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By UDump

July 25, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

Congratulations to the Xavier Musketeers [#17] and Temple Owls [#20] for being ranked in the Top 20 in ESPN’s “Most Prestigious College Basketball Programs Since 1984-85.”

What was the Dayton Cryers ESPN ranking again - #168? That’s beyond pathetic. No wonder you can’t get anyone good to play at that public urinal called UDump Arena!

Wonder who had a better ESPN ranking - the Cryers or your rivals, the Wright State Raiders?

ESPN Top 20: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3493766

By jack

July 23, 2008 11:49 PM | Link to this

“What I think….” is it’s pretty sad that there is so little coverage of the Flyer basketball team in the off season. This article was July 9 - now July 23 - the players are all in town - there should be enough interesting info. regarding coaches, players, activity in summer leagues, etc., to warrant at least one article/week. Regarding home schedule - we won’t get a consistent headliner sched. ‘til we become a “good” loss - we have work to do - Coach Gregory will get us there!

By RaiderNation

July 23, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this

Both the Nuthouse and Cintas Center are about 1000% better than that decaying public urinal called UD Arena!

Most of the people on this blog are typical UD Cryers fans: living in the distant past because the present is much too sad to contemplate.

By Sean

July 22, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

Flyer and Raider fan here….It would benefit BOTH schools for the men’s basketball teams to play each other annually. Make it a charity benefit for both schools geberal scholorship funds. As far as location for the game, play it at a neutal site such as US Bank arena in Cincy.

By All-Purpose Sports Complex

July 18, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this

Write States Nutter Center is almost as bad as the Cintas Center. Bland, and better for ice shows than basketball.

By pix

July 17, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

GO UD the greatest

By Stop Complaining

July 15, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

I can’t believe I am posting in the comments section of the DDN, but…

Regarding Wright State, the option isn’t playing them instead of Coppin State. The option is playing them instead of one of our road games. WSU won’t play at UD every year and will only do a home-and-home. Which road game do you want to give up to play WSU? Auburn, Marquette, Miami????

If you think UD doesn’t want to play a home-and-home against a BCS school then you are delusional.

By Bill

July 15, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this

I’m sick of hearing the excuses from Ted Kissell about why we cannot get top teams to play at UD Arena. We’ve had opportunities, but he couldn’t seal the deal. Michigan State tried to negotiate a deal with us in 1999 so Andre Hutson could play in front of his hometown friends and family and they said no and went over to Wright State. Ironically, they lost that game.

Louisville will play us in Cincinnati in 2006, but not in Dayton? Come on….give me a break.

By Jack

July 15, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

I am a UD season ticket holder and I would rather see us play Wright State than some of these teams with lower RPI’s. It’ good for the community and the food banks and I think a healthy rivalry could develope.

By Sam

July 14, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

The key for any mid-major program (and, yes, UD is a mid-major) is the schedule home-and-home series with other strong mid-major teams. Forget about trying to get the ACC and Big East teams. A schedule of MVC, MAC, and MWC teams will considerably boost a teams RPI. Also, I have a hard time believing that UD fans would rather pay $3000 to see Coppin State than WSU. I think a lot of the comments on here about not wanting to play WSU come from people who sit in the darkness of the 400 seats.

By BUCKEYE GUY

July 14, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

but wats the point of being fast when you run into someone or turn the ball over. Another player i like is Chris Wright he wasnt in the upper level of the freshman in the country but he is gonna be a great player for UD along with Johnson. I feel they have to pick up there schoring a whole lot and i mean they will have to average atleast 15 a game and they have the ability to do so.

By BUCKEYE GUY

July 14, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

To (W)right State, Wrong University u have a very valid point you guys did have sum injuries but i dont feel they would have made a huge difference. Yall had Brian Roberts (BROB) and he is gonna give you 20 pionts everynite and after that yall dont have a real consitient scorer now i do like Marcus Johnson once his shot gets consistent he is going to be a handful. When you get down to guys like London Warren im sorry to be sooo harsh but the guy is HORRIBLE he plays out of control yes he fast

By James

July 11, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

I think the Marshall game could turn out being tough at home. They had a lot of transfers sit out last year and have a good recruiting class…this from a 16-14 team last year that played Memphis relatively well. Also, they had West Virginia on the ropes until the final seconds.

