Jordan Brown

[Turbine]

Until they clearly vocalize thier reasoning, they lack the human power of speech in order to explain their complacency.

[ZoomZoom]

I'm not saying we don't use the P5 games, but we must work out deals with teams for home and home's over various years. They need us as much as we need them (mid majors), screw the McNeese's and Tulane's and etc who don't want to play us, I would much rather see a Liberty or Iona or Bradley or Utah Valley or Hofstra or Vermont or New Mexico or San Jose State or Southern Illinois or Dayton or Furman or UNC Asheville or the likes who need us as much as we need them and still play 1 or 2 P5's annually to go with those teams. A nice mix of home and away G5's coupled with a neutral site tournament and then 1 or 2 P5's is the best case scenario.

I’m really surprised UL
would consider any team coached by Will Wade.

[Cajunsmike]

I have said it for years, we need to do whatever it takes to get high quality mid majors to play us, both home and away. I remember a few years back and I forgot who it was but it was a west coast (pretty good mid major, maybe UCSB or Long Beach) played someone in our conference in a home and home in the same season. I know we are doing that with the MAC this year, but with so many quality mid majors looking for opponents, why can't we work deals out like we do in football. Have a home and home in various years against each other. I don't even care if it is we play you next year and you come back to us in 2027. But start building a resume of teams that you can work with. We do it in football, can it not be done in basketball the same way. I will open this up to CM as I know he will have the correct answer.

Our football schedule is built out years in advance, why exactly can we not do something similar in basketball with some pretty solid mid major teams. I know there is no guarantee they will be good then, but if a team is traditionally pretty good, they will still be pretty good.

Conferences like CUSA, AAC, A10, WAC, IVY League, Missouri Valley, ASUN, Big West, Summit and others are traditionally not bad conferences to chose from. Others could include the MAC, America East, Colonial, Southern, Big Sky, ETC.

I know these teams might not excite many of our fans, but they can be teams that are better than what we have traditionally gotten into the dome.

There is no reason why what you propose here can't be pursued. Travel costs is one thing that comes to mind that may limit the options. It is cheaper to travel to CUSA schools than out West but we have had trouble lining games like that up. There are instances of multi year contracts in basketball but we have generally set them up with schools in the area (La. Tech for example). Sometimes schools like to wait to finalize schedules in the event a nice MTE opportunity pops up. If we can good home and home deals with schools like Murray State I would be all for it.

[Cajunsmike]

How dumb.

Let's hope.

I think dumb is a strong word. You go on the road for two games and don't get paid for either in a 2 for 1 scenario. You hopefully get a nice crowd for the home game which helps with the finances. We had less than 4000 when we played Tennessee several years ago (think it was 2009) as part of a 3 for 1. We had a poor team that year which explains the weak support. With the team we had last season, such a game would draw well. The finance situation is why we have not pursued 2 for 1 deals in the recent past.

[Cajunsmike]

I’m really surprised UL
would consider any team coached by Will Wade.

We go to McNeese again this coming season in the final contest of a four game contract. They came here 2 straight years so we have to do the same. What happens after that is something I don't know. My guess is they try to continue the series regardless of who the coach is. The Cowboys will be very good this year. May be a good game to help prepare for conference play.

[Turbine]

I think dumb is a strong word. You go on the road for two games and don't get paid for either in a 2 for 1 scenario. You hopefully get a nice crowd for the home game which helps with the finances. We had less than 4000 when we played Tennessee several years ago (think it was 2009) as part of a 3 for 1. We had a poor team that year which explains the weak support. With the team we had last season, such a game would draw well. The finance situation is why we have not pursued 2 for 1 deals in the recent past.

Improved schedule should be prioritized.

If it takes a 3 for 1 with multiple schools to get an improved SOS for the 4 years of the multile spread out contracts it would be more than worth it in many ways.

For starters, the improved schedule would make a one-n-one much more attractive to your peer group.

Granted with decades of playing a weak schedule, it would take a multi year track record of improved scheduling to change the programs poor reputation.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Of course beyond money with the tv deals we’re locked into not having many two for one deals much less three for one.

[Turbine]

Of course beyond money with the tv deals we’re locked into not having many two for one deals much less three for one.

There is room, Louisiana needs to bite the bullet for a few years.

After Louisiana gains a reputation for a solid overall schedule, the cost of home and away goes way down.

[Cajunsmike]

Improved schedule should be prioritized.

If it takes a 3 for 1 with multiple schools to get an improved SOS for the 4 years of the multile spread out contracts it would be more than worth it in many ways.

For starters, the improved schedule would make a one-n-one much more attractive to your peer group.

Granted with decades of playing a weak schedule, it would take a multi year track record of improved scheduling to change the programs poor reputation.

We don't have a reputation of a weak schedule overall as our road schedule is usually fine if not challenging in most years. You can't have multiple 3 for 1 deals as we are required to have a certain no. of home games. You could do two of them I suppose but you also need to bring in income in that individual year and the pay games generally do that.

[Rainman66]

There is room, Louisiana needs to bite the bullet for a few years.

After Louisiana gains a reputation for a solid overall schedule, the cost of home and away goes way down.

Not following your logic. Can you expound more?