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According to Jon Rothstein an SMU and TCU home and home series starts 12/2/15 at TCU

LB is helping them out.

Moody West

Went to the KU-TCU game this year and it was half KU fans. No reason it shouldn't be the same for SMU people. Plenty of tickets to buy when they go on sale.

What does this do for us? I don't want to hear tradition or bs rivalry. Tell me what it does to elevate this program given we only have a handful of OOC games to make hay

LB is helping his buddy Trent out. Plus it is a likely SMU win which keeps the SMU faithful happy....especially after our football debacle.

It doesn't help the program but it scratches other itches.

It is a solid rpi top 150 team, that will keep getting better. Unless you advocate playing all games against rpi top 75 teams, I see nothing wrong with facing a traditional rival. This is a game that will sell out Moody when we play at home. This past season we faced teams with inferior rpi's including Lamar, Monmouth, Illinois Chicago.

hoopmanx wrote:What does this do for us? I don't want to hear tradition or bs rivalry. Tell me what it does to elevate this program given we only have a handful of OOC games to make hay

Yeah because this hurts us so much more than UIC or Midwestern State.

It's all about tradition and scheduling a non-conf game that will always generate interest no matter the records. Nothing wrong with that.

If we start with the nose up in the air on hoops, they'll get worse in football. They already are grumbling because they believe our rpi kept them out of the playoff last year. Playing them in hoops keeps the rivalry alive until our football team gets back up to speed and solidifies a 100 year relationship.

So that gives us...

12/02 at TCU
12/22 v. Colorado/Penn State/Kent State (Las Vegas, NV)
12/23 v. Colorado/Penn State/Kent State (Las Vegas, NV)

Date TBD vs Gonzaga
Date TBD vs Michigan
Date TBD vs/at Yale
Date TBD vs Unknown Opponent (Las Vegas Classic)
Date TBD vs Unknown Opponent (Las Vegas Classic)

hoopmanx wrote:What does this do for us? I don't want to hear tradition or bs rivalry. Tell me what it does to elevate this program given we only have a handful of OOC games to make hay

You may not want to hear rivalry, not sure why, but that absolutely matters. What school would you rather play in TCU's place? I'm sure if Baylor or OU or UNC or name any top team wanted to play us we could make it happen. Plus, TCU is improved. So, there's little to no danger of a resume killing loss. As for elevating the program, that will happen as soon as we win a tournament game or two.

hoopmanx wrote:What does this do for us? I don't want to hear tradition or bs rivalry. Tell me what it does to elevate this program given we only have a handful of OOC games to make hay

Better than playing Lamar, UIC, and Monmouth

when is the last time Hoopmanx ever went to an SMU game-who cares what he thinks

LOL, the answers in this thread are pretty funny. You don't compare a crap power conference team w/scheduling Lamar or UIC, that's not how schedules are made. The only swap out that makes any sense is Wyoming. TCU doesn't help us replace Indiana or Ark. So, if this is our Wyoming, maybe. The tourney we are in Vegas wreaks too. We need 2 or 3 additional heavy hiters