2018-19 Non-Conference Schedule

[4everwarriors]

My sources indicate they are kicking it up a notch from last year.

5 "Mini-Madness" events for each of the remaining buy announcements, one per week.
They pack all the summer school kids into a racquetball court at the Rec and make the announcement amid much confetti and hoopla.
Just watch out for the t-shirt cannon in there.

Yeah butt, U got sources in Zilber, hey?

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

When is the rest of the schedule going to be announced?  Seems silly that they're waiting to release the cupcake matchups.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

When is the rest of the schedule going to be announced?  Seems silly that they're waiting to release the cupcake matchups.

Might not be finalized yet,  plus we're ahead of schedule. Last year announcements weren't made until mid July

[YoungMUFan4]

Vermont is in the NIT Season Tip-Off but is playing Louisville and Kanasas

https://twitter.com/JackMyNBC5/status/1010543050463031296

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Vermont is in the NIT Season Tip-Off but is playing Louisville and Kanasas

https://twitter.com/JackMyNBC5/status/1010543050463031296

Darn. That would have been a nice addition to the ole non-conference.

[YoungMUFan4]

Darn. That would have been a nice addition to the ole non-conference.

I did see the following on a Louisville message board about a month ago

**The second and third games on the schedule next year are home games related to the Preseason NIT - so two games assigned by that event. Hearing the games will be either Rider, Furman, William and Mary or UL-Lafayette.

William and Mary released their non-conf schedule and they are not in it.

As for the others, here are the 2018-19 projected T-Ranks of each team:

Rider--117
Furman--122
UL-Lafayette--124

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I did see the following on a Louisville message board about a month ago

**The second and third games on the schedule next year are home games related to the Preseason NIT - so two games assigned by that event. Hearing the games will be either Rider, Furman, William and Mary or UL-Lafayette.

William and Mary released their non-conf schedule and they are not in it.

As for the others, here are the 2018-19 projected T-Ranks of each team:

Rider--117
Furman--122
UL-Lafayette--124

Damn, I hope they are correct. Any two of those would be fantastic additions to the non-conference. Hell, with Vermont losing so many players from last year's squad, they might be the worst of the bunch!

[Mr. Nielsen]

VERMONT and LOUISIANA will be at Kansas in the NIT.

[MU82]

VERMONT and LOUISIANA will be at Kansas in the NIT.

As usual, Kansas has a hell of a schedule.

Michigan State, Vermont, Stanford, New Mexico State, Nova, at Arizona State, at Kentucky - in addition to Brooklyn games. Even Wofford, which beat UNC last season.

[YoungMUFan4]

UTEP on 12/4:

https://twitter.com/MarquetteHoops/status/1016633565499543552

[brewcity77]

The Miners lose starting SG Omega Harris, C Matt Willms, and reserve F Jake Flaggert. They also have a couple transfers out from the frontcourt. The downside, this will probably be a team flirting with sub-300 level. T-Rank has them at #269 next year. This past season, they were at #240 in Pomeroy, #238 in T-Rank, and #293 in RPI.

The biggest change will be a new head coach as Rodney Terry takes over (he was the Fresno State coach when they visited 2 years ago). Terry has a young team with a ton of freshmen coming in. The upside, if we are going to play teams in the 250-300 range, better to play them from a bigger mid-major like CUSA. From a RPI perspective, it's better for the opponent's opponents factor (admittedly not a huge boost).

Not a great game, but certainly better than a bottom feeder from the MEAC or SWAC.

[brewcity77]

**The second and third games on the schedule next year are home games related to the Preseason NIT - so two games assigned by that event. Hearing the games will be either Rider, Furman, William and Mary or UL-Lafayette.

VERMONT and LOUISIANA will be at Kansas in the NIT.

Looking at these, my hope is that we get Rider and Louisiana. Both play in top-20 leagues and return quite a bit.

[barfolomew]

UTEP on 12/4

BOO!

[Jay Bee]

UTEP looks like a bad add tbh. Might produce a pile of dumpsauce win-loss record, hammering our RPI.

[Mr. Nielsen]

It's crazy to me that UTEP is not a better basketball program. They have a great fanbase. Still draw well over 6,000 per game. You would think top level mid-level talent would love to play in that environment.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

UTEP is not a good add, but I don't think a terrible one either. They probably finish in the middle (though closer to the back) of Conference USA. There are some pretty putrid teams towards the back of CUSA that they should be able to rack wins against (FAU, Charlotte, Rice, etc) and some of their traditional powers (MTSU and UAB) will be very down this season. I think they should make it to double digit wins on the season. Again, not good, but I don't think it will be an RPI bomb like Chicago State was last season.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Last year, the Preseason NIT announced their bracket on July 26th. I expect that we should get an announcement sometime this week. I also wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the non-conference schedule gets announced after that. I think MU might be waiting on the Preseason NIT to announce.

[MU82]

Last year, the Preseason NIT announced their bracket on July 26th. I expect that we should get an announcement sometime this week. I also wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the non-conference schedule gets announced after that. I think MU might be waiting on the Preseason NIT to announce.

Thanks TAMU.

I can't remember ... when does the Big East sked get announced?

[Herman Cain]

UTEP is not a good add, but I don't think a terrible one either. They probably finish in the middle (though closer to the back) of Conference USA. There are some pretty putrid teams towards the back of CUSA that they should be able to rack wins against (FAU, Charlotte, Rice, etc) and some of their traditional powers (MTSU and UAB) will be very down this season. I think they should make it to double digit wins on the season. Again, not good, but I don't think it will be an RPI bomb like Chicago State was last season.

UTEP has a national championship in their pedigree.

[Galway Eagle]

UTEP has a national championship in their pedigree.

Let's schedule CCNY, holy cross, and San Francisco if that's the determining factor to a good game

[Herman Cain]

Let's schedule CCNY, holy cross, and San Francisco if that's the determining factor to a good game

We could have the Jumpin Jesuit Winter Classic with Loyola, SF, and Holy Cross.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

UTEP has a national championship in their pedigree.

K. What does that have to do with next season?

[Mr. Nielsen]

I can't remember ... when does the Big East sked get announced?

After Labor Day.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Bring back the one game per day schedule reveal. This summers non con reveal has been terrible.

[Newsdreams]

Marquette Nation tweeted per sources we get Kansas in NIT

https://twitter.com/mubbnation/status/1026868691407917056?s=21