Ask a College Basketball Coach

[jds1201]

what are your responsibilities? recruiting? scouting? reviewing game tapes?

How many hours do you work a week? Do you travel a lot of spend most of your time on campus?

[renodoc]

Why are some of the bigger schools such pussies about scheduling?

I have season tickets to UNR (Nevada)- each year they struggle to complete their schedule. It seems that few good schools want to come to Reno to play. They signed a home and home with North Carolina this season, but have to go their twice for one home game.

[Casper05]

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Why are some of the bigger schools such pussies about scheduling?

I have season tickets to UNR (Nevada)- each year they struggle to complete their schedule. It seems that few good schools want to come to Reno to play. They signed a home and home with North Carolina this season, but have to go their twice for one home game.

[/ QUOTE ]Well, when it comes to school that are good but not well known, the big school has nothing to gain. If they win, nobody cares, so they might as well have played a team that sucks that would be a guaranteed win.

I'm not sure how difficult/expensive it is to travel to Reno, but travel costs/time comes into play a lot as well.

In general, larger schools don't travel to smaller schools. They want the guaranteed win and the money that comes from hosting a game.

[Casper05]

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what are your responsibilities? recruiting? scouting? reviewing game tapes?

[/ QUOTE ]I don't do much recruiting at all because I teach classes as well so I have to be on campus. I evaluate players we are looking at, scout, work with the post players, help with film exchane, direct/oversee our summer camps, and break down practice tape. This year I am also in charge of putting in a new offense that we will be running.

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How many hours do you work a week? Do you travel a lot of spend most of your time on campus?

[/ QUOTE ]I am on campus for 20 hours/wk teaching classes. During the offseason, I put in an additional 40+ hours a week with basketball. When the season starts, it will be closer to 60-70 hours/wk with basketball.

So, during the offseason I put in about 60 hours/wk. During the season I put in anywhere between 80-110 hours/wk.

I'm also taking 9 hours towards my masters degree.