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Since we know the majority of the schedule now I thought it would be better to post it here so peeps wouldn't have to hunt thru the long other thread.
Tue 11/5 at Gardner-Webb
Fri 11/8 LOYOLA-CHICAGO
Tue 11/12 at Charleston Southern
Tue 11/19 at Alabama
Fri 11/22 COLUMBIA INTERNATIONAL(NAIA)
Wed 11/27 Texas-Arlington @Elon
Fri 11/29 at Elon(not confirmed)
Mon. 12/2. at South Florida
Thu 12/5 at Auburn
Wed.12/11 NORTH GREENVILLE(D2)
Fri 12/20 at Mercer
Wed 1/1 at VMI
Sat 1/4 EAST TENNESSEE
Wed 1/8 at Chattanooga
Sat 1/11 UNCG
Wed 1/15 at Western Carolina
Sat 1/18 at Wofford
Wed 1/22 SAMFORD
Sat 1/25 at Citadel
Wed 1/29 VMI
Wed 2/5 MERCER
Sat 2/8 @Western Carolina
Wed 2/12 @Samford
Sat 2/15 CHATTANOOGA
Wed 2/19 @East Tennessee
Sat 2/22 WOFFORD
Wed 2/26 @UNCG
Sat 2/29 CITADEL
TBD SC UPSTATE
SoCon Tournament
3/6, 1st round;
3/7, quarterfinal round;
3/8, semifinal round;
3/9, final.
NCAA Tournament
3/15, Selection Sunday;
3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;
3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;
3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC
That leaves only 3 unknown games. I expect one more non-D1 game at home so that leaves only 2 unknown games.

Why did you start a whole new thread on the schedule?

gman wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:55 am

Why did you start a whole new thread on the schedule?

Read the first line.

apaladin, in case you would want to add the following to your list, here is what I found.

SoCon Tournament

3/6, 1st round;

3/7, quarterfinal round;

3/8, semifinal round;

3/9, final.

NCAA Tournament

3/15, Selection Sunday;

3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;

3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;

3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:37 pm

apaladin, in case you would want to add the following to your list, here is what I found.

SoCon Tournament

3/6, 1st round;

3/7, quarterfinal round;

3/8, semifinal round;

3/9, final.

NCAA Tournament

3/15, Selection Sunday;

3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;

3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;

3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC

Winning the SoCon on 3/9 and getting an NCAA tourney seeding landing us in Greensboro or Tampa would be incredible!

DungeonRealm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:48 pm

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:37 pm

apaladin, in case you would want to add the following to your list, here is what I found.

SoCon Tournament

3/6, 1st round;

3/7, quarterfinal round;

3/8, semifinal round;

3/9, final.

NCAA Tournament

3/15, Selection Sunday;

3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;

3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;

3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC

Winning the SoCon on 3/9 and getting an NCAA tourney seeding landing us in Greensboro or Tampa would be incredible!

Regarding the non-D 1 teams on our schedule:
I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will work in our favor rather than against us, throughout the remainder of the regular season, and in SoCon tournament, and in NCAA tournament. I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will NOT somehow work against us as we go up against higher-level teams, particularly when we, hopefully, get to the NCAA tournament. I realize there are various reasons for scheduling 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams; however, it seems that increasing attendance and interest would be quite low on the list of reasons.

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:59 pm

DungeonRealm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:48 pm

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:37 pm

apaladin, in case you would want to add the following to your list, here is what I found.

SoCon Tournament

3/6, 1st round;

3/7, quarterfinal round;

3/8, semifinal round;

3/9, final.

NCAA Tournament

3/15, Selection Sunday;

3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;

3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;

3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC

Winning the SoCon on 3/9 and getting an NCAA tourney seeding landing us in Greensboro or Tampa would be incredible!

Regarding the non-D 1 teams on our schedule:
I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will work in our favor rather than against us, throughout the remainder of the regular season, and in SoCon tournament, and in NCAA tournament. I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will NOT somehow work against us as we go up against higher-level teams, particularly when we, hopefully, get to the NCAA tournament. I realize there are various reasons for scheduling 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams; however, it seems that increasing attendance and interest would be quite low on the list of reasons.

