CLK wrote:

DU will play three days in the Bahamas.  The Bahamas tourney is all mid-majors. Includes Vermont, Bradley, Duquesne, Weber St., Coastal Carolina, No. Kentucky and Texas-San Antonio.

 

All of those teams are true mid majors, as opposed to the Dukes, who are a high major, G5(basketball), or high mid major, depending on who is writing the article. A good A10 team beats all of those schools.
 

https://cbbcentral.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/report-islands-of-the-bahamas-showcase-teams-released/
 

Dukes2012 wrote:

duq81 wrote:

CLK wrote:

DU will play three days in the Bahamas.  The Bahamas tourney is all mid-majors. Includes Vermont, Bradley, Duquesne, Weber St., Coastal Carolina, No. Kentucky and Texas-San Antonio.

 

All of those teams are true mid majors, as opposed to the Dukes, who are a high major, G5(basketball), or high mid major, depending on who is writing the article. A good A10 team beats all of those schools.
 

Correct. They never let A10 teams play in the bracket buster showcase that they always have because it is not considered a "mid major."

A10, MWC, AAC, and lately, the WWC are considered a step above the mid major level, because they are usually multi bid leagues, who frequently place teams in the Top 25. Institutionally, the BE also belongs in that category, but they've performed well enough to be considered a "major", at least for now. Not in women's hoops though. They are strictly G5 there.

CLK wrote:

DU will play three days in the Bahamas.  The Bahamas tourney is all mid-majors. Includes Vermont, Bradley, Duquesne, Weber St., Coastal Carolina, No. Kentucky and Texas-San Antonio.

 

Would like to see us play Vermont and see the coach so many of us wanted.
 

townsonkid wrote:

Thats a nice group, and a nice destination.  Probably wont get one game on tv from the whole tourn, but would be nice and set a tone if the Dukes can win it or at least show signs of becoming a legit team again.

That's alright. When we played that tourney in Florida recently, no games were televised but everyone was available on the internet for free. I expect the same for this tournament. They will likely have all the games streaming for free as they try to gain exposure for their tournament.

Would like to see us play Vermont and see the coach so many of us wanted.
 

Not to mention a coach who's a rising star but that we never really talked about (John Brannen at N. Kentucky) and a coach that ED lobbied for early on but no one else picked up on (Tim Cluess at Iona). Hats off to that writer, he sounds really excited about it. I'm really not, though wouldn't mind visiting the Bahamas that time of year. 

True, you made it clear that you weren't actually advocating for Cluess' hiring, just that you liked his approach and the results he was getting at Iona. Of course you also made it clear you didn't think there was any possibility Ferry would be fired. You may have even made a wager of sorts about that...;-)

Dukes 2012 - Technically we are higher than a mid-major but realistically we have been at or below their level the last five years.  This is a good litmus test to let the coach know where he is...and where he needs to go with the higher level of competition.