Tribeheart
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Hofstra-Kentucky
Just announced that Hofstra is hosting Kentucky in doubleheader at Barclays on Dec. 11th, along with St. John's/LIU match up. Nice get for Hofstra.
(This post was last modified: 05-09-2016 09:57 PM by Tribeheart.)
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RE: Hofstra-Kentucky
(05-09-2016 09:53 PM)Tribeheart Wrote: Just announced that Hofstra is hosting Kentucky in doubleheader at Barclays on Dec. 11th, along with St. John's/LIU match up. Nice get for Hofstra.
While it may technically be a home game, Kentucky sees a chance to play at the Barclays center without having to play a strong opponent. It's great for recruiting and little downside for them. I'm guessing St. John's didn't want to foot the entire bill for a game at Barclays so they asked Hofstra to help pay. I equate this to Georgetown asking us to help pay for time at the Verizon Center to play against a big name. Sure it would technically be us "hosting" the big name, but it's also not. Don't mean to rain on Hofstra's parade, this is a great chance to play Kentucky at a big venue in a game that will likely get picked up for national TV.
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Tribeheart
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RE: Hofstra-Kentucky
Originally was supposed to be the opening for the renovated Nassau Coliseum with Nassau giving a guaranteed $300,000 chunk to UK and a smaller amount to Hofstra, but Nassau opening delayed. Doubt Hofstra paying anything.
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RE: Hofstra-Kentucky
Kentucky shouldn't mind. They figure to win AND get more points for a road win than defeating Hofstra at home.
I have always been mildly surprised that more Power 5 teams don't select certain teams to play on the road, just for the "road win" boost.
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RE: Hofstra-Kentucky
(05-10-2016 08:15 AM)Tribeheart Wrote: Originally was supposed to be the opening for the renovated Nassau Coliseum with Nassau giving a guaranteed $300,000 chunk to UK and a smaller amount to Hofstra, but Nassau opening delayed. Doubt Hofstra paying anything.
Once again, Barclay's Center stealing from poor ol' Lon'Geyelin...
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05-10-2016 09:01 AM |
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