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Message: [QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 5603377, member: 43"] Now that its official a few general thoughts. I figured Gait was gonna schedule like Desko did in the mid 2010s a few times when he had a Champ caliber team so I am not overly surprised by the schedule. I think overall it's a very good schedule and one set up for tourney purposes as nyclax pointed out. A couple of pros and cons as I see it with the schedule. LIke the variety of opponents SU is going to see and different styles. Should be a big help come tourney time. Also there's opportunities if SU runs into a rough patch early to potentially get some quality wins in Hop/Denver etc later in the schedule. I am probably in the minority on this one but I would have preferred to see a true cupcake in game 1. Yes I know this team should be able to comfortably beat BU if it's a true championship contender but weird things can happen in opening games ( SU has plenty of examples of this) and BU is no pushover who brings back a lot. Even though SU returns a lot I always prefer a game to work out the kinks so to speak. They will definitely be challenged from the start. I like that we essentially have no mid week games. With this gauntlet OOC you need time to rest and recover. Yes there are the two games played within a few days Penn/Princ and AF and Denver but you don't get that Sat/Tuesday turnaround where the better team is usually sloppy and definitely the hunted. I think it's great Gtown is back on the schedule and with Colgate Bros in the fold they should be an excellent team and Dark horse title contender. Not sure I would have added them and re-upped the Maryland matchup though. At a certain point it does feel a little bit like overkill especially once you added Princeton into the fold. Not sure SU needed to play Gtown, Maryland and Princeton, 2 out of the 3 would have been more than sufficient. I worry about fatigue setting in a bit especially in that middle part of the schedule. Like that they have Gate late in the season. Keeps one of the classic NY matchups in the fold. Gate will play hard and that 12 man will cause problems but they also lost a ton to graduation and transfers. Gives a late breather (hopefully) type game before ND and the ACC tourney. I think getting off to a strong start is gonna be imperative with this type of schedule. If you drop a game you shouldn't things can snowball quickly (see UVA last year). I tend to try and break the schedule into 4-5 games sections. If you look at the first 6 games its 3 home and 3 road ending with the IVY weekend vs Penn. Think SU needs at minimum to be 4-2 after those games and preferably 5-1. That Maryland, Harvard, Princeton stretch is tough to say the least, can't under any circumstance get shut out there. [/QUOTE]

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