AP Poll, Coaches Poll, Mid Major Poll

[Affirm]

I think Flagman’s “fear” was referring in jest to the fear of SC scheduling FURMAN , not vice versa.

Definitely. I never thought it was fear on Furman’s part. But also why would SC fear Furman but not fear Wofford. Point is that Wofford’s number of games with USC/Clemson should not be so much higher (30% higher) than Furman’s number of games with USC/Clemson.

[din23]

I think Flagman’s “fear” was referring in jest to the fear of SC scheduling FURMAN , not vice versa.

Definitely. I never thought it was fear on Furman’s part. But also why would SC fear Furman but not fear Wofford. Point is that Wofford’s number of games with USC/Clemson should not be so much higher (30% higher) than Furman’s number of games with USC/Clemson.

Scheduling involves far more than just wanting to play someone. I imagine we are fine getting bigger payouts from schools other than Clemson and USC, and we most likely would like some sort of 2-for-1 or 3-for-1 deal that they don’t want.

[Affirm]

I think Flagman’s “fear” was referring in jest to the fear of SC scheduling FURMAN , not vice versa.

Definitely. I never thought it was fear on Furman’s part. But also why would SC fear Furman but not fear Wofford. Point is that Wofford’s number of games with USC/Clemson should not be so much higher (30% higher) than Furman’s number of games with USC/Clemson.

Scheduling involves far more than just wanting to play someone. I imagine we are fine getting bigger payouts from schools other than Clemson and USC, and we most likely would like some sort of 2-for-1 or 3-for-1 deal that they don’t want.

That idea could apply to basketball. Could not apply to football where the discrepancy exists also. Yes to payouts from other schools like VPI, NCSU, Auburn, Michigan State, etc., but the “-for-1” is not a valid concept for such in football since none of those, nor any other FBS, is ever going to come play us in Greenville.
As I previously pointed out regarding football, in the 25 years 1999-2023, Furman will have had 30% fewer football games against USC/CU than Wofford will have had and 12.5% fewer than Citadel will have had.

[tya1]

ESPN's Bracketology expert, Joe Lunardi, currently lists Furman as "on the board" for consideration for an at-large bid. The Paladins are one of 25 teams listed outside the 68. Assuming the order he listed the teams is the distance each sits from a bid we are #13 away. Just behind Seton Hall, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and Xavier and just ahead of Providence, Southern Cal., Oklahoma State, and Baylor.

[DungeonRealm]

ESPN's Bracketology expert, Joe Lunardi, currently lists Furman as "on the board" for consideration for an at-large bid. The Paladins are one of 25 teams listed outside the 68. Assuming the order he listed the teams is the distance each sits from a bid we are #13 away. Just behind Seton Hall, Alabama, Vanderbilt, and Xavier and just ahead of Providence, Southern Cal., Oklahoma State, and Baylor.

For the at-large thing to happen we would need to be at worst 30-3, being 13-0 OOC and loses at UNCG and at Wofford, and lose to one of them in SoCon championship, pretty TALL task

[Fessor]

For the at-large thing to happen we would need to be at worst 30-3, being 13-0 OOC and loses at UNCG and at Wofford, and lose to one of them in SoCon championship, pretty TALL task

I think that's where playing the Bob Jones', North Greenville's, Meadowlark Lemons' Traveling All-Stars, and Taylors' YMCA Men's B finally comes home to roost.

Better win the tournament.

[DungeonRealm]

For the at-large thing to happen we would need to be at worst 30-3, being 13-0 OOC and loses at UNCG and at Wofford, and lose to one of them in SoCon championship, pretty TALL task

I think that's where playing the Bob Jones', North Greenville's, Meadowlark Lemons' Traveling All-Stars, and Taylors' YMCA Men's B finally comes home to roost.

Better win the tournament.

True

[din23]

I think Flagman’s “fear” was referring in jest to the fear of SC scheduling FURMAN , not vice versa.

Definitely. I never thought it was fear on Furman’s part. But also why would SC fear Furman but not fear Wofford. Point is that Wofford’s number of games with USC/Clemson should not be so much higher (30% higher) than Furman’s number of games with USC/Clemson.

Scheduling involves far more than just wanting to play someone. I imagine we are fine getting bigger payouts from schools other than Clemson and USC, and we most likely would like some sort of 2-for-1 or 3-for-1 deal that they don’t want.

That idea could apply to basketball. Could not apply to football where the discrepancy exists also. Yes to payouts from other schools like VPI, NCSU, Auburn, Michigan State, etc., but the “-for-1” is not a valid concept for such in football since none of those, nor any other FBS, is ever going to come play us in Greenville.
As I previously pointed out regarding football, in the 25 years 1999-2023, Furman will have had 30% fewer football games against USC/CU than Wofford will have had and 12.5% fewer than Citadel will have had.

Clearly no one thinks we're trying to get home football games with an FBS school. I believe that was clear.

For football, If we get significantly more money to play another Power 5 school other than SC or Clemson, it's a no-brainer.

The same applies to basketball.

[dinsontop]

[url]https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2 ... ncaabb/url]

Up to 20 in Sport Illustrated's Power Rankings... One ahead of Villanova

[FU03times]

Luke DeCock (a Raleigh based AP pollster) has been putting us in his ballot for the past 3 weeks! We've moved from #22 (2 weeks ago after the W at Villanova), to #21 (last week), to #20 in this week's ballot! Woo GO DINS!

https://www.thestate.com/sports/spt-col ... 25745.html

[DungeonRealm]

Furman ranked #25
https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

[DungeonRealm]

Boom! First time ever in the AP Poll!

[furpop16]

Just wow. The diamond F sure looks pretty on that list. As has been mentioned elsewhere, it would be very expensive to get that kind of publicity otherwise.

[furpep]

Again, we can only wonder what the thoughts are of the "powers that be" here at Furman and how much national publicity we are getting from this sport. Remember when Gonzaga was a name nobody heard of, other than being the alma mater of Bing Crosby? Not saying that Furman is like Gonzaga, but having our name out there with the Big Boys of college basketball is wondrous for our branding and hopefully a bunch of new prospective students and their parents will be starting to take a look at Furman. And it can only help future basketball recruiting!

[furpop16]

... having our name out there with the Big Boys of college basketball is wondrous for our branding and hopefully a bunch of new prospective students and their parents will be starting to take a look at Furman. And it can only help future basketball recruiting!

I'd go further and say the value-proposition cross-pollinates. Having 'a bunch of new prospective students and their parents starting to take a look at Furman' will help future recruiting of all sports.