Did I miss something, or have they actually announced who our opponent is for the 11/14 2K Classic game at home? I thought the match ups were coming later.
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OK. I hadn't clicked the link before. When I did, though, the coach mentioned Michigan and Marquette, but the first game listed on their schedule is 11/26. Not that it matters, but could the 11/22 game be vs. Howard.
I'm sure those dates are probably right. The same thing happened with Belmont last year. Marquette wants to be able to make the announcement themselves. Last year Belmont released the date with MU before Marquette's schedule, the next day it was taken down with a notice saying "that's not finalized". As soon as MU started the schedule release, there was the date just as Belmont had it originally.
And I did mean the Christmas break, which is why I gave the dates that I did. I thought it went without saying that the players would never get a break until mid-January.
Of course it goes without saying the players would never get a break until mid-Jan. Didn't understand the dates you meant by winter break because the dates didn't add up.
Per Andy Katz and ESPN, Marquette/Michigan is the first round match up most commonly discussed for 2K Classic.
Some potential scheduling for early-season tournaments: Coaches have confirmed the Hall of Fame matchups Nov. 19-20 at the Mohegan Sun: Duke-Penn State, Cincinnati-URI; CBE Nov. 21-22 in Kansas City with Kansas-UAB, GW-Georgia; The Legends Classic isn't official yet but at least one coach expects it to be Notre Dame-Colorado, Texas-Northwestern Nov. 21-22 in Brooklyn; The 2K Classic in NYC hasn't been announced yet either but the matchups being discussed most were Marquette-Michigan, SMU-Pitt for the Nov. 17-18 games at MSG; The Men Who Speak Up Main Event in Las Vegas Nov. 21-23 has found its fourth team as Saint Louis coach Travis Ford confirmed the Billikens replaced Minnesota to join BYU, Alabama and Valparaiso. The matchups aren't available yet. And Maui Invitational organizer Dave Odom said the Maui bracket will be announced on July 19.
Interesting.
On MU Athletics page for the team schedule, it now lists Howard as the opponent on 11/14.
So, we start with Vandy, Howard, Michigan, SMU/Pitt. Very tough early schedule for a team that has many new parts. Will certainly test Wojo and his staff to get this team on the same page.
With Vandy having a new coach, I think that is a game where we actually have an advantage. I have to admit that I think the games in NY are going to be a problem though. That is a very tough slate of opponents.
Tough start, but I think we have a decent shot to start 3-1. I like our odds against a Vandy team with a new coach and without Baldwin and Jones. And while Howard will have a real shot to win the MEAC, that should be a win. While I think Michigan is a very, very tough game, if we lose there's a good chance we get a SMU team that lost a lot from last year. I think we either beat Michigan and lose to Pitt or lose to Michigan and beat SMU. I have a real hard time seeing past Pitt winning out there. They will be very good.
Wow, Fresno State, Bucks schedule will determine game between Georgia and Wisconsin.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnQDeg-WYAAOWtb.jpg
Can we/should we beat Georgia? Have UGA friends, so need to know how much to bet?
Its official per Jon Rothstein - Marquette vs Michigan in the Wounded Warrior Classic
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/sta...59180379832321
11/22/16
IUPUI (188 rpi)
So 11/13 non conference teams announced with the potentially weakest opponent to be Houston Baptist. Likely to be two duds post UW-Madison game to get ready for Conference play, but they did a nice job of beefing up the bottom portion of the schedule. Not a real marquee game in the group, but no duds either.
10 of 13 we know. 3 teams left to be announced. The weakest might be Howard.
I think only 9 have been announced. (Rockhurt is the exhibition.) With the Wisconsin game slated for 12/10, that would mean three more. So one for 12/17, one early that next week, with the final one either that Friday before Christmas or during the conference season.
I'm just going off the RPI from last season. Howard is the weakest going off of last season.
How do you think Howard is probably better than IUPUI or Western Carolina in terms of schedule impact? I would guess both will have a better RPI in 2016-17 than Howard.
Because RPI doesn't care about the RPI of your opponents, only their record and their opponents record. IUPUI is a great example. They had a good schedule which reflected on their RPI, but their record was only 12-18 in qualifying games, so they'd be a negative our RPI.
Personally, I feel the best metric to evaluate a team is how well they typically do in conference play because that is the bulk of their games and makes up more than 50% of how their record impacts your RPI. This upcoming year, Howard projects very well in league play. They return the league MVP and will be a tough out. Houston Baptist and Western Carolina in particular lose a lot and will likely have losing records, so regardless of season end RPI, I'll take the team with the better record and consistent league play.
Because RPI doesn't care about the RPI of your opponents, only their record and their opponents record. IUPUI is a great example. They had a good schedule which reflected on their RPI, but their record was only 12-18 in qualifying games, so they'd be a negative our RPI.
Personally, I feel the best metric to evaluate a team is how well they typically do in conference play because that is the bulk of their games and makes up more than 50% of how their record impacts your RPI. This upcoming year, Howard projects very well in league play. They return the league MVP and will be a tough out. Houston Baptist and Western Carolina in particular lose a lot and will likely have losing records, so regardless of season end RPI, I'll take the team with the better record and consistent league play.
I'm fine with one less game to make it 30 games and one less ho-umm game to go to at the Bradley Center.
Have they left a game on the table before?
I want to say no they have not. Season-tickets are sold by a base price, not in total amount of games. That change happened around in 2009, with the three different tiers of single game pricing. How the dates were falling, leaving a game off to do another mid-January game. Mid-week game. With the team and fans that could have cared less in the 2nd half, they might have just passed on it.