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I would hope that Clink is working the phone to line up a worthy opponent for next season’s Hulman Center re-dedication game.
Personally I’d like to see him take advantage of his Purdue connections and get the Boilers to visit TH.
Who would you guys realistically like to see without getting into a huge discussion on affordability?
 

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Just off the top of my head, these would all be interesting to me. I can't say any of these are realistic, but what the hell...why not dream?

*UCLA - with the John Wooden connection it make sense. Cronin also used to be at Cincinnati, and I believe we at least played a secret scrimmage with them before so Lansing at least knows Cronin. Lastly, when they renovated Pauley Pavilion we were their first game, so they could do us a solid and return the favor.

*Michigan State - it'll never happen, but it would be cool for Magic and Larry to be there for the game.

*IU/Purdue/Notre Dame/Butler - really any P5 Indiana school willing to come to our place for the game would be eventful.

*Wichita State or Creighton - it would be fun to rekindle the old MVC matchups and bring a "big boy" back to Terre Haute to play. Lansing obviously still knows each head coach well.

All of these would have intrigue for me.
 
If he has a favor to call, then sure, Purdue would be awesome.

My guess is the game is already scheduled as a lot of schools are down to their last few date, especially HM teams. I just looked at the Basketball Traveler's board and it's pretty slim pickings for anyone not looking to be bought out. Colorado State, South Dakota, Georgia State, Ohio, Youngstown State and quite a few smaller Northeast schools are looking for a H/H series.

The bigger schools looking for H/Hs want either P5 schools or Top 80 NET rankings -- we finished at 105.

My guess is it will be Ball State. That seems to be our trusty backup for events like this. Bird Statue, for example.
 
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Pretty sure Wooden and UCLA did us a solid when we opened the ISC Arena during the 1964-65 season; I've heard it was the 1st game in the Arena, I've heard it was the 2nd game.

Any OFC members able to clarify?

The only indiana-based Power 5 school with the cajones to visit Terre-dise is purdue; no way in hell mike brey visits; archie may be out of a job by this november; plus he and the butler-tarkington crowd are still PO'd from their last visits to HC and The Haute.

i'd rather see creighton return for a game than wichita city
 

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I think you guys are going to be disappointed. We don't have enough money to bring anyone in. Might be able to get an A10 team (Dayton or St Louis) in here on a home and home deal.
 
Sycamorefan96 said:
I think you guys are going to be disappointed. We don't have enough money to bring anyone in. Might be able to get an A10 team (Dayton or St Louis) in here on a home and home deal.
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most likely --- Wooden called Klueh in 1964; said that UCLA would be in "the area," any interest if we'd play you at your new arena?

UCLA had loss to illinois the night before they beat ISU, Dec 1964
 
4Q_iu said:
most likely --- Wooden called Klueh in 1964; said that UCLA would be in "the area," any interest if we'd play you at your new arena?

UCLA had loss to illinois the night before they beat ISU, Dec 1964
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I attended this game my Sophomore yr.....Yes, I’m that #$%^&*#^ old!!
 
I don’t think it always takes money to get opponent to come to ISU. I could be wrong but I think it’s a possibility of getting a home game with Purdue, UCLA or IU during the opening of 2020-2021 season. Then during seasons 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 ISU would then be obligated to return the games to either of these opponents.
 

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Deehee33 said:
I don’t think it always takes money to get opponent to come to ISU. I could be wrong but I think it’s a possibility of getting a home game with Purdue, UCLA or IU during the opening of 2020-2021 season. Then during seasons 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 ISU would then be obligated to return the games to either of these opponents.
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your scenario would have occurred in the 80s & 90s but the landscape has changed, the Big Ten (14) is now playing a 20-game conference schedule, if they play an MTE (3-games) that leaves 5-6 games remaining; the odds of them facing a Valley team on the road? slim

again, archie is still smarting from the Sycamore beat down, he won't come to Hulman

painter may but only because he and Lansing and/or staffs are friendly

sadly $$$ has become the biggest factor in Div I sports
 
Deehee33 said:
I don’t think it always takes money to get opponent to come to ISU. I could be wrong but I think it’s a possibility of getting a home game with Purdue, UCLA or IU during the opening of 2020-2021 season. Then during seasons 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 ISU would then be obligated to return the games to either of these opponents.
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That's just not how it works. Here is a screenshot of some recent scheduling board entries. The blurred out info are coaches names and contact info. You can see how HMs are looking for P5 or higher NET ranked schools, some teams are looking to be bought, some are looking to buy, etc. Typically Indiana State cannot even afford to buy D1 schools, which is why we always have multiple non-D1 games every year.

Painter, for example is friends with Lansing. We were rumored to get a Purdue game at Hulman Center during the Scott days and then his brother transferred. We never got it. If they were friends and we needed a game, why not still come? Because we weren't ranking high enough and a loss to us would potentially cost them money. This is what makes college sports absolutely suck these days -- that everything comes down to making the NCAA tournament and getting cash for yourself and your conference.

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The current situation strongly helps make the case for a fully open, localized first round NCAA MBB D1 tourney. Nothing to lose by playing instate rivals and actually you gain via familiarity.
 
DyedBlue said:
The current situation strongly helps make the case for a fully open, localized first round NCAA MBB D1 tourney. Nothing to lose by playing instate rivals and actually you gain via familiarity.
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we're nearly at that point now, given that every div i conference (32 conferences) has a tourney -- now if they would only grant bids to the conf regular season and the conf tourney winner -- limit 2 teams per conference; it would make for a very interesting ncaa tourney...
 
Question ???
Is work continuing on Hulman Center ? Looked to me like there was a LOT to do when I was there the last week of the season.
 

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Westbadenboy said:
Question ???
Is work continuing on Hulman Center ? Looked to me like there was a LOT to do when I was there the last week of the season.
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As of Friday yes. The new outer skin is I’d say 80% complete. The steel for new main entrance is now in place.
 
Can we please do H/H's with Kent State, Furman, Wofford, South Dakota, and Bowling Green? I am so tired of playing D2 schools every year. I would rather see us play at Wofford than play a home game with zero effort against the UMSL's of the world.
 
Sycamorefan96 said:
Can we please do H/H's with Kent State, Furman, Wofford, South Dakota, and Bowling Green? I am so tired of playing D2 schools every year. I would rather see us play at Wofford than play a home game with zero effort against the UMSL's of the world.
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MAC schools before SoCon schools but yes, road games over Div II schools
 
UO or Oregon State..Mckenna owes us one or three. If we do a 2/1 for deal with either school. On the years we play there, we could schedule games with other PNW/California schools and potentially enhance our recurring ability for partial scholarship sports, such as, baseball and track/field (college is cheaper in Midwest than the PNW/California).
 
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