Maybe we can actually pad our schedule a little before getting beat up in conference play
Those are some $%@**y non-conference games. Besides CSU & Oregon State (@ home) & Georgia on the road, there's nothing to get excited about prior to conference play.
do we get a return trip from UGA? I forget.
meh. I am excited for the team. Just need to find some people to go with. I have no friends. Well, no friends that willingly subject themselves to CU basketball with regularity. We need a winning season goddamit.
Anyone interested in doing an Allbuffs pre-game at one of the bars this year?
Dark Horse would be a decent spot to grab a burger and some beers. It's one of the few that's walkable too.
That schedule is pathetic.
21-10 (9-9) won't get us near the bubble, let alone on the good side of it.
Anyone interested in doing an Allbuffs pre-game at one of the bars this year?
Dark Horse would be a decent spot to grab a burger and some beers. It's one of the few that's walkable too.
I tend to eat at the Buff Club downstairs in the stadium before the game, pretty reasonable meals that are really good, and Beer
I tend to eat at the Buff Club downstairs in the stadium before the game, pretty reasonable meals that are really good, and Beer
What I like:
1. Las Vegas Classic
2. Opening and closing Big 12 play at home
3. Good travel destinations (Georgia, San Fran, Harvard, Las Vegas). Chance that the UGA game is part of Midnight Madness.
4. Great in-conference home slate (drew UT, TAMU and OSU from the South... last year was Oklahoma, Baylor and Tech). Hopefully we win all 3 again.
5. No D2 opponents. That killed our RPI and Sagarin last year when we played two of them.
What I don't like:
1. Lack of compelling home games in the non-conference. Oregon State & CSU are nice, but the rest... meh. Idaho State went 7-22 last year, Alcorn State 2-29, Texas-Pan American 6-27, Citadel 16-16, Longwood 12-19, and Maryland-Eastern Shore 11-21. Not much there for fan interest or RPI building. Big 12 games + CSU will have to sell the season tickets.
2. Lack of a marquee non-conference opponent. I like the idea of scheduling one of the big boys, even if we have to go on the road to do it. Playing a Michigan State or Duke in the non-conference would be a great opportunity for this team and the fans.
Looking at this schedule, the Buffs need to be no worse than 12-2 when conference play starts. That way a .500 Big 12 season plus a conference tourney win will likely put us on the right side of the bubble at 21-10.
Oklahoma State made it into the tourney at 22-10 (9-7 + 1-1 in B12T) last year. Their 12-2 non-conference schedule featured losses on the road at Tulsa and at home versus Rhode Island. Signature wins: at home against a bad Utah team and on the road at a bad Stanford team. In the conference, they had home wins over tourney teams Texas A&M, Baylor and Kansas + an impressive road victory at Kansas State.
That earned OSU a #7 seed.
Midnight Madness is mid-October, not mid-November. :smile2:
Anyone interested in doing an Allbuffs pre-game at one of the bars this year?
Dark Horse would be a decent spot to grab a burger and some beers. It's one of the few that's walkable too.
FC and I usually meet up at the Darkhorse for pregame. Are you getting the same seats you had last season?
i may be going to that tourney...That Las Vegas tourney looms large. We need to get a couple quality wins there.
An Allbuffs gathering before some games would be cool too.