Horseshit on the horseshit. UNC's Tuesday/Wednesday schedule this year. You tell me where Campbell ranks historically on that list? They're not better than Coastal, Elon, UNCW...
Gardner Webb
High Point
VCU
Winthrop
UNC Wilmington (twice)
Elon (twice)
Liberty
Coastal (twice)
Charlotte
Citadel
Ap State
**bold teams are in the field of 64
I would argue there is zero fallout recruiting wise from playing these schools. They even played Elon away once. Tues/Wed games for major conferences are more about geographic convenience and less about competitiveness. Sure they want to win, but they never throw the weekend guys unless its someone coming back from down time. This is just UNC's schedule, look at the Gamecocks, Clemson, NCState, Georgia and you'll find the same thing - Tues/Wed games against smaller D1's that are within driving distance. It may be different up north, but down here with a ton of small college baseball programs on top of each other, that's the schedule filler on T/W for the big programs.
Gardner Webb
High Point
VCU
Winthrop
UNC Wilmington (twice)
Elon (twice)
Liberty
Coastal (twice)
Charlotte
Citadel
Ap State
**bold teams are in the field of 64
I would argue there is zero fallout recruiting wise from playing these schools. They even played Elon away once. Tues/Wed games for major conferences are more about geographic convenience and less about competitiveness. Sure they want to win, but they never throw the weekend guys unless its someone coming back from down time. This is just UNC's schedule, look at the Gamecocks, Clemson, NCState, Georgia and you'll find the same thing - Tues/Wed games against smaller D1's that are within driving distance. It may be different up north, but down here with a ton of small college baseball programs on top of each other, that's the schedule filler on T/W for the big programs.