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DePaul's Non-conference Schedule Drawing Fire Again This Year

squirrelgotdead said:
That may be true to an extent, on certain teams but I don't think those schools view us as that big a threat, really on their home floor.

Michigan State (twice), Florida, and Mississippi State were our last for BCS road games and we served as little more than floor wax for those teams. Iowa State will be a big hurdle for this year's team.

Since we probably knew that going in, we tried to offset that with confidence building wins at home against vastly inferior teams.

Give me consistent quality. I actually think this year's schedule might be the most intriguing we've had under Les. Although, it's two bad the few opportunities to land a game vs. A10 team have fallen through. . .
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Well, MSU and Florida were Top 25 teams. I'm thinking about the average-minus BCS team - DePaul-like teams, or a little better than that.
 
squirrelgotdead said:
I bet we could too. And the more willing we are to do so, the more willing some of those schools would be to giving us a return game or at least a favorable neutral contest.

And I for one would gladly sacrifice a home game or two for that long-term benefit.
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I'm more into this type of scheduling philosophy, just like Temple use to do under Chaney! Play anyone, anywhere, anytime! It got them on the map and from what I remember they made a few good runs in the NCAA during March. They never had a great win-loss record but who cares when they played some great teams that prepared them to win their conference and the NCAA tourney.

Didn't Florida win the NIT or make the finals. I'd say they were pretty good and competitive especially at home.
 
SFP said:
Didn't Florida win the NIT or make the finals. I'd say they were pretty good and competitive especially at home.
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Penn St beat Baylor in the Championship last year (w/ ND and San Diego St in the Final 4). Florida lost in the quarterfinals to Penn St.

Oh, and I wanted to add... Florida's "biggest" win RPI wise was over Washington on a neutral floor (Washington wound up winning the Pac10 and had an RPI of 14).
 
SFP said:
I'm more into this type of scheduling philosophy, just like Temple use to do under Chaney! Play anyone, anywhere, anytime! It got them on the map and from what I remember they made a few good runs in the NCAA during March. They never had a great win-loss record but who cares when they played some great teams that prepared them to win their conference and the NCAA tourney.

Didn't Florida win the NIT or make the finals. I'd say they were pretty good and competitive especially at home.
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Chaney was a bad mutha. . .too bad they had to lose to Duke in 1988.

Another great point about Chaney was that many times he would only end up with 7-8 players on his roster because he drove them harder than any coach in the modern era and would not put up with anything. He also took a lot of "last chance" type players that new his tough love approach was likely their last chance to have a successful adult.
 
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