(08-16-2018 07:55 AM)Wear Purple Wrote:  

(08-15-2018 01:26 PM)Bogey Wrote:  The home out of conference schedule is pretty underwhelming but it may not be the worst thing in the world with Banks recently having wrist surgery. I think he tore a tendon and will not be able to use his right arm for 12 weeks. He is currently in a hard cast and when the soft cast comes off we will be about a week or two away from when the season starts. His arm will lose a lost of muscle mass over that 12 week period but hopefully he can do some treadmill work to keep up his cardio.

Thanks for the info, Bogey. Good luck to Darius in his recovery/rehab.

While it sucks for him and the team as they ramp up prep for the season in late September through opening day, I am reminded that 19-20 year olds tend to mend up pretty quickly (as of course compared to old fartekers like myself). One silver lining is that it happened now when he has a legit chance to be ready for the early season schedule. Would've REALLY sucked if he had this happen in December or heaven forbid January once the REAL schedule cranks up in a big way.

Rowe has better depth and talent to turn to now. The door may open for a guy like Jones at the 3. Or, perhaps a freshman like Hicklin or Flowers. If Parker comes in and plays more like a soph instead of a true frosh, maybe he slides into the 3-man backcourt rotation with Lewis and Mosley.

Really looking forward to the season. But, I say that every year. Back to the thread topic, I believe EZU's home non-AAC games were mostly streamed via ESPN-3 last year. I think CUSA has a streaming option (ala caa.tv) for roadies at ODU and Charlotte. Same for the A-10 at Fordham. Mason already lists theirs as being on ESPN+. Maybe that's where Fordham winds up.

I'm guessing the road game at Oakland will somehow make it to a streaming platform via Oakland, but may be radio and live stats only for the other 2 games at Oakland (NIU and ORU). Hoping we can somehow watch all 3 games over Turkey Day weekend. We should learn a lot about these Dukes during that stretch in Michigan. We'll see...

Just a couple of quick observations. I, too, was disappointed at quickly looking at the out of conference schedule yesterday. No P5 teams that I noticed and two local D3 teams. Couple of A-10 teams in Mason and Fordham, plus ODU and Oakland. East Carolina and Charlotte are also in there. Some tough matchups, but overall shows a lack of confidence in the team. I get it...they haven't won yet.

That's a big loss with respect to Banks. He's one of the best players on the team. I don't see Jones as a starting level player. I think he's an energy guy that can play in spurts but he's not skilled enough to be a starter. I would think Rowe will use a committee if Banks can't go at the start of the year. I would not count out Pinkard and Urbach as possible fill-ins. Pinkard is very athletic and Urbach is supposedly a good shooter. Flowers probably lacks quickness to play the 3 or as a third guard. Probably a committee involving Hicklin, Pinkard and Urbach.