I haven't heard any direct comments from CCC about it, but I would surmise that as the program gets a little more established and our talent base solidifies just a bit more (and it's coming), we'll perhaps upgrade the OOC schedule a bit. Not to a level anywhere near the annual gauntlet that Izzo schedules, but maybe sprinkling in a few top-75-type teams to replace a few of the 200+ RPI teams that we've typically scheduled.
How many "exhibition" games are teams allowed? Their players probably learned more during the game then they ever learn in the few times they enter a classroom.Kentucky beat someone called Asbury College by 156-63 in their second exhibition game. I wonder what you learn when you beat someone by 93; there are probably IM teams in Lexington who would give the Cats a better game.
Asbury got $20,000 to take that beating. They are going to buy a new scoreboard with that money.....
Have you looked at this years OOC schedule? Texas, Butler, ND or CO, Dayton are all top 75 teams......
Absolutely, and I'm not talking about a giant bump in scheduling . . . maybe just tacking on one or two additional games of this caliber to replace a game or two that are such mismatches that Vegas doesn't even post lines for them. That's all. A small upgrade, one that wouldn't likely undercut our record, would make for both a bit stronger RPI (especially important for a bubble team) AND a more compelling pre-con schedule for the people we'd like to see in the seats.