Redbirds18 said:Redbirdwarrior said:I'm with our leader on this one. Who at Quincy has pictures of our ADs that nobody wants to see? You want a rollover game with a local team? Call Chicago St, Western, SIUE or another state's bottom D1 teams. Playing DII does nothing.
It. Does. Nothing.
"Well, with 1 starter returning, it could help"
Yes, if that game were being held to kick off the non-con season. But we will have already played a final 4 team, a 26 win conference champion and at least 2 other high level teams. Then we kick off our home slate- a game that will set the minds of all of the freshmen (the largest freshmen class in ISU history) as to what an ISU basketball game is and we welcome in... Quincy.
Bad. Just bad long term planning here, guys. Best case scenario is the Birds win by 25 and put on a dunk clinic so people stay interested. Anything less than a 10 point win will be met with a "well, that is what that is, eh? Okay. Lets go back to Watterson for the other games this season".
Not sure how many Freshmen will be around for this game with it being the day before Thanksgiving. That could possibly be the reasoning behind such a lackluster opponent.
:text-+1: agree on the negative impact for post season consideration plus ISU has around 15 home games a year to build fan following and interest in which to sell both individual game and season tickets. I never understand wasting even one home game on a subpar opponent when that could be an opportunity to build their fan base.Phantom said:No need to play Quincy. None. Sorry. Sure it doesn't count, but it creates a hole in the schedule. RPI? We just saw how much THAT matters :roll: It's a "safe" date to play them right before Thanksgiving because unless it was a big name opponent, we're gonna draw 3K anyway. So therefore, get a Chicago State, Winston-Salem or Bethune-Cookman in there. Who cares if they're a 300+ RPI team that'll win 9 games? These non-DI games in non-exhibition slots need to stop.