[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

I know I point out a lot of things I dont like all the time, but bringing Clemson to the Vines is BIG TIME! Great job to the staff getting that....



And the Davidson game this year isnt totally off yet, it changes about every week from what I hear, but no matter what they will be here next year cause they signed a contract. (Or they could pay uss a lot of $$$)

[Chris Lang]

No, the Davidson game for this year is indeed totally off. There's no way Ritchie would release the schedule if there was a chance to still make that one work.

[paradox]

I know I point out a lot of things I dont like all the time, but bringing Clemson to the Vines is BIG TIME! Great job to the staff getting that....



And the Davidson game this year isnt totally off yet, it changes about every week from what I hear, but no matter what they will be here next year cause they signed a contract. (Or they could pay uss a lot of $$$)

As far as next year goes, an ACC home game is great, and Davidson at home, with the two Currys, is a potential ESPN game in the Vines.

[olldflame]

I know I point out a lot of things I dont like all the time, but bringing Clemson to the Vines is BIG TIME! Great job to the staff getting that....



And the Davidson game this year isnt totally off yet, it changes about every week from what I hear, but no matter what they will be here next year cause they signed a contract. (Or they could pay uss a lot of $$$)

As far as next year goes, an ACC home game is great, and Davidson at home, with the two Currys, is a potential ESPN game in the Vines.

However, the conventional wisdom is that it won't be both Currys, because if this year goes as planned for Stephen, he will probably move on to the NBA.

[WinthropEagleFan]

There may be some life left in a possible LU/Davidson game. LU has one game less than the amount allowed by the NCAA (you are allowed 29 games OR 27 games + an exempt tourney...LU has 26 games scheduled along with the Vegas tourney). And Davidson has double-booked themselves and their game against Charlotte is in doubt again (which was in doubt earlier in the month, but WU and Charlotte moved their scheduled game to accommodate Davidson, but then Davidson has a game scheduled on the same day as the new date they agreed on with Charlotte).

Long story short, Davidson may soon have a schedule opening...and LU could add a game if they wanted to (without having to get rid of any existing game on the schedule). I'm not saying they would end up playing, but the possibility exists.

[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

Thats what I was saying

[Chris Lang]

LU already has 27 games + exempt tourney scheduled. Flames would have to drop a game to schedule Davidson.

[Chris Lang]

Also, there is no signed contract between LU and Davidson, so a game in 2009-10 is not a certainty.

EDIT: What I mean is there was no contract signed for a 2008-09 game at any point. When I asked Ritchie if he and McKillop were talking about a game in 09-10, he said they were discussing it.

[TylerBakersGonnaBGreat]

Also, there is no signed contract between LU and Davidson, so a game in 2009-10 is not a certainty.

I would never doubt Chris Lang, but Im pretty sure we do...

[WinthropEagleFan]

LU already has 27 games + exempt tourney scheduled. Flames would have to drop a game to schedule Davidson.

I'm only seeing 26:

1. Montreat
2. UVA
3. Coker
4. W&M or SC state
5. GMU
6. Clemson
7. Anderson
8. Cincy Christian
+ 18 conference games

Am I missing one?

[Chris Lang]

It's 27 because the exempt tournament is supposed to be counted as a single game, which gets you to 27. At least that's what I've always been told.

When I counted down, I counted one for each of the other 26 and one for the four games involved in the tournament. So that's how I'm getting to 27. So I should have said 26 + exempt tourney.

[WinthropEagleFan]

It's 27 because the exempt tournament is supposed to be counted as a single game, which gets you to 27. At least that's what I've always been told.

When I counted down, I counted one for each of the other 26 and one for the four games involved in the tournament. So that's how I'm getting to 27. So I should have said 26 + exempt tourney.

if you check college of charleston's schedule this year, they play in an exempt tourney (the new charleston classic), along with 20 conference games and 7 non-conference games (csu, sc state, usc, coastal, uncw, winthrop, and unc). That makes 27+exempt. Winthrop had 27+the paradise jam last season. Back under the old scheduling rules from a few years back, the rule was just 27 games (and an exempt tourney counted as one game). But when they got rid of the 2-and-4 rule, they increased the number of games you can play to 29 OR 27+exempt. I'm trying to find the thing I read back then that explained the changes.

[WinthropEagleFan]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=5914

This article talks about the scheduling rules near the bottom of the page.

[Chris Lang]

Thanks, WEF. I had forgotten the wording on that rule.

[WinthropEagleFan]

Thanks, WEF. I had forgotten the wording on that rule.

