Marlin's Record

[basinbear]

And yes it is time to demand more

[CajunT]

mike Murphy was on 1037 this morning. He specifically stated no power 6 conference team will come here. They have tried them all. They laugh at it when we call.

They're not going to come here because of the money we pay and because we are a Tier 2 program. They have nothing to gain by doing so in the long run. Our best bets are to try and get teams like Middle Tennessee, Houston, Southern Miss, Western Kentucky, SF Austin and New Mexico State to play home & home with us. It won't be easy, but we clearly have to do better than Louisiana College or Southern UNO.

[cajunref]

They're not going to come here because of the money we pay and because we are a Tier 2 program. They have nothing to gain by doing so in the long run. Our best bets are to try and get teams like Middle Tennessee, Houston, Southern Miss, Western Kentucky, SF Austin and New Mexico State to play home & home with us. It won't be easy, but we clearly have to do better than Louisiana College or Southern UNO.

Agree, plus when we do go on the road against so called P6 we need to win some of those games. We continually lay an egg when we do so.

[CajunNation]

They're not going to come here because of the money we pay and because we are a Tier 2 program. They have nothing to gain by doing so in the long run. Our best bets are to try and get teams like Middle Tennessee, Houston, Southern Miss, Western Kentucky, SF Austin and New Mexico State to play home & home with us. It won't be easy, but we clearly have to do better than Louisiana College or Southern UNO.

Non-conference home games just for the sake of having a home game is hurting us more than helping us.

[zephyr]

mike Murphy was on 1037 this morning. He specifically stated no power 6 conference team will come here. They have tried them all. They laugh at it when we call.

Did someone ask him if they've gotten reasons why?

[CajunNation]

Did someone ask him if they've gotten reasons why?

It's just the way it is. Even freakin' Gonzaga has trouble scheduling non-conference home games vs. Power schools.

No more D2 schools.

Schedule Tech, Tulane, USM, Houston and Rice as much as possible.

Schedule as many 1 for 1's with historical top 150 RPI schools of the non-Power conferences.

After that, just go on the road to Power schools.

Take the training wheels off.

[CajunRebel]

It has been up and down. No real trend to see. The two best were this year and year 5. I will post them in a bit.

I got it. Here is the RPI history

Lee (last two years
2009 266
2010 246

Marlin:
2011 215
2012 197
2013 225
2014 85
2015 124
2016 145
2017 115
2018 69

CLEARY there’s a downward trend. CLEARLY this program is getting better.

[CajunNation]

I got it. Here is the RPI history

Lee (last two years
2009 266
2010 246

Marlin:
2011 215
2012 197
2013 225
2014 85
2015 124
2016 145
2017 115
2018 69

CLEARY there’s a downward trend. CLEARLY this program is getting better.

Well......, as we see now, good RPI numbers mean less and less to the Committee. They know that you can artificially lower your RPI score by padding your schedule with easy wins. Sound familiar?

[RaginFan2]

I got it. Here is the RPI history

Lee (last two years
2009 266
2010 246

Marlin:
2011 215
2012 197
2013 225
2014 85
2015 124
2016 145
2017 115
2018 69

CLEARY there's a downward trend. CLEARLY this program is getting better.

CLEARLY the last 3 years have been much better, RPI -wise, than the first 3 years. But I see more of an up & down line the past 4-6 years than a true trend. Just my opinion.

[CajunNation]

Another thing about our RPI numbers. A 107 5-year average is certainly acceptable for scheduling by other schools. The problem is the opponents' opponents ratings factoring into the Committee selection. We can't do much about the SBC schedule we have, but we can certainly schedule a lot better in non-conference to boost these numbers in our favor.

[Clutch0364]

I got it. Here is the RPI history

Lee (last two years
2009 266
2010 246

Marlin:
2011 215
2012 197
2013 225
2014 85
2015 124
2016 145
2017 115
2018 69

CLEARY there’s a downward trend. CLEARLY this program is getting better.

That 5 year average of 108 is not bad.

Get rid of the 2 non D1 games and replace them with teams who have a good 3 year rpi average. That is what we can do but for us to see any substantial change, the conference has to step there scheduling up.

[ManAboutTown]

mike Murphy was on 1037 this morning. He specifically stated no power 6 conference team will come here. They have tried them all. They laugh at it when we call.

Why? Is it because we average 4K fans a game at home? Is it because we’re in the Belt? Is it because we have a history of NCAA violations and they don’t want to associate with us? Is it because they’re scared to lose? (I’m sure that’s not it)

You’re telling me a school like Houston wouldn’t be interested in a 2 for 1? I just do not believe that.