Any reason why they wouldnât have put the newbies in as each othersâ rival? At least cal and Stanford for the travel alone.
[edit] I misread. Thanks @AdventiveQuasar for checking my math.
I think they are, they have home and homes with each other.
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Maybe the west coast trip can be a recruiting opportunity, to get the Cali kids to see a game live. Though I guess the program Sanchez has good relationships with (BTI Hoops I think) is SoCal not NorCal.
Decent in KenPom this year. Actually #2 in kenpom in the American behind FAU.
Coached by Rob Lanier who was here under ⌠who? Leitao? Gillen? A: Leitao 05-07
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What did I just read? Was that written by AI? So weird, but also weird that she was out of college & went to his prom.
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Leitao. Then he coached under Donovan with Smart at Florida.
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Yeah, a lot of time with Barnes at Texas and Tennessee, too. Stints with Leitao and Iâm guessing Eddie Jordan at Rutgers (?).**
I think heâs considered an up and comer. Might be a stepping stone but now itâs an ACC school (for whatever thatâs worth these daysâŚ)
** Nope - Kevin Bannon, who I donât remember at all
This San Francisco Hoo is loving the silver lining of ACC expansion. I get to see the guys playing Cal and Stanford out here.
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I donât keep track of whoâs said what, but I hope the people who want us to leave the ACC because itâs so ridiculous that we have West Coast teams⌠arenât the same people who want us to join the Big Ten.
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An up-and-coming 55-year-old!
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Is SMU really a designated rival or was that just a joke?
Last time the Hoos were out here at Cal, December 2016. A young Kyle Guy scored 17 points that day in a 56-52 win. Pic is rough, but it was a good time.
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No, the third home-and-away rotates, I think:
The 20-game schedule for 2024-25 features:
- Two games (home and away) versus each of the schoolâs two current partners (Cal/SMU/Stanford will be partners with each other).
- One repeat opponent (home and away).
- The remaining 14 conference games consist of seven home-only opponents and seven away-only opponents.
So Louisville and VT stay the current âpartnersâ and then 2025-26 will have a different third home and away.
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Honestly when I read our home and away opponents next season are a brand newbie (SMU), a totally fake rival in Lville, and a rival thatâs in the ACC because politicians made our president fall on the sword, Iâm ready to leave this sinking ship of a conference. The ACC that was so awesome in the 70s, 80s, and 90s has turned into a geographic Frankensteinâs monster with all historic rivalries hollowed out to the core.
Once FSU settles its litigation and opens the door for a game of reverse musical chairs, I will look forward to playing Kentucky, Bama, and both UTs in some spirited games of hoops. Might as well bring it on.
what is super cool is how UVA has two road trips to Cal and Stanford and Duke gets both at home 
Would they make two separate road trips? Itâd be more efficient to just stay out here and play both teams on one trip. Then head home.
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It looks to me like Stanford and Cal are always âneither awayâ or âboth away.â I take that to indicate theyâll always be scheduled as back-to-back games on a single road trip.
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My manifesting of two Q4 (ok maybe Q3) Duke losses to the Cali teams begins today.
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Theyâve said previously it will likely be on the same trip.
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Outside of preserving UNC/Duke, is there any reason to keep the ârivalâ setup in the ACC? Iâd be totally ok not playing VT & Louisville twice every year.
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