Also I think they average around 3-4k so no reason an away with them could be a "home" for us.
Nebraska-Omaha in the Tourney
- Thread starter RonBurgundy
- Start date
It's a dumb rule, but good for Omaha. I think they win tonight anyway. St Thomas is poised to be a problem in that league though once eligible.
they don't care about basketball Fred needs to get out of there
True. It’s always been the case, and it’s why they are the P2. And it’s only going to get worse
They have the biggest footprint, biggest constituency, and the biggest brands
After losing their best player to MSU this past offseason
Knowing several grads and students at UNO, nothing would make them happier than being able to do that.
Better to schedule it in CHI where Creighton plays and the NCAA were last year. It would be full, would sort of be a home game for UNO, but would have a large ISU presence.
May be due to scholarship situations. In D2/NAIA you can have 40 partial schollys. So maybe they get a waiver for a couple years to get those things straightened out and not have to cut a bunch of players?
if that happens... they will just pull the funding like football and wrestling
I think because there are like 350+ D1 teams and all these little schools/conferences want to become eligible for the Big Dance and a nice paycheck. So the NCAA is like, "hold on, if you want to play D1, fine, but you will wait five years".
It’s to make sure the departments are able to meet Division 1 academic and athletic “standards.”
Entry eligibility requirements between D1 and D2 are different. There has to be a time period for these teams to become compliant.
So we just want to be nice and hand a chunk of money to a team that most people wouldn’t be excited to see?
If we got half the gate, okay. Otherwise it’s like peeing money away.
@flycy and @RonBurgundy can you cite something saying otherwise?
Or cite anywhere confirming the B1G as the worst conference?
I saw that the B1G is #2 in the RPI a couple of percentage points ahead of the Big 12- so good catch. I will say the RPI is not necessarily the best indicator, but is is a valid ranking system.
Agree on the area. Aksarben has grown a ton the past decade or so. We should not play there tho. Creighton is the Omaha team we should be playing. I have a ton of memories going to UNO and Creighton basketball camps growing up
I did some work on UNO's campus last winter and was blown away at the new facilities that had been built on campus. Academic and athletic both. It's a nice campus. Think about what Grand View did X10. I know it pissed a lot of alumni off when they dropped football, added hockey, and made the transition to D1 but it's more than worked out for them. Their hockey team has already been to a Frozen 4 and now the basketball team is in the tourney. It's a good story. Hard not to root for them knowing their success pisses Creighton and Husker fans off too
Last edited:
