MBB Secret Scrimmage Next Week at Akron
AM RT: Michigan basketball to play 'secret scrimmage' at Akron on Oct. 28 https://t.co/vuIiZCFH0z
— Brendan F. Quinn (@BFQuinn) October 21, 2016
October 21st, 2016 at 9:24 AM ^
Terrible secret.
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October 21st, 2016 at 9:25 AM ^
Secretly terrible.
October 21st, 2016 at 9:25 AM ^
SHHHHHHHH
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October 21st, 2016 at 9:27 AM ^
Clearly not a secret
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October 21st, 2016 at 3:29 PM ^
You keep using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means...
October 21st, 2016 at 9:28 AM ^
Nor a double-secret scrimmage, I gather.
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October 21st, 2016 at 9:29 AM ^
telling secrets!
October 21st, 2016 at 9:29 AM ^
First rule about secret scrimmage. You don't talk about secret scrimmage.
October 21st, 2016 at 9:37 AM ^
so are we gonna be bad? afraid to lose this scrimmage? i dont understand
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October 21st, 2016 at 10:42 AM ^
You're allowed 2 exhibition games against non-D1 schools. You're also allowed to replace those exhibitions with scrimmages against D1 schools, so long as the scrimmage isn't publicized, no tickets are sold, no media allowed in. So, a true scrimmage.
You lose the $$$ you'd get playing a subpar team, but you actually get a worthwhile scrimmage. So, this is a very good thing and I suspect it happens more often than we are aware since MBB usually has just one exhibition.
OP would have done well to include this key quote, right near the top of the article:
Replacing one of two allotted exhibition games against non-Division I teams, the NCAA permits DI teams to play scrimmages against one another. The games are closed to the public and the media. Per NCAA rules, only players, coaches, officials and essential personnel are allowed to be on-hand.
The scrimmages are not to be publicized by either participating school. Other than a potential added game for season-ticket holders, a chance to play in front of a crowd, and the earning potential of a home gate, the DI scrimmages serve as a far better gauge of a team's preseason standing.
October 21st, 2016 at 12:38 PM ^
This is the first time Michigan has done a secret scrimmage under Beilein. We have always played against D2 teams twice. Sometimes we count the second D2 game as an actual game though (not an exhibition).
October 21st, 2016 at 12:48 PM ^
I thought they did this every year? Even doing a search found similar threads like this one - http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/mbb-secret-scrimmage
October 21st, 2016 at 1:03 PM ^
Did that actually end up happening that year? Because Mgoblue lists the team as having played both Wayne State and Hillsdale. Are you allowed to do 3 D2 games like that?
October 21st, 2016 at 1:26 PM ^
I'd tell you.... but it's a secret.
October 21st, 2016 at 1:34 PM ^
I think (am deducing) that you can play sub-D1 schools more than twice and/or you can play them without it being an exhibition (therefore, a counting game). Listed exhibitions:
15-16: Le Moyne
14-15: Wayne State
13-14: Concordia, Wayne St
12-13: Northern Mich, SVSU
11-12: Wayne State
10-11: SVSU
09-10: WSU
08-09: SVSU
So, two of 8 years we had just 1 exhibition. In 14-15, Hillsdale was an actual game, not an exhibition. So, my guess is that in those off years there's a good chance there were "secret" scrimmages.
October 21st, 2016 at 1:07 PM ^
Well if they count the second D2 game as an actual game, maybe it's just that. And there's a secret scrimmage you didn't know about
October 21st, 2016 at 9:46 AM ^
Beat secrets.
October 21st, 2016 at 10:01 AM ^
I think this has been common for years in CBB, teams will get together, sometimes getting on planes to scrimmage in preseason with no publicity.
October 21st, 2016 at 10:54 AM ^
yes, UofM generally kicks off the season with one closed scrimmage like this.
October 21st, 2016 at 8:32 PM ^
high enough for a scrimmage like that?
October 21st, 2016 at 10:05 AM ^
I doubt they let people in to watch secret scrimmages, which is a bummer since I live a few minutes from Akron.
I'd love to go and share intel with the board, if only they'd let me in!
October 21st, 2016 at 10:16 AM ^
I'll be trying to get in regardless
October 21st, 2016 at 10:30 AM ^
Wear a shirt and tie, carry a clipboard, and just say you're with the team. They'll let you in.
October 21st, 2016 at 1:08 PM ^
Where you live? I'm in Cuyahoga Falls. If this is open to the public I'm going. My mom retired from Akron so maybe I can get a connection.
October 21st, 2016 at 2:49 PM ^
I'm near Green, so not far
October 21st, 2016 at 5:38 PM ^
Nope
I grew up down off Massilon rd.
October 21st, 2016 at 10:32 AM ^
Hasn't LeBron discussed taking classes there? Maybe he will show up and get a run in before opening night. :)
October 21st, 2016 at 11:10 AM ^
The Akron coach was one of Lebron's coaches in high school. A few of Lebron's teammates also played there, so he is very close to the program. The nba season starts beginning of next week though.
October 21st, 2016 at 11:15 AM ^
note to self: never tell Brandon F. Quinn a secret unless I want all of Twitter to know
October 21st, 2016 at 12:23 PM ^
got Akron in that tilt.
October 21st, 2016 at 12:57 PM ^
Then you've got Zip(s)
October 21st, 2016 at 1:47 PM ^
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
October 21st, 2016 at 1:56 PM ^
I came for the fight club gifs. I'm kinda disappointed.
October 21st, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^
damn you all to heck
October 21st, 2016 at 5:35 PM ^
We're not allowed to talk about the secret scrimmage until...