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RhowdyRam02 wrote:
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RhowdyRam02 wrote:Besides the fact that winning is supposed to be important and this scenario puts us at a competitive disadvantage? Besides the fact that casinos are depressing as fuck and it's nice to be on campus? Besides the fact that Mohegan Sun arena is worse than the Ryan Center? Besides the fact that we already have a hard enough time scheduling top teams at the Ryan Center and now they would have zero reason to ever play us at home?

I'm the person who said we should play every year at Mohegan if we could get UConn to sign up and split the crowd 50/50. That makes sense. Doing this West Virginia thing and expanding it is a bad idea.

Also, how do we know that this is included for season ticket holders and students are free? That seems to have just been assumed with zero proof or confirmation.
So if the choices are a West Virginia caliber opponent at Mohegan or another 200+ RPI game at home would you opt for the home game?
This is a ridiculous question. Those are not the choices, as we've seen this year.
I'm not sure I understand. So is your assumption that they chose playing a neutral site game against West Virginia over playing a similar caliber team at the Ryan Center?

And let me add another piece to this. If playing this one game on a neutral court is the catalyst to cementing a multi-year true home and home series with West Virginia, does that make it worth it?
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Blue Man wrote: The benefits are numerous and obvious, including but not limited to: the game itself against a top 25 opponent, national television exposure, a neutral game which is worth more now than a home game in the selection process, and the benefit of another top 25 game the next year.
How is it worth more than a home game? It's going to be considered a home game yet we won't get the true home advantage. West Virginia gets to play a road game and won't have to deal as difficult of an environment as it would be at the RC. I would have preferred it to be considered a neutral site game but I doubt West Virginia would have accepted that.

To be clear I think it's great for adding a strong team to our schedule, national exposure and giving fans a big game to get excited about but after being at the Cincy game last year I think it's clear we're getting the raw end of the deal. I'm just hoping we don't play at Mohegan next year on a week night, that'd probably be the worst scenario for this "home" and home.
No I am pretty sure Mohegan is considered a neutral court it always has been in the past
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Blue Man wrote: The benefits are numerous and obvious, including but not limited to: the game itself against a top 25 opponent, national television exposure, a neutral game which is worth more now than a home game in the selection process, and the benefit of another top 25 game the next year.
How is it worth more than a home game? It's going to be considered a home game yet we won't get the true home advantage. West Virginia gets to play a road game and won't have to deal as difficult of an environment as it would be at the RC. I would have preferred it to be considered a neutral site game but I doubt West Virginia would have accepted that.

To be clear I think it's great for adding a strong team to our schedule, national exposure and giving fans a big game to get excited about but after being at the Cincy game last year I think it's clear we're getting the raw end of the deal. I'm just hoping we don't play at Mohegan next year on a week night, that'd probably be the worst scenario for this "home" and home.
No I am pretty sure Mohegan is considered a neutral court it always has been in the past
Maybe but I don't see how it could be considered a neutral site game yet season ticket holders will get tickets and students will be free.
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Joseph ski I don’t know for sure and that is an important factor. Regardless of what the season ticket deal is, I think it is a neutral game. I believe the UConn situation in Hartford is similar and I’m not sure how those games count.
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So if the choices are a West Virginia caliber opponent at Mohegan or another 200+ RPI game at home would you opt for the home game?
This is a ridiculous question. Those are not the choices, as we've seen this year.
I'm not sure I understand. So is your assumption that they chose playing a neutral site game against West Virginia over playing a similar caliber team at the Ryan Center?

And let me add another piece to this. If playing this one game on a neutral court is the catalyst to cementing a multi-year true home and home series with West Virginia, does that make it worth it?
You're asking me to make a choice that doesn't exist in real life. The choice isn't top 25 team at Mohegan or 200+ RPI game at home. We can schedule a host of 30-150 type RPI games either home and home or have them just play us here. We've seen that just this year. We brought in a few teams that were supposed to win their conference and started real home and home series with Nevada and Alabama, and the results were a top notch out of conference schedule. What we did this year was productive and repeatable.