By (W)right State, Wrong University

July 11, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this

To all caps buckeye guy: You are correct in your assessment of the flyers season and eventual loss to OSU in the NIT. However, you aren’t giving any credit where credit’s due. Even through all of the injuries, UD still was able to get into the A-10 tourney and the NIT and still managed 2 wins in the NIT. I know this isn’t outstanding, but it’s a stepping stone. Take the #1 prospect off of any team that isn’t of elite status, and see what kind of season you wind up with.

By BUCKEYE GUY

July 11, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

When OSU finally woke up in the 2nd half they was busting them by 20. Just to be plain and simply UD isnt what yall think they are. First off yall have a coach that looks like MARTY McFLY. Second yall almost missed the A-10 tourney so if you are struggling in that confernce where theres not that many good teams, what makes you think you can hang with the big dogs. First run the table in the A-10 like XU does and maybe you will have a leg to stand on untill then good luck in the NIT. GO BUCKS!!!

By BUCKEYE GUY

July 11, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

Im not a UD or WSU fan but honestly i think the last couple of years WSU has been the better team. UD is horrible, they cant hang with the big boys i give you one legit win last year and that was against Pitt. When they beat Louisville they had their main two guys out of the game and that was Padgett and Palacios. Everyone was beating up on them the begininng of last year. UD came to OSU and was all pumped up they played great the first half and OSU played horrible and OSU was still beating them.

By Matt

July 11, 2008 3:27 AM | Link to this

Outsider take; this non-con sched is decent, good enough to get you an at-large in March if you just take care of business… get some perspective. Chicago Inv. a nice little tournament; Zips & Marquette strong teams year in and out; G. Mason still decent with national vis; Creighton a potential Sweet 16 team this year, knock them off at home and you’ll make a huge statement. Do these things, maybe you’ll get noticed and get to next level.

By Sharon

July 11, 2008 2:33 AM | Link to this

Nice good blog!

By NJ Flyer

July 9, 2008 9:43 PM | Link to this

Correction on the X comment. I meant veteran backcourt.

I blame myself.

By NJ Flyer

July 9, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this

The schedule is weak. The team should have a fairly good chance to run the table on the home schedule. But will it hurt recruiting?

UD might sweep X this year. Their veteran background that provided the balance is gone. They will rely on freshmen, and they are good, at the point. X will sorely miss Duncan.

FT% will greatly improve. Sandoval, Binnie, Cordeiro gone. Warren will not handle the ball in late game situations. Perry’s time will shrink even more.

25 wins and a NCAA bid in March

By Lisa

July 9, 2008 8:14 PM | Link to this

Hey, Wright State Wrong School fans….go find your own article to post on. This article is about UD and we don’t need your crazy comments. Get over it already. Geez! Talk about whiners!

By j

July 9, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this

wsu sucks so does xu thats why ud does not play wsu

By UD?=WhoD?

July 9, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this

The reason UD and WSU wont play has to do with UD not wanting to play at the Nutter Center, not WSU not wanting to play at that crappy hole in the ground that floods. They want a home and home series so they can keep their precious revenue.

Its pretty pathetic UD fans can’t seem to drop the tremendous ego. Your basketball team isn’t as good as you seem to think they are.

By somethingbetter

July 9, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

just looking at RPI, Wright State is considerably higher than all but 4 or 5 of the teams UD is scheduled to play in ‘08-09. makes no sense to me that UD doesn’t want to play them.
I thought UD agreed to play WSU, but refused a home-and-home agreement with Wright State.

UD and WSU playing the Gem City Jam should be on par with the Cross Town Shootout. Too bad UD won’t agree to help out the whole community and schedule the game.

By jeff

July 9, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

I guess a weak horizon league and tournament doesnt include a top ten team like butler? The reason WSU fans want to see it is because Driver fans complain about how other schools think theyre too big to play UD and then say theyre too big to play WSU. Hypocrytical! Typical UD fashion. And like a UD fan on here said earlier, RPI means nothing, p.s. ours was higher than urs just two years ago. UD IS NOT AN IVY LEAGUE OR BCS SCHOOL…figure it out

By Scott

July 9, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

This home non-conference is a freaking joke. I am going to have a very difficult time paying $1,000 for these games. The fans are being screwed on this one….we deserve better than this.

