2016-17 Non-Conference Schedule

MarquetteMBB ‏@MarquetteMBB · 3m3 minutes ago

#mubb will begin daily announcement of non-league schedule today with exhibition game, concluding July 16. Season tickets on sale July 18!

Just so stupid. I cannot understand why they think it is a good idea to use social media as a way to generate excitement over buy-game opponents over a two week period. Do they think those types of games are going to get people thrilled about buying season tickets?

Better idea:

Day 1: Announce Thanksgiving tournament
Day 2: Announce Wisconsin date
Day 3: Announce other major opponents
Day 4: Announce the exhibition and buy-games.
Day 5: Mention conference opponents (dates not set yet) and recap.

It does seem odd, I wonder what their reason is by doing this. We already know four dates already. (Vandy, Georgia, Wisconsin and 2K Classic)

Monday, Nov. 7th
(Exhibition) Rockhurst

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Originally Posted by TheSultan

Just so stupid. I cannot understand why they think it is a good idea to use social media as a way to generate excitement over buy-game opponents over a two week period. Do they think those types of games are going to get people thrilled about buying season tickets?

Better idea:

Day 1: Announce Thanksgiving tournament
Day 2: Announce Wisconsin date
Day 3: Announce other major opponents
Day 4: Announce the exhibition and buy-games.
Day 5: Mention conference opponents (dates not set yet) and recap.

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I agree. Stretching it out really does not create excitement among non-STHs (who probably are not following MU on social media). And, it just irritates STHs and other more interested fans who just want the facts.

So, what is the reason MU does this? I hope nobody gets irritated, it's not that big of a deal in early July.

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Originally Posted by MU/Panther

So, what is the reason MU does this? I hope nobody gets irritated, it's not that big of a deal in early July.

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An outdated concept of judging your web success based on "page views" or something similar. Or maybe they truly think that it builds excitement for two weeks before season tickets go on sale. I have truly never understood it and I am not aware of any other school that uses its social media platform in such a manner.

Successful first week of schedule announcements.

Exhibition Opponent
Vanderbilt (known for months)
Unnamed 2k Sports team(s) at home (known for months)
Unnamed 2k Sports team(s) in NYC (known for months)

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Successful first week of schedule announcements.

Exhibition Opponent
Vanderbilt (known for months)
Unnamed 2k Sports team(s) at home (known for months)
Unnamed 2k Sports team(s) in NYC (known for months)

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I'm tingling with excitement.

Announcements continue Saturday and Sunday.

We await the days ahead with bated breath.;)

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We await the days ahead with bated breath.;)

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Yep. I have never been more excited for a weekend ...

I think it's incredibly dumb. Here was Mike Broeker's response:

@brewcity77 trying to support sales efforts by creating bit awareness daily. Your feedback is noted. Sometimes things work, sometimes not.

Two problems here. First, season tickets aren't on sale yet, so how does this support sales efforts? Second, how does announcing unnamed opponents and games that will be played across the country increase interest for tickets sold to games in Milwaukee?

Fairly common marketing strategy. You may not like it, but its not for you. There's a limited amount of content they have to push, need to be present everyday in people's lives to have long term impact (eventual ticket sales). Single commercials, single pieces of content don't have long lasting impact.

It's a dated strategy that only works when you have content to offer. We're on day five and we know one exhibition opponent. They're pushing an empty wagon.

If we want to go back to the way it used to be, we can just wait until Labor Day when the schedule is announced. I find this argument odd. Who cares how and when they release it? Get the info out and discuss. I think the annual scheduling criticism of Mike Broeker is ridiculous. Here, he responds to you and that isn't good enough? Calling Broeker, by implication, incredibly dumb is just plain rude. He is kind enough to give you an answer to your criticism and you attack him again?

I believe you have passed jaybee and his hate for all things crystal ball with your hate for all things related to schedule. Like he said, he's trying his best to come up with some extra marketing benefit with content that normally has very little value. Very odd to get worked up over this.

Well, some new news today.
Tuesday, November 22
2K Classic Game

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I believe you have passed jaybee and his hate for all things crystal ball with your hate for all things related to schedule. Like he said, he's trying his best to come up with some extra marketing benefit with content that normally has very little value. Very odd to get worked up over this.

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I am always (this year is no exception) excited for the schedule. However the way they release it is stupid. It's like click-bait without the bait. Further, most of the schedule is known or semi-known opponents (8/13). They're trying to create news that was already broken. And the news they could be breaking apparently isn't available to them yet (2K). I'd be curious if anyone else does this two-week release process, and if so, does it work to generate STH sales?

The only saving grace right now is at least every other date will actually have an opponent name attached to it.

Maybe some semblance of intrigue based on this tweet:

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Originally Posted by @MarquetteMBB

#mubb 2nd @2KClassic home matchup will open 3-game homestand & run of 7-of-8 outings at @BMOHBC

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So looking at the games...

1) Nov 11: Vanderbilt
2) Nov 14: 2K Home Game
3) Nov 17: 2K NYC Game
4) Nov 18: 2K NYC Game
5) Nov 22: 2K Home Game (First of three game homestand and 7/8 at home)
6) Nov 27: Likely Buy Game (Second of three game homestand, Sunday better than Saturday with students returning after Thanksgiving)
7) Nov 29-Dec 1: Likely Buy Game (Third of three game homestand)
8) Dec 4: Georgia (Road)
9) Dec 6/7: Likely Buy Game (Tune-up before Wisconsin, fourth of 7/8 at home)
10) Dec 10: Wisconsin (fifth of 7/8 at home)
11) Dec 13/14: Likely Buy Game (sixth of 7/8 at home)
12) Dec 17: Likely Buy Game (seventh of 7/8 at home, possibly Fresno State for weekend crowd)
13) Dec 20/21: ?????

