2020 Schedule news

[Billy Hoyle]

Marquette will play Rhode Island & Minnesota will play UCF, per Jon Rothstein.

What does Rhody have coming back?  They would have been a tourney team this year after a really strong finish.

[zcg2013]

Not sure who is returning, but they have the Mitchell twins transferring in (and we could see them if it gets approved that transfers no longer need to sit).

What does Rhody have coming back?  They would have been a tourney team this year after a really strong finish.

[BM1090]

What does Rhody have coming back?  They would have been a tourney team this year after a really strong finish.

Fatts Russell should be back unless he keeps his name in the draft. Dowtin and Langevine are gone.

[MarquetteMike1977]

Per Jon Rothstein @ Jon Rothstein
Source: Albany, LIU-Brooklyn, Quinnipiac, and Lehigh will be the four mid-major programs in the 2020 Hall-of-Fame Tip Off Classic at Mohegan Sun.

[brewcity77]

Per Jon Rothstein @ Jon Rothstein
Source: Albany, LIU-Brooklyn, Quinnipiac, and Lehigh will be the four mid-major programs in the 2020 Hall-of-Fame Tip Off Classic at Mohegan Sun.

Interesting, makes me wonder if Lehigh is part of the HoF Classic or a separate game.

At a glance, give me Albany & LIU. They return the most (Quinnipiac is decimated by transfers).

[marquette20]

Per Jon Rothstein @ Jon Rothstein
Source: Albany, LIU-Brooklyn, Quinnipiac, and Lehigh will be the four mid-major programs in the 2020 Hall-of-Fame Tip Off Classic at Mohegan Sun.

The estimated T Rank for these teams are:
Albany 235
LIU-Brooklyn 261
Quinnipiac 322
Lehigh 303

Assuming Lehigh game is part of the tournament. Best option would be to also get Albany.

[Dawson Rental]

Wish we draw Minnesota.

If MU and Minny take care of business first game in Conn, we should, right?

[brewcity77]

If MU and Minny take care of business first game in Conn, we should, right?

I'm sure their hope is for Marquette/Minnesota in the final.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I like Quinnipiac solely for the local angle.

They are coached by Baker Dunleavy son of Mike Dunleavy.

[muguru]

Wonder if MU will be in on this??

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
 · 1h
Sources: Certain power conference programs in college basketball are considering being bought by other power conference programs in guarantee games due to coronavirus. Budget issues are everywhere.

[BrewCity83]

Bring it on!!

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

Wonder if MU will be in on this??

Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
 · 1h
Sources: Certain power conference programs in college basketball are considering being bought by other power conference programs in guarantee games due to coronavirus. Budget issues are everywhere.

I have no idea what this means??

[GooooMarquette]

I have no idea what this means??

I think it’s saying we will see buy games between power conference teams, instead of a power conference team buying a home game with a mid-major.

Probably means some power conference teams are really struggling financially, and would rather take a cash payment than a home game.

[muguru]

I think it’s saying we will see buy games between power conference teams, instead of a power conference team buying a home game with a mid-major.

Probably means some power conference teams are really struggling financially, and would rather take a cash payment than a home game.

This is exactly what it means. Just as an example...this would be like North Carolina "buying" a game against MU @ North Carolina.

[WarriorFan]

I have no facts or inside information to verify or support this... but wouldn't there be a scenario where the non-conf portion of the schedule is just cancelled?  Many of the teams in buy games fly commercial and if travel is not sorted out by then I could see some serious difficulties. 

The "haves" (charter flights, full time team doctors, etc) would certainly have an even greater advantage over the "have not's to the point where the have not's might just decide to stay home.

Only a theory...

Or, does MU need to get a donor to charter a plane to bring in South Eastern Appalachian Christian College for a 102-37 rout in a building with no fans and coverage only on Fox Sports North West Milwaukee Suburbs?

There's a point where this just isn't logical.

[Galway Eagle]

I have no facts or inside information to verify or support this... but wouldn't there be a scenario where the non-conf portion of the schedule is just cancelled?  Many of the teams in buy games fly commercial and if travel is not sorted out by then I could see some serious difficulties. 

The "haves" (charter flights, full time team doctors, etc) would certainly have an even greater advantage over the "have not's to the point where the have not's might just decide to stay home.

Only a theory...

Or, does MU need to get a donor to charter a plane to bring in South Eastern Appalachian Christian College for a 102-37 rout in a building with no fans and coverage only on Fox Sports North West Milwaukee Suburbs?

There's a point where this just isn't logical.

We're close enough to regional teams that we could get Chicago st, UWM, UWGB, Northern, UIC etc to fill out the schedule. And I'm sure that's the case for many other schools

[brewcity77]

I have a lot of questions about how time sensitive contracts in general will be handled. Might they just push some series back a year? If UCLA can't have fans, would MU and UCLA consider just pushing the contract for 2021 & 2022 instead? Could we see the same with large scale events like the Gavitt Games or Big 12 Challenge?

If that trend were to start, would Marquette maybe look at pushing the Fiserv contract out a year and playing at the Al for a season? Or staying at the Fiserv but asking for a reduced rate if they can't put 15,000 in the seats?

But if they can't, how do you pay staff, security, vendors, it's all such a potential mess.

[SaveOD238]

I have a lot of questions about how time sensitive contracts in general will be handled. Might they just push some series back a year? If UCLA can't have fans, would MU and UCLA consider just pushing the contract for 2021 & 2022 instead? Could we see the same with large scale events like the Gavitt Games or Big 12 Challenge?

If that trend were to start, would Marquette maybe look at pushing the Fiserv contract out a year and playing at the Al for a season? Or staying at the Fiserv but asking for a reduced rate if they can't put 15,000 in the seats?

But if they can't, how do you pay staff, security, vendors, it's all such a potential mess.

The AL makes a ton of sense if there's no fans.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Even if they can't defer the Fiserv contract for a year, they should play at the Al if there are no fans allowed.

[Bocephys]

Even if they can't defer the Fiserv contract for a year, they should play at the Al if there are no fans allowed.

They should play at the Old Gym if no fans are allowed.  Or that park in NY where they learned how to wear white t-shirts.

[Galway Eagle]

They should play at the Old Gym if no fans are allowed.  Or that park in NY where they learned how to wear white t-shirts.

Why go out to NYC? They should just play at the Rec Center

[BrewCity83]

They should play at Hart Park or Washington Park.

[wadesworld]

They should play at Hart Park or Washington Park.

Does Hart Park even have basketball hoops?  I know there's a football field/track, sand volleyball courts, tennis courts, softball field, playgrounds, and an ice rink/curling.  But where are the basketball courts/hoops?

[dgies9156]

They should play at Hart Park or Washington Park.

If they play like crap again, no doubt they will!

[Bocephys]

Why go out to NYC? They should just play at the Rec Center

I'm worried those nets between courts would somehow cause a Jimmy John's boot situation for our leading scorer.