OT: Why is Maryland Playing D-2 Bowie State Tonight?
Pretty simple question. I don't think I've seen a college basketball team play a D-2 team in mid-February. Does anyone know why they are playing this game now?
February 9th, 2016 at 6:35 PM ^
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February 9th, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^
Pretty simple. It is on the schedule.
February 9th, 2016 at 6:39 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 6:46 PM ^
Because you generally play those games or exhibitions in the first few weeks as a warmup and ease into the year. Not halfway through the confernce slate.
February 9th, 2016 at 7:04 PM ^
Tell this to SEC football teams in November.
February 9th, 2016 at 9:42 PM ^
The SEC has been doing that for several years now.
But I don't remember a college basketball team ever playing an opponent like this in February.
February 10th, 2016 at 12:16 PM ^
Michigan played Ball State in November 2006?
February 9th, 2016 at 7:10 PM ^
Kind of like Alabama football playing Charleston Southern in November.
February 9th, 2016 at 6:43 PM ^
In memoriam to David?
February 9th, 2016 at 6:45 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 6:49 PM ^
It's pronounced like buoy state. But that's only in MD and TX.
February 9th, 2016 at 7:41 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 6:50 PM ^
February 9th, 2016 at 11:19 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 7:56 AM ^
Are they the Bowie State Diamond Dogs?
February 9th, 2016 at 6:56 PM ^
Durkin has got to be behind it.
February 9th, 2016 at 7:22 PM ^
grabbed this from a Maryland news website:
Although every league team receives two scheduling breaks in conference play, only Maryland chose to use one to host a nonconference game this season
Guess they wanted the game time money/revenue and didn't want or try to schedule someone tougher.
February 9th, 2016 at 7:50 PM ^
Because you touch yourself at night.
February 9th, 2016 at 8:02 PM ^
We should note that, in reality, this is the answer to a lot of questions, but more importantly, it is also the solution to a lot of things. We can only hope that Maryland doesn't decide to solve a problem on the court in quite this way because perhaps they want to play Bowie State again in the future and how would that look to your visitors.
February 9th, 2016 at 7:46 PM ^
I wish we played Concordia on Saturday
February 9th, 2016 at 8:48 PM ^
I’d imagine at least part of it has to do with it being Black History Month. Bowie State is Maryland's oldest historically black university and one of the ten oldest in the country.
February 9th, 2016 at 10:17 PM ^
...Howard is maybe a 20 minute drive depending on traffic and they play each other in football. You could take the subway from Howard to College Park without changing lanes.
February 9th, 2016 at 11:44 PM ^
Bowie State is a member of the University System of Maryland. That relationship may have played a factor as well.
February 10th, 2016 at 3:55 PM ^
February 10th, 2016 at 7:59 AM ^
If they are really concerned about Black History Month, maybe they should change the name of their stadium, currently named for a known racist and segregationist.
February 10th, 2016 at 10:01 AM ^
Actually, you're a couple of months late. The Maryland Regents voted to change the name in December: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/12/11/u-md-board-of-regents-votes-to-rename-byrd-stadium/
February 10th, 2016 at 11:34 AM ^
Didn't know that Bump. Thanks for the heads up!
February 10th, 2016 at 1:36 PM ^
tribute to david bowie