Nadine asks Medved about hanging the 1997 banners and playing St. Thomas

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golfing18now said:
Not to be wet blanket guy, but why do people care so much about playing St. Thomas?

Doesn't seem to be much upside to me except for those of you that have a connection to St. Thomas.
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It's worth it just to get the local media to STFU about it. And honestly, it is a bit silly not to when you're scheduling Oral Roberts and Omaha from the same conference.

There was a time I agreed there was no upside, but now half the local rubes would be predicting a UST win, so you'd actually get some credit for winning, draw a good crowd and kill the tired talking point about "ducking" them.
 









Rocksoldier said:
Absolutely it makes sense. It’s all for fun. Have it at target center filled up with Minnesota and have a good time once a year.
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Please no. I am in the camp that neutral site games have hurt non-conference CBB.

Play a 2 for 1 over 4 years...two games at The Barn, 1 game at St. Thomas' new arena.

Keep CBB out of NBA arenas.

Go Gophers!!
 

Rocksoldier said:
Absolutely it makes sense. It’s all for fun. Have it at target center filled up with Minnesota and have a good time once a year.
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Huge disagree. If you're going to play the game, it needs to be at the Barn 9 out of 10 times. Play at St. Thomas once every 10 matchups.

And it can't be a buy game. If it never happens, it'll be because St. Thomas won't do it for free.
 

BleedGopher said:
Please no. I am in the camp that neutral site games have hurt non-conference CBB.

Play a 2 for 1 over 4 years...two games at The Barn, 1 game at St. Thomas' new arena.

Keep CBB out of NBA arenas.

Go Gophers!!
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I would give them one game in the new arena as a token, but that's it. Beyond that, all games at the Barn. B1G teams don't visit Summit League teams on a regular basis.
 

howeda7 said:
It's worth it just to get the local media to STFU about it. And honestly, it is a bit silly not to when you're scheduling Oral Roberts and Omaha from the same conference.

There was a time I agreed there was no upside, but now half the local rubes would be predicting a UST win, so you'd actually get some credit for winning, draw a good crowd and kill the tired talking point about "ducking" them.
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That part might be true.

Until St. Thomas is on the same level as us, I guess I would much rather see an opponent from another power conference. This isn't the same as Iowa vs Iowa State or Wisconsin vs Marquette. It just isn't.

But maybe I'm in the minority?
 




golfing18now said:
That part might be true.

Until St. Thomas is on the same level as us, I guess I would much rather see an opponent from another power conference. This isn't the same as Iowa vs Iowa State or Wisconsin vs Marquette. It just isn't.

But maybe I'm in the minority?
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It's not a "play St. Thomas or play Marquette?" choice. It's a "play St. Thomas or play Oral Roberts?" choice.
 


If you have 11 non-conference games and 2 are in a tournament, the other 9 should be

-1 Power 5 Home game

-1 Power 5 Road game

-St. Thomas at home

-Any two of NDSU, SDSU, UND or USD at home on a rotating basis.

-Four Other Cupcakes of your choosing.
 


golfing18now said:
That part might be true.

Until St. Thomas is on the same level as us, I guess I would much rather see an opponent from another power conference. This isn't the same as Iowa vs Iowa State or Wisconsin vs Marquette. It just isn't.

But maybe I'm in the minority?
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Marquette and Wisconsin have both played Green Bay??

How far apart are they really?
 

howeda7 said:
If you have 11 non-conference games and 2 are in a tournament, the other 9 should be

-1 Power 5 Home game

-1 Power 5 Road game

-St. Thomas at home

-Any two of NDSU, SDSU, UND or USD at home on a rotating basis.

-Four cupcakes of your choosing.
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Couldn't the bolded count as your four cupcakes? :LOL:
 


Roland Brooks said:
Marquette and Wisconsin have both played Green Bay??

How far apart are they really?
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Well they weren't that far apart this year. That's true.

But Omaha was just edged by 30 points in their round one NCAA game.

Hopefully Niko elevates the program to a level where this isn't a conversation.
 




howeda7 said:
If you have 11 non-conference games and 2 are in a tournament, the other 9 should be

-1 Power 5 Home game

-1 Power 5 Road game

-St. Thomas at home

-Any two of NDSU, SDSU, UND or USD at home on a rotating basis.

-Four cupcakes of your choosing.
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good list- I would throw Northern Iowa into that mix also and maybe alternate UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee.
Paying travel expenses and a bag of cash also to the Texas schools we seem to get lately or the Louisianna Hyphen schools we used to get didn't make much sense to me.
Not playing St Thomas but then playing a couple of common opponents doesn't make much sense either, but maybe if Ryan Livingston isn't kept on, things will change.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
Basketball as a whole. Kids see multiple options to play D1 basketball.

Also
Saves a ton of money unless St. Thomas doesn't play nice. (Their AD spent time at the U)

Could be a huge $$ generator if it becomes a "Basketball Day MN" thing.
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Yes exactly
 


golfing18now said:
That part might be true.

Until St. Thomas is on the same level as us, I guess I would much rather see an opponent from another power conference. This isn't the same as Iowa vs Iowa State or Wisconsin vs Marquette. It just isn't.

But maybe I'm in the minority?
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Right now St. Thomas is on the same level.
 

Minnesconsin fan said:
good list- I would throw Northern Iowa into that mix also and maybe alternate UW-Green Bay and UW-Milwaukee.
Paying travel expenses and a bag of cash also to the Texas schools we seem to get lately or the Louisianna Hyphen schools we used to get didn't make much sense to me.
Not playing St Thomas but then playing a couple of common opponents doesn't make much sense either, but maybe if Ryan Livingston isn't kept on, things will change.
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I assume part of why they don't play UNI/UWGB is that they already play Iowa State/Iowa or Wisconsin/Marquette every year and may not want to play Minnesota.
 

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