'04 - '05 Schedule

[Avash]

In addition to the...addition....of Canisius (yawn), we're playing an exhibition game on 10/22 against McGill

http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team.php?gender=m&season=20042005&team=cor

[Rosey]

Yet another year with a crappy NC schedule, combined with a mostly-crappy ECAC schedule. ::screwy::   As I've said numerous times, if you want to compete with the big boys, you need to play them more regularly.

Kyle

[The Rancor]

well, with 2 against MSU, and  2 against BC/SCSU/Maine its and against HC (ecac next year?) its not that bad. at least Canisus' SOS will be boosted by games against NoDak... ::rolleyes::

[billhoward]

[Q]krose Wrote:

Yet another year with a crappy NC schedule, combined with a mostly-crappy ECAC schedule.    As I've said numerous times, if you want to compete with the big boys, you need to play them more regularly.

Kyle[/q]

Could it be some teams would just as soon not play a wild card like Cornell? Cornell has a good year, we're going to be tough to beat. (Well, unless the other team isn't very good.) Cornell has an off year, we're going to be a tough team to beat. So the other team's coach and athletic director are probably recalling Clint Eastwood and "Was that five bullets or six he fired? ... Are [we] feeling lucky today?" If I wanted to play a team from central/upstate New York that starts with C-O, I think I'd choose the Red Raiders.

[KeithK]

[q]Could it be some teams would just as soon not play a wild card like Cornell?[/q]I doubt the top programs are really afraid to play Cornell.  ITop programs want to play tough teams.  I'd say the regular presence of lower ranked teams on the schedule has more to do with several other factors:
- Length of season.  Everyone elese (non-Ivy) starts in October and plays a lot of non-conf games then.  We can't schedule a team in that time frame, which makes it harder to schedule games.
- Two game series.  The Western teams tend to play two game series.  With fewer non-conf games to work with Cornell may be less willing to sign up for a two game set.
- Home/away agreements.  Many of the teams Cornell has played out of conference either play in Lynah or have had multi year home and home agreements.  It might not be that hard to schedule a game at Yost, but getting Michigan to come to Lynah is a lot harder.  Schafer may not be very willing to schedule road games without reciprocity. (Is MSU slated to come to Lynah in '05?)

Just my three or four cents.

[ithacat]

The teams that made last year's NCAA tournament played an average of 13 games against other tournament teams -- Cornell played 5. Cornell, btw, had the best winning % against tournament teams, compared to the field.

The Ivies either need to let their teams make up the game reduction or the ECAC needs to get smaller, thus allowing more OOC games (or both). Otherwise Cornell, and any other ECAC team, will always be at a disadvantage when it comes tournament time.

[Greg Berge]

More games would be better, and more ranked opponents would be better, but it is not as if the program is crashing and burning without them.  Schafer is doing a good job with what he has, and he may well be deliberately scheduling confidence-building games, especially after what transpired at home last year.

[Chris 02]

[Q]KeithK Wrote:[/q]

 [Q2] (Is MSU slated to come to Lynah in '05?)[/q]

Well you can take a look at the tenative schedule for 2005-2006:

http://www.uscho.com/schedules/team.php?season=20052006&team=28&gender=m

[KeithK]

[q]Well you can take a look at the tenative schedule for 2005-2006: [USCHO link] [/q]Gee, that's helpful.  I guess we're not playing MSU in 05-06, or anybody else.  Is the NHL lockout going to spill over into college by that season? :-P

[billhoward]

[Q]Many of the teams Cornell has played out of conference either play in Lynah or have had multi year home and home agreements.  It might not be that hard to schedule a game at Yost, but getting Michigan to come to Lynah is a lot harder.  Schafer may not be very willing to schedule road games without reciprocity. (Is MSU slated to come to Lynah in '05?) Just my three or four cents.[/q]

I couldn't imagine Cornell agreeing to play Michigan State without it being a one year there, one year here series. That happens when Nebraska needs cannon fodder for its football team early on in the year, and Missouri Teachers & Agricultural, new to D1, wants some cash.

[KeithK]

[q]I couldn't imagine Cornell agreeing to play Michigan State without it being a one year there, one year here series.[/q]Well, we did go to Yost back in '97 without any reciprocity.  Then again, the program has made some strides since then.  I agree, we probably do have an agreement with MSU, but I haven't seen/heard confirmation of it.

[ninian '72]

Given how late Canisius came in, it may also be that Schafer tried other options that didn't work out, and he had to go to the "B" list.

[David Harding]

Just noticed that the Canisius game is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, rather than over the holiday weekend...

[billhoward]

[Q]David Harding Wrote:

 Just noticed that the Canisius game is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, rather than over the holiday weekend...[/q]

That is a bizarre piece of scheduling. Is there a redeye out of Ithaca for students who want to catch the game before heading home?

[jtwcornell91]

[Q]billhoward Wrote:

 [Q2]David Harding Wrote:

 Just noticed that the Canisius game is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, rather than over the holiday weekend...[/Q]
That is a bizarre piece of scheduling. Is there a redeye out of Ithaca for students who want to catch the game before heading home? [/q]

Are there no Wednesday classes?