Scholarship table
I find UWM as laughable as the next fan. However, MU already does a fair amount of buy games anyway. Treat UWM as a buy game. Occasionally, if the home schedule is full, go across the street and get credit for a road game. In the end, it really does no harm.
I think UWM fancies itself an equal player in this deal. Their pride/ignorance/idiot AD is the hold-up
Did you guys even read the article? It's going to happen. It would be on this year's schedule if they could have agreed on a date.
On another note, can we pretend that UWMs upset last year is the reason UW didn't renew?
We don't have to pretend... let's roll with it. I'm just surprised UW didn't take MU off the schedule also.
It's the economy, stupid. We own all the leverage over UWM and have no reason to fill up their stadium without a significant share of revenue. To that end, I would be shocked if there is a home and home deal with them. They're a buy game we don't need to pay expenses for. Until they admit that and that they don't move the needle for "basketball in MKE", we won't play them and won't care that we don't play them.
A road win is extremely valuable from an RPI perspective. Playing UWM would be an away game where a) we don't have to travel, b) the majority of fans in the house are going to be ours and c) we're likely to win regardless of venue.The RPI benefit to us far exceeds the value of pretending that by not playing them we somehow hold them back. They're a low major and always going to be a low major. Us playing them at their place doesn't legitimize them any more than Wisconsin playing at their place magically transformed them.
Down 1 w 5 seconds left. Doable.
I've long had this same thought. Anyone have any clue what this RPI bump would look like?Back in 2009 or 2010 or 2011 when MU only beeat UWM by 4, was that on their court or MU's?
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
Honestly, for the city, it would be nice for MU and UWM to kickoff the new arena in NCAA game #1.