You are missing my point. I don't care about the students seeing the games. This isnt an issue about students getting a fair shake.

I care about students being at the games so our players get the very noticable home court advantage having the students there provides.

I'm not complaining from the prospective of a student who wants to be able to go to games. I am complaining from the prospective of a fan of the program who wants the program to be successful as possible.
 

We have 8 non conference home games (counting Alabama A&M which appeared magically)
4/8 are while students are gone 3 of those I would argue are during major holiday travel periods when we shouldn't expect our non-student fans to show in full force.
 

The other 4/8? Northern Iowa was a good game. The other 3? Alabama A&M? At least it is on a Saturday unlike the silly Valpo Sunday game. Our other home game? A non D-1... I support scheduling 1 non D-1 a year.. Why is it that we can get this game on a Saturday when the other games aren't?
 

Having our premier non-conference game with students gone hurts our home atmosphere and homecourt advantage badly.
 

I completely understand that UMass possibly refused to play us while students are here fearing our crowd. That doesn't excuse the lack of other games to capitalize on homecourt advantage. I realize that there are scheduling constraints I don't understand but I don't think we are doing the best job we could be doing to capitalize on our special hoops atmosphere. 

From day 1, the biggest reason I've believed in this program is because the Convo (when it has students present) and a decent remaining crowd is one of the best mid-major hoops atmospheres in the nation. It is silly to not use it.
 

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Let me add, I was a student 4 years at Ohio on quarters. When we switched to semesters, one of the big arguments I heard was "a couple more weeks students are in town for hoops"
 So why are we playing two home games over thanksgiving break and then going on the road while students are here before returning to play at home 1 game before students leave again???
That is backwards thinking.

What does the issue being unique to Ohio have anything to do with the validity of my point?
 

Scheduling issues are NOT unique to Ohio. I have issues with the scheduling choices plenty of schools have made. That doesn't mean my criticism is always fair... In this case, I don't see the reasoning behind it.
 

Whether Miami or Marshall have the exact same issues or not isn't really relevant to my point.
 

The specific factors I referenced for Ohio aren't going to apply equally across the board. Schools in more populated areas obviously can rely less on students to create a strong homecourt atmosphere. Ohio's situation isn't exactly identical to anyone else.

Sounds like common sense to me.