OOC Schedule
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1 road game, 3 neutral, 6 home games:
Here's their most recent kenpom rankings:
lehigh - 263
dayton - 32
uic - 196
eastern illinois - 320
pepperdine - 224
butler - 61
miss state or unlv - 34 or 78
georgia tech - 73
depaul - 304
northeastern - 250
in terms of conferences, kp rank out of 33 conf, # of games:
Big East, 2nd, 2
SEC, 4th, 1 or 0
ACC, 5th, 1
Mountain West, 7th, 1 or 0
Atlantic 10, 8th, 1
Missouri Valley Conference, 10th, 1
West Coast Conference, 11th, 1
Coastal Athletic Association, 19th, 1
Ohio Valley Conference, 28th, 1
Patriot League, 31st, 1
For the Collins era, I'd argue among the most challenging non-cons.
Here's their most recent kenpom rankings:
lehigh - 263
dayton - 32
uic - 196
eastern illinois - 320
pepperdine - 224
butler - 61
miss state or unlv - 34 or 78
georgia tech - 73
depaul - 304
northeastern - 250
in terms of conferences, kp rank out of 33 conf, # of games:
Big East, 2nd, 2
SEC, 4th, 1 or 0
ACC, 5th, 1
Mountain West, 7th, 1 or 0
Atlantic 10, 8th, 1
Missouri Valley Conference, 10th, 1
West Coast Conference, 11th, 1
Coastal Athletic Association, 19th, 1
Ohio Valley Conference, 28th, 1
Patriot League, 31st, 1
For the Collins era, I'd argue among the most challenging non-cons.
Are we to assume there will be the usual conference game in the first week of December? Otherwise that's a really long break between 11/29 and 12/15.
Finals week starts December 9th. I would expect a conference game during the preceding weekend. That's how it played out last season, with the Purdue game the Friday before Finals week.
Here are the final T-Rankings from last season:
Lehigh 267
Dayton 47
UIC 178
EIU 320
Montana St 206
Pepperdine 186
Butler 57
Miss St 34/UNLV 72
GT 121
DePaul 287
Northeastern 212
That Arizona tournament should be a good challenge. And the Dayton game, obviously. Only two of the other opponents finished ranked better than 200, but only 1 was worse than 300. If nothing else it's nice to see some new opponents:
Lehigh - NU is 2-0 with the last game in 2005
UIC - Have only played 10 times
EIU - Have only played 3 times
Montana St - First game!
Pepperdine - 0-2, last in 2000
UNLV - Played once (loss) in 1977
Northeastern - 4 games, last in 1993
The home non-con schedule is terrible but overall this seems like a nice upgrade given the return game against Dayton, Butler for sure and then either Miss State (again) or UNLV. Minimum four quad 2 opportunities, you’d think. Last year we had only 1 (Dayton), right? We thought Arizona State would be one too but they stunk.