20 Game B1G Schedule
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Especially if it protects rivalries.
Exactly. It feels like we’ve played IU 6 out of the last 8 times in Bloomington too. Let’s just play each other at both locations every year.
The Purdue vs IU rivalry is protected starting next year.
Good it should be protected getting tired of just playing one time a year and playing there. On top of that haven't we played three times in a row at their place in football at least twice in a row
Just 2013/2014 when the conference switched from leaders/legends to east/west divisions.
Raises the value (and possibly the price) of season tickets. It is hard to get motivated to drive to WL three times in nine days to watch them pound teams. Plus there are enough cupcakes in conference to get the wins needed for the tourney without having to pay 300RPI teams to come to campus. I think this is a good move all around.
I'm a fan of the move but my only concern is that it likely means even more Big Ten games while students are on break. I want the Paint Crew there for every Big Ten game.
Good point. The paint crew is a huge reason Mackey is consistently one of the loudest arenas in the B1G. But I also hate playing 200+ RPI teams.
This is a good idea.
Football now plays 75% of the season in-conference (9 of 12 games).
There's no reason for basketball to play 13 non-league games against 18 B1G contests. Even if you throw in a couple B1G tournament games, the basketball season is still almost 40% non-conference.
ACC Challenge; Crossroads Classic, Gavitt Game, a holiday tournament, and 4-5 mid-majors to round out November and December is a good model for non-conference games.
Football now plays 75% of the season in-conference (9 of 12 games).
There's no reason for basketball to play 13 non-league games against 18 B1G contests. Even if you throw in a couple B1G tournament games, the basketball season is still almost 40% non-conference.
ACC Challenge; Crossroads Classic, Gavitt Game, a holiday tournament, and 4-5 mid-majors to round out November and December is a good model for non-conference games.
Right, it will be a home-and-home every year. Ditto Mich-Mich St and Illinois-NW, no others in B1G.
Thought you guys might enjoy this - from Archie Miller's B1G media day Q&A. Looks like there's a nice level of mutual respect between Archie and CMP:
Q. Just to finally get that IU/Purdue rivalry protected, obviously it’s your first year with the program, but what that’s going to mean for you and the state going forward?
COACH MILLER: Very early on as I got the job, I don’t know if it was on the recruiting circuit right away, on our couple of weekends or Big Ten meetings when I first got there, Matt really came to me and talked to me about it. And I felt that he felt it was very, very important for Purdue and Indiana.
He also felt, more importantly, representing the Big Ten for as long as he has, it’s great for the Big Ten. As I got the chance to kind of figure it out myself and look at our administration and their feelings, it’s a great thing for the Big Ten. It’s a great thing for college basketball when you have two programs that have obviously had great traditions.
Matt is as well regarded in college basketball as any college basketball coach. And to get started to be on the forefront a couple times a year is unbelievable for the state but it’s great for college basketball and in particular it puts the Big Ten in a good light.
Q. Just to finally get that IU/Purdue rivalry protected, obviously it’s your first year with the program, but what that’s going to mean for you and the state going forward?
COACH MILLER: Very early on as I got the job, I don’t know if it was on the recruiting circuit right away, on our couple of weekends or Big Ten meetings when I first got there, Matt really came to me and talked to me about it. And I felt that he felt it was very, very important for Purdue and Indiana.
He also felt, more importantly, representing the Big Ten for as long as he has, it’s great for the Big Ten. As I got the chance to kind of figure it out myself and look at our administration and their feelings, it’s a great thing for the Big Ten. It’s a great thing for college basketball when you have two programs that have obviously had great traditions.
Matt is as well regarded in college basketball as any college basketball coach. And to get started to be on the forefront a couple times a year is unbelievable for the state but it’s great for college basketball and in particular it puts the Big Ten in a good light.
We can only hope that filth of filth louisville is no longer in the picture but I'm not optomistic.
In a way, I'm hoping that Louisville sees the errors in its ways, decides to go the straight and narrow, and then commit to a long-term home-and-home with Purdue to help them rebuild.
I can dream.
If you are really a Boiler fan you can not be serious with your post. This is the sort of thing that deserves the Death Penalty. Then they should rebuild by themselves. Indiana did it and Purdue did it. Nobody but the particular fan bases care. There isn't any sympathy in sports. If this isn't what you mean, then restate your case.
It has nothing to do with sympathy. I agree absolutely that they deserve the death penalty.
Purdue fans (including me) have been asking for a home-and-home with one of the regional powers for decades. Louisville was always at the top of the list. If they clean up their act, which I clearly stated, I say get them on the schedule.
Edit: think I I see where the "sympathy" angle came from. When I wrote "help them rebuilt", I was thinking that the Louisville administration would see Purdue as a tough, clean program to schedule to "help them rebuild" their program. I wasn't thinking that Purdue should schedule them to "help them rebuild".
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Thanks for your clarification. You are correct in your edit. "help them rebuilt" is not anything Purdue should be part of. There are plenty of good examples throughout the NCAA in Div 1 and we don't need to put any resources towards this. But the bottom line is that UL has done as they did even though there are multiple examples of proper conduct for them to follow. Therefore, I say no sympathy.
Regarding Purdue, we play in a great conference so we don't need schools like this on our schedule. There are plenty other schools, ie Xavier, that we can add for great scheduling.
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