Notre Lame........YAWN.........

[The_Answer1313_rivals]

It's not like this game is replacing another big time game...........it's replacing a fairleigh dickinson or evansville.

How could anyone not be good with this is beyond me.

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

Pick up a Villanova or a UConn and I’m in.

 

[Blueworld_3.0]

Notre dame is better than half the teams in that list...Georgetown? Syracuse? UConn?

G-Town, Syracuse and UConn have all won Championships. ND has not. Again, it's a step up and I'm thankful the Irish are replacing at least one awful program on the schedule.

 

[NC Weasel]

Duke doesn't schedule big time out of conference opponents in home-home series for 2 reasons:

1) their little high school gym is too small, hence no money advantage. A neutral site game sells more tickets and pays a bigger split than any home game they have
2) he doesn't ever risk a home loss at home beyond the conference games he is forced to play

So until the ACC forces Duke to upgrade facilities (like they did in football), Duke isn't upgrading Cameron and won't change their scheduling. Even after Coach K leaves.

 

[Mad Max]

G-Town, Syracuse and UConn have all won Championships. ND has not. Again, it's a step up and I'm thankful the Irish are replacing at least one awful program on the schedule.

I got ya, but we aren’t talking about the 1980s or 2000s. UCONN isn’t even in a real conference and is a wreck. Syracuse is totally irrelevant, and Georgetown is sinking (I do like Ewing though).

If you said to a committee “which is a bigger win” next year, they would say ND all the way.

 

[catman111_rivals101557]

Notre dame is better than half the teams in that list...Georgetown? Syracuse? UConn?

Notre Dame is not better traditionally than Georgetown, Syracuse, or UConn and it’s not even close.

If Notre Dame was a preseason top 10 team then there could be an argument. There not even a pre season top 25 team. 20-12 last season. Not understanding the excitement at all.

 

[The_Answer1313_rivals]

Why does it matter historically?

Is extremely possible ND is the better opponent for NEXT SEASON compared to those other three teams.

 

[ggary]

Duke doesn't schedule big time out of conference opponents in home-home series for 2 reasons:

1) their little high school gym is too small, hence no money advantage. A neutral site game sells more tickets and pays a bigger split than any home game they have
2) he doesn't ever risk a home loss at home beyond the conference games he is forced to play

So until the ACC forces Duke to upgrade facilities (like they did in football), Duke isn't upgrading Cameron and won't change their scheduling. Even after Coach K leaves.

So true. I grew up in Indiana, and Indiana has at least 4 or 5 HIGH SCHOOL gyms larger than Cameron Indoor. Makes it easy to have a huge home court advantage with such a small venue.