Miami, Dayton, UC, X, and Scheduling in the New Era of Basketball

[Muskie]

Link (https://theathletic.com/510182/2018/09/07/why-miami-university-wants-needs-more-local-rivalries-like-the-battle-for-the-victory-bell/)

Within a year of his arrival at Miami, the sixth-year athletic director said some programs told him they wouldn’t come to Oxford again.
“I think it’s a shame. I think it’s important to celebrate rivalries and kind of make a big deal out of them and let fans enjoy them. I’m hoping we can do more things down the road including with Dayton and Xavier in all sports. Why aren’t we playing more often? It doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense, why these schools are telling us they don’t want to play us anymore,” Sayler said.

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Another great article from Shannon Russell. Also Greg Christopher's summary of Xavier's scheduling philosophy was great.

[XMuskieFTW]

Miami hasn't had a winning record in a decade. Why would we continue to play them H/H and let them pull down our metrics while they neglect their program? Especially with conference seasons heading for 20 games, there's room for a consistently sub 250 kenpom team as a road game...

[xavierj]

Link (https://theathletic.com/510182/2018/09/07/why-miami-university-wants-needs-more-local-rivalries-like-the-battle-for-the-victory-bell/)

Within a year of his arrival at Miami, the sixth-year athletic director said some programs told him they wouldn’t come to Oxford again.
“I think it’s a shame. I think it’s important to celebrate rivalries and kind of make a big deal out of them and let fans enjoy them. I’m hoping we can do more things down the road including with Dayton and Xavier in all sports. Why aren’t we playing more often? It doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense, why these schools are telling us they don’t want to play us anymore,” Sayler said.

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Another great article from Shannon Russell. Also Greg Christopher's summary of Xavier's scheduling philosophy was great.

Play them at home with no return. Miami gets like 1,000 fans a game. No reason for big time schools to play them home and Home. Kentucky and Louisville would never travel to Morehead.

[scoscox]

There’s no way this guy doesn’t know why we won’t play them. They suck thats why. I also don’t like this guy bashing us publicly/grouping us in with uc when we are playing them this year and we play 4/5 local games every year

[xeus]

Only LH considers Miami (OH) to be a major rival.

LH, Miami, etc. (http://www.xavierhoops.com/showthread.php?5839-Miami-LH-s-Grammar-name-calling-amp-milfs)

[XU 87]

Only LH considers Miami (OH) to be a major rival.

LH, Miami, etc. (http://www.xavierhoops.com/showthread.php?5839-Miami-LH-s-Grammar-name-calling-amp-milfs)

Possibly the greatest thread ever.

[X-band '01]

A greater mystery this week is Miami being favored to beat UC. UC won at UCLA last weekend and Miami lost at home to Marshall.

[GoMuskies]

A greater mystery this week is Miami being favored to beat UC. UC won at UCLA last weekend and Miami lost at home to Marshall.

Normally this would indicate that you should bet the house on Miami.

[Juice]

A greater mystery this week is Miami being favored to beat UC. UC won at UCLA last weekend and Miami lost at home to Marshall.

It's for the bell

[XU 87]

I once heard that X agreed to continue playing the home and home, but demanded a certain amount of money when played in Oxford, and Miami said, "We can't afford that." So the series was cancelled.

[X-band '01]

It's for the bell

Miami hasn't won the Bell since UC was still in Conference USA. They haven't had a consistent winner since the late Terry Hoeppner moved on to the Indiana job.

[Juice]

Miami hasn't won the Bell since UC was still in Conference USA. They haven't had a consistent winner since the late Terry Hoeppner moved on to the Indiana job.

I was half joking but Miami still leads the all time series

[xukeith]

I remember in early 1990's UC ended it's Miami home and home. Herb Sendek was the coach.

Sendek called out UC for chasing money of history.
Most XU fans came to Miami(OH) defense. Why? We hated UC.

Now X is the mighty big $$ school. How the tables have turned.

[bleedXblue]

This is a cry for help from Miami's AD. His BB program is on life support.

[scoscox]

This is a cry for help from Miami's AD. His BB program is on life support.

Yea that was my take as well. Still don’t group us in with uc when we’re paying you to play us this year and we make a point of playing a lot of local teams every year

[X-man]

Possibly the greatest thread ever.

How did I miss this thread (http://www.xavierhoops.com/showthread.php?5839-Miami-LH-s-Grammar-name-calling-amp-milfs)? Pure comedic gold! Thanks for bringing it back for all us slackers who take time off from this board occasionally. I wonder if LH and stever, from the HolyLand of Hoops board, are actually the same person.

[XUGRAD80]

Well, Miami have NEEDED to win.....but they sure didn’t play like it.