I think the simple answer as to why we have any of them on the schedule is that it is the only way we could get those particular games to be home games, otherwise we would be on the road even more
Either the money is not there to get more decent home games or in most cases teams just don't want to come and lose to us in Timmons arena, they are afraid, very afraid

Schedule will be announced Thursday.

www.furmanpaladins.com

Added S. Florida

apaladin wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 9:28 pm

Added S. Florida

Thanks for keeping this up. Speaking for myself it was kind of fun with the group putting it together piece by piece.

Question for you: does the S. Florida game come close to the additional “name game” you were hoping for?

You're welcome. It was fun. Many contributors. Yes I think so. It's a team from a good conference. Certainly better than another Bug South game.

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:37 pm

apaladin, in case you would want to add the following to your list, here is what I found.

SoCon Tournament

3/6, 1st round;

3/7, quarterfinal round;

3/8, semifinal round;

3/9, final.

NCAA Tournament

3/15, Selection Sunday;

3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;

3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;

3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC

Done, thanks!

DungeonRealm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:09 pm

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:59 pm

DungeonRealm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:48 pm

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:37 pm

apaladin, in case you would want to add the following to your list, here is what I found.

SoCon Tournament

3/6, 1st round;

3/7, quarterfinal round;

3/8, semifinal round;

3/9, final.

NCAA Tournament

3/15, Selection Sunday;

3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;

3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;

3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC

Winning the SoCon on 3/9 and getting an NCAA tourney seeding landing us in Greensboro or Tampa would be incredible!

Regarding the non-D 1 teams on our schedule:
I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will work in our favor rather than against us, throughout the remainder of the regular season, and in SoCon tournament, and in NCAA tournament. I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will NOT somehow work against us as we go up against higher-level teams, particularly when we, hopefully, get to the NCAA tournament. I realize there are various reasons for scheduling 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams; however, it seems that increasing attendance and interest would be quite low on the list of reasons.

I think the simple answer as to why we have any of them on the schedule is that it is the only way we could get those particular games to be home games, otherwise we would be on the road even more
Either the money is not there to get more decent home games or in most cases teams just don't want to come and lose to us in Timmons arena, they are afraid, very afraid

So, by your explanations, the money is so tight, and the “fear” is so high, that we could not get even a game, in exchange for a future game at their place, with anybody like UNCA, Winthrop, Radford, High Point, CofC, Charlotte, W&M, Richmond, UNCW, Coastal Carolina, Stetson, Jacksonville University, Georgia State, etc. I find that hard to believe. I see the reason for us having 3 non-D1 games as being us having a preference for easier, cheaper games. I can accept that explanation more than the explanation that every D1 team fears playing us at our place.
The money part, maybe I can accept that, but it’s a little sad if that’s it. All I’m saying is that 2 non-D1 games is enough. I strongly prefer not having more than 2.

affirm wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:17 am

DungeonRealm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:09 pm

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:59 pm

DungeonRealm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:48 pm

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:37 pm

apaladin, in case you would want to add the following to your list, here is what I found.

SoCon Tournament

3/6, 1st round;

3/7, quarterfinal round;

3/8, semifinal round;

3/9, final.

NCAA Tournament

3/15, Selection Sunday;

3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;

3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;

3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC

Winning the SoCon on 3/9 and getting an NCAA tourney seeding landing us in Greensboro or Tampa would be incredible!

Regarding the non-D 1 teams on our schedule:
I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will work in our favor rather than against us, throughout the remainder of the regular season, and in SoCon tournament, and in NCAA tournament. I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will NOT somehow work against us as we go up against higher-level teams, particularly when we, hopefully, get to the NCAA tournament. I realize there are various reasons for scheduling 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams; however, it seems that increasing attendance and interest would be quite low on the list of reasons.

