With a probable winless Vegas in Nov I say go and schedule 7-8 teams you know you can beat. No Princeton. No road games like Kennesaw. Maybe one high major OOC game. What say y’all?
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Did everyone hear the sideline reporter report last nite? Said coach told her he wishes he could have changed our non conference schedule knowing that his team wasn’t ready….so expect more NEC and Patriot league opponents at home for 8 of our 11 games next year, and if he can get out of Vegas tourney I’m sure he will. He’ll be looking to pad his record early and get to 18 wins and the NIT anyway possible
we should schedule 300 plus next year....need to go 10-1 or 11-0 ooc....vegas will be ugly, only going for the checks.
He needs to pad his record more for those that still believe he’s a good coach. Scheduling a top 5 team like Kennesaw was crazy difficult.
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What difference would it have made? Team was not good enough to beat any conference team with a pulse.
We all look forward to droves of Rider / St Peter’s / NJIT games etc at the RAC next year
Regardless of the non difficulty of the OOC schedule - it will come down to whether we make the Big 10 tourney next year and whether there is tangible improvement with the squad.
I’m sure we ll be clawing with Washington / Penn State / Nebraska etc next year to make the BTT.
Pike s seat will be quite warm next year and it will ultimately come down to how we do in conference.
The New AD will be lurking !
Regardless of the non difficulty of the OOC schedule - it will come down to whether we make the Big 10 tourney next year and whether there is tangible improvement with the squad.
I’m sure we ll be clawing with Washington / Penn State / Nebraska etc next year to make the BTT.
Pike s seat will be quite warm next year and it will ultimately come down to how we do in conference.
The New AD will be lurking !
You guys are finally seeing the light lol. Tough schedules are actually bad. I mean, they might be good for preparing your team to play. But they are bad for making the actual tournament.
Schedule Vegas, Seton Hall, and 7 auto wins.
Schedule Vegas, Seton Hall, and 7 auto wins.
7 home cupcakes is def the way next season.
The Players Era field is elite, essentially the current top 15 (plus St Joes, UNLV, and Syracuse). I doubt they rematch us with Notre Dame. That's gonna be 2-3 losses.
And at Seton Hall is always tough.
The Players Era field is elite, essentially the current top 15 (plus St Joes, UNLV, and Syracuse). I doubt they rematch us with Notre Dame. That's gonna be 2-3 losses.
And at Seton Hall is always tough.
Agree. Missing the big ten tournament will be a death sentence, with a new AD eager to leave his mark with their first new hire for a major revenue sport
Pikiell was never in favor of out of conference tournaments at neutral sites because the games would be difficult to win.The chances for Rutgers to win 20 season games were always slim because of the B1G Ten schedule. Strength of schedule now means very little when the objective is to have a winning season and scoring will go down with the departure of Bailey and Harper.
NCAA committee looks at OOC schedule. Can’t play all cupcakes. Man up.
I don't think a new athletic director will turn down the Vegas Tourny $. It's good exposure. The rest of the OOC? Seton Hall and the local teams i'm sure.
If we can’t beat Princeton maybe we don’t belong in the Big Ten.
lol next year is not about getting to ncaa, its about reestablish indentity
We're not. We're already locked into 2-3 elite teams in Vegas.
If a P5 team wants to come to the RAC first as part of a home and home, fine. Otherwise I want 7 Q3/Q4 home games (plus at Seton Hall)
wrong...for next year its good but poor scheduling is likely to cost Vandy at least one seed line and possibly put them in Dayton
it also will cap Maryland at a 4
Next year’s team will be better than this years team
There isn’t that much room to be better without being relevant. The difference between us and #50 is like 3.5 ppg. If there is any significant improvement and normal luck we would be in the conversation.
Why the insults? I watched almost every home game in person (along with 3 away games). He had a terrible year coaching. I see nothing that will change his ability run an offense, be able to run an effective in bounds play for that matter or most importantly use transfer portal effectively . Would a Kennesaw St type team be one of next year’s 7 auto wins?
In this sport the only thing is making the NCAA Tournament
Fine, maybe I was too harsh on you. The reason I react that way is I can already tell every thread is going to be filled with “nothing matters, Pike sucks” and that is going to be very tiresome because Pike isn’t getting fired and some of us are still going to want to talk about the team, schedule, etc
I've said it already , but if we drop Vegas I want Pike to personally refund the flights of the 8 people in my family flying out for the tournament 
There is very little benefit to playing a tough early schedule unless you have a ton of experience. They won’t have that next year so use the early season to get ready for the stretch run.
not reasonable to get out of Vegas.. nothing really to lose there. Always much more to gain. Carolina has something like 1-10 record Q1 and May still get in the tournament. Since nothing really expected next year, take the NIL money. Schedule sensible easier home games at RAC.. then see what happens in Big Ten
I still haven't heard a reason why 10-1 against OOC #300 is a worse resume than 7-4 OOC #50.
Suppose a routine 10-10 in conference.
We're out at 20-11 but in at 17-4?
That's what people are saying?
#300 OOC hasn't been the problem.
The problem has been going 7-4 against the #300 OOC.
You can't have a bad OOC and also lose.
I agree with you almost 100% but I do think there is some small bias towards better records as they just look better. But the biggest thing, by far, is to just play well in the games on your schedule.
Who thought we couldn't beat Kennesaw at any location?
If we win games, then we need a strong OOC resume to get in the NCAAs.
Problem wasn't the schedule this year it was the team's execution.
I agree in regards to this past season, but the way next season is expected to go I agree with OP. It’s not going to be resume strategy thing, but just a stopping the bleeding thing.