what your degree in, stupid statements ...grow up dummy
Iowa State in Puerto Rico Shootout in 2017
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I like it! I've been wanting to do one of these for a while now but thanksgiving weekend is not good for someone who works in wholesale. Plus I need some beaches in my life. How warm is PR that time of year?
CycloneErik
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I'm used to disappointment in our scheduling, so this looks normal to me. Uninspiring field.
And no, I wasn't looking for a Duke-Kentucky-UNC round robin. Just some teams that matter a little.
And no, I wasn't looking for a Duke-Kentucky-UNC round robin. Just some teams that matter a little.
its nice to get back on the espn tourney schedule. we could schedule home-homes with UCLA, Kentucky, and Duke and people would complain about it here.
No national powers, but it looks like solid teams that most could beat ISU if the play well. FSU is strong. USC teams under Frank Martin are scrappy. I believe BSU was an NCAA team. Ill State has been a solid MVC team, Tulsa is traditionally pushing for an NCAA berth and UTEP under Floyd can have good teams.
Don't know if it matters in your situation but this tournament is actually week before thanksgiving. Nov 17,18,20
Perfect type of tournament for a very young and inexperienced team.
Well ya these teams should be competitive with Iowa state considering what our roster will be in 2017. Besides that though it is a weak field. Iowa state has been to 2 sweet 16''s in the last 3 years and is consistently a top 25 now for the last 3 years. Iowa State is miles ahead of these all these teams on the national scale.
Do you think this works better than challenging the young guys? I could see positives from both sides. Michigan state and some others seem to have a lot of success really changing their players early on. Of course something less challenging could be good to build confidence in the new players.
Challenging the young guys is one thing, scheduling Michigan State next year and getting whooped by 40 is far more detrimental that it is positive.
Next year we should schedule the cupcakes and get some confidence heading into the Conference season, while it isnt has fun, the Big 12 provides plenty of marquee games.
"Puerto Rico has one of the most unvarying climates in the world. Temperatures year-round range from 75° to 85°F"
Also...for a couple bucks you can take a ferry to the smaller islands off the East coast, Vieques is amazing, I wanna say the ferry was around 5 bucks round trip.
Not sure if San Juan will actually be able to host this event. They moved this year's event to Orlando.
I wish I can go down to Orlando this year. It was so much fun spending Thanksgiving in Destin last year with Cyclones.
I wish I can go down to Orlando this year. It was so much fun spending Thanksgiving in Destin last year with Cyclones.
You're not allowed to call it a shootout.
..at least not in the US. Good thing it's in Puerto Rico
..at least not in the US. Good thing it's in Puerto Rico
I had to hold my keyboarding tongue not to reply, "Similar to Oregon."
