Gophers vs. Cal in Sioux Falls

[gopherbadgerman]

If not in NET ranking, in ticket desirability.

I’d agree with that

 

[Unregistered User]

If not in NET ranking, in ticket desirability.

100%

There are a (small) number of people who post here that would rather see us play St. Thomas in The Barn in front of 5,000 people instead of Duke with an SRO crowd.

 

[SelectionSunday]

As a former season-ticket holder who over the years openly (here) criticized a lot of Gopher non-conference schedules for their lack of a truly decent home game, I can say I’m not one of those people. And that applies to this season, too. TSTSNMH should not be the Gophers’ best NC home game during any season. As of now they are. I’d assume Niko’s working on that. Schedule needs a notable Barn opponent of some national stature.

 

[TNGophfan]

The people who determine tournament entry rankings need to do something to take away the rating advantages of neutral site games. Its not good for any fan base.

 

[matt]

The people who determine tournament entry rankings need to do something to take away the rating advantages of neutral site games. It’s not good for any fan base.

They should only allow schools one neutral site game in NET rankings per year (or every other year), outside of approved tournaments.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

100%

There are a (small) number of people who post here that would rather see us play St. Thomas in The Barn in front of 5,000 people instead of Duke with an SRO crowd.

There will be way more than 5K at the barn when UST is there. I would take Duke 100/100 times.

 

[The Deliberate Stranger]

There will be way more than 5K at the barn when UST is there. I would take Duke 100/100 times.

I bet there's around 10-12k when the Tommies come, honestly the UND exhibition last year probably had 8k in tix sold

 

[Unregistered User]

There will be way more than 5K at the barn when UST is there. I would take Duke 100/100 times.

Not my point because neither will happen.

There will not be 5K or fewer at The Barn when UST comes here (barring a crazy weather event).

Duke will not play here in the near future.

They'd rather have St. Thomas at The Barn than a marquee opponent, even if the latter is what puts people in seats and the program on the national radar. People would tune in, from all around the country, to see us play a premier program, not many eyeballs will be watching whatever platform this game ends up on to watch the Gophers play UST that aren't affiliated with either program.

 

[TNGophfan]

They should only allow schools one neutral site game in NET rankings per year (or every other year), outside of approved tournaments.

Or make a true road game loss equal to a neutral site win.

 

[WAGopher]

If the Tommies game can sell out the barn, we should schedule them each year until it doesn’t. We need those dollars to keep improving the program.