SIAP: NCAA Changes Official Exhibition Rules

[bbncal02]

You can now schedule Div-! teams. They no longer have to be for charity and can be on national TV.

This is a GREAT thing for CBB.

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2025/1/15...rules-eased-for-di-mens-basketball-teams.aspx

 

[UK90]

You can now schedule Div-! teams. They no longer have to be for charity and can be on national TV.

This is a GREAT thing for CBB.

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2025/1/15...rules-eased-for-di-mens-basketball-teams.aspx

So, basically just the same thing as regular season games except they don’t count in the standings?

Then why even have exhibitions? Just start the damn season.

 

[bthaunert]

So, basically just the same thing as regular season games except they don’t count in the standings?

Then why even have exhibitions? Just start the damn season.

I think there is worth in a couple of exhibition games against teams that are more near your level. Gives you a couple games to work with lineups, etc against decent competition. Other college sports have exhibition games against DI opponents. Men's soccer, for example, played Memphis and NKU this year in exhibition games. Baseball played Wright State and Morehead State in exhibitions. Volleyball played Dayton. Etc.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

So, basically just the same thing as regular season games except they don’t count in the standings?

Then why even have exhibitions? Just start the damn season.

Agreed, but this will make for some great matchups without the fear of an early season loss.

 

[B.B.H.]

I’m never against more quality UK basketball!

 

[BlueSince92]

This should have been done so long ago. Thank you for posting.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

How can this be leveraged with international exhibition games? Do we still have to wait 4 years or whatever? Because I would take advantage of UKs basketball funds and do exhibitions every year somewhere nice (tropics, beach areas, new cities).. players will like the travel and so will the fans.

 

[bbncal02]

So, basically just the same thing as regular season games except they don’t count in the standings?

Then why even have exhibitions? Just start the damn season.

No. You can do them for charity if you want, you just don’t have to. You know the sucky Blue-White NIL thing? Imagine doing a UK-UConn game where proceeds go to NIL. Now THAT would be worth paying to get in to see. Or pay per view. What it does is allow you to play a team more on your level and not worry about taking an L that might hurt your resume early. You can make adjustments better. Let’s be real you don’t learn much playing a Transy or Georgetown. Sure, make that be one of your other Exhib games for those local schools but you’re not going to get a lot out of it.

 

[bbncal02]

Agreed, but this will make for some great matchups without the fear of an early season loss.

This. And fans will pay to see it. It also allows you to maybe a schedule a team you might not play often like IU or UConn or Illinois. Or even UCLA or Marquette. Some interesting matchups that allow you to see another play style without stressing about taking an L (even though we always want the dub).

 

[CastleRubric]

How can this be leveraged with international exhibition games? Do we still have to wait 4 years or whatever? Because I would take advantage of UKs basketball funds and do exhibitions every year somewhere nice (tropics, beach areas, new cities).. players will like the travel and so will the fans.

UK always seemed to scrimmage Yugoslavia or Russia (?) under Coach Hall

It seemed Like EVERY season in the 70/80's

 

[Greatestalltime]

I’m not sure I care about this.

 

[KAB Cats]

It’s good if they don’t become an excuse to not schedule in regular season,

 

[trueblujr2]

No. You can do them for charity if you want, you just don’t have to. You know the sucky Blue-White NIL thing? Imagine doing a UK-UConn game where proceeds go to NIL. Now THAT would be worth paying to get in to see. Or pay per view. What it does is allow you to play a team more on your level and not worry about taking an L that might hurt your resume early. You can make adjustments better. Let’s be real you don’t learn much playing a Transy or Georgetown. Sure, make that be one of your other Exhib games for those local schools but you’re not going to get a lot out of it.

Only issue would be why would somebody we are in direct competition for recruits with agree to a game that benefits OUR NIL unless it's on a neutral court and the proceeds split 50/50.

 

[trueblujr2]

This. And fans will pay to see it. It also allows you to maybe a schedule a team you might not play often like IU or UConn or Illinois. Or even UCLA or Marquette. Some interesting matchups that allow you to see another play style without stressing about taking an L (even though we always want the dub).

Can see this being where Pope schedules St. John's and brings Pitino back in town. though I think they are looking at a regular season game anyway.

 

[trueblujr2]

UK always seemed to scrimmage Yugoslavia or Russia (?) under Coach Hall

It seemed Like EVERY season in the 70/80's

They used to scrimmage a lot of foreign teams as well as Athletes in Action, I think they actually had an exhibition against one of the Harlem Globetrotters secondary teams that used to play exhibitions like that.

 

[bbncal02]

Only issue would be why would somebody we are in direct competition for recruits with agree to a game that benefits OUR NIL unless it's on a neutral court and the proceeds split 50/50.

Yeah, it would be a 50/50 split. But imagine a exhibition between UK and Duke. That would draw huge ratings and NIL revenue.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Arkansas beat Purdue last year.

KU this year.

Exhibition games may help players and coaches but fans overreact to them

 

[bbncal02]

Arkansas beat Purdue last year.

KU this year.

Exhibition games may help players and coaches but fans overreact to them

Maybe but KU isn't that good and we saw that in exhibitions. Arkansas SHOULD HAVE been a FF team last year.....Muss let the wheels fall off and there was lot of......extracurriculars going on it seems.

So, they can be a good gauge of how decent you may be.

 

[YardCat]

This is where we can throw Indiana a bone and play them in a scrimmage. Or play Memphis in the FedEx Forum!

 

[the nail at the foul line]

This is where we can throw Indiana a bone and play them in a scrimmage. Or play Memphis in the FedEx Forum!

Murray at Murray.

If they ever won...God help us that live within a 100 miles.

 

[YardCat]

They used to scrimmage a lot of foreign teams as well as Athletes in Action, I think they actually had an exhibition against one of the Harlem Globetrotters secondary teams that used to play exhibitions like that.

The Washington Generals?? That could be the nickname of the Arkansas team this year. Fayetteville Generals. Somebody post that picture of Sgt. Schultz with Cal’s face. 😆

 

[YardCat]

Murray at Murray.

If they ever won...God help us that live within a 100 miles.

It’s a scrimmage game, and we know that exhibitions only get your hopes crushed.

 

[trueblujr2]

The Washington Generals?? That could be the nickname of the Arkansas team this year. Fayetteville Generals. Somebody post that picture of Sgt. Schultz with Cal’s face. 😆

No, the Harlem Globetrotters have or used to have a handful of traveling teams that went around and played some of these types of exhibition games. Not the Generals, they were still called the Globetrotters, just played without all the antics.