No problem. And I'm not trying to say that LU is going to definitely play davidson...just that it could be possible if davidson's game with charlotte falls through.

[Chris Lang]

Now it's 27 games plus the exempt tournament, so Davidson is done unless someone else drops off the schedule:

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/sports/s ... ters/8052/

[PAmedic]

Liberty in BracketBusters

By Chris Lang

Published: September 4, 2008

For the second time in three years, Liberty will be a part of ESPN’s BracketBusters event, which features mid- and low-major basketball teams from around the country, ESPN announced Thursday.

The Flames are one of three Big South teams involved in the event. Winthrop and High Point are the others. Winthrop will host a game either Feb. 20 or 21, and Liberty and Gardner-Webb will go on the road for the event.

[jcmanson]

Yes it is good. Here's the full list of teams playing:

http://www.libertyflames.com/media/1912 ... 0Field.pdf

There are 51 home teams, one of which is Winthrop. So, we could play any of the other 50 although they generally match up regional teams with like rpi. We could actually play Davidson, but not very likely as they should have a very high rpi and ours won't be.

Here's a list of teams i could see us playing:

• Vermont
  Boston
  Drexel
  James Madison
  UNC‐Wilmington
  Old Dominion
  Towson
  Loyola
  Illinois‐Chicago
  Valparaiso
  Wright State
  Youngstown State
  Milwaukee
  Fairfield
  Marist
  Rider
  Siena
  Ball State
  Central Michigan
  Eastern Michigan
  Western Michigan
  Bowling Green
  Kent State
  Drake
  Evansville
  Indiana State
  Wichita State
  Murray State
  Eastern Kentucky
  Southeast Missouri
  Tennessee State
  Tennessee‐Martin
  Davidson
  Georgia Southern

Some of those are obviously less likely than others.

[flamesbball84]

Yes it is good. Here's the full list of teams playing:

http://www.libertyflames.com/media/1912 ... 0Field.pdf

There are 51 home teams, one of which is Winthrop. So, we could play any of the other 50 although they generally match up regional teams with like rpi. We could actually play Davidson, but not very likely as they should have a very high rpi and ours won't be.

Here's a list of teams i could see us playing:

• Vermont
  Boston
  Drexel
  James Madison
  UNC‐Wilmington
  Old Dominion
  Towson
  Loyola
  Illinois‐Chicago
  Valparaiso
  Wright State
  Youngstown State
  Milwaukee
  Fairfield
  Marist
  Rider
  Siena
  Ball State
  Central Michigan
  Eastern Michigan
  Western Michigan
  Bowling Green
  Kent State
  Drake
  Evansville
  Indiana State
  Wichita State
  Murray State
  Eastern Kentucky
  Southeast Missouri
  Tennessee State
  Tennessee‐Martin
  Davidson
  Georgia Southern

Some of those are obviously less likely than others.

I'd like to see an ODU, UNCW, or of course Davidson vs. LU clash.

[Hold My Own]

Yes it is good. Here's the full list of teams playing:

http://www.libertyflames.com/media/1912 ... 0Field.pdf

There are 51 home teams, one of which is Winthrop. So, we could play any of the other 50 although they generally match up regional teams with like rpi. We could actually play Davidson, but not very likely as they should have a very high rpi and ours won't be.

Here's a list of teams i could see us playing:

• Vermont
  Boston
  Drexel
  James Madison
  UNC‐Wilmington
  Old Dominion
  Towson
  Loyola
  Illinois‐Chicago
  Valparaiso
  Wright State
  Youngstown State
  Milwaukee
  Fairfield
  Marist
  Rider
  Siena
  Ball State
  Central Michigan
  Eastern Michigan
  Western Michigan
  Bowling Green
  Kent State
  Drake
  Evansville
  Indiana State
  Wichita State
  Murray State
  Eastern Kentucky
  Southeast Missouri
  Tennessee State
  Tennessee‐Martin
  Davidson
  Georgia Southern

Some of those are obviously less likely than others.

How long did this take you? I'd need a nap after this much work.

[jcmanson]

maybe 2 minutes... cut and paste my friend

[ATrain]

The Flames are one of three Big South teams involved in the event. Winthrop and High Point are the others. Winthrop will host a game either Feb. 20 or 21, and Liberty and Gardner-Webb will go on the road for the event.

Lang finally makes a huge GMTM

[thesportscritic]

he didn't spell it wrong

[Schfourteenteen]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Chris Lang]

oops. not sure why I had High Point on the brain. Beauty of the internet: You can go back and fix it.