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Schedule missing just one ingredient
FAIRBORN — Brad Brownell wanted his Wright State basketball team to play in an in-season tournament, so he’ll cart the Raiders out to Seattle to play Washington, Portland State and Belmont this weekend.
He also wants his team to be on television as much as possible, so the ESPN2 game at Mississippi State on Dec. 16 is attractive.
But if you look down the WSU schedule, only four home games will be played against non-Horizon League opponents.
“We just don’t get enough home games,” said Brownell Monday at the school’s basketball luncheon.
It’s the same old refrain. The big schools don’t want to come here and the small schools want a lot of money. The schools the same size want home-and-home contracts, such as Arkansas-Little Rock and Sam Houston State, which are visiting this December.
Still, Brownell is extremely proud of that date at Mississippi State, even though the Bulldogs promise to be one of WSU’s tougher opponents.
“This is the second year in a row we’ll have a nationally-televised game,” Brownell said. “That means everybody in the nation can watch. Last year, we had a game on FOX with Wake Forest. Thse games are unbelievably hard to get. Unbelievably hard to get.”
They’re tough to win as well. Wake beat the Raiders 66-53 last season as WSU was trying to find out how to win without injured Vaughn Duggins.
Duggins is expected to be in the lineup for the Mississippi State game.
Regardless of what happens, expect WSU to go after more home games next season.
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By Bill in the Burg
November 10, 2009 9:58 AM | Link to this
That’s why we need more conference vs conference games. Get agreements with the MVC etc to play each other.
By Sam I Am
November 10, 2009 10:29 AM | Link to this
The MVC already has a conference matchup set with the Mountain West. If not for travel issues the WAC might be a good choice since they’ve been comparable RPI-wise. The A-10 would be ideal, but I doubt they would go for it. A crosstown matchup with the Flyers would be fun to see.
By WSU Fan
November 10, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this
A cross-town matchup with UD? WSU/UD used to do that, but it proved to be more fun for both schools to avoid the rivalry.
By Terry
November 11, 2009 2:36 PM | Link to this
It could still be on the schedule if WSU would agree only to play at UD (Homer) Arena. Why should we? Maybe UD should play a game at Ohio State every year as well!