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Post by docmm on Dec 4, 2019 9:21:24 GMT -8
I HATE!!!!!! this conference!!!!!
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Post by Aztec Since 88 on Dec 4, 2019 9:32:50 GMT -8
4th year in a row we start off the MW season on the road. We lost the last three years. Thanks for all you do for us Craig Thompson, you worthless excuse for a Commissioner. Is he the moron who decides who plays who? We miss a home game vs AF and an away game vs San Jose State- two gimme wins. Boise State doesn't have to play Utah State and New Mexico twice. And Utah State and New Mexico only play each other once. So Boise State, Utah State and New Mexico all miss two difficult games. That is so effing imbalanced. Does ANYONE in this Conference give a sh*t about SDSU? The one positive about only playing Air Force and San Jose State once instead of twice, is both schools will be SOS killers as their Net/ Sagarin ratings will be poor this year. It is in our best interest to play schools with higher ratings to help improve at large chances.
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Post by standiego on Dec 4, 2019 9:48:15 GMT -8
Mountain schools gain a few points for every one of their home games . Travel to get there and back . Also can hurt schools that do Not fly Charter Aztecs have sleep over Wednesday night before coming back to San Diego Thursday . Do not sleep in their own beds and may miss classes
Per Dutcher - MW Conference has one of the hardest travel schedules for the student athletes .
Another brutal part of being in the MW - can really mess up a team trying to get into MM -
Much harder playing CSU when they know they are starting out conference at same level as SDSU 0-0 and chance to be in first place- play them late Jan or Feb and they could be looking up and chasing the leaders
Is important that we do not try to force things when we play them - avoid the TO's and stay out of foul trouble . Would be helpful if we could get them in foul trouble
Trying to remember did Yanni have problems with the game At BYU - could part of it have been altitude .
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Post by chris92065 on Dec 4, 2019 9:54:18 GMT -8
I wish we had a proactive athletic department that was trying to create a new conference.
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Post by sdsudevil on Dec 4, 2019 10:07:51 GMT -8
4th year in a row we start off the MW season on the road. We lost the last three years. Thanks for all you do for us Craig Thompson, you worthless excuse for a Commissioner. Is he the moron who decides who plays who? We miss a home game vs AF and an away game vs San Jose State- two gimme wins. Boise State doesn't have to play Utah State and New Mexico twice. And Utah State and New Mexico only play each other once. So Boise State, Utah State and New Mexico all miss two difficult games. That is so effing imbalanced. Does ANYONE in this Conference give a sh*t about SDSU?Yes, we get to play all the preseason top teams twice. That's a good thing. Of all things to be upset about, SDSU getting a tougher conference schedule is not one of them.
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Post by missiontrails on Dec 4, 2019 10:20:42 GMT -8
4th year in a row we start off the MW season on the road. We lost the last three years. Thanks for all you do for us Craig Thompson, you worthless excuse for a Commissioner. Is he the moron who decides who plays who? We miss a home game vs AF and an away game vs San Jose State- two gimme wins. Boise State doesn't have to play Utah State and New Mexico twice. And Utah State and New Mexico only play each other once. So Boise State, Utah State and New Mexico all miss two difficult games. That is so effing imbalanced. Does ANYONE in this Conference give a sh*t about SDSU?Yes, we get to play all the preseason top teams twice. That's a good thing. Of all things to be upset about, SDSU getting a tougher conference schedule is not one of them. Yeah seriously. In fact, Dutcher probably requests that we don't play those sh*tty schools twice. Maybe prescribe yourself some meds, docmm? ;-)
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Post by North County Aztec on Dec 4, 2019 10:47:08 GMT -8
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Post by longtimebooster on Dec 4, 2019 10:49:02 GMT -8
Travel in the MGC is brutal. And it's not just the altitude, but for basketball especially, it's the winter weather. Further, it's not just the air travel, but also the additional driving (often over snowy mountain passes) because several schools are in the boonies, far from commercial air travel.
Consider these factoids:
There are 10 opposing teams in the MGC.
Five are a mile high or higher (Laramie is nearly 1.5 mi. high; AFA is about 1.25 mi. high)
Four are located 1.5 to 3 hrs. from the nearest commercial airport.