I think the simple answer as to why we have any of them on the schedule is that it is the only way we could get those particular games to be home games, otherwise we would be on the road even more
Either the money is not there to get more decent home games or in most cases teams just don't want to come and lose to us in Timmons arena, they are afraid, very afraid

So, by your explanations, the money is so tight, and the “fear” is so high, that we could not get even a game, in exchange for a future game at their place, with anybody like UNCA, Winthrop, Radford, High Point, CofC, Charlotte, W&M, Richmond, UNCW, Coastal Carolina, Stetson, Jacksonville University, Georgia State, etc. I find that hard to believe. I see the reason for us having 3 non-D1 games as being us having a preference for easier, cheaper games. I can accept that explanation more than the explanation that every D1 team fears playing us at our place.
The money part, maybe I can accept that, but it’s a little sad if that’s it. All I’m saying is that 2 non-D1 games is enough. I strongly prefer not having more than 2.

If you see more than 2 its because money or other teams fear resulted in us having to go that rout in order to get another home game, getting 3 of these games was not our original preference

affirm wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2019 8:17 am

DungeonRealm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:09 pm

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:59 pm

DungeonRealm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:48 pm

affirm wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 10, 2019 12:37 pm

apaladin, in case you would want to add the following to your list, here is what I found.

SoCon Tournament

3/6, 1st round;

3/7, quarterfinal round;

3/8, semifinal round;

3/9, final.

NCAA Tournament

3/15, Selection Sunday;

3/17-18, First 4, Dayton;

3/19 & 21 or 3/20 & 22, Rounds 1 & 2, Albany, Spokane, St. Louis, Tampa, Greensboro, Omaha, Sacramento, Cleveland;

3/26 & 28 or 3/27 & 29, Sweet 16 & Elite Eight, Indianapolis, LA, Houston, NYC

Winning the SoCon on 3/9 and getting an NCAA tourney seeding landing us in Greensboro or Tampa would be incredible!

Regarding the non-D 1 teams on our schedule:
I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will work in our favor rather than against us, throughout the remainder of the regular season, and in SoCon tournament, and in NCAA tournament. I hope that playing the 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams will NOT somehow work against us as we go up against higher-level teams, particularly when we, hopefully, get to the NCAA tournament. I realize there are various reasons for scheduling 2 or possibly 3 non-D 1 teams; however, it seems that increasing attendance and interest would be quite low on the list of reasons.

I think the simple answer as to why we have any of them on the schedule is that it is the only way we could get those particular games to be home games, otherwise we would be on the road even more
Either the money is not there to get more decent home games or in most cases teams just don't want to come and lose to us in Timmons arena, they are afraid, very afraid

So, by your explanations, the money is so tight, and the “fear” is so high, that we could not get even a game, in exchange for a future game at their place, with anybody like UNCA, Winthrop, Radford, High Point, CofC, Charlotte, W&M, Richmond, UNCW, Coastal Carolina, Stetson, Jacksonville University, Georgia State, etc. I find that hard to believe. I see the reason for us having 3 non-D1 games as being us having a preference for easier, cheaper games. I can accept that explanation more than the explanation that every D1 team fears playing us at our place.
The money part, maybe I can accept that, but it’s a little sad if that’s it. All I’m saying is that 2 non-D1 games is enough. I strongly prefer not having more than 2.

I choose to believe BR when he explained the process and how it's more difficult now in a recent podcast. Basically, the bigger conferences are starting to play more games against other big conferences. See B12-BIG EAST, ACC-B10 challenges, etc. They are also starting to play more conference games. So that shrinks the pool. So keep that in mind. And then schools like Furman would prefer to have a semi-equal number of home and road non-conference games. And not just Furman, schools in the Big South, OVC, A-10, CAA, etc. all have a similar philosophy. So keep that in mind. Then consider that Furman has gotten really good and is known to have a good home-court environment (see our record over last few years). It's going to be downright impossible to get a Davidson or CofC or whoever to come to Timmons. I'm in awe that we got a home-and-home with Loyola, but to be fair, until they made the Final Four, they were a virtually unknown, average to above average mid-major. So it makes a bit more sense how that came about. So what you end up with is trying to figure out how you can do a bunch of home-and-homes with a select number of mid-major conferences that would make sense from a money perspective and also where it wouldn't create a big imbalance for either team's non-conference home/away schedule. It's gotta be incredibly stressful and frustrating.