Yeah, looks like I stand corrected on that front, at least with the home and homes for the Valley in particular.
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Not sure on Drake.
UNI is either going to the Cancun Challenge or SoCal Challenge. I've heard both from people that tend to know. My guess is Cancun as it's the minimum 5 years since we've been there.
I could have sworn that Marcus Paige game was more recent then that but damn it was 2015... where does time freaking go?
UNI has always gotten into solid MTEs
testament to their fan travel as much as their on court success
Jake is still really respected nationally. He's got warts as all coaches do but UNI is never going to do better and he'll be in Cedar Falls until he decides he doesn't want to be.
How do you think Heise does at ISU? I really appreciated watching UNI down the stretch this year. Seemed to get better later as the year went on.
They play hard and are so similar to ISU in many ways, unsurprisingly. Except the whole being able to shoot part lol.
But he did stand out to me amongst the others as kind of a more athletic guy that made a lot of their more physical/hustle plays without the ball. Would you consider that accurate? (I only watched about 5 or so of their games in their entirety.)
A general question, seeing if I can phrase it correctly. If ISU did a home/away with a "tweener" league tier - AAC, A-10, MWC ... that would mean losing a "home cupcake" every other year. How does that balance financially, losing the home gate/budget/revenue?
I admit my knowledge of the specific $ for scheduling is beyond my realm of expertise.
I admit my knowledge of the specific $ for scheduling is beyond my realm of expertise.
I think he's a big help in rebounding where Iowa State struggled at times last year. He's got great instincts and is athletic enough to get where he needs to be. He's also a high level defender, especially against long wings.
Offensively, I'm not sure he much more than a shooter in the Big 12 but he did flash the ability to use his upper body strength to get to his mid-range. Surprisingly, he struggled the most against smaller defenders and became too passive.
He's a great get. He's a 20-25 minute a night guy that is never, ever going to hurt you and fits right in to doing the little stuff that Iowa State does.
In 99% of home and homes there's no money exchanged and each team keeps their home gate. You do lose one home date in the year you play on the road.
the non financial impact then comes weighing the value of
- exposure on TV
- recruiting
- e.g. ISU playing a game in Wisconsin
- NCAA tournament resume
- rewarding players
- e.g. Marcus Paige homecoming game
it should also be noted that ISU doesnt change the price of season tickets based on number of home games. we pay the same amount whether there's 17 or 18 or 19 games in Hilton
Probably going to be harder to schedule a home & home with the Big10 teams you mention. Would be surprised if Minnesota & Wisconsin want to give TJ much of a recruiting platform. The best chance was if they needed to fill seats- which they don't.
IMO the best chance for ISU to upgrade its non-con schedule are:
- If ISU is projected to be a Top 10-15 team, then ESPN or FOX might be open to invite the Clones to a made for TV one-day event.
- TJ & Jamie willing to pay more for buy games.
I don't read much into the OCSOC the committee referenced. It was just a way to justify what the committee did. If ISU's out of conference schedule was rated higher, there would just have been some other reason. No real reason to rob the piggy bank or go on the road to try and improve it. Next year it'll be the eye test or something else similar.
It wouldn't have mattered. As a 2 seed, ISU lost to a 3 seed in the Sweet 16. As a 3 seed, they would have had to beat a 2 seed in the Sweet 16.
It will pay the equivalent of what it would owe in tax (payment in lieu of tax) to the city which goes into an improvement fund for the Iowa State Center.
Any private business that leases from Cy-town will have to pay taxes on the lease.
