(06-27-2017 08:01 PM)BleedingPurple Wrote:  

(06-27-2017 06:11 PM)Wear Purple Wrote:  I know there is a lot of push-back to us playing Bridgewater or EMU. I get it. I was curious to know how many others in the CAA play at least 1 non-D1 opponent. Went back and looked last year. 9 of the 10 CAA MBB teams played at least 1 non-D1 opponent in their regular season. Only Northeastern did not. 3 CAA programs - including CAA champ, UNCW, along with W&M and Delaware - played 2 non-D1 opponents.

I can see why. Home gate with no requirement for a return trip. And, if you are going to play a non-D1 team, might as well go with a local team for local interest as well as potentially a few more fans to buy tickets to get in. By no means a big money maker, but every little bit helps I suppose.

Looking forward to the upcoming season. I'll be buying season tickets for the first time ever. I'm lucky to be relatively close enough to H'burg I can make most weeknight games. Hopefully this upcoming team/season is the beginning of getting more fannies back into seats - especially the student body's.

Did you happen to notice how many of those non-D1 games were the first game of the season versus any other time during the season?

UNCW (2) - 1 to open season, 1 in December
Charleston (1) - in December
Towson (1) - late November (7th game of season)
Elon (2) - 1 to open season, 1 in late December...I missed in earlier reply that Elon played 2 as well
W&M (2) - 1 to open season, 1 in mid December
NE (0)
Hofstra (1) - 1 in late November (7th game of season)
JMU (1) - 1 in late December (13th game of season)
Delaware (2) - 1 to open season, 1 in late November (7th game of season)
Drexel (1) - 1 in mid December (11th game of season)

So, 4 opened the season with non-D1 opponents, but all 4 had a second non-D1 game later on.