2020 Schedule news

[muguru]

@ Illinois sounds about right for MU.

That was my thought as well...but I could also see MU/Wojo asking to go to Maryland to give Wojo and Justin Lewis a game back home.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Obviously we can eliminate UW and Purdue right away as possible opponents..So that leaves @ Rutgers, @ Iowa, @ MSU, @ Indiana, @ Maryland or the "other school".

I'm not sure we can obviously eliminate Purdue. You'd think that try to stay away from repeating games in back to back years, but I don't think it would stop them if it worked best for the schedule. We did play them 2 times in 3 years, practically a tradition!

[GOO]

At Northwestern would be fine with me.  Maybe we can bring Joe Nethan along and see if there are any fights.

[Galway Eagle]

@ Illinois sounds about right for MU.

I could see MSU looking for a guaranteed W from a bigger name rebuilding BE program

[muguru]

At Northwestern would be fine with me.  Maybe we can bring Joe Nethan along and see if there are any fights.

Northwestern is not involved this year..

Iowa
Michigan State
Purdue
Rutgers
Indiana
Wisconsin
Maryland
Illinois

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

At Northwestern would be fine with me.  Maybe we can bring Joe Nethan along and see if there are any fights.

I recall that game.  Engineers always got stuck with Saturday finals and I wasn't flying home until Sunday.  Pretty much everyone was gone.  One of my McCormick wing-mates parents couldn't go to the game, so they gave him the tickets and I went with him since I was the only one around.  Thought it was cool going to one more game before break and was weird without a student section. 

[Nukem2]

I could see MSU looking for a guaranteed W from a bigger name rebuilding BE program

Of course, there is the Joey Hauser angle as well....

[Galway Eagle]

Of course, there is the Joey Hauser angle as well....

Never heard of him.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Never heard of herim.

FIFY

[PGsHeroes32]

Illinois sounds like a good bet.

Proximity is great for the match up. Illinois lost a lot of key contributors so it would be fair in that sense as well.

[SaveOD238]

Illinois sounds like a good bet.

Proximity is great for the match up. Illinois lost a lot of key contributors so it would be fair in that sense as well.

I've been looking for an excuse to go to a game at Assembly Hall for a decade.  This would finally be it..

...damnit...

[wadesworld]

I've been looking for an excuse to go to a game at Assembly Hall for a decade.  This would finally be it..

...damnit...

I don't think MU will be playing at Illinois in Indiana's arena. You had that chance a season ago.

[Its DJOver]

How much of a home/away split are the organizers trying to have?  The series only runs through 2022, and B14 teams are only guaranteed 4 appearances.  Illinois has already had three appearances with 2 at home.  Would they really give Illinois a 3-1 home/away split for the event, or would another home game for them this year mean that they'd get a 5th appearance on the road?  For reference our road game this year would give us a 3-2 home advantage with at least 1 more appearance.  I realize that the numbers probably wont work perfectly for every team, but it would seem to make more sense from a practicality point for Illinois to be on the road and for us to go somewhere like Rutgers (if they were home it'd be 2-2 home/away for them).  I would think they'd try to balance it as much as possible because of the increased home revenue, but I may be overthinking this.

[Jables1604]

 Didn't we play at Indiana 2018/2019?

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Never heard of him.

I'll write a letter to you, explaining who he is.

[Billy Hoyle]

Illinois sounds like a good bet.

Proximity is great for the match up. Illinois lost a lot of key contributors so it would be fair in that sense as well.

Maybe. If Cockburn and Dosunmu come back they'll be strong. If not, mediocre.

I've been looking for an excuse to go to a game at Assembly Hall for a decade.  This would finally be it..

...damnit...

It will always be Assembly Hall to me. I'm not getting paid to call it State Farm Arena.

[SaveOD238]

I don't think MU will be playing at Illinois in Indiana's arena. You had that chance a season ago.

I didn't realize UIUC had sold the naming rights to State Farm.  It was always Assembly Hall when I was growing up in Chicagoland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Farm_Center

[MarquetteMike1977]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but for scheduling heard Olympic Sports will probably be divided within the Big East to East and West. West will be Marquette, XU, DP, BU and CU. For scheduling, games and travel reasons. Not sure if that translates if at all to other sports.

[wadesworld]

I didn't realize UIUC had sold the naming rights to State Farm.  It was always Assembly Hall when I was growing up in Chicagoland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Farm_Center

Gotcha, I've always thought of Indiana as Assembly Hall.

[mileskishnish72]

I could also see MU/Wojo asking to go to Maryland to give Wojo and Justin Lewis a game back home.

I don't think after last year's debacle that anyone at MU is looking for that.

[muguru]

I don't think after last year's debacle that anyone at MU is looking for that.

Completely different Maryland team this next year...probably bubble at best

[YoungMUFan4]

The UConn Blog (@TheUConnBlog) Tweeted:
Looks like @BIGEASTMBB will be participating in the PAC-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge in 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. Eight teams from Big East will play PAC-12 teams in Vegas in 2021 and then same teams would play in NY in 2022. Hopefully #UConn involved H/T @sbjsbd newsletter https://t.co/FSmoi9iT3b

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

The UConn Blog (@TheUConnBlog) Tweeted:
Looks like @BIGEASTMBB will be participating in the PAC-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge in 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. Eight teams from Big East will play PAC-12 teams in Vegas in 2021 and then same teams would play in NY in 2022. Hopefully #UConn involved H/T @sbjsbd newsletter https://t.co/FSmoi9iT3b

I need to check the years, but does this mean Big East teams will have a challenge with the B1G, B12, and P12, plus holiday tournament games, plus natural rivalry games (MU vs. UW, Nova vs. Philly 5, Butler in Crossroads Classic, etc), plus a 20 game conference season that limits the number of non-conference games? All in the same season? Damn, there are no off nights if you're in the Big East.

[muguru]

I need to check the years, but does this mean Big East teams will have a challenge with the B1G, B12, and P12, plus holiday tournament games, plus natural rivalry games (MU vs. UW, Nova vs. Philly 5, Butler in Crossroads Classic, etc), plus a 20 game conference season that limits the number of non-conference games? All in the same season? Damn, there are no off nights if you're in the Big East.

I believe that is correct...what I hope this doesn't do however is make MU NOT want to compete in Holiday tournaments now. I hope not, but I guess you never know.

[🏀]

I need to check the years, but does this mean Big East teams will have a challenge with the B1G, B12, and P12, plus holiday tournament games, plus natural rivalry games (MU vs. UW, Nova vs. Philly 5, Butler in Crossroads Classic, etc), plus a 20 game conference season that limits the number of non-conference games? All in the same season? Damn, there are no off nights if you're in the Big East.

Another PK tournament possibly, hopefully.