Kentucky and Indiana series is ending. (Disagreement on location)

#28
#28
I'm a UK fan in my mid 20s and I don't care at all about Indiana...it's nice they're good again and I'd like to play them now that they're not a net loss on our season but if you ask me UofL, UNC or IU…no question, lose IU and keep UofL and UNC
 
#32
#32
I remember Cal asking which 3 OOC games the fans wanted to keep and I'm pretty sure IU finished last in that. I'd much rather play my in state rival and North Carolina than IU. It does actually make a lot more sense to switch to another location and split it down the middle.
 
#34
#34
Shaun1985 said:
I remember Cal asking which 3 OOC games the fans wanted to keep and I'm pretty sure IU finished last in that. I'd much rather play my in state rival and North Carolina than IU. It does actually make a lot more sense to switch to another location and split it down the middle.
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So why not also do that with UNC and UL?

That's my biggest question?
 
#35
#35
This is just petty on Indiana's part, in my opinion. I can't fault Kentucky for wanting to play this game at a neutral site for more money or recruiting purposes. And I hate Cal.
 
#36
#36
The other side of it is that KY's season-ticket holders would probably rather see a home game with IU next season than Miss. Valley State or whoever KY would play at home, after moving the IU game out of Lexington.

The "blame" is mutual. It sounds like one side wants neutral sites, and the other side wants home and home, and neither side will bend.
 
#38
#38
"As for Kentucky-North Carolina, UNC Senior Associate Athletic Director Larry Gallo said that UK did not want to continue the current series, which began in the 2000-01 season."
 
#39
#39
IU wants home and home and won't budge while UK wants neutral sites. Playing in Indy at Lucal Oil would benefit UK 100x more than IU playing in Louisville in some piss poor arena. With all the freshman UK plays it's hard to win on the road against in hostile environments.. UK is scared.
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#40
#40
In the end the students lose out, and it's not like IU or UK are hurting for money or recruiting for that matter..
 
#42
#42
Arguably, the 2 best games of the year were UK at IU and UNC at UK so this hurts the fans and CBB in general... and there's one common denominator between both those series ending.. UK
 
#48
#48
ttrogvol said:
IU wants home and home and won't budge while UK wants neutral sites. Playing in Indy at Lucal Oil would benefit UK 100x more than IU playing in Louisville in some piss poor arena. With all the freshman UK plays it's hard to win on the road against in hostile environments.. UK is scared.
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Would UofL stop them from using the Yum Center? I heard it's a pretty good arena.

I'm surprised it's so easy for UK to take all of these big home games away from their season-ticket holders. I assume they're going to be signing with new opponents. I guess UK fans will pay to see anything.
 
#49
#49
No UNC-Kentucky on next year's schedule - North Carolina Basketball Blog - ESPN

Indiana’s decision not to sign a new contract to play Kentucky in men’s basketball likely won’t have any impact on extending the North Carolina-UK series, UNC senior associate athletics director Larry Gallo said Thursday.

At least, not in the immediate future.

“We haven’t talked in a while,’’ Gallo said of the schools, “so right now, there is no intent to play in 2012-13.”

The Tar Heels and Wildcats have faced off in each of the past 12 seasons, usually signing two-year contracts for home-and-home series. But the schools did not renew the deal after last season, citing in December the likely expansion of the ACC and SEC conference schedules, and the number of other big-name series UK, in particular, was already playing (Indiana, included).

Gallo said UNC would still like to consider signing another home-and-home deal with the Wildcats in the future, “but right now, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.”

Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart seemed to agree Thursday. According to this story from Kyle Tucker of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Tucker was asked if he was confident the UNC-UK series would continue.
“I wouldn’t say that for sure,'' he said. "Like I said, we’re working our way through it.”

Asked if the series was over, Barnhart responded:

“I’d say that right now that’s probably closer to being true than not, but we’ll see. We’re picking up, like I said, we’re working our way through the schedule stuff right now.”

The Tar Heels’ schedule is pretty much complete for next season, Gallo said.
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#50
#50
Brian McCat said:
Cal didn't end anything. IU was just as stubborn. There WAS a verbal agreement reached about a month ago for a neutral court series, but IU reneged.

BTW UK kicked IU's ass in the Sweet 16 this year.

The game would have been at Rupp. Some might say that Crean wanted out.
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Stubborn? Wanting to keep a college series involving college kids on college campuses doesn't sound that stubborn. If Cal wants to play in Indianapolis he should go coach the Pacers.
 
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