There is no evidence that setting up the series this way will lead to a longer series with actual home games for us. None. If they had any actual interest in doing that, why wouldn't they start with that or just wait to start the series until we measure up to their standards?
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This is a ridiculous question. Those are not the choices, as we've seen this year.
I'm not sure I understand. So is your assumption that they chose playing a neutral site game against West Virginia over playing a similar caliber team at the Ryan Center?

And let me add another piece to this. If playing this one game on a neutral court is the catalyst to cementing a multi-year true home and home series with West Virginia, does that make it worth it?
You're asking me to make a choice that doesn't exist in real life. The choice isn't top 25 team at Mohegan or 200+ RPI game at home. We can schedule a host of 30-150 type RPI games either home and home or have them just play us here. We've seen that just this year. We brought in a few teams that were supposed to win their conference and started real home and home series with Nevada and Alabama, and the results were a top notch out of conference schedule. What we did this year was productive and repeatable.

There is no evidence that setting up the series this way will lead to a longer series with actual home games for us. None. If they had any actual interest in doing that, why wouldn't they start with that or just wait to start the series until we measure up to their standards?
That's quite the range you are throwing out there though. Big difference between 30 and 150. If there are a host of Top 50 RPI games out there just waiting to be scheduled in Kingston, then by all means go for it. I would argue there are probably not many of those options available. Yes, we brought in some good teams and started real home and homes this year, but that does not necessarily mean it is repeatable on a year to year basis as easily as you might think. Plus, let's keep in mind that by scheduling West Virginia with this setup it does not mean we are not still allowed to continue to start those other series if they are available. It would be very good to have several quality series lined up.

And I understand that there is no evidence that setting up the series this way will lead to a longer series with actual home games. But it has been mentioned in this thread as a rumored possibility, so I posed the question, if that came to be the case would that make it worth it in your opinion? That's all, just curious if that situation would change your opinion?
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RhowdyRam02 wrote:
adam914 wrote:
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This is a ridiculous question. Those are not the choices, as we've seen this year.
I'm not sure I understand. So is your assumption that they chose playing a neutral site game against West Virginia over playing a similar caliber team at the Ryan Center?

And let me add another piece to this. If playing this one game on a neutral court is the catalyst to cementing a multi-year true home and home series with West Virginia, does that make it worth it?
You're asking me to make a choice that doesn't exist in real life. The choice isn't top 25 team at Mohegan or 200+ RPI game at home. We can schedule a host of 30-150 type RPI games either home and home or have them just play us here. We've seen that just this year. We brought in a few teams that were supposed to win their conference and started real home and home series with Nevada and Alabama, and the results were a top notch out of conference schedule. What we did this year was productive and repeatable.

There is no evidence that setting up the series this way will lead to a longer series with actual home games for us. None. If they had any actual interest in doing that, why wouldn't they start with that or just wait to start the series until we measure up to their standards?
There’s a HUGE difference between Nevada and Alabama vs WVU. Come on.
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rhodysurf wrote:
RhowdyRam02 wrote:
adam914 wrote:
I'm not sure I understand. So is your assumption that they chose playing a neutral site game against West Virginia over playing a similar caliber team at the Ryan Center?

And let me add another piece to this. If playing this one game on a neutral court is the catalyst to cementing a multi-year true home and home series with West Virginia, does that make it worth it?
You're asking me to make a choice that doesn't exist in real life. The choice isn't top 25 team at Mohegan or 200+ RPI game at home. We can schedule a host of 30-150 type RPI games either home and home or have them just play us here. We've seen that just this year. We brought in a few teams that were supposed to win their conference and started real home and home series with Nevada and Alabama, and the results were a top notch out of conference schedule. What we did this year was productive and repeatable.

