du4life wrote:

It looks like the Mastodons are coming to the Coop on November 3rd. Not good with this but here's the link.


https://x.com/WiscyBusiness/status/2061475847182090328?s=20

We have to play someone and this looks like a safe bet.

FAM wrote:

Are we paying them $90,000 to play us here or did I misread that?

Yes Dukes are paying $90K. I’m figuring that the Dukes will  need to spend at least $500K to build an 8 game mediocre home schedule. That’s why we will likely see 2 non D-1 games at home again this season.

DuqLaw95 wrote:

Would've be much better to use that $90,000 on a player and play and away game against a top 100 team who could actually factor into post-season rankings. 

The issue is that most power conference teams don’t want to load their schedule up with mid-level A10, MWC or WCC teams. Sure, they will agree to play Dayton, VCU , SLU, etc. where a loss is not a complete disaster. Lose to a Duquesne, Davidson, George Mason, GW and that loss could put you on a bubble.

Last year, the Dukes got paid to play at MWC schools Boise State and Nevada. They also had the exempt MTE (Multi Team Event) where they got a road game against Villanova and 2 home games (Queens and Sacred Heart). For every other home game, the Dukes wrote a check. This has been the brutal reality of building a home schedule for the last 3 or 4 years.

Binghamton at home Saturday 11/14


https://x.com/i/status/2071998528759427079

Hey everyone I’m new to the  chat update new game we play high point Nov 24 Daytona Beach go dukes.

December 12th vs. Canisius

https://x.com/Sam_Federman/status/2078103885541953573

 

December 20th vs. Niagara

https://x.com/NiagaraMBB/status/2086139959979720834/photo/1

I hope we play someone with a pulse.   Take a pay day to go to UConn or UNC.   

Seriously, 100% in agreement. Why are we so bad at everything? I know it is tough for the A-10 to schedule up, but we consistently are at the bottom of every metric that I would use to define a decent program.

- Bad/slow at recruiting. 
- Terrible at scheduling....Fordham is playing Kansas for crying out loud. Almost every other A-10 Team has at least one power 5 team on their schedule if not multiple. 
- As everyone always points out, terrible at providing news/information. Every other A-10 team has their 2026/27 roster updated on their website except us. 

It's all just sooo frustrating. In one of the top media markets in the conference, why are we at the bottom of all of these things? There is no reason that we shouldn't be competing with Dayon, St. Louis and VCU year in and year out. 

Duquesne to play Robert Morris

https://x.com/RoccoMiller8/status/2093041437868998859

MikeR wrote:

Nice event. They should do something like this every year. Maybe with PSU in the mix too.

Even better, have the winners play each other and the losers also play each other over the weekend. If the second round took place on Saturday in the Steel City, they could call it something like the Steel Bowl.

Bring back the Steel Bowl!  Before everything became conference-oriented, DU and Pitt used to play 2 (and sometimes even 3) times per season. The vanishing of a great tradition, caused by Duquesne purposefully de-emphasizing the basketball program decades ago