Non-conference game vs. San Francisco

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Just what we need. Start the season with another loss. Hey Ben, find someone we can beat.
 






San Fransisco had a pretty competitive team last year. 20-14 with good wins and other close games. Lost by 2 to Gonzaga. They played Pepperdine. Box score shows Mitchell had a good night. 6 for 10 on 3 pointers and 22 points. Next best were a couple guys with 10 each. But box scores only tell so much.
 

UST is out there the week before they play 3 games in the Cal Baptist MTE.. with Cal Poly and Portland St…
 











howeda7 said:
I don't want a non-conference with zero power 6 teams on it. Not only is it pathetic and insulting to ticket buyers but it will leave them even more unprepared for B1G play.
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This is an away game? I think you have more point for the home schedule, that's fine.

Unprepared for Big Ten play?? You mean, even more than they already will be. Yikes
 

Gophers_4life said:
This is an away game? I think you have more point for the home schedule, that's fine.

Unprepared for Big Ten play?? You mean, even more than they already will be. Yikes
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This game is not the issue. My point is that it's looking like a game against San Francisco will be the most challenging game on the non-conference schedule. That would be sad.
 

howeda7 said:
This is a fun game to schedule. The issue is if this is the "marquee" game of the entire non-conference, which I fear it will be.
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I was going to say the same thing. This is a solid game to have as one of the games on the non-con schedule, but it would be pretty soft to have it as THE game. This is one of the reasons I focus so much more on B1G record than total wins, because coaches can do things like pull out of a preseason tournament to avoid tough games and pad their record. In the B1G, you need play the schedule as its given to you.
 

howeda7 said:
This game is not the issue. My point is that it's looking like a game against San Francisco will be the most challenging game on the non-conference schedule. That would be sad.
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I understand your point. Would be disappointing if USF is the “marquee” game on the non-con schedule. But let’s wait a bit; there’s still at least 7 or 8 opponents we don’t know yet. Cross our fingers.
 
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If you're buying season tickets to Minnesota Gophers men's basketball, the meat of your purchase is the Big Ten home schedule.

Fully granting that I'm not a season ticket holder, just a TV fan, I say that boosting wins in the non-conf is more important right now.

That part of the schedule can, and should, change depending on the strength of the upcoming team.
 

Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have one, too. Any P6 team that schedules only cupcakes in the nonconference to inflate their win total is a p*ssy program.

A college student doing addition and subtraction problems "to boost their confidence" does not prepare them to do calculus.
 

formerlybis said:
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have one, too. Any P6 team that schedules only cupcakes in the nonconference to inflate their win total is a p*ssy program.

A college student doing addition and subtraction problems "to boost their confidence" does not prepare them to do calculus.
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Concur.
Furthermore, it shows both:

How the athletic department and coaching staff views the strength of their team

And

What they think of their paying customers
 

San Francisco runs a very good program. This will be a tough test but it's a great game to schedule.
 




My hunch is it will be hard for the Gophers to schedule any quality P6 teams for a home game this season. What opposing coach by choice would bring his team on the road to play a team that has potential to be in the 150s-200s in Net Ranking? Who would put their team at risk to lose a game like that? Any decent P6 team is hoping to get a road game that at a minimum will be a Quad 2 game. Otherwise, they'll just schedule a dog home game if it means playing a Quad 3 or 4 game anyway.
 

tjgopher said:
My hunch is it will be hard for the Gophers to schedule any quality P6 teams for a home game this season. What opposing coach by choice would bring his team on the road to play a team that has potential to be in the 150s-200s in Net Ranking? Who would put their team at risk to lose a game like that? Any decent P6 team is hoping to get a road game that at a minimum will be a Quad 2 game. Otherwise, they'll just schedule a dog home game if it means playing a Quad 3 or 4 game anyway.
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Nope, p***y program!!! :ROFLMAO:
 

tjgopher said:
My hunch is it will be hard for the Gophers to schedule any quality P6 teams for a home game this season. What opposing coach by choice would bring his team on the road to play a team that has potential to be in the 150s-200s in Net Ranking? Who would put their team at risk to lose a game like that? Any decent P6 team is hoping to get a road game that at a minimum will be a Quad 2 game. Otherwise, they'll just schedule a dog home game if it means playing a Quad 3 or 4 game anyway.
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All the more reason it's foolish to pull out of the Vegas tournament.
 

tjgopher said:
My hunch is it will be hard for the Gophers to schedule any quality P6 teams for a home game this season. What opposing coach by choice would bring his team on the road to play a team that has potential to be in the 150s-200s in Net Ranking? Who would put their team at risk to lose a game like that? Any decent P6 team is hoping to get a road game that at a minimum will be a Quad 2 game. Otherwise, they'll just schedule a dog home game if it means playing a Quad 3 or 4 game anyway.
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I do respect the logic and conventional-ish wisdom in this post, and it very well may be reality. However, I think it's too convenient an excuse.

P6s like Temple or Georgia Tech (among others) are likely also in that Quad 2/3 limboland - they're not "quality" P6s, but they're at least recognizable as having successful pasts. Is Minnesota afraid to schedule teams like that because they're Quad 3 at Williams, or are they just scared of losing, period? My guess is the latter, but feel free to disagree.
 

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