WHAT A JOKE OF A HOME SCHEDULE.

By reggie98ud

July 9, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

Matt you are an idiot. First, UD Arena is one of he best b-ball venues in the country (as evidenced by consistant NCAA tournament games here). Second, the fans are not crying that other teams are too good to play here, just that the idiot we have for an AD doesn’t have the talent to actually go out and get those teams. There was a time when Kissell was booed if he wasn’t introduced with Purnell, we should have gotten rid of him then.

By Mattl

July 9, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

Just like Buckeye (and I do not Mean OSU type) sports fans who talk out the other side of thier face. 1st you Whine because you think you deserve to have the better teams come here and play you. They you put down a local team’s fan when they suggest you play his team. You complain that UD has nothing to gain and everything to lose by playing them and you whine because better teams do not want to come to UD and play you when they have nothing to gain from playing UD.

UD WHINERS

By (W)right State, Wrong University

July 9, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

Why is it that every time UD basketball is discussed some insane WSU fan(s) have to interupt? Isn’t there any WSU news of any relevance? The only folks who want a UD / WSU matchup is WSU. I never see any UD fan’s message saying how we must play WSU. That’s because we (UD) don’t want it or need it!

By Cleveland Flyer

July 9, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Every year, your “next year’s” schedule is driven by how well you did that year. If the Flyers can get some sustained success resulting in NCAA appearances - which I think will happen - a better schedule will be the by product. Teams like Xavier, Gonzaga and Butler have shown that to be true. As much as I despise X, they are a better matchup/draw/TV game for Top 25 teams and thus will get more opportunities. Playing WSU does nothing to improve UD’s ability to follow X’s lead. GO FLYERS!!

By Steve

July 9, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

Michigan State would come. Izzo doesn’t back down from a challenge. Also Ted Kissell=Linda Bruno

By asdjlf

July 9, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

Yes UD is too Good for WSU. Were trying to go up not down. You want to talk about recent look at UDs RPI vs WSU RPI from last year. Ohhh and you mentioned how WSU got to the tournement most recently, big deal you won a weak horrizon league tournement. By the way that year UD and WSU were only a few spots apart in the RPI. You cant even compare the two programs why try. UD may have a bad year every now in then, just like WSU has a good year every now and then, WSU program is going no where.

By jeff

July 9, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

ben, the Drivers keep talking about this amazing tradition. u LOST to Alcindor and thats about the extent of your tradition. Fact of the matter is, the past is the past. We’re talking about now and WSU has been to the dance more recently than the Drivers. I understand if Chris Wright gets another hang nail and doesnt Vaughn Duggins in his grille, but this town deserves the Gem City Jam, so have your boy Kissel call Bob Grant and get this thing figured out. YOU ARE NOT TOO GOOD TO PLAY WSU!

By Matt

July 9, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

Dayton fans really need a reality check. Its not 1967 anymore. Your a mid-level A-10 program. Who did you expect to come to that dump of an arena…..Duke, Kansas, UCLA? So just keep paying your seat license fees and ridiculous season ticket prices so you can meet up with Sally and George at the Arena and talk about how good it used to be 40 years ago when your program was relevant.

By Matt

July 9, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

Dayton fans really need a reality check. Its not 1967 anymore. Your a mid-level A-10 program. Who did you expect to come to that dump of an arena…..Duke, Kansas, UCLA? So just keep paying your seat license fees and ridiculous season ticket prices so you can meet up with Sally and George at the Arena and talk about how good it used to be 40 years ago when your program was relevant.

By Matt

July 9, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

Dayton fans really need a reality check. Its not 1967 anymore. Your a mid-level A-10 program. Who did you expect to come to that dump of an arena…..Duke, Kansas, UCLA? So just keep paying your seat license fees and ridiculous season ticket prices so you can meet up with Sally and George at the Arena and talk about how good it used to be 40 years ago when your program was relevant.

