WSU Basketball Schedule Released ... Again (And It's The Same)
by Jeff Nusser on Aug 25, 2010 6:27 PM PDT
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PrintOn July 27, WSU released what everyone thought was its basketball schedule. It was out long enough that Brian wrote up a pretty extensive analysis, looking at how it shaped up for the Cougs.
Then we were told that the release was a mistake, that there were potentially "major changes" coming to the slate. So, we took it down.
But, as the Cougs' major opponents each began to release their schedules, and we began to piece together what was going on, it became clear that there were really only a handful of options for these "major changes." And as more and more schedules started to trickle out, a pair became notable for not being released.
Oregon and Oregon State.
It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what was going on. Those games are again early in the Pac-10 season, and are at the tail end of Christmas break, so it stands to reason there were some internal conversations (negotiations?) taking place about moving one or both of those games to Spokane.
In the end, it must not have worked out, because today we get official word: The schedule hasn't changed at all from what we saw a month ago.
I'm not going to say whether that's good or bad that these games remain in Pullman. Both sides have reasonable arguments for their position. Here's to hoping the Cougs are rolling into the conference season and can get a packed house in Beasley Coliseum with the students out of town.
So, with that, here is a link to the new press release from WSU (which is virtually identical to the first one, save for a sentence added to the paragraph about Hawaii) and a link to the schedule itself.
And while I'd love to re-post Brian's analysis -- which was my original plan -- I really bleeped up. I copied the text before pulling it from the site and pasted it into a draft to save for just such an occasion. But I'm fairly certain I accidentally deleted that draft somewhere along the line. Don't know why or how ... but for the life of me, I can't find it.
I suck. Sorry.
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It's alright right Jeff
Not like you deleted half a mid-term paper analyzing the capitalization of China’s economic system the night before it was due. That was a terrible night.
by Michael The Coug on Aug 25, 2010 6:33 PM PDT reply actions
Hmm....
You'll notice my line about them being nearly identical
And yes, I don’t think that was very wise. Both the link and the schedule were live the whole time.
by Jeff Nusser on Aug 25, 2010 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Spokane
Word has it they were looking at moving the game in Spokane to Tri Cities, but couldn’t make any dates work. As a result moving the PX games to Spokane didn’t work out as well.
Sorry to see the Tri Cities not get a game, but glad to see the Whoregons in Pullman.
Love finishing the season in Pullman vs. UCLA; that game could be very important and even settle 2nd/3rd place.
Figured it would happen that way
The Chiefs are in town the weekend WSU plays the Oregon schools.
Too bad, the Tri-Cities game was great last year.
by Brian Floyd on Aug 25, 2010 11:42 PM PDT up reply actions
That is also what I heard
I think it was supposed to be a secret, but it wasn’t a very well-kept one.
by Jeff Nusser on Aug 25, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Scheduling is a tricky game
Tough to not only get dates that match with other schools but, when you want to play a traveling road show, to find dates where multiple facilties also pan out.
Heck, just finding teams who will agree to play you is a big enough pain, as Mr. Fisher talked to earlier this year… Fisher
Not surprised we had to make our way south to smaller gyms to even fill out the schedule. One reason there’s consideration of seeking a 22-game conference schedule for the Pac 12.
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