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Maine Black Bears 2026 Offseason: Missing Out on Mistlebacher

So, going by NPI, the non-conference schedule is:

Two games at #38 (Holy Cross)
Home for two against #10 (Quinnipiac)
Home for two against #49 (Colgate)
Home for one against #45 (Army)
Home for two against #33 (Miami)

Add that to the conference schedule against a league that managed to put only two teams into the top 16 of the NPI.

This is, frankly, an embarrassment to the athletic department. Are they choosing playing bad teams at home to fill the arena to make money over the team having any sort of success? Maine might need to win 25 games against this schedule to make the NCAAs.
 
AMC said:
So, going by NPI, the non-conference schedule is:

Two games at #38 (Holy Cross)
Home for two against #10 (Quinnipiac)
Home for two against #49 (Colgate)
Home for one against #45 (Army)
Home for two against #33 (Miami)

Add that to the conference schedule against a league that managed to put only two teams into the top 16 of the NPI.

This is, frankly, an embarrassment to the athletic department. Are they choosing playing bad teams at home to fill the arena to make money over the team having any sort of success? Maine might need to win 25 games against this schedule to make the NCAAs.
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Maine seems to be "locked out" of scheduling BIG teams with them preferring to play about every other HE team. Miami is a good get IMO....they seem to be on their way up. Why are we playing AT Holy Cross....and why are we playing Colgate at home again? Weird. This schedule thing this year does seem like a bit of a slog. For the department's premiere program....everything seems a bit disjointed.
 
@HC is kind of a surprise and disappointment. I would have to imagine, as much as I love to trash the B1G at any given opportunity, that the lack of B1G games on the schedule is more about Maine than it is them. Maine seems very content to have a (mostly) weak OoC schedule to hopefully try and rack up wins instead of playing premier games that they may lose. I know they had DU recently, and they love playing QU, but that alone doesn't convince me otherwise. Given that UNH is getting Michigan State to come to Durham, I can't imagine that people would balk at coming to Orono if they were asked, unless they're just that afraid of playing at Alfond. Which I would also doubt. I think Maine just wants to use the cupcake model that some other schools are fond of (see State University, Pennsylvania).
 
amkirby10 said:
@HC is kind of a surprise and disappointment. I would have to imagine, as much as I love to trash the B1G at any given opportunity, that the lack of B1G games on the schedule is more about Maine than it is them. Maine seems very content to have a (mostly) weak OoC schedule to hopefully try and rack up wins instead of playing premier games that they may lose. I know they had DU recently, and they love playing QU, but that alone doesn't convince me otherwise. Given that UNH is getting Michigan State to come to Durham, I can't imagine that people would balk at coming to Orono if they were asked, unless they're just that afraid of playing at Alfond. Which I would also doubt. I think Maine just wants to use the cupcake model that some other schools are fond of (see State University, Pennsylvania).
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The new system does favor playing (and winning) road games....so maybe that played into this?
 
AMC said:
So, going by NPI, the non-conference schedule is:

Two games at #38 (Holy Cross)
Home for two against #10 (Quinnipiac)
Home for two against #49 (Colgate)
Home for one against #45 (Army)
Home for two against #33 (Miami)

Add that to the conference schedule against a league that managed to put only two teams into the top 16 of the NPI.

This is, frankly, an embarrassment to the athletic department. Are they choosing playing bad teams at home to fill the arena to make money over the team having any sort of success? Maine might need to win 25 games against this schedule to make the NCAAs.
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Don't forget Cornell (#11) in NYC. It isn't on the schedule for either team yet but will be added later.
 
umhockey91 said:
This program really does demonstrate that Barr hates to fly. Will Maine ever play decent OOC teams again while Barr is coach?
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I dislike flying also but its a fact of life sometimes. I'm not scared just not comfortable in seats made for short people. If scared valium is available :)
 
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