(08-01-2016 07:03 PM)olddawg Wrote:  

(08-01-2016 06:49 PM)NJDuke97 Wrote:  

(08-01-2016 05:42 PM)olddawg Wrote:  Hope we get a couple more home games to even this up. Must be nice to be a basketball blue blood and play your entire OOC at home. That's why I always take great delight when a P5 gets left out of the Tourney.

That's 7 OOC- typically they play 13. I'm not counting Eastern Mennonite because it doesn't count toward the game limit and is essentially an exhibition. That leaves 6 more. I think 1 of the 6 will be a return game at Mount Saint Mary's- the Dukes played them at home last year.

2-3 of the remaining 5 will likely be as part of an OOC tournament. I hope it's not one of those where JMU is part of a lesser group of teams with a pre-determined semi finals for the bigger teams. It's a pretty solid regional schedule so far which I'm ok with but IMO as the program builds and grows they should play more of a National Schedule unless they are part of a conference with a bigger geographic footprint.

Yup, not a fan of pre-determined matchups (other than the 1st game) in these "Tourneys"

Agreed- should have legitimate cracks at bigger schools in those tourneys and not be forced to just eat from the kids table.