Travel time to remote MGC outposts: Logan, UT: 4+ hrs. Flight time: 2 hrs. Drive time: 1.5 hrs. (note there are two 6,000 ft.+ passes between SLC and Logan. If it's snowing the trip can easily take 3+ hrs.) Laramie, WY: 6+ hrs. Flight time: 2.5 hrs. Drive time: 2.25 hrs.+ (note, there are a couple of passes between Denver and Laramie. One is over 8,400 ft. Again, if it's snowing, you can have a Donner Party situation on your hands. Laramie is the worst college bball destination in the U.S. SDSU is as close to Hawaii, travel-time-wise as it is to Wyo.) Fort Collins: 4 hrs. Flight time: 2.5 hrs. Drive time: 1.25 hrs. Colo. Sprgs: 4 hrs. Flight time: 2.5 hrs. Drive time: 1.5 hrs.
Ugh. And double ugh.
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Post by docmm on Dec 4, 2019 11:11:29 GMT -8
4th year in a row we start off the MW season on the road. We lost the last three years. Thanks for all you do for us Craig Thompson, you worthless excuse for a Commissioner. Is he the moron who decides who plays who? We miss a home game vs AF and an away game vs San Jose State- two gimme wins. Boise State doesn't have to play Utah State and New Mexico twice. And Utah State and New Mexico only play each other once. So Boise State, Utah State and New Mexico all miss two difficult games. That is so effing imbalanced. Does ANYONE in this Conference give a sh*t about SDSU?Yes, we get to play all the preseason top teams twice. That's a good thing. Of all things to be upset about, SDSU getting a tougher conference schedule is not one of them. I understand the metrics issues but if we play AF and SJSU and beat them as well as we should, it's not going to hurt us. Whereas, losing to Boise State or New Mexico at their places isn't going to help us. Especially if those teams don't have the consistent seasons they're hoping for. We have some signature wins, now I just want all the wins we can get and losing two of them bothers me. There aren't enough meds in the world to make me not be disgusted by Thompson.
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Post by sdsudevil on Dec 4, 2019 12:09:13 GMT -8
Yes, we get to play all the preseason top teams twice. That's a good thing. Of all things to be upset about, SDSU getting a tougher conference schedule is not one of them. I understand the metrics issues but if we play AF and SJSU and beat them as well as we should, it's not going to hurt us. Whereas, losing to Boise State or New Mexico at their places isn't going to help us. Especially if those teams don't have the consistent seasons they're hoping for. We have some signature wins, now I just want all the wins we can get and losing two of them bothers me. There aren't enough meds in the world to make me not be disgusted by Thompson. Perhaps if we lose those, maybe we weren't good enough for an at-large. Aztec basketball has been about trying to make a case for at-large bids by earning them, not by juking the records with easy wins.
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Post by AzTex on Dec 4, 2019 12:14:33 GMT -8
WARNING: Some places you might see a 7:00 p.m. start. That is Mountain time. The game starts at 6:00 Pacific time here.
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Post by docmm on Dec 4, 2019 13:02:33 GMT -8
I understand the metrics issues but if we play AF and SJSU and beat them as well as we should, it's not going to hurt us. Whereas, losing to Boise State or New Mexico at their places isn't going to help us. Especially if those teams don't have the consistent seasons they're hoping for. We have some signature wins, now I just want all the wins we can get and losing two of them bothers me. There aren't enough meds in the world to make me not be disgusted by Thompson. Perhaps if we lose those, maybe we weren't good enough for an at-large. Aztec basketball has been about trying to make a case for at-large bids by earning them, not by juking the records with easy wins. Every team has off nights, that doesn't mean they don't deserve an at-large. It's just easier to have an off-night vs New Mexico, Boise State and Utah State than it is AF and SJSU.
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Post by standiego on Dec 4, 2019 13:30:09 GMT -8
MW also needs to look into start times - they need to start early enough at locations so that the visiting team can still get home that night . Brutal that numerous schools do not have a commercial airport near them . Not the best for Student Athletes
Believe we have a back to back road trip At USU then AT Wyoming - not easy for the guys
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Post by montymontezuma on Dec 4, 2019 13:55:05 GMT -8
Altitude will not have as much of an impact on our Aztecs this year as we are pretty deep. We can go 11 deep without too much of a drop off as long as Dutcher has a good rotation resting everyone every 4 or 5 minutes.
