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Well, you asked me two questions and I responded to both at the same time. To answer the single question this time: Yes, I am opposed to scheduling UST. For many reasons. One of them is that there is no reason to help them along. Kansas won't schedule Wichita State for the same reason. UST...

If you want to see them play then go buy a ticket for a UST game. They are cheap and plenty of seats available.

I'm opposed to thinking that we need to schedule either one. They are the same to me as neither does anything to help the Gopher program.

Where is the thread about scheduling Corpus Christi?

Yes. Those are no different to me. The only people who want to see that game have some connection to UST. I don't.

And UST has almost a thousand empty seats in an arena that doesn't even seat 2000. Any notion that a game against them would help ticket sales is misguided. The only reason to play them is to throw them a bone. And last time I checked, that's not our responsibility.

We pay every nonconf home opponent an appearance fee unless there is a home/home agreement. They opponent pays their own lodging/travel/etc.

Maybe a few thousand in the metro with degrees from both. Still talking about a relatively small group. How many of those people would buy ticket to the game? How many of those who buy tickets aren't already doing it? How many are buying through the athletic department vs third party (we all...

Look at the ticket sales of Gopher FB vs the regional teams compared to other nonconf games vs lower tier opponents. No noticeable difference. It's a lose/lose for the bball team too. Win = you were supposed to win, no one cares. Lose = you lost to a smaller school that you should beat...

I'd like to see the numbers on this. Not sure it's as high as you seem to think

That's not how it works

Why?

Zero reason to schedule them. UST had 1097 in attendance in an arena with 1800 capacity at their last home game against a D1 opponent. No evidence that playing them would be any different than playing South Dakota or UMKC in terms of ticket sales.

I believe those games were only counted as forfeits for the Big East standings. The NCAA was already counting them as “no contest” games

Don’t know. His resume isn’t really all that impressive, but Coyle obviously didn’t hire the guy with the most impressive head coaching resume. (Not meant to be a shot at Johnson, just the reality.) Gates, Dutcher, and Smith were contacted to interview. Gates refused, and the other two were set...

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Yep. This is a great way to explain it. Totally different than the Pairwise rankings in college hockey which are meant to directly compare teams.

Gates, Dutcher, and Smith were the only on this list given serious consideration. The others weren’t really a part of the search for a variety of reasons.

Tennessee-Texas Tech one of the uglier games I’ve seen in a while. Especially considering they’re both supposed to be solid. Going on 8+ min without a field goal by either team. TT dude just air balled a free throw that was at least a foot from hitting iron

Yea, it’s certainly doable, but not as easy as some think. You aren’t pulling someone off the street and giving them 30 bucks with zero training to come in and do it every night.