to rise like they have in recent weeks.

I actually like us throwing bones to likeminded schools like Regent and Carolina. But then again I am old school enough to remember when we played teams that no longer exist today.

[LU 57]

Carolina University (formerly Piedmont International) is in Winston-Salem and is smaller than every public high school in the town.

That's the school that Tenn. Temple University merged with a few years ago.

Is that the old Piedmont Bible College in Winston-Salem? Played in a basketball tournament there in HS.

[Sly Fox]

It is indeed. I belueve my grandfather received some honorary doctorate there back in the day. As CJ pointed out, my dad's alma mater in Chatty has all their athletic memorabilia there on that tiny campus after they merged with Piedmont.

[Jonathan Carone]

Realizing it was hard to get a schedule together and saying this schedule is garbage aren't mutually exclusive. Both can be true.