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Post by iona1970 on Dec 25, 2021 11:33:00 GMT -5
The calculation would be - is Maryland any good? If they are and have a halfway decent season in the Big 10, their NET will go up significantly. Also, will anyone be available down the line and will they play us? Either way it's a gamble. Maryland was a Top 20 team who has now plummeted all the way to Sub-100, with players that have one foot out the door and with a coaching search that is starting from scratch. They have great talent, but how could anyone know what to expect from them for the rest of this season? The kids will play hard or it will be tougher to transfer.. they will be in the top 100, probably 50s when it is over
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Post by iona05 on Dec 25, 2021 11:37:30 GMT -5
Maryland was a Top 20 team who has now plummeted all the way to Sub-100, with players that have one foot out the door and with a coaching search that is starting from scratch. They have great talent, but how could anyone know what to expect from them for the rest of this season? The kids will play hard or it will be tougher to transfer.. they will be in the top 100, probably 50s when it is over If that’s the case then it’s a no brainer.
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Post by ic1983 on Dec 25, 2021 11:44:16 GMT -5
I think the analysis above is right on target, but I can’t help but note the incongruity of discussing whether Maryland is good enough for Iona to play them.
Program has certainly risen in stature.
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Post by GuyF on Dec 25, 2021 11:56:00 GMT -5
I have a feeling we've analyzed this more than our staff has.
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Post by iona05 on Dec 25, 2021 12:46:41 GMT -5
I have a feeling we've analyzed this more than our staff has. Fair enough! :-) Guess we will just have to wait and see at this point!
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Post by Super on Dec 25, 2021 13:16:08 GMT -5
Saw them edge Florida in Brooklyn. Neither team was overly impressive. Would love a shot at them, given previous analysis/discussion in this thread.
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Post by iona1970 on Dec 25, 2021 13:23:31 GMT -5
I have a feeling we've analyzed this more than our staff has. 05 believes half of power conference teams are not worthy to play us lol
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Post by iona05 on Dec 25, 2021 13:42:30 GMT -5
I have a feeling we've analyzed this more than our staff has. 05 believes half of power conference teams are not worthy to play us lol Not even close. I would say more like 45-47%!
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Post by brffdone on Dec 26, 2021 10:06:39 GMT -5
So I guess we did not book a game for the 28th
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Post by gregcrow on Dec 26, 2021 10:30:43 GMT -5
So I guess we did not book a game for the 28th Siena just had a game against American cancelled due to Covid in American program. Maybe we could play Siena this week!
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Post by GuyF on Dec 26, 2021 10:42:01 GMT -5
So I guess we did not book a game for the 28th Nah, my guess is if we didnt have it booked by the 23rd, we werent gonna do it. Per their instagrams some players went home for the holidays. Keep an eye open for that middle week in February.
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Post by thehat on Dec 26, 2021 10:50:53 GMT -5
So I guess we did not book a game for the 28th Nah, my guess is if we didnt have it booked by the 23rd, we werent gonna do it. Per their instagrams some players went home for the holidays. Keep an eye open for that middle week in February. Longer you wait, the at large picture becomes clearer. If we drop maac games to Rider, Siena , Quinny etc might be a moot point. If we are rolling, we might want to schedule a tough mid major at that point
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Post by iona05 on Dec 26, 2021 11:23:08 GMT -5
Nah, my guess is if we didnt have it booked by the 23rd, we werent gonna do it. Per their instagrams some players went home for the holidays. Keep an eye open for that middle week in February. Longer you wait, the at large picture becomes clearer. If we drop maac games to Rider, Siena , Quinny etc might be a moot point. If we are rolling, we might want to schedule a tough mid major at that point Great point. Better off waiting at this point.
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Post by brffdone on Dec 26, 2021 11:33:24 GMT -5
So I guess we did not book a game for the 28th Siena just had a game against American cancelled due to Covid in American program. Maybe we could play Siena this week! Not sure there is enough time to plan for Siena 😉
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Post by sharkey on Dec 26, 2021 11:46:13 GMT -5
Glad the staff didn't try to squeeze in another OOC game this week, never made any sense. The Iona at-large talk, and if they will crush the MAAC, will be clearer by mid January.
Siena on NYE should be a easy win, but then followed by 4 games vs top of the MAAC with 3 on the road.
@fairfield @spu @monmouth Manhattan
Let's see where the Gaels stand after that stretch. IF Iona comes out of that on 1/14 at 14-3/6-1 then look out
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