There is no evidence that setting up the series this way will lead to a longer series with actual home games for us. None. If they had any actual interest in doing that, why wouldn't they start with that or just wait to start the series until we measure up to their standards?
There’s a HUGE difference between Nevada and Alabama vs WVU. Come on.
Not only is there a difference between WV (top 15 in the country) and Neveda and Alabama BUT WE WERE TWO GAMES SHORT ON OUR SCHEDULE THIS YEAR. Why does this poster continually forget that????
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UCH21377 wrote:Joseph ski I don’t know for sure and that is an important factor. Regardless of what the season ticket deal is, I think it is a neutral game. I believe the UConn situation in Hartford is similar and I’m not sure how those games count.
Uconn games at Hartford are considered home games for Uconn. URI at Mohegan would be a nuetral site game. The difference I believe is the away team is dictating the location as opposed to the home team. WV has to be careful though, giving a team a nuetral site game with these new metrics with what will surely be a home crowd advantage can hurt them metric wise. Even if they win they’ll lose RPI points due to it being at a nuetral site as opposed to a road game.
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How many pages of "overthink" are we capable of for this?
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Don't forget the money factor. 7,000-8,000 people at Mohegan is better from a financial standpoint then 4,000 for Marist.
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Blue Man wrote:Leave it to this board to somehow find a way to see the negative in everything - even if it doesn't exist.

You are huffing glue while hanging from the ceiling if you can see anything bad here.

We have a game next year and the year following against a near lock top 20 team. Not only that, it's a game included in the season ticket package so no one has to go out and buy the tickets. It is 40 minutes from campus so you know there will be a phenomenal Rhody crowd, as it always is at Mohegan. It's also at a fantastic place to visit and stay.

I really struggle daily to understand the complaints and opinions about this program that aren't based in reality.

Sorry, just because we went to one tournament and won a game in 20 years doesn't mean we are now a superior program to a team that has been to like 4x as many tournaments - 10 since 98, 6 sweet 16s, 3 elite 8s, and a final four - while we won 1 game in that same span. Not to say we aren't doing great for our own historical comparison, but good God y'all need perspective.

Like one day you people are saying we suck if we lose to a top 25 team on the road, and need to be blowing people out by more (both wrong assumptions). Then you start huffing and puffing like we're a blue blood school and conveniently forget anything that happened from 2000-2016 and live in this fantasy world where we're the best program ever and other schools should feel privileged to play us.

These are also the same people that laugh at PC fans who think they're on the same level as UCONN.

We are a program that is being built. We are well on our way to being a known commodity as a basketball program, but we aren't even CLOSE to being there yet. Dan would say the same thing. We need to invest in the program so that we get Dan to stay here, and need a sweet 16 appearance this year, plus at LEAST 2 more tournament births and wins after this before you start to get a "powerhouse" reputation. You can't just make 2 tourney births and count yourself as "arrived" - you need to sustain that for more than one major recruiting class.

For now, can we just be pumped we have a MAJOR OOC opportunity on the schedule for the next 2 years?

Blueman, when did it become your job to take comments from a few posters and project that to the entire board (“leave it to this Board”)? A significant majority of the post on this topic are favorable about the announcement but you attack with your negative comment about the members of the board. It is tired. Give it a break.
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Blue Man wrote:Leave it to this board to somehow find a way to see the negative in everything - even if it doesn't exist.

You are huffing glue while hanging from the ceiling if you can see anything bad here.

We have a game next year and the year following against a near lock top 20 team. Not only that, it's a game included in the season ticket package so no one has to go out and buy the tickets. It is 40 minutes from campus so you know there will be a phenomenal Rhody crowd, as it always is at Mohegan. It's also at a fantastic place to visit and stay.

I really struggle daily to understand the complaints and opinions about this program that aren't based in reality.

Sorry, just because we went to one tournament and won a game in 20 years doesn't mean we are now a superior program to a team that has been to like 4x as many tournaments - 10 since 98, 6 sweet 16s, 3 elite 8s, and a final four - while we won 1 game in that same span. Not to say we aren't doing great for our own historical comparison, but good God y'all need perspective.

