Kansas Crimson

jfish26 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 12:58 pm That's a pretty bad schedule, until you start filling in some Q1 and Q2 Maui teams. Really hope we don't end up on the Chaminade side of the bracket.

Cascadia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:03 pm That schedule is a C- as is

Cascadia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:03 pm That schedule is a C- as is

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:08 am I dont want KU to play the nastiest schedule in the nation. I have seen zero evidence that it actually helps us. A few really tough games are great measuring sticks. Non stop tough games are an unnecessary grind that prevents bench players from playing.

My hope is that a few extra cupcakes results in Braun and McBride getting up some shots for more than the last 60 seconds of a game.

PhDhawk wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:26 am

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:08 am I dont want KU to play the nastiest schedule in the nation. I have seen zero evidence that it actually helps us. A few really tough games are great measuring sticks. Non stop tough games are an unnecessary grind that prevents bench players from playing.

My hope is that a few extra cupcakes results in Braun and McBride getting up some shots for more than the last 60 seconds of a game.

I agree with this. But, from a purely fan perspective, I'd like to see a few more teams like Colorado mixed in rather than, for example, ETSU. Just from an optics standpoint. CU and ETSU are probably very similar teams, but man if you struggle and beat CU by 5 it doesn't look nearly as bad as beating ETSU by 5 to the guy who just watches sportscenter highlights. A win against ETSU might mean just as much, especially in an algorithm, but when they're seeding teams, it's a hard sell to say that beating ETSU in Allen is a quality win.

If you're gonna schedule cupcakes, might as well schedule real cupcakes like Monmouth, who, we should probably beat by 50 and then Braun and McBride will for sure get minutes.

From a basketball, standpoint though I get it. We started doing this after the '10 and '11 tournament losses, where we scheduled really tough schools from smaller conferences. Of course you want to have teams used to playing senior-led teams from small conferences that know how to win and have a chip on their shoulder. But as a fan, UNC-Greensboro is not a sexy matchup and while I can intellectualize that they're something like a top 75 team, if we only beat them by 8, it still kinda sucks.

TL;DR - from fan POV schedule cupcakes that are real cupcakes, mid-level teams should be schools we've heard of not good teams playing at cupcake universities, mix in some marquee matchups.

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:08 am I dont want KU to play the nastiest schedule in the nation. I have seen zero evidence that it actually helps us. A few really tough games are great measuring sticks. Non stop tough games are an unnecessary grind that prevents bench players from playing.

My hope is that a few extra cupcakes results in Braun and McBride getting up some shots for more than the last 60 seconds of a game.

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:38 pmSo selfishly, I don't mind as many of those as possible but too many is a proven detriment. Watching guys break down as they grind out 38+ mph over and over is not good for tourney chances and I'd rather experience a national title parade than a really fun regular season game vs. some P5 non-con.

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:44 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 1:38 pmSo selfishly, I don't mind as many of those as possible but too many is a proven detriment. Watching guys break down as they grind out 38+ mph over and over is not good for tourney chances and I'd rather experience a national title parade than a really fun regular season game vs. some P5 non-con.

Proven detriment? Causation, correlation, grumble grumble . . .

We always play a top schedule. Sometimes we do well in the tourney, sometimes we don't. At best, it helps, at worst, it has little bearing.