By Matt

July 9, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

Dayton fans really need a reality check. Its not 1967 anymore. Your a mid-level A-10 program. Who did you expect to come to that dump of an arena…..Duke, Kansas, UCLA? So just keep paying your seat license fees and ridiculous season ticket prices so you can meet up with Sally and George at the Arena and talk about how good it used to be 40 years ago when your program was relevant.

By Crayola

July 9, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this

Maybe Kissell is in his office again crying and eating a box of Crayons

By Fung

July 9, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Get some shooters on the team, not a bunch of guys who pump-fake, drive and charge. SO predictable.

By Ben

July 9, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

Putting Wright State on the schedule would make it even WORSE. If they put Wright State on the schedule, then UD might as well play St. Helen’s School for the Blind and the Special Olympics National Team (which I think Wrong State wannabees lost to last year). Wright State tards are just jealous they don’t have a program with a rich tradition like UD. Too bad-that’s what you get for being a second rate commuter school.

By jeff

July 9, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

maybe if the Dayton Drivers didnt have a greater than thou attitude other schools would come to town. There’s a school in the same city that UD wont play…other schools see that, weird how that works

By Ben

July 9, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

That schedule is pathetic-the only real quality non-conference games are Auburn and Marquette. 3 teams from the MEAC-GIVE ME A BREAK!! That’s just p**s poor scheduling. NO WAY Dayton should play more than 1 team from that crappy conference. I lay part of the blame on the AD, (No one wants to play at UD-horse crap!)and the rest on the fact that UD plays in the A-10. The A-10 is too weak of a conference. A-10 needs to dump a few teams like St. Bonnie, LaSalle, Fordham to gain more respectability.

By Dopey

July 9, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

As it stands, the big name schools have nothing to gain and everything to lose by playing at UD. Remember PITT? :) They were ranked 4 in the nation until UD. That game put UD on sportscenter that night. If UD keeps chugging away and winning key games and makes a good run in the Tourney then they will get some R-E-S-P-E-C-T!!!

By Dopey

July 9, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

As it stands, the big name schools have nothing to gain and everything to lose by playing at UD. Remember PITT? :) They were ranked 4 in the nation until UD. That game put UD on sportscenter that night. If UD keeps chugging away and winning key games and makes a good run in the Tourney then they will get some R-E-S-P-E-C-T!!!

By Steve C

July 9, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this

I have been a UD fan for years. Back , years later we played the Michigan the Irish, and remember the upset when we beet Digger and his Irish !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The city whent crazy!!!!!!!!! Now we have nobody comming here ,,,, Get with it UD ! Your AD is wrong

By rob d

July 9, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

…. MU then refused to play the other game on the contract… that may have been the way you coach or AD spun it but that is not the case. First of all, why would Mu turn down a upcoming home date with Ud, they wouldnt. Secondly as was widely reported in the media Dayton refused to accept any of the days that MU gave to play the game. This left Mu in a huge bind and had to find a last minute team. Since then Mu has dropped the series…tough loss for Ud..when they fans cry about the sched.

By rob d

July 9, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

…. MU then refused to play the other game on the contract… that may have been the way you coach or AD spun it but that is not the case. First of all, why would Mu turn down a upcoming home date with Ud, they wouldnt. Secondly as was widely reported in the media Dayton refused to accept any of the days that MU gave to play the game. This left Mu in a huge bind and had to find a last minute team. Since then Mu has dropped the series…tough loss for Ud..when they fans cry about the sched.

By rob d

July 9, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

…. MU then refused to play the other game on the contract… that may have been the way you coach or AD spun it but that is not the case. First of all, why would Mu turn down a upcoming home date with Ud, they wouldnt. Secondly as was widely reported in the media Dayton refused to accept any of the days that MU gave to play the game. This left Mu in a huge bind and had to find a last minute team. Since then Mu has dropped the series…tough loss for Ud..when they fans cry about the sched.

By XU

July 9, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

UD basketball was dead a long time before this schedule came out! I would quit blaming everyone else for your sorry basketball program and chalk it up to what is really to blame…A CRAPPY SCHOOL AND EVEN WORSE FANS!!! How many times will UD lose to Xavier this year 2 or 3?…I know that it all depends if they even make the A-10 tourney

By uncoolio

July 9, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Kissell continues to tell Flyer fans this and that is SO hard. We cant do this.We cant do that. THis is the lowest point in UD basketball. The weorst alltime sched. UD basketball no longer matters—Thanks Ted for killing the program. Instead of a AD that tells us we cant—howabout an AD that can say we WILL—I will not go to see this schedule—UD b-ball is dead

By David Carter

July 9, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

To Cleveland Flyer; you are right. I forgot about Purdue in 2000. UD has been to the NCAA three times this decade.

