2016-17 Non-Conference Schedule

[MU/Panther]

Howard's not the weakest on the schedule currently. Houston Baptist looks like a stinker. I also think Howard is probably better than IUPUI or WCU, especially in terms of schedule impact.

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.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

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.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

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.

[TheSultan]

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.

Well actually in their tweet about the UW game, they said "MU will then break for finals before last 2 non-league games."

So they are leaving a game on the table?

[MUfan12]

So they are leaving a game on the table?

They're just throwing us all off the scent, so they can announce a special game against Northern Southern A&T at the Al.

[MU/Panther]

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.

[TheSultan]

Have they left a game on the table before?

[MUBasketball]

They're just throwing us all off the scent, so they can announce a special game against Northern Southern A&T at the Al.

Dangerous squad, don't want to play them in March!

[MU/Panther]

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.

[TheSultan]

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.

Especially with an opponent like Stetson who could drag the RPI down.