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Friday, August 03, 2007
With the equivalent of four starters back, you might expect Colgate to turn its schedule up a notch this season. Think again.
The Raiders 2007-2008 slate is short on big names. But it is also short on home games, which could mean a healthy non-conference RPI if the Raiders have some success outside of the Patriot League this fall.
Aside from the annual sacrificial lamb appearance in the Carrier Dome, the only major conference opponents on the schedule are Notre Dame (Nov. 26) and perennial Big Ten doormat Penn State (Dec. 23).
According to Colgate's Web site, that Penn State game will be played in Philadelphia. The Raiders' summer prospectus just says "at Penn State." PSU has not yet released its schedule, but there are no games listed the day before or day after on 'Gate's schedule, so it does not appear to be part of any tournament. Unless the game is part of some sort of doubleheader or a format similar to the annual BB&T Classic in D.C., it seems odd that the game would be in Philly. While Penn State would love to be able to draw a crowd in the City of Brotherly Love, the Nits have a long way to go before they can expect to sell enough tickets there to pay the light bill at the Wachovia Center, or even the old Spectrum.
The rest of Colgate's non-league schedule consists of road games at the likes of Canisius, Cornell (which ought to be pretty good this season), Binghamton, New Hampshire and Harvard. The Raiders will also travel to Kennesaw State for a tournament. The matchups are not announced, but the other two teams there will be Jacksonville State and Texas State.
Home games include Monmouth, a BracketBusters return game with Marist, Dartmouth, Maine and a BracketBusters Saturday game with North Carolina Central, which apparently means Colgate will not take part in the ESPN extravagansa this year. Previous reports said all eight league teams would be in this season's BracketBusters.
The Raiders return three starters -- guard Daniel Waddy and the Chones brothers, swingman Kyle and four man Kendall -- and 11 letterwinners, including junior guard Kyle Roemer, who was a starter as a freshman before missing last season due to a knee injury.
The Raiders 2007-2008 slate is short on big names. But it is also short on home games, which could mean a healthy non-conference RPI if the Raiders have some success outside of the Patriot League this fall.
Aside from the annual sacrificial lamb appearance in the Carrier Dome, the only major conference opponents on the schedule are Notre Dame (Nov. 26) and perennial Big Ten doormat Penn State (Dec. 23).
According to Colgate's Web site, that Penn State game will be played in Philadelphia. The Raiders' summer prospectus just says "at Penn State." PSU has not yet released its schedule, but there are no games listed the day before or day after on 'Gate's schedule, so it does not appear to be part of any tournament. Unless the game is part of some sort of doubleheader or a format similar to the annual BB&T Classic in D.C., it seems odd that the game would be in Philly. While Penn State would love to be able to draw a crowd in the City of Brotherly Love, the Nits have a long way to go before they can expect to sell enough tickets there to pay the light bill at the Wachovia Center, or even the old Spectrum.
The rest of Colgate's non-league schedule consists of road games at the likes of Canisius, Cornell (which ought to be pretty good this season), Binghamton, New Hampshire and Harvard. The Raiders will also travel to Kennesaw State for a tournament. The matchups are not announced, but the other two teams there will be Jacksonville State and Texas State.
Home games include Monmouth, a BracketBusters return game with Marist, Dartmouth, Maine and a BracketBusters Saturday game with North Carolina Central, which apparently means Colgate will not take part in the ESPN extravagansa this year. Previous reports said all eight league teams would be in this season's BracketBusters.
The Raiders return three starters -- guard Daniel Waddy and the Chones brothers, swingman Kyle and four man Kendall -- and 11 letterwinners, including junior guard Kyle Roemer, who was a starter as a freshman before missing last season due to a knee injury.
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