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Message: [QUOTE="BillSU, post: 1385370"] The idea of giving this program something to chew on by scheduling some OOC teams before getting into our ACC opponents I believe is a great idea. Give the new recruits who become starters a chance to jell, find us some experience after camp and to know who has your back, find out who is reliable and who you go to when passing short and long, get to know each other as a team both on offense and defense, play some teams who are beatable to get the experience playing together. JB has had every year cupcakes since I can remember because it works - although those teams are getting tougher now. JB will tell you that it takes a year, (when we played in the BE except for a one and done player like Carmelo), for a very good freshman player(s) to get their legs and understand what basketball is at this level - even more now that we are in the best conference there is. IMO the same thing could be said of SS. Build the program up in the future with a schedule like: Colgate, Army, Stony Brook and Akron. All but one are NYS schools. So, we get exposure with these teams coming into the Dome and give the team confidence. Should we start of with this kind of schedule and go 4-0 it would be a hell of a lot better than having LSU in and possibly having the crowd watch another defeat of SU. Instead of having RI, WF, CM, and LSU start with the schedule above or some other mix that would achieve a goal of beating teams and having a record we are proud of. We cannot start out playing a Ohio State or LSU just to see the team in the Dome. That kind of schedule looks good but cheats the team. Start slowly and build over the years to come. 4-0 is better than 1-3 which could be a possibility. It would go a long way in seeing this teams player and program development. [/QUOTE]

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