By David Carter

July 9, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

To Cleveland Flyer; you are right. I forgot about Purdue in 2000. UD has been to the NCAA three time this decade.

By Cleveland Flyer

July 9, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

Chuck:

You must have majored in history at Wright State. UD has actually been to the NCAA tournament at least twice and perhaps 3 times this decade, unfortunately all ending with losses (Purdue this could have been 1999, Tulsa, DePaul). I’m not sure anyone is saying that UD is anything more than a high mid-level program from what I read. You seem to be the only bitter person out here because UD perceives no value in playing your team. Sorry, get over it.

By David Carter

July 9, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this

In response to Chuck; Dayton has been to two NCAA tournaments this decade, not zero. UD lost to Tulsa in the first round in 2003 and to Depaul in the first round in double overtime in 2004.

By Chuck

July 9, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

PS…how many NCAA Tournaments has UD been to this decade. Let me think….oh yeah….ZERO. Quit living in the 50’s people. WSU is no pushover. For whatever reason UD still feels like it’s on par with OSU where you can pick and choose your opponents. Get with the program, UD is a high mid-level team and that’s all it will ever be.

By Don

July 9, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

Playing Wright State is like playing a girls team. If you beat them you can not tell anyone - it adds no creditability, and if you lose to them, you are embarrassed as hell.

So when you are known to of a better caliber, why play the local team that does nothing to enhance your program. I’d rather take that chance with a team from somewhere else and get some recognition from their community, media and fans. .

By emmy

July 9, 2008 7:27 AM | Link to this

rob d said: who is the clown that thinks Ud should beat MU. Mu will be top 15 and returns 4 double digit scorers. Mu will own Ud like always

talk about a clown - the last time UD play Marquette was the season MU went to the final 4 with D wade and UD beat them - MU then refused to play the other game on the contract

By 448 Kiefaber

July 9, 2008 7:23 AM | Link to this

yt27 asked:

“So, somebody tell me again why Dayton won’t play Wright State?”

yt27 - Because WSU refuses to play at the UD Arena.

By yt27

July 9, 2008 6:36 AM | Link to this

So, somebody tell me again why Dayton won’t play Wright State?

By thepummeler

July 9, 2008 1:12 AM | Link to this

yeah, like last year. or when they took 40 minutes to score 23 points against the Flyers….and lost. the MAC has grown up around MU to the point they’re not in the top three or four, let alone the conference’s best team

By rob d

July 8, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this

who is the clown that thinks Ud should beat MU. Mu will be top 15 and returns 4 double digit scorers. Mu will own Ud like always

By emily

July 8, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this

The reason x can schedule better is recent NCAA success (2 final 8’s this decade) - after UD gets wins some NCAA games, they’ll be able to schedule better as well; until then, no one wants to be this years Pitt.

Off course when you play the tough schedule you still have to win the games - I think x could be good by the end of the season, but until then it will be fun watching them blown off the court on national tv against Duke

By Mike B

July 8, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

If you want to be considered as a top flight program you should be scheduling some bigger names. Given the alumni bases and potential recruiting, why not consider scheduling from among Seton Hall, Rutgers, St. Johns, BC, Northwestern, DePaul, Penn State, Detroit etc. Away one year, home the next.There should be an all Ohio Tournament yearly as well with UD, Cincinnati, Ohio State, Wright State and an MAC school which would rotate as would Dayton with X and Wright State with Cleveland State.

By Dan

July 8, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

Personally, I like the Creighton game because they are always in the top 50 rpi and have had 11 straight postseason apperances which means they will only help us. The down side is they are really good at home. If we play well we should beat Marquette and Auburn and possibly Creighton if we play well in all 3.

By Lisa

July 8, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

If you don’t like it, don’t buy tickets. Why all of the negativity?

