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Post by Ace78 on Aug 23, 2023 8:52:48 GMT -6
Hmmm ... intriguing post from Anthony an hour ago. Could it be a UE vs. USI game announcement??
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Post by E-Villan on Aug 23, 2023 9:36:12 GMT -6
Hmmm ... intriguing post from Anthony an hour ago. Could it be a UE vs. USI game announcement?? I think it will be his review of Bobe's Pizzeria in Vincennes. Apparently he ate there last night.
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Post by stlscooter on Aug 24, 2023 9:30:20 GMT -6
More News coming...
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Post by aceloverlarry on Aug 24, 2023 9:55:48 GMT -6
USI scheduled to play Michigan State Nov. 9th. Guess we can finally put the TBA game on Nov 9th being filled by USI speculation to rest.
I’d think most games like this are already finalized or deep in discussions to finalize and that’s why we are settling for a non D1 on the 9th. Hard to find another non con game in August
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Post by 65pointgame on Aug 24, 2023 9:59:01 GMT -6
USI scheduled to play Michigan State Nov. 9th. Guess we can finally put the TBA game on Nov 9th being filled by USI speculation to rest. I’d think most games like this are already finalized or deep in discussions to finalize and that’s why we are settling for a non D1 on the 9th. Hard to find another non con game in August Getting 105k for it. I like the USI schedule better than ours, but realize we were still tied by some outstanding contracts. I know some on here don't like "buy" games, but for a school our size the $ can make a big impact. USI is getting a total of $320k for their buy games.
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Post by aceloverlarry on Aug 24, 2023 12:25:19 GMT -6
USI scheduled to play Michigan State Nov. 9th. Guess we can finally put the TBA game on Nov 9th being filled by USI speculation to rest. I’d think most games like this are already finalized or deep in discussions to finalize and that’s why we are settling for a non D1 on the 9th. Hard to find another non con game in August Getting 105k for it. I like the USI schedule better than ours, but realize we were still tied by some outstanding contracts. I know some on here don't like "buy" games, but for a school our size the $ can make a big impact. USI is getting a total of $320k for their buy games. I like buy games as well, but a big part of the $320k for USI is the Duke MTE where they’re required to basically take 3 buy games for the MTE. I’d be interested to see if we’re getting any buy game money for the UTC MTE. I’d prefer to end up in a decent tournament vacation destination style MTE than a buy game MTE in future years. I think we’d all prefer a Duke style MTE over the UTC one, but the Vegas MTE fell apart to late in the year to find any better options. My opinion is that taking two P5 buys and getting $150-200k per year with a destination MTE and the rest of the games as competitive home & homes is where we should be as a program. Any more buy games than that and we start cutting into non con home games, and I think we can all agree we’d like to see the Aces play in person 5+ times in the non con.
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Post by austinace on Aug 24, 2023 15:15:28 GMT -6
UE feature in the morning per Anthony.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2023 18:42:04 GMT -6
The mega-conferences that are forming now will change the landscape for the middies. If you can get a paycheck to travel, take the paycheck. The TV money is going to dry up, the networks will be overloaded with 2-week old "rivalries" between Stanford and NC State, which are right next door to each other after the 7-hour plane flight ends. The Big 37 will be happy to entertain the Aces and look over their roster to see who might be willing to step into the Portal. Eventually, a player will be allowed to transfer once a month until he finds the right car value.
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Post by stlscooter on Aug 31, 2023 6:49:04 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2023 8:43:15 GMT -6
Sloan story:
I hope this story doesn't continue to insist that Ja Morant is some kind of adored figure. It's easy to understand the Bird-Magic-Jordan lore. Those guys were marketed and all of them gladly took part. Barkley was also part of that. Sloan never became a commercial icon. Magic Johnson is still in commercials. UE could insist that Walnut Street be renamed in front of the C.C.
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Post by HashtagAce on Aug 31, 2023 20:10:54 GMT -6
Well, that was interesting read about Sloan. I didn't know that the player lounge was named after him. I didn't think anything on campus was named after him. I never heard about anything else anyway.
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Post by austinace on Sept 7, 2023 7:48:25 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2023 8:06:37 GMT -6
The further I read on this story, the higher up I rolled my pants legs. There is not one single part of that story that legitimizes the lack of a scheduled game. Not one. The closest to it is the allegation that the MVC wants its teams to play RPI-rated opponents.
As if UE's 348 RPI is going to soar if they beat somebody.
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Post by stlscooter on Sept 7, 2023 8:06:43 GMT -6
On the home & home topic, it would be a hard "pass" for me.
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Post by E-Villan on Sept 7, 2023 8:49:59 GMT -6
On the home & home topic, it would be a hard "pass" for me. I disagree. We have no place to demand it being at our place every year. Yes, i get that the capacity can sell more tickets, but in the end, it's our home court. Iron sharpens iron and this team will be better prepared for MVC play with a loss in a sold out PAC than coasting to a 30 point blowout of Alice Brady at the Ford Center. I was a little disappointed in Ragland's comments in this story. Just own the fact you aren't ready to schedule it. Like ATP, that is where I was rolling up the pant leg. You can blame Lickliter for a lot of things, but the schedule at this point is silly. I think only Ball State and Miami are leftover series, and frankly, we should be playing both every year. I am almost certain Lickliter didn't schedule the Pharmacists. There was room and throwing BS out about previous contracts or league mandates when other MVC teams are playing them only fuels the fire that UE is too scared to play it. Stan made it perfectly clear he will answer the phone when it rings. Like I said before, if ISU and SIU can survive a loss to USI, so can we. Play the damn game.
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