Iām not sure Iāve ever been more jealous on a message board.
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YES, I SUSPECT IT MUST BE NICE TO HAVE UVA MENāS HOOPS PLAY A GAME IN YOUR METROPOLITAN AREA. I WOULDNāT KNOW.
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ā¦and whise fault is that? 
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Hope itās more clear now that Iām quoting you directly. I donāt think scheduling and not winning our tough quad one games backfired on us last season. We were not in tournament contention and I for one enjoyed the games we played against Tennessee, St Johnās, Florida, etc.
How did it backfire?
Do you rewatch the Rutgers game at Barclays each year to feel something?
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I went to lasalle and missed Rutgers. If I knew how precious those moments would be, I wouldāve cherished every rock thrown in that rock fight
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If anyone wants to change the subject away from me whining here, Iād be happy to hear opinions on why Dayton is a top 100 team. That doesnāt look like a top 100 roster to me. Zed Key and Malachi Smith arenāt walking through that door. Where did Smtih wind up? Somewhere in P5, I thinkā¦ (A: UConn)
Barttorvik has Dayton at 98 for the 2026 projections on his page. He also has Stanford and BC as the two worst ACC teams in his projections at 101 and 104, which seems high.
I have no idea how accurate his preseason projections are to year-end results at this point. But I donāt know that anyone has any real confidence in preseason projections anymore.
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Grant had a very good roster last year and underachieved. 77 in Kenpom. In the past few years heās had very talented rosters, and I donāt pretend to have a great grip on the whole talent landscape of college hoops, but I donāt see it this year. Itās a meh roster after a year of meh performance with a solid roster.
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Hoop Explorer has them at 82. Think the optimistic case is LāEtang scales up his minutes from 40% to a lot more, because last season he was close to an All-Conference level per-possession. He got staggered with Zed Key just about completely, so I donāt think that 40% minute ceiling was about his performance.
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The trio of Bennett/Jones/LāEtang is really strong for a mid major, and am guessing theyāre hoping that moving a level down will allow Montgomery and Derkack to regain their form.
I think Dayton profiles as a solid upper-middle tier mid major squad, probably 4th or 5th best team in the A-10. Their main issue is gonna be perimeter shooting but I think theyāll be better defensively than they were last year.
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Itās a shame we couldnāt play Vandy in Charlotte and exhibition against Dayton
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Because I never was talking about last season as far as getting clobbered costing a tournament bid. That was immensely clear. Read again what I said!!! If you still donāt get it, then lay off the weed for a few days!!! S M H!!!
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Letās make a deal. Iāll lay off the weed, and you lay off the āthinking that playing against good basketball teams might be badā.
Playing against good teams is good. Unless of course your team is not good, in which case itās all kinda moot. Isnāt it?
Again, youāre attributing things to me that I never said or thought. But then, Iāve read a lot of your posts here and realize that you are just being you: trying to create fights with people where controversy doesnāt exist.
I say we just beat the shit out of every opponent inside and outside the conference and let the chips fall where they may.
WHO IS WITH ME?!
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I personally think he leans too much into analytics when scheduling non-conference. Trying to improve efficiency numbers to help the NET by bitchslapping bad teams. That was his go-to at VCU as the excuse was ānobody wants to play usā even though Coach Grant at Dayton (obviously same league as VCU) seems to have no problems scheduling very good non-conference teams year in and year out. The NCAA Selection Committee consistently gives those who try to play people in the non-con benefit of the doubt when their other metrics arenāt there. Our Florida win in Tonyās final season no doubt got us in that year. You just give yourself no room for error in the quality non-con games you do play if the league is as bad as it was last year (it will be better but still).
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Sure, beat every team by a lot, Iām in. Iāve posted enough on this, in this thread. If I have time later, or this weekend, Iāll post something longer in its own thread on a few topics I care about:
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Can playing lots of really good teams backfire (what Iāll call the āboo friggin hoo for the 2019 NC State Wolfpackā problem) ?
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Should we play teams from Ohio in North Carolina?
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Should we try to avoid playing teams that are right on the ātop 100ā bubble?
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Should we try to play more games in the mid-Atlantic in areas with heavy UVa alumni presence, as opposed to states where we already play multiple road games, every year, or states with not particularly high UVa alumni base or natural recruiting areas (e.g., Nashville, TN) ?
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Should we get okey-doked by Brad Friggin Brownell?
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And as @USSoccer13 just reminded me, whatās the right mix of non-con scheduling for a team in our position (about a 20-40 sweetspot, so with some bubble concerns) ?
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Iāll spot you a couple of pre-game beers if you end up at the game.
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Doesnāt the behind the scenes series drop today? Anyone know what time?