By flyerfan

July 8, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

As a life long flyer fan who grew up watching negele,ray, norm and anthony it seems like we’re never going to get to the level of a top notch program or even the dreaded x. Why can’t the flyers schedule better teams? x seems to do it every year. Do you really believe a team would be more scared of losing to dayton than x? a quick recap of who x has on their schedule for next season duke, UC, Butler, KSU, Vigina, Auburn, Purdue(wooden classic) and possible more in the pr shootout

By Kenwan Alford

July 8, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Playing George Mason is still good for the schedule. They have name recognition and reputation and have one of the best incoming classes for a mid major.

Maybe this year Dayton can actually beat them.

By j

July 8, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this

everone if you have a tough non confrance secdhule that’s good but little teams from big schools help rpi to x sucks any way if have all hard teams on the non confrance and loose all the games your done so you need the week teams to. go flyes

By Jeff

July 8, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

It would be nice if the Creighton game were between Christmas and New Years or at least on a weekend so that more people could make the trip to Omaha. Otherwise, not a bad schedule to give the 5 new players a chance to cut their teeth before feasting on the conference schedule.

By Bob

July 8, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

With a Home schedule like this, How am I ever going to sell my tickets for a Profit

By wallyp

July 8, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

There should be several lower level teams from the big conferences that Dayton could schedule. How about teams like Northwestern and Penn State from the Big Ten; Baylor, Colorado, and Nebraska from the Big 12; Washington State and Oregon from the Pac 12; Forida State from the ACC; the other Miami from the Big East; or Georgia and South Carolina from the Southeast? Big conference schools with not such big programs, but better than the nothings of the world we seem to get year after year.

By Mark

July 8, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

Don’t you all realize the struggle for UD to find quality opponents. No big time school wants to be the Louisville or Pitt of the past two seasons and get upset by someone like the Flyers. Instead, they have to go out and find quality mid-majors and hope for some of these teams to have breakout seasons. The schedule is as it should be expected given the success from last year this team enjoyed while being snubbed from the NCAA tournament.

By UDump

July 8, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

Weak, very weak…

Good thing you’ll have those 3 losses to Xavier on your tourney resume in 2008-09. Should help your otherwise poor RPI ranking. Looking forward to sending the Dayton Cryers to the Not-In-Tournament…again.

By Mark

July 8, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

Don’t you all realize the struggle for UD to find quality opponents. No big time school wants to be the Louisville or Pitt of the past two seasons and get upset by someone like the Flyers. Instead, they have to go out and find quality mid-majors and hope for some of these teams to have breakout seasons. The schedule is as it should be expected given the success from last year this team enjoyed while being snubbed from the NCAA tournament.

By Homer

July 8, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

Look at a lot of schedules of teams in conferences …. with the exception of 3 or 4 games most teams play pansies. OSU played Wright State in Columbus my sophomore year. Doesn’t get any more pansier than that!!

By Homer

July 8, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

Look at a lot of schedules of teams in conferences …. with the exception of 3 or 4 games most teams play pansies. OSU played Wright State in Columbus my sophomore year. Doesn’t get any more pansier than that!!

By Bill

July 8, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

Not worth the price they want to charge for tickets…I mean, come on….

By MAC

July 8, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

Typical UD schedule - its padded with a bunch of no-bodies with a few good teams sprinkled in when they travel to a early season tournament. Only two home non-conference games worth the price of admition. They should consider lowering the ticket price for this schedule. I see Troy is coming in this year - isn’t that a high school up north?

By Jack Balls

July 8, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

A great RPI means nothing anyway. Just take a look at last year. We need to go undefeated at home.

By Jack Balls

July 8, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

A great RPI means nothing anyway. Just take a look at last year. We need to go undefeated at home.

By Jack Balls

July 8, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

A great RPI means nothing anyway. Just take a look at last year. We need to go undefeated at home.

By Matt

July 8, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

The important thing is that the scheduled teams should have reasonable RPIs. Their W/L record is mostly meaningless.

There are several teams in the list who will compete for conference titles. While I would like at least one of the big games at home, three probable top50 out of conference games (Auburn, Marquette, Creighton) is good.

By LARRY

July 8, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

only 5 teams with winning records. If UD wants to make the post season tournaments it needs a more difficult non-conferance schedule.