OT: AU 103, MC 52; exhibition?

[jlove20]

Why is #9 Auburn scheduled to play Mississippi College tonight? Seems like that’d be a preseason exhibition matchup. ESPN app is giving them a regular season win. Am I missing something?

 

[Drewbowski]

We played DII UNG last season

 

[patdog]

Damn. It was a regular season game. If you're going to schedule a cupcake, may as well go Div. II. That didn't count for your RPI, so it wouldn't hurt you. No idea how it affects the new NET rankings that are replacing RPI this year.

 

[Raiderdawg.sixpack]

You know what makes these games worse? The DII school can still count the game as an exhibition while DI counts it as a real game. Check MC’s schedule and it’s an exhibition game. Auburn counts it as real.

I don’t know how that is allowed, but I noticed it at other schools as well. Kermit Davis padded his win total at MTSU for years with wins against DII schools that were exhibition games for those schools.

 

[PreacherDog]

You know what makes these games worse? The DII school can still count the game as an exhibition while DI counts it as a real game. Check MC’s schedule and it’s an exhibition game. Auburn counts it as real.

I don’t know how that is allowed, but I noticed it at other schools as well. Kermit Davis padded his win total at MTSU for years with wins against DII schools that were exhibition games for those schools.

We played a D2 school out of GA last year. It did not count toward tournament record but we claimed victory. I think you are allowed one a year though. Kermits a good coach. Not sure why you single him out when we do it to.

 

[Raiderdawg.sixpack]

Kermits a good coach. Not sure why you single him out when we do it to.

Not all DII teams treat these games as exhibition games. I find it odd anyone can count a game as a win when the other team says it is an exhibition.

Why do I mention Kermit? I graduated from MTSU before graduating from MSU a few times. In his first 9 yrs at MT, if you take out his wins against DII and NCCAA schools, he was barely a .500 coach

I have no idea what CKD to change in 2011, and as a MT fan I was glad it did, but the 9 years of mediocre basketball I endured was justified by his “winning record” which was propped up by games that the opponents didn’t count.

And he is at Ole Miss now, so screw him.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Southern Miss played Southeastern Baptist out of Shady Grove in a regular season game last week.