DukeFencer
02-02-2008, 02:11 PM
Virginia plays Virginia Tech twice in the first "half" of the conference season. In fact, this will be the 2nd time in 6 games they play, with only 2 1/2 weeks in between.
I know that Virginia (along with Duke) started ACC play exceptionally late, so maybe that has something to do with it, but I find it weird that they play the same team twice in one half, especially their in-state conference rival.
Looking at Duke's schedule, we'll play Miami again in about 2 1/2 weeks. I was wondering if this was a chance I hadn't noticed in recent years because of expansion (since I think at least Duke's schedule used to be very consistent in the order of teams in the first half of the season compared to the second half.) Yet there still is more than a full month in between both Duke-UNC games.
Why is there such a short period between games against some of the same teams, and why would UVa & VTech in particular be okay with this?
I know that Virginia (along with Duke) started ACC play exceptionally late, so maybe that has something to do with it, but I find it weird that they play the same team twice in one half, especially their in-state conference rival.
Looking at Duke's schedule, we'll play Miami again in about 2 1/2 weeks. I was wondering if this was a chance I hadn't noticed in recent years because of expansion (since I think at least Duke's schedule used to be very consistent in the order of teams in the first half of the season compared to the second half.) Yet there still is more than a full month in between both Duke-UNC games.
Why is there such a short period between games against some of the same teams, and why would UVa & VTech in particular be okay with this?