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Offline Last edited by HookShot (3/31/2024 8:19 pm) Offline My buddies who have homes in the Caribbean tell me the Cayman Islands are very safe & beautiful. Looks like a great trip to cheer the Dukes Offline Well we're seeing the first payoff of our success. Since we rejoined the A-10 thirty one years ago, we've played one power conference team at a neutral site in a "preseason tournament." It's possible we'll play two in this tournament alone. Offline Not as good as we first thought. Rutgers and Mississippi State out. Offline Not as good as we first thought. Rutgers and Mississippi State out. That's not good. I doubt the replacements will be at the level of those schools. A school like Duquesne only has so many opportunities to face power 5 schools especially on a neutral court. Many schools don't see value in playing a quality mid-major. Offline Not as good as we first thought. Rutgers and Mississippi State out. Many schools don't see value in playing a quality mid-major. Polite way of saying: Running scared. We might be facing our hardest scheduling challenge in many years. Offline Not as good as we first thought. Rutgers and Mississippi State out. Many schools don't see value in playing a quality mid-major. Polite way of saying: Running scared. We might be facing our hardest scheduling challenge in many years. I agree, but thats just sadly the way it is. The committee doesn't recognize quality wins against mid level conference teams heavily in the metrics whereas a loss destroys the metrics. Pitt feels so strongly about this they decided to break decades of basketball tradition in a city where that game was the pinnacle. I hate it.
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Thanksgiving in the Cayman Islands
From their website:
8 Amazing NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball to compete for the coveted Cayman Islands Classic Title.
Rutgers,
Mississippi State,
Missouri
State,Boise State,
Old Dominion,
Duquesne,
Hampton,
1 More Team Soon to be announced.
Dates: November 24-26
Turkey in the Caribbean! Yes! Let’s go Dukes!
Re: Thanksgiving in the Cayman Islands
HookShot wrote:
From their website:
8 Amazing NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball to compete for the coveted Cayman Islands Classic Title.
Rutgers,
Mississippi State,
Missouri
State,Boise State,
Old Dominion,
Duquesne,
Hampton,
1 More Team Soon to be announced.
Dates: November 24-26
Turkey in the Caribbean! Yes! Let’s go Dukes!
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