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You'll find something different this year. Travel in basketball is crazy as we found out last year. Travel partners with seven on a side just isn't feasible.
This year the Sun Belt is invoking the "400 mile rule." If your travel for your Saturday game is over 400 miles, you can play Wednesday/Saturday instead of Thursday/Saturday.
I know there would have been a lot of questions about Wed/Sat, so I thought I'd address it here before the schedule is released.
I personally think it's a good move.
https://twitter.com/ragincajunsmbb/s...GysSgVe0Mm5Spw
And here it is...
Highlights:
- 5 of the first 7 are on the road.
- Followed by 5 straight at Home
- Season Finale Home vs. Southern Miss
- Dustin Kerns has been the Head Coach at App State since 2019 and has yet to play a single game in the Cajundome. This will be the 5th consecutive season App State does not play @ Louisiana.
12/30 @ Marshall (Sat.)
1/4 vs. JMU (Thu.)
1/6 vs. Coastal (Sat.)
1/10 @ Troy (Wed.)
1/13 @ ARST (Sat.)
1/17 @TXST (Wed.)
1/20 @ USA (Sat.)
1/25 vs. ARST (Thu.)
1/27 vs. TXST (Sat.)
1/31 vs. ULM (Wed.)
2/3 vs. USA (Sat.)
2/7 vs. Georgia State (Wed.)
2/15 @ ODU (Thu.)
2/17 @ App State (Sat.)
2/22 @ ULM (Thu.)
2/24 @ USM (Sat.)
2/28 vs. Troy (Wed.)
3/1 vs. USM (Fri.)
Not a bad schedule. Nice Saturday road games versus our rivals USM and USA.
Unfortunate conflict -
Astros Foundation College Classic March 1-3.
Season Finale vs. USM falls on the same day the Cajuns play Vandy
Does the distance of the Thursday game have any bearing on the 400 mile rule for the Saturday game?
What happens if home team of Thursday game says no to moving to wednesday?
Nice pickup; I hate to miss the basketball game but we will be in Houston.Quote:
Originally Posted by cajunjayhawk
When will the full schedule be released?
Stretches of 4 games on the road in a row and then 5 games at home. Feels like there has to be a better way to organize that, no?
After season ticket renewal.Quote:
Originally Posted by mgv6260
Take your money first then, release a poor schedule.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeauCajun
Beginning to feel like the old WKU setup. Saturday games there none here for about a decadeQuote:
Originally Posted by cajunjayhawk
But playing App in basketball isn’t a big deal.
It's automatic. The 400 mile rule applies to Saturday games. It's the distance between games that is the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by RougaWhite&Blue
Maybe not the team saying no, but If the venue is booked on Wednesday what happens?
Four games in a row twice. Maybe get to one day of class during each trip. Similar to last year. Does the Belt hate students. I could not have survived that. I’ll have to look at how many other bball belt teams get to do this.
We will also have a Saturday home game on Saturday February 10 against a MAC school to be determined.
As far as the overall schedule goes, the 2 games we are buying are supposedly against higher quality mid majors than we have played at home in the past. I am not at liberty to reveal those yet as last I heard the contracts have not been finalized. Of course that was almost a month ago so things could have changed and I am just not aware of current status.
Actually, depending on how they travel, this could result in fewer missed classes. You're going to see this sport gravitate more and more to charter flights. The three Eastern newcomers charter almost exclusively.Quote:
Originally Posted by 60swerethebest
If you play Wednesday, you leave via charter Tuesday afternoon. You play Wednesday night and come home right after the game. You attend class Friday (everything is before noon) and leave Friday afternoon after classes are finished.
Under the current schedule.....
If you fly commercially, you have to get an early flight out, otherwise you're looking at lots of delays and cancellations. So you miss class all day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning.
The key is charter flights for the front end of a two game trip.
A. Where is nearest airport to app state for charter?
B. Dist between odu and app st is less than 400 miles but of you go through Charlotte then it is more than 400
C. Texas st and USA are each less than 400 from UL and you would pass back through lafayette on way from TX st to usa.
D. Scenario B. Does not get the Wed. Game but c. Does?
Seems like you could also make classes on Thursday, depending on how late you get back in.Quote:
Originally Posted by JayWalker
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Originally Posted by JayWalker
Charter flights is something that has been pushed by many, somewhat due to the favorable impact on academics. Cost has been an issue limiting this in the past. I don't know how many times we will do this but I did notice we play at Old Dominion and App State on a Thursday/Saturday schedule. Seems like that would have been a charter opportunity. Maybe we charter to the first game and charter back home with other travel in between. On our website we do show the conference games, the one at Toledo on November 11, the three MTE tournament games Thanksgiving week, and the home game against a MAC school on February 11. I presume once all contracts are signed, we will announce the remainder of the schedule. Hopefully that is relatively soon. Note the MAC game is on a Sunday. The person who indicated there was a Dome conflict on Saturday February 10 was correct. Simple solution was to move that game to Sunday. Note February 10 is Super Bowl Sunday. I bet tipoff is early afternoon. Fine with me as I make it a point to avoid the football pre game hype that day.
I thought travel was supposed to get easier and cheaper by adding our new conference mates. Seems like that didn’t turn out to be the case. Seems like we should think hard about adding 2 more members.
If you believe this league is not more compact than before you need a pair of glasses for near sightednessQuote:
Originally Posted by CajunRebel
I'd like to play App in the Dome.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunEXPRESS
The neutrals know our respected-rivalry with them in Football.
Good news is that the more hated Football rival - Coastal - will be visiting on Saturday, January 6th, which should pull neutrals as well.
Well yes, we’ve going to play East teams less often. Still I’m way more happy playing USM twice a year than anybody in the East. I’m happy that Troy has migrated into the West. More compact, better foes.Quote:
Originally Posted by cajunjayhawk