Coppin State should be sponsored by Samsonite

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... and their theme song should be "On the Road Again."

I recalled that Coppin State was in one of last year's NCAA play-in games. But I didn't know that they were the only 20-loss team to play in an NCAA tournament.

I also didn't know (until today) that every game they played this season has been out of town ... they've been on the road for each of their games since 11/22 and won't play at home until January 10.

Here's their pre=conference schedule:
22-Nov at No. 10 Purdue
28-Nov at No. 23 Kansas
30-Nov at Richmond
..6-Dec at Morgan State
10-Dec at Loyola (MD)
13-Dec at Dayton
20-Dec at Wisconsin
22-Dec at No. 14 Syracuse
29-Dec vs. Colorado (neutral site)
..3-Jan at No. 4 Oklahoma
..6-Jan at Missouri​
(I checked schedules for the past few years and found they had one or two games at home in the past ... but looks like they've pretty much been a patsy for bigger schools.)

As Blue Ribbon reported, those appearance fees help out Coppin's budget (and their non-revenue teams) ... but at what price? Aside from being a "cupcake" and whatever psychological toll that may take, I have to wonder what the effects of such travel does to a team's academic performance.

Anyone know of another team that has this kind of schedule?
 




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