Contest at Sam Houston State Canceled

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Both coaching staffs agreed upon the decision in order to better prepare for their team's respective weekend series. With inclement weather a possibility in the region later in the week, the coaching staffs wanted to have an adequate number of days of outdoor preparation prior to the weekend.

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[UL_BayouCajun]

Yes

[wcd35]

RPI addition through subtraction

[ragin50]

Makes sense not to play it , but why schedule the game in the first place?

[CajunAmos]

If I were a very smart coach of a highly ranked mid-major team I might have some verbiage in a contract to say that if your RPI is below XXX that I have the right to cancel the scheduled game to be made up in a later year.

SEC/PAC/B12 don't have to worry about these types of things due to fact that their overall conference RPI numbers will always prop up any midweek games.

[CajunFan3406]

Makes sense not to play it , but why schedule the game in the first place?

Sometimes it's hard to see into the future. Perhaps they thought SHSU would be better this year and beneficial to the schedule.

[jjlouv]

Sometimes it's hard to see into the future. Perhaps they though SHSU would be better this year and beneficial to the schedule.

Yep... Perfect example would be a team like James Madison, who we've hosted in previous years, who this year may end up hosting a regional!

[CajunFan3406]

Yep... Perfect example would be a team like James Madison, who we've hosted in previous years, who this year may end up hosting a regional!

I was thinking more local for comparison, like LaTech. We played JMU in those Florida tournaments and the years we did play them, they ended up winning 40+ games. They were good for us then and still would be now.

On the other hand, we scheduled LaTech last year and the 2 years prior, when they sort of stunk, but aren't playing them this year when they're 24-10.

[jjlouv]

I was thinking more local for comparison, like LaTech. We played JMU in those Florida tournaments and the years we did play them, they ended up winning 40+ games. They were good for us then and still would be now.

On the other hand, we scheduled LaTech last year and the 2 years prior, when they sort of stunk, but aren't playing them this year when they're 24-10.

Good point.