Which one do we want more?

[SWC75]

The SU football game on Saturday will still be going when the basketball game starts at 2:30. I'll watch the basketball game on my computer and the football on the telly but it brought up the question: if we could win only one, which one would we want the most?

SU football is trying to get to 5-7 so they'd have an outside chance at a bowl that could get them to 6-7.

SU basketball thinks it's one of the best teams in the country but hasn't played anyone we could prove it against. beating South Carolina and Wisconsin. it would sting to come up short in those games. But they are early season games and the sting could be over-come if the team improves.

Let's win both but if we can't, which one do you want more?

 

[skurey]

Basketball.

 

[orange79]

In the grand scheme of things, and gun to my head, I'll take the 15 extra practices.

 

[dasher]

In the grand scheme of things, and gun to my head, I'll take the 15 extra practices.

Is it for sure that we would get a bowl at 5-7? Doesn't really matter to me. I'll take the team that has a chance at the national title.

 

[SUskibum]

If 5-7 gets us a bowl then I would rather a FB win since that is very meaningful, and no matter what the BBall team is going to have 3-8 losses, this would just be one of them.

If 5-7 doesn't get us a bowl, then a win isn't that meaningful and every additional BBall win gets us a better seed and easier path to the promise land. We found out how much that means in 2003, we played the gauntlet (three 1 seeds and a 2 seed?) but played them in favorable arenas.

 

[SUMBA]

Hoops.

 

[djorange1989]

If football win means bowl, football hands down. If 5 wins doesn't get a bowl, then I choose hoops

 

[cto]

Basketball. I want the momentum going into Madison next week.

 

[DonLightfoot]

Hoops all the way.

 

[Marsh01]

Hoops. Need all the marquis wins

 

[doc05]

Hoops no question.

 

[kirbivore]

Hoops. Need to go perfect OOC to keep the Buffalo/MSG dream alive

 

[RICuse44]

Football. A win for Dino and co is way more important for the football program

 

[MartyCuse]

If football cold get the win and the extra bowl practices that would be huge. I also despise Pitt.

 

[orangefan13]

whats more important to me basketball, whats more important overall probably football given its a bowl game.

Either way pitt is jacked strong tough, probably the most physical team we play this year, and the basketball team is ...on a mission

 

[Trueblue25]

Football.

Basketball plays better amidst some adversity.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

South Carolina's RPI is currently 21.

Wisconsin is 60

Don't even ask about UConn and Georgetown.

This could be our most important OOC game.

 

[HoustonCuse]

RPI of no value this early though. Wisconsin should be a much more difficult game.

 

[MG44]

The SU football game on Saturday will still be going when the basketball game starts at 2:30. I'll watch the basketball game on my computer and the football on the telly but it brought up the question: if we could win only one, which one would we want the most?

SU football is trying to get to 5-7 so they'd have an outside chance at a bowl that could get them to 6-7.

SU basketball thinks it's one of the best teams in the country but hasn't played anyone we could prove it against. beating South Carolina and Wisconsin. it would sting to come up short in those games. But they are early season games and the sting could be over-come if the team improves.

Let's win both but if we can't, which one do you want more?

I'm as conflicted as I was when I watched "Sophies Choice"

 

[bballbeadle]

I can't answer this question. It's like a hot knife in my heart.

basketball

 

[SWC75]

As of the date of this post, these are the standings:

On the football board, 6 of 8 respondents wanted to win the football game more and there was no uncertainty about it.
On the basketball board, 9 respondents wanted to win the basketball game more. Five wanted the football game and 5 were no committal, (and a certain amount of interpretation was needed in a couple of cases).

That's 11 for football, 11 for basketball and 5 undecided.

I look at it this way: Winning at Pitt could mean a bowl game and 15 more practices but it wouldn't gain us that much prestige and we' are a shell of the team we started with due to injuries anyway. there's no guarantee that would change after a few weeks for the bowl game. We'll have a losing record in any case. It might be better to end things now and get the coaches out on the recruiting trail. A loss, unless it was a terrible blow out wouldn't hurt very much because it's expected, (and I don't even think even a blow-out would matter that much at this point: we've already absorbed several of them). And a bowl game is far from guaranteed.

In basketball we think we have one of the best teams in the country but haven't been able to prove it against quality opposition. A win would allow us to maintain our opinion of the team. A loss would be a punch to the stomach - a temporary one we would survive and a learnin experience for the team for sure. But it would hurt a lot more than a loss to Pitt.

I just think I'd feel better if we beat South Carolina but lost to Pitt than than the other way around. Hopefully we can beat both and it can be a grand Saturday all the way around.

 

[KaiserUEO]

-Michigan/tOSU
-monitor Cuse/shlitt
-Rake leaves (trying to fit in)
-Cuse hoop at 5 on SNY

 

[zhanjuzi]

If football cold get the win and the extra bowl practices that would be huge. I also despise Pitt.

This and I can't even remember the last time we beat Pitt in football .. and I don't want to look it up cause I'll get even more torqued.

 

[Jake]

FB...we're cutting the nets down in March regardless.

 

[Madbiker]

Hoops all the way. We are nationally relevant in bball. The football team isn't deserving of a bowl game this year.