Like one day you people are saying we suck if we lose to a top 25 team on the road, and need to be blowing people out by more (both wrong assumptions). Then you start huffing and puffing like we're a blue blood school and conveniently forget anything that happened from 2000-2016 and live in this fantasy world where we're the best program ever and other schools should feel privileged to play us.

These are also the same people that laugh at PC fans who think they're on the same level as UCONN.

We are a program that is being built. We are well on our way to being a known commodity as a basketball program, but we aren't even CLOSE to being there yet. Dan would say the same thing. We need to invest in the program so that we get Dan to stay here, and need a sweet 16 appearance this year, plus at LEAST 2 more tournament births and wins after this before you start to get a "powerhouse" reputation. You can't just make 2 tourney births and count yourself as "arrived" - you need to sustain that for more than one major recruiting class.

For now, can we just be pumped we have a MAJOR OOC opportunity on the schedule for the next 2 years?

Blueman, when did it become your job to take comments from a few posters and project that to the entire board (“leave it to this Board”)? A significant majority of the post on this topic are favorable about the announcement but you attack with your negative comment about the members of the board. It is tired. Give it a break.
Agreed, Blueman you’re taking the comments of two posters and translating as if it’s the entire board. As the poll on another thread has proven, 97% of the board loves this news and agrees with your assessment when it comes to scheduling. One or two rogue poster removed from reality does not make the majority of this board.
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Rhody83 wrote:
Blue Man wrote:Leave it to this board to somehow find a way to see the negative in everything - even if it doesn't exist.

You are huffing glue while hanging from the ceiling if you can see anything bad here.

We have a game next year and the year following against a near lock top 20 team. Not only that, it's a game included in the season ticket package so no one has to go out and buy the tickets. It is 40 minutes from campus so you know there will be a phenomenal Rhody crowd, as it always is at Mohegan. It's also at a fantastic place to visit and stay.

I really struggle daily to understand the complaints and opinions about this program that aren't based in reality.

Sorry, just because we went to one tournament and won a game in 20 years doesn't mean we are now a superior program to a team that has been to like 4x as many tournaments - 10 since 98, 6 sweet 16s, 3 elite 8s, and a final four - while we won 1 game in that same span. Not to say we aren't doing great for our own historical comparison, but good God y'all need perspective.

Like one day you people are saying we suck if we lose to a top 25 team on the road, and need to be blowing people out by more (both wrong assumptions). Then you start huffing and puffing like we're a blue blood school and conveniently forget anything that happened from 2000-2016 and live in this fantasy world where we're the best program ever and other schools should feel privileged to play us.

These are also the same people that laugh at PC fans who think they're on the same level as UCONN.

We are a program that is being built. We are well on our way to being a known commodity as a basketball program, but we aren't even CLOSE to being there yet. Dan would say the same thing. We need to invest in the program so that we get Dan to stay here, and need a sweet 16 appearance this year, plus at LEAST 2 more tournament births and wins after this before you start to get a "powerhouse" reputation. You can't just make 2 tourney births and count yourself as "arrived" - you need to sustain that for more than one major recruiting class.

For now, can we just be pumped we have a MAJOR OOC opportunity on the schedule for the next 2 years?

Blueman, when did it become your job to take comments from a few posters and project that to the entire board (“leave it to this Board”)? A significant majority of the post on this topic are favorable about the announcement but you attack with your negative comment about the members of the board. It is tired. Give it a break.
Fair. Internet hyperbole I guess.
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If this game is included in Rhody season tickets and/or Rhody controls ticket distribution and game day operations it is a home game for RPI purposes.

Source: page 11
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ATPTourFan wrote:If this game is included in Rhody season tickets and/or Rhody controls ticket distribution and game day operations it is a home game for RPI purposes.

