Wow, Dayton Daily News. Wow. pic.twitter.com/6BaGM1s1ab— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) March 21, 2014
Ohio State avoids scheduling the in-state hoops schools, or so it seems.
Ohio State has played Xavier only four times, winning three. The loss was in the first round of the 1984 NIT. The only game anyone remembers today was the overtime classic in the round of 32 in the 2007 NCAAs.
Ohio State has not played Dayton in the regular season since 1988. The schools played four straight times in the '80s, splitting the games. Since then, the only meeting was in Columbus in 2008, on OSU's way to the NIT title.
If you're keeping score, that means OSU plays the three other top programs in the state either when it has to by the luck of a tournament draw (NCAA, NIT) or when OSU is loaded and they're not (Cincinnati, 2006).
I wonder if that overly trollish newspaper cover will provoke some more state of Ohio matchups.
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Love it. The forgotten little brother in Ohio throwing up a giant middle finger to the "big boys" after knocking them off in the tournament?
Now let's beat them in THE Horseshoe!
this just adds to my hatred of tOSU
Coach K can suck it
I think all of this attention will actually make it even more unlikely for Ohio State to schedule Dayton, even though by making it such a rarity adds fuel to the fire. I hope I am wrong and they see the possibility of having great in state matchup games. Congrats to Dayton on smacking big brother in the back of the head.
We used to schedule in state opponents but we have gotten away from scheduling a lot of the in state Virginia schools on a regular basis though and we have a by far more in depth list of possible opponents than toSu. Looking back ten years, we played three this season, but before that it hadn't been since 2007-08 that we had played that many in state opponents. Our version of Dayton would be George Mason. Why is it with a school that has such a huge fan base in the DC Metro area that we don't regularly play the mid major in that market?
Last ten years:
5 Times: VMI
4 Times: Old Dominion (0 since 2007-08)
3 Times: Radford, Longwood, William and Mary (0 since 2005-06)
2 Times: George Washington(technically a DC school with VA campuses), Richmond, James Madison(Last time any of these were played 2007-08)
1 Time: VCU, Norfolk State, Liberty
0 Times: George Mason
We seem to actually schedule the lower tier North Carolina schools with more frequency than we do the Virginia schools.
This is why on the recent post about improving the basketball program by Brian, I was such a big supporter of the suggestion of making the weekend tournament of all Virginia schools happen. You have twelve Division I opponents just in Virginia including LOLUVA. Schedule three each year for a mini round robin at Tech (sans UVA). Play two games each, schedule the team Tech doesn't play to return the next year. Agree to similar type round robins at VCU and George Mason on a rotating basis. They would likely create a similar type round robin at UVA with the same schools, giving the state three or four consolidated competitions of NCAA basketball each year to look forward to. It puts four state teams on your schedule each year if you do a home and away round robin each season. Would it take a ton of coordination sure but the excitement and dollars it would likely bring in should far outweigh the work to do it.
Yeah, we do the NC schools more, but that may be just as a matter of proximity. We're a lot closer to some of the NC schools than we are to the VA schools.
Having said that, it looks like protectionism on the part of OSU. They're the big dog in the state, and the only surefire way to keep it that way is to prevent anyone else from being able to take the crown. Penn State/Pitt feels the same way. Pitt was a threat, so Paterno never scheduled them. Can't have a rivalry if you don't play. Temple, on the other hand, was never much of a threat.
Good point on proximity, Charlotte and Greensboro are closer than Virginia Beach and NOVA.
All this is true.
That type of in state tournament would be amazing. We have a lot of great D1 schools in state. We might be closer to NC schools but the majority of VT students are in state kids. There's a lot of rivalry between schools already, adding basketball would be too much fun.
I'm a rather big fan of referring to them as "An Ohio State University." Really subtle, yet it pisses them off so much.
oooo...I really like that! I'll be using that in the future..thanks!!
I am perfectly fine with it
you best bet I'm going to be using this a lot between now and when we play them
I hate when people shy away from local/in-state rivalries. I'm from outside of Philly where all the City school play each other every year for the Big 5 Championship (round robin only). The games are always intense and fun no matter the teams record.
I wish DC, now that I'm living there, did a similar thing. Could you imaging a DC Challenge of sorts where UMD, Georgetown, GW, GMU, and American played each other every year and the school with the best record from those games wins a mythical championship. I think it would draw a lot of interest from fans.