MBB Roll Call

[Cajunfever]

Basketball scheduling thread from June 2019--article states Maggard will get more involved in basketball scheduling.

https://forumeus.com/showthread.php/...hoops-schedule

[zeppelincajun]

I encourage everyone to go back and listen to Jay's podcast (Ragin Cajuns Connection) from Nov 2021 titled Ragin Cajuns AD Bryan Maggard--fast forward to the 11 minute mark--Bryan indicates he is involved in basketball scheduling while he wasn't involved at Missouri--He basically outlines his philosophy which shows he is ok with scheduling these easy games.

https://forumeus.com/showthread.php/...tball+schedule

Teams too scared to play us LOL. What a joke. I lose more and more faith in this guy everytime I hear him speak.

[ExecutiveCajun]

Teams too scared to play us LOL. What a joke. I lose more and more faith in this guy everytime I hear him speak.

im not down on maggard. but you cant come here and bs our people and think they will just forget about it. there is no sweeping it under the rug with cajun people. think im wrong, just ask a cajun woman about somebody that wronged them in high school. we dont forget. this is not the midwest. its not the coasts. people take things personally here. i sure hope that bryan understands this

[JayWalker]

But why wouldn't Houston or TCU come here? Houston came here in 2013. We agree on Rice, UTSA, and SFA. So why aren't they on the schedule?

Those are the points I'm making. We both see teams that would be solid for home-and-home series, yet it seems like it has been forever since they have been on the schedule.

I would still take Mercer and FGCU. Mercer beat Duke a few years back in the NCAA Tournament.

Houston was floundering in 2013. They're a Final Four team now. I don't know of any P5's that would do a 1-1 and TCU isn't one I'd do a 2-1 with. (I would with Houston).
As far as the ones I agree with, see my last statement. In order to play them they have to agree to play. Why they won't, I don't know.

[zeppelincajun]

im not down on maggard. but you cant come here and bs our people and think they will just forget about it. there is no sweeping it under the rug with cajun people. think im wrong, just ask a cajun woman about somebody that wronged them in high school. we dont forget. this is not the midwest. its not the coasts. people take things personally here. i sure hope that bryan understands this

Did he ever publicly correct himself about Marlin’s 75% winning percentage or address what he was trying to say? Not to my knowledge. I’m down on Maggard. I get the argument of him doing a dozen peoples’ jobs at this point, and I try to be understanding given that of how putrid our game day experience, ticketing, concessions, etc have become. I’m still buying my tickets. This mess is not something I’m willing to look the other way on though.

[ExecutiveCajun]

Houston was floundering in 2013. They're a Final Four team now. I don't know of any P5's that would do a 1-1 and TCU isn't one I'd do a 2-1 with. (I would with Houston).
As far as the ones I agree with, see my last statement. In order to play them they have to agree to play. Why they won't, I don't know.

Houston wasnt floundering. Thats not why they agreed to come to the cajundome. Now they wont come because Marlin fields a team with rpi in the millions which hurts Houston in seeding. The schedules are made the way they are made on purpose. To pad the Marlin stats to keep him employed. 12 years of evidence, but you just keep dodging questions. Get Marlin back on the phone so he can answer our questions. we know those bs answers come straight from him and the rebounder club he brainwashed

[ExecutiveCajun]

Did he ever publicly correct himself about Marlin’s 75% winning percentage or address what he was trying to say? Not to my knowledge. I’m down on Maggard. I get the argument of him doing a dozen peoples’ jobs at this point, and I try to be understanding given that of how putrid our game day experience, ticketing, concessions, etc have become. I’m still buying my tickets. This mess is not something I’m willing to look the other way on though.

and he never will. it was a foot in mouth moment

[Cajunsmike]

Houston was floundering in 2013. They're a Final Four team now. I don't know of any P5's that would do a 1-1 and TCU isn't one I'd do a 2-1 with. (I would with Houston).
As far as the ones I agree with, see my last statement. In order to play them they have to agree to play. Why they won't, I don't know.

I don't know why they won't either. Perhaps it is because everyone wants a series to start at their place due to having a minimal home game no. requirement. As I stated in a different thread, perhaps if we got a waiver to play 13 for a couple of years, some series with similar D1 programs could begin on the road. Also, like I posted in another thread, we were down to one non D1 school on the schedule the year before the pandemic hit. The financial hit athletics took from that pandemic makes buying D1 home games unfeasible at this point. Buying D1 games is beneficial for perception and team conference preparation (2 very important aspects in my view), it is not necessarily financially prudent. Paying $60000 to Southern to come here vs $15000 to Loyola of New Orleans will have no impact on attendance. The perception deal is big to me. You can tell your season ticket holders that you are working to reduce the non D1 games and that may carry some weight. We just can't afford it right now. I know that some will say different leadership will result in increased season tickets which may allow us more financial flexibility. When that day occurs, it will be interesting to see if that come theory comes true.

[wscoog]

Houston was floundering in 2013. They're a Final Four team now. I don't know of any P5's that would do a 1-1 and TCU isn't one I'd do a 2-1 with. (I would with Houston).
As far as the ones I agree with, see my last statement. In order to play them they have to agree to play. Why they won't, I don't know.

Actually this may have been a great time to schedule Houston. We really struggled with our nonconference this year and with us no longer playing Tulane I imagine Sampson wants to keep a presence in Louisiana as he has recruited the area heavily over his career.

[Turbine]

When you walk into a scheduling process with the conviction "they don't want to play us" it probably has a good chance of becoming a self fulfilling non-event.

[zephyr]

But why wouldn't Houston or TCU come here? Houston came here in 2013. We agree on Rice, UTSA, and SFA. So why aren't they on the schedule?

Those are the points I'm making. We both see teams that would be solid for home-and-home series, yet it seems like it has been forever since they have been on the schedule.

I would still take Mercer and FGCU. Mercer beat Duke a few years back in the NCAA Tournament.

What the hell are you talking about???? Nobody comes in and plays Bobby Marlin in the Dome and leaves here with a victory! Remember that 75% winning percentage???