Source: page 11
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Ah that sucks. Oh well, should be a home crowd environment either way.
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which we do not know yet because nothing has been formally announced
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Interested to see what everyone's predictions are for the rotation next year. Obviously it's way too early but, it'll be interesting to see if we change up our play style since we're not as guard heavy. Here is mine feel free to comment with yours below.
G- Darren fatts russel
G- Jeff dowtin
G/F- Dana Tate
F- jermaine harris
F- Cyril langevine
Bench
6. Christian Thompson
7. Brenden Adams
8. Ryan Preston
9. mike layssard
10. Tyrese Martin
11. Akele
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Not a bad starting 5 not sure Tate starts from day 1 but it's possible. I also think Tyrese will be a rotation player higher than 10 but we shall see
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Vinstu wrote:Interested to see what everyone's predictions are for the rotation next year. Obviously it's way too early but, it'll be interesting to see if we change up our play style since we're not as guard heavy. Here is mine feel free to comment with yours below.
G- Darren fatts russel
G- Jeff dowtin
G/F- Dana Tate
F- jermaine harris
F- Cyril langevine
Bench
6. Christian Thompson
7. Brenden Adams
8. Ryan Preston
9. mike layssard
10. Tyrese Martin
11. Akele
12. Mike tertsea
Ok I’ll bite, I would guess that Layssard might transfer for a better opportunity to gain minutes. So here is my way too early prediction.

1. Dowtin
2. Fatts
3. Thompson
4. Langevine
5. Harris
Bench
6. Akele (senior)
7. Adams
8. Martin
9. Tate
10. Preston (senior)
11. Tertsea

I would expect us to go back to the 2 front court player lineup next year for sure with our current personal. I would also expect us to chase a high level 5th year grad transfer guard or a recruit that opts our if their NLI due to a coaching change after the season. If Lyssard does transfer, look for URI to target a potential high level transfer as well.
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CT Rhody wrote:
Vinstu wrote:Interested to see what everyone's predictions are for the rotation next year. Obviously it's way too early but, it'll be interesting to see if we change up our play style since we're not as guard heavy. Here is mine feel free to comment with yours below.
G- Darren fatts russel
G- Jeff dowtin
G/F- Dana Tate
F- jermaine harris
F- Cyril langevine
Bench
6. Christian Thompson
7. Brenden Adams
8. Ryan Preston
9. mike layssard
10. Tyrese Martin
11. Akele
12. Mike tertsea
Ok I’ll bite, I would guess that Layssard might transfer for a better opportunity to gain minutes. So here is my way too early prediction.

1. Dowtin
2. Fatts
3. Thompson
4. Langevine
5. Harris
Bench
6. Akele (senior)
7. Adams
8. Martin
9. Tate
10. Preston (senior)
11. Tertsea

I would expect us to go back to the 2 front court player lineup next year for sure with our current personal. I would also expect us to chase a high level 5th year grad transfer guard or a recruit that opts our if their NLI due to a coaching change after the season. If Lyssard does transfer, look for URI to target a potential high level transfer as well.
This thread is about schedule discussion for 2018 - 2019.
Guessing what the starting line up will be should have a thread to it's own
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It’s January 23, and they have 28 games set for the 18-19 season. That’s very impressive given the difficulty of scheduling in the A10.
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That's impressive....but so far only 2 OOC games at the RC, although they are both good ones.

Can only have 3 more.....
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So we only have 3 open slots available for next year ??
If so schedule all at home vs RPI 50-150
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The WVA game next year at Mohegan will be a URI "home" game (will be in season tix package and considered home game for RPI), ahead of a to-be-determined return game in Morgantown. I have updated the first post accordingly.

Should not be a huge surprise that a team of the WVA caliber still holds considerable leverage to avoid coming into Kingston for a home-home. However, getting Alabama & Nevada in the Ryan Center in addition to the WVA game at Mohegan AND the Diamond Head Classic is an AMAZING scheduling effort, especially in a non-PC year. Makes selling season tickets and multi-game packages MUCH easier.
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ATPTourFan wrote:The WVA game next year at Mohegan will be a URI "home" game (will be in season tix package and considered home game for RPI), ahead of a to-be-determined return game in Morgantown. I have updated the first post accordingly.