Big men- Wetzell, N Mensah. J Mensah and maybe Narain?
Guards - Feagin, Flynn, Pulliam, and Seiko
Flex- Schakel and Mitchell
Forward- Johnson, Arop
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Post by longtimebooster on Dec 4, 2019 13:56:43 GMT -8
Believe we have a back to back road trip At USU then AT Wyoming - not easy for the guys Yeah, I saw that, and have a question. Wouldn't it be better to stay overnight in SLC after the 8 p.m., MT, USU game? Probably wouldn't get into SLC until after about 1 a.m., MT. Then the team could travel on Sunday from SLC, get to Laramie Sunday afternoon, practice, and then hunker down for three days, adjust to the altitude, and then play 7 p.m., MT, Wed. in Laramie before busing back to Denver, spending the night and flying back Thurs. morning. School's out of session, so it's doable. The alternative would be to fly back to San Diego on Sunday from Utah and practice for a day before turning around on Tuesday and doing it all over again. Man, what a headache.
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Post by longtimebooster on Dec 4, 2019 13:57:27 GMT -8
Altitude will not have as much of an impact on our Aztecs this year as we are pretty deep. We can go 11 deep without too much of a drop off as long as Dutcher has a good rotation resting everyone every 4 or 5 minutes. Big men- Wetzell, N Mensah. J Mensah and maybe Narain? Guards - Feagin, Flynn, Pulliam, and Seiko Flex- Schakel and Mitchell Forward- Johnson, Arop Yes, that will help. Still an issue, but definitely mitigated.
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Post by standiego on Dec 4, 2019 14:42:49 GMT -8
CSU has a very good 5- senior Carvacho - 6'10" led nation in rebounding 13 a game and was MW leader in FG% 60 last year is expected to be all Conference and plays most of the game - He holds MW rebound record and has had 37 double /doubles . We can not give them extra chances for offensive rebounds - takes a lot out of the defense. do guess that we are going to need a strong performance from Yanni- who did not have a solid game AT BYU in elevation and Nathan - who has problems on the road - need him to stay out of foul trouble and help on the boards plus defense . Do not chase . have seen some spurts from Joel - Nolan has not played but could be valuable. Will also need help on the boards from AG and Johnson who do not always play under control. We have numbers but need stability up front.
Rams are shooting 48% - second in the MW . Also are 8th nationally in FT attempts - which also could mean getting guys in foul trouble - hope Yanni and Nathan do not get into foul trouble . Rams also start freshman guard I. Stevens 12 points per game
Important for the guys to share the ball not too sticky with it as Dutcher says - find the open guy . Move the basketball Find Jordan if he is hot.. Make them chase us . We need to get to the FT line as often as possible . Also important that Malachi stay out of foul trouble . Feagin not to force things . Trey is good at passing but about 26 % FG is not the greatest .
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Post by hoobs on Dec 4, 2019 15:59:59 GMT -8
MW also needs to look into start times - they need to start early enough at locations so that the visiting team can still get home that night . Brutal that numerous schools do not have a commercial airport near them . Not the best for Student Athletes Believe we have a back to back road trip At USU then AT Wyoming - not easy for the guys This is not remotely feasible unless SDSU is chartering on private aircraft... given that tipoff times will always be set by media partners for TV coverage.
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Post by sandiegopete on Dec 4, 2019 17:31:30 GMT -8
Altitude, schedule and travel mean nothing. In the immortal words of Al Davis, "Just win baby".
The rest will take care of itself.
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Post by aztecfred on Dec 4, 2019 17:42:22 GMT -8
MW also needs to look into start times - they need to start early enough at locations so that the visiting team can still get home that night . Brutal that numerous schools do not have a commercial airport near them . Not the best for Student Athletes Believe we have a back to back road trgip At USU then AT Wyoming - not easy for the guys Well unless they charter, not gonna get into Lindbergh by 12? would have to play day game.
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