I think if Gottfried was still coach at NC St. this game is more likely to happen, although not a guarantee. Moving forward, what's the best way to try and prevent this from happening in the future? Does anyone have an idea?
I've been trying to find how other mid-major schools get home games against P5/BE schools. There aren't many good examples for us. Hawaii gets their teams because of tournaments in Hawaii. An interesting one was UMass who is using a football contract to get Georgia to play there (
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/tea ... l-schedule) If the football contract thing becomes a blueprint to get big basketball games, it may become even harder for us to get someone to come to Gentile.
Pretty much the only other ways I've seen is diligence and luck (like we had originally with NC St) and proving that a loss to you isn't "bad" That's how Wichita, Gonzaga, UNI, etc. are able to draw bigger names. Obviously the best way for us is to win consistently, and scheduling may get easier. For the time being, do you think that we could do or want to do a 2-for-1 deal where a team plays here first, and then the next two years we go there? If you get that deal, the odds of a buyout a really slim.