Should not be a huge surprise that a team of the WVA caliber still holds considerable leverage to avoid coming into Kingston for a home-home. However, getting Alabama & Nevada in the Ryan Center in addition to the WVA game at Mohegan AND the Diamond Head Classic is an AMAZING scheduling effort, especially in a non-PC year. Makes selling season tickets and multi-game packages MUCH easier.

It has been written before - URI must do all it can to get the Mohegun Sun game scheduled on a weekend. If it is a weeknight, there will be far less Rhody fans and there will not be much of an advantage for URI. A weekend game has the potential to be a pseudo home game environment.
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hope they look at 100-200 RPI teams for the remaining home slots. The team is gonna need a few "breather" games.
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I would think it would have to be a weekend if they're doing a doubleheader. Although, I don't know how this works as a home game if it is a doubleheader. Separate admission?
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ATPTourFan wrote:The WVA game next year at Mohegan will be a URI "home" game (will be in season tix package and considered home game for RPI), ahead of a to-be-determined return game in Morgantown. I have updated the first post accordingly.

Should not be a huge surprise that a team of the WVA caliber still holds considerable leverage to avoid coming into Kingston for a home-home. However, getting Alabama & Nevada in the Ryan Center in addition to the WVA game at Mohegan AND the Diamond Head Classic is an AMAZING scheduling effort, especially in a non-PC year. Makes selling season tickets and multi-game packages MUCH easier.
I know there are going to be some people that have an issue with this arrangement, but personally I love it. And it is the point I was trying to make earlier when discussing it with those that didn't love the Mohegan idea. But if playing it at Mohegan was the only way we could get this to work and get that return game in Morgantown, then I think it's something you have to do. It'll be a huge opportunity to go down there and get a big road win in a year that will have Dowtin and Cyril as seniors, Fatts as a junior and next years class as sophomores.

It has been said many times around here in schedule discussions that we wish they would adopt the "anyone, anywhere" scheduling philosophy, and in my opinion that is exactly what they are doing here and it should be applauded.
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RhowdyRam02 wrote:I would think it would have to be a weekend if they're doing a doubleheader. Although, I don't know how this works as a home game if it is a doubleheader. Separate admission?
Nah. If URI controls the ticket and game operations in partnership with Mohegan Sun Arena, there's no reason why the ticket can't be for two games. They do this today with some women's games at the Ryan Center.

I don't have information about day of week for this game, but Rhody and Mohegan Sun have an excellent working relationship. It is in everyone's interest to get the game on a day where the arena can be sold out. One may also think WVA wants a weekend game as well to accommodate their fans to travel and for recruits to see them play URI.
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RhowdyRam02 wrote:I would think it would have to be a weekend if they're doing a doubleheader. Although, I don't know how this works as a home game if it is a doubleheader. Separate admission?


PC played Houston and St John's played St Joe's in a doubleheader on a Wednesday (12/20/17) last month at the Mohegun Sun Arena. While attendance for some events with PC games there in the past has been good, this weeknight doubleheader drew 5,518.
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ATPTourFan wrote:The WVA game next year at Mohegan will be a URI "home" game (will be in season tix package and considered home game for RPI), ahead of a to-be-determined return game in Morgantown. I have updated the first post accordingly.

Should not be a huge surprise that a team of the WVA caliber still holds considerable leverage to avoid coming into Kingston for a home-home. However, getting Alabama & Nevada in the Ryan Center in addition to the WVA game at Mohegan AND the Diamond Head Classic is an AMAZING scheduling effort, especially in a non-PC year. Makes selling season tickets and multi-game packages MUCH easier.
I know there are going to be some people that have an issue with this arrangement, but personally I love it. And it is the point I was trying to make earlier when discussing it with those that didn't love the Mohegan idea. But if playing it at Mohegan was the only way we could get this to work and get that return game in Morgantown, then I think it's something you have to do. It'll be a huge opportunity to go down there and get a big road win in a year that will have Dowtin and Cyril as seniors, Fatts as a junior and next years class as sophomores.