If that tweet is accurate, we are either only playing 12 non-con games (which would probably eliminate either the Dec 6/7 or Dec 13/14 game) or there's another opponent we don't yet know on the road or at a neutral site. I've never known of Marquette to only play 12 when 13 were possible. We might have another later-in-the-season game like Stetson last year but that seems unlikely after how poorly that was received. Have to figure that Dec 20/21 date is likely as the team would want to get a game in before the Christmas break, and would also want a last tune-up before the likely start of Big East play on Dec 28.

There won't be a game between Dec. 10th and Dec 17th, if year's past hold true. It's finals week.

It's a very poor and dated marketing strategy to use in a social media world. Complete lack of content, and oftentimes very poor content, doesn't do anything. Releasing it all at once, or at best over a couple days, will draw more attention. People are by and large going to stop paying attention doing it this way.

So if there's no game the 10th-17th, either there's another date I'm not factoring, Big East play won't start the 28th, or if we have a 13th game, it will be a mid-season thing like Stetson.

With Big East play starting a bit early on Dec. 28th, it looks like there will be a non-conference game mid season.

Some teams had High-major conference games during the conference season. Hoping that's the case and not a Stetson level game.

Looks like Houston Baptist 11/26.

Houston Baptist. Oh goody, goody, goody. I can hardly contain my excitement. Is that a D-1 team? I have to look it up.

Just looked it up. Yup. D-1. Southland Conference.

Finished the season 17-17 - not too bad. Of course one of their wins was against Crowley's Ridge College, and another was against Arlington Baptist, and a third was against Hillsdale Free Will Baptist.

Hippity hop! Hippity hop!

HBU was the homer opener when Buzz had it's first game as MU coach.

HPU was 17-16 last season, 224 in the RPI.

Lost in the first round of the CBI, to end the season at 17-17. Looks like they lose three starters.

Saturday after Thanksgiving. That place will be a ghost town.

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Saturday after Thanksgiving. That place will be a ghost town.

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There will be way more people at this game, than last years game which fell on a Sunday during Thanksgiving weekend.

There won't be many at either Thanksgiving week games. But MU doesn't have much choice when it plays its "Thanksgiving tournament" the week prior.

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There won't be many at either Thanksgiving week games. But MU doesn't have much choice when it plays its "Thanksgiving tournament" the week prior.

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That is rather weird.

Wed. Nov 30th-Western Carolina

16-18 166 in the RPI. Lost in the first round of the CBI.

Solid buy game.

It looks like they lose 3 starters and another main guy of the bench.

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It looks like they lose 3 starters and another main guy of the bench.

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They do, but Coach Hunter has won 8+ in conference the last 8 years running. Even in down years they are a reliably decent team, and they also schedule tough (top-100 non con last 8 years). They will likely drop off from last year, but should still be solid.

Monday, Nov. 14
2k Classic-Howard
http://www.hubison.com/news/2016/7/1...-schedule.aspx

10-20 last season, 328 RPI
The Bison, who return all five starters, including senior guard James "J-Byrd" Daniel, III, who led the nation in scoring with over 27 points per game last season, open Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)

I am beginning to think we are going to see two buy games during the conference season. Unless they decide to play something during the week of finals.

By my count, we have five buy games left to announce. (One is Fresno.)

One will be after Georgia and before UW.
UW game on December 10
Finals week December 12
One buy game December 17 or 18
One buy game before Christmas.

Conference season starts December 28.

Or will they try to shove two in the week of December 19? Maybe Tuesday the 20th and Friday the 23rd?

I doubt we see two in conference:

Nov 11: Vanderbilt
Nov 14: Howard
Nov 17: 2K MSG
Nov 18: 2K MSG
Nov 22: 2K Home
Nov 26: Houston Baptist
Nov 30: Western Carolina
Dec 4: Georgia
Dec 6/7: Buy Game
Dec 10: Wisconsin
Dec 17: Fresno State?

That's 11 games already. Figure there will be at least one more before Big East play on Dec 28. My guess is Dec 21/22 will be a buy game, though they could even slip in a Dec 19 and Dec 22 date. But my guess is Dec 21 at home, Big East on Dec 28, then one in season game in January or February.

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Originally Posted by Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"

I doubt we see two in conference:

Nov 11: Vanderbilt
Nov 14: Howard
Nov 17: 2K MSG
Nov 18: 2K MSG
Nov 22: 2K Home
Nov 26: Houston Baptist
Nov 30: Western Carolina
Dec 4: Georgia
Dec 6/7: Buy Game
Dec 10: Wisconsin
Dec 17: Fresno State?

That's 11 games already. Figure there will be at least one more before Big East play on Dec 28. My guess is Dec 21/22 will be a buy game, though they could even slip in a Dec 19 and Dec 22 date. But my guess is Dec 21 at home, Big East on Dec 28, then one in season game in January or February.

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Need to fit in a Christmas break as well.