Over on the eunuch board, someone was claiming both that this is a very challenging schedule and noting that it was apparently finished and released a couple of months sooner than Jeter's staff ever achieved. (Not that i am implying that the two propositions contradict each other.)
As i said earlier, I don't know enough to judge the quality, but i am noticing the timing. Folks have been lamenting the difficulty that mid-major programs have, partly to explain why it took so long to finish a schedule? To what do we attribute the difference? Did Jeter and company hold out for better games, or at least better-timed games? Did the new staff take what they could get, or are they better negotiators? Or did the turmoil surrounding Jeter's departure and the loss of key players make Milwaukee easier to schedule this year?
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I suspect that the Ohio and Loyola (and possibly the Montana State) games are "buy" games, suggesting both the program's diminished profile and the perception of the team going into 2016-17. Plenty of calls to these programs in the past went unreturned.
DePaul wouldn't play Milwaukee last year; this year, UWM is back on their schedule.
It seems that some have forgotten that we not only played two Big Ten teams last year, but also finagled a game at No. 17 Notre Dame.
Last edited by dylanrocks; 07-30-2016 at 03:06 PM.