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[QUOTE="SUMBA, post: 1606373, member: 913"]
The scheduling non issue is about three things: Gate, gaming the RPI, and recruiting.

Gate: SU is a private school and playing cupcakes at home puts dollars in SU coffers.

Gaming the RPI: A home loss counts as 1.4 losses, regardless of the opponent. A home win counts as 0.6 wins regardless of the opponent. A neutral court game counts as 1.0 either way. That is why we see a lot of good non conference match ups on neutral courts early in the season. That is not unique to SU, a number of teams, including Duke, adhere to this strategy. The neutral court game against a top 50 opponent helps a team's SOS without the risk of doing significant harm to the team's RPI that a home loss would. Consider this end of season risk management.

Recruiting: We play 'Nova, St. John's, and G'town for recruiting purposes. These games are designed to keep our foothold in what have traditionally been fertile recruiting grounds. Without these games, we would run the risk of becoming an afterthought in these important areas.

This last point is why we should never play UConn in a home and home series. There is no upside for us.
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