It has been said many times around here in schedule discussions that we wish they would adopt the "anyone, anywhere" scheduling philosophy, and in my opinion that is exactly what they are doing here and it should be applauded.
Yep, Rod used to talk about that. Penders would play "anyone, anywhere ".
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rambone 78 wrote:That's impressive....but so far only 2 OOC games at the RC, although they are both good ones.

Can only have 3 more.....

Will however have plenty of opportunities to see URI outside the Ryan Center within about a 1 hour drive - at Brown, at Providence, at Holy Cross in the DCU Center, and vs WVU at Mohegun Sun.
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The ability to put this game into the season ticket package is big. It assures a set amount of tickets already in people's hands regardless of date, etc.... Less to worry about having to sell as well as guaranteeing a base number of fans in seats.
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So if this game is part of the season ticket package and is our home game, what is the other part of the doubleheader? Is it neutral site for those two teams?
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It would be because the other teams aren’t running the event.
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So, if we're the home team, and the other 3 are not, how are tickets allocated to each school?
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ATP sorry if I missed it but where are you seeing this is a home game or a home and home series? Rothsteins article still says it’s a neutral site game.
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This is a ridiculous question. Those are not the choices, as we've seen this year.
I'm not sure I understand. So is your assumption that they chose playing a neutral site game against West Virginia over playing a similar caliber team at the Ryan Center?

And let me add another piece to this. If playing this one game on a neutral court is the catalyst to cementing a multi-year true home and home series with West Virginia, does that make it worth it?
You're asking me to make a choice that doesn't exist in real life. The choice isn't top 25 team at Mohegan or 200+ RPI game at home. We can schedule a host of 30-150 type RPI games either home and home or have them just play us here. We've seen that just this year. We brought in a few teams that were supposed to win their conference and started real home and home series with Nevada and Alabama, and the results were a top notch out of conference schedule. What we did this year was productive and repeatable.

There is no evidence that setting up the series this way will lead to a longer series with actual home games for us. None. If they had any actual interest in doing that, why wouldn't they start with that or just wait to start the series until we measure up to their standards?
I’m sorry but is this poster drunk??? Umm hello we couldn’t even schedule the entire allotment of games allowed to us this year. Should I repeat that to make that clear? We have a home and home to Charlestown and Florida Gulf Coast our of necessity and we still couldn’t fill our schedule or did you forget that? This whole conversation is ridiculous, come back to reality please. This is a equal agreement for both sides especially if it’s played on a weekend when the students aren’t in session since we don’t draw that well without them anyway.
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steviep123 wrote:ATP sorry if I missed it but where are you seeing this is a home game or a home and home series? Rothsteins article still says it’s a neutral site game.
Rothstein is stating the obvious, but my information is very well sourced. This a semi-Home and Home arrangement.
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steviep123 wrote:ATP sorry if I missed it but where are you seeing this is a home game or a home and home series? Rothsteins article still says it’s a neutral site game.
Rothstein is stating the obvious, but my information is very well sourced. This a semi-Home and Home arrangement.
ATP - Do you know what the monetary arrangement is for this game at mohegan?
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Bummer. Bucknell usually has decent teams but it does not have the profile of St. Mary's.
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Yeah what the heck not good news at all
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St Mary’s is afraid to play us even in Hawaii!!
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Don’t these teams sign contracts before it is announced to public?
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According to the season ticket information for next year, the West Virginia game at Mohegan Sun will be Sunday 12/16. Each season ticket account can get up to 6 tickets for the game.
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RhowdyRam02 wrote:According to the season ticket information for next year, the West Virginia game at Mohegan Sun will be Sunday 12/16. Each season ticket account can get up to 6 tickets for the game.
I'll need to make sure my daughter's 3rd birthday party is scheduled for Sat 12/15 so I can go to the game.
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