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Date Posted: 12:04:45 06/19/06 Mon
Author: J.J.
Subject: Re: Central pulls out
In reply to: J.J. 's message, "Central pulls out" on 19:00:53 06/06/06 Tue

There is a calculated risk here. First, I generally agree and think we should have played, but it would have been very tough and very possibly an 0-3 start (not that that matters).

We were going to lose to UConn by 15-20 no matter what so, put that to bed. I don't think Temple is going to be great, and I have no idea about Ole Miss, although they are an SEC team. I don't mind the loses if we can learn some things and execute against better teams. Also, it provides us a chance for a "big time" upset.

On the other had wins vs solid teams like Iona and UMass are probably better in the long run, but not as imporessive from a media or fan perspective. Our goal is to win the NEC, so lets do what it takes to get there. However taking this route gives us no chance at an NIT invite if we fail to win the NEC. There will be no "marquee" wins on our resume.

Its not as simple as we make it seem.

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[> Big Mistake -- J.J., 12:22:49 07/05/06 Wed

Been out of touch on a vacation, but just heard the news. Fairfield is playing is the Hispanic scholarship tourney :(

What a mistake we made by pulling out! We would of had a game vs. UConn, an SEC team (Mississippi), and a new to DI team CENTRAL Arkansas. No way we would go 0-3 with this lineup.

Why did we get out of this one? We could of had 3 games in the Civic Center and lots of press from the Courant and Hartford TV channels! Instead Fairfield and their new coach gets some badly needed exposure.

Pulling out because of competativeness was not a good public statement for the program. Sorry, but I'm pretty dissapointed in this one.


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[> [> Re: Big Mistake -- Keith, 20:53:31 07/05/06 Wed

Agreed - 100%! CJ has done a great job at CCSU and is a great guy but he shouldn't have announced to the world that CCSU is "not ready for prime time". I heard through the grapevine that the real reasons were scheduling and administrative problems. This makes the reason CCSU pulled out in the press even more upsetting. I also get the feeling that Howie does not want to play a Jim Calhoun team.


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