After tonight's tough 89-79 loss to Albany on the road the Blackbears3-12 in AE conference play, 6- 24 overall will finish in 8th place and face the 14-1 first place Vermont Catamounts this coming Saturday. March 3rd regardless of the outcome of this game's results.
However, before that date they have to play that same Vermont team at home on Tuesday night to close out their regular season conference schedule in Bangor and then head back to play Vermont at Burlington on Saturday, March 3rd.
This means that they will play Vermont twice in 5 days. with 3 practice days between games.
Which team has the advantage Maine or Vermont and some might consider this a no nothing game, but how will both teams play this so called possibly by some, meaningless regular season final game?
Some questions concerning this unusual scheduling situation.
1. Will both coaches play to win?
2. Will one coach play to win and the other to lose?
3. Will teams play the way they will in their tourney game?
4. Will teams try something new?
5. Which team does this situation favor?
6. Will both teams just go through the motions?
7. Is this game really meaningless?
8. Should one team forfeit?
9. Should Maine play this game in the "PIT" as Vermont plays on a small college facility.
10. Will this game draw any better crowd then any if the other 7 home games because of this situation?
The answer to these 10 questions could make the game a lot more interesting then if they were not going to play again in 5 days when it is a one and done, win or go home tournament situation.
The outcome of this game is meaningless as a win or a loss as Vermont finishes first in the conference and win or lose Maine finishes in 8th place and win or lose they have to play each other in 5 days.
For this one maybe meaningless game which team would you rather be?