What future non-cons would you like to see?

[Badgerhater]

So the non-con schedule is out and it is what it is.

So who would you like to (realistically) play in the future?

I would like a home and home with Pitt.  Games with them were always a battle and Pittsburgh is a fun weekend town to visit.

[muwarrior69]

University of Hawai'i home and home. After all they are the Rainbow Warriors. 

Not a bad team either.

[SoCalEagle]

As I mentioned in another thread, I think a home / home with Gonzaga would be fun.  It's a bit far to travel and their home stadium is pretty small so it may not be a great fit.  But, two strong Jesuit schools battling it out on the hardwood, what's not to like?

[Scoop Snoop]

VCU H/H. Obviously, because it is an easy game for me to attend when in Richmond, but also a team that has a history of being good. Even though it was years ago...Shaka playing the team that brought him to national attention would add an interesting angle.

[wadesworld]

Dayton home and home renewed please.

[Hards Alumni]

Can we play UWM 12 times a year?

[Billy Hoyle]

Notre Dame every year. Rotate it between Milwaukee, South Bend, and the United Center.

[We R Final Four]

ND
LOUIS
CINCY

[Eye]

Louisville. Series was fantastic from '96 to '13. And the game in Brooklyn in '18 was good, too.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Dayton home and home renewed please.

ABD

[Galway Eagle]

Dayton home and home renewed please.

Too risky. Can't hang with the gods of the A10

[MU82]

Notre Dame and Gonzaga.

I like Billy's idea of rotating the ND game between Milwaukee, South Bend and Chicago.

If a home-and-home with Gonzaga wouldn't work due to the Zags' small arena, we could play them in Seattle one year and in Chicago the next.

Louisville is a good one, too. And maybe Syracuse.

[tower912]

Milwaukee, GB.  Need to appeal to the coaches in Crivitz.

[SoCalEagle]

Count me in for the MKE / South Bend / Chicago series with ND. And, good call on playing Gonzaga in Seattle. However, I wouldn't want to give up a home game at Fiserv to do it. Gonzaga's home arena only holds about 5,800 although they call it 6,000. Not our fault they don't have a decent size arena for home games. They don't even have enough tickets for their student body. For each home game, they have to win a lottery for a ticket in the student section. I would do the home and home if it was Seattle / MKE.

[GoldenWarrior11]

I would love ND annually.  That game has so much historical connection through many eras, and this last series we had seemed to have great fan interest and support from both sides.  Unfortunately, I don't think there is the same level of interest from the domers.  Maybe their next head coach will want to (re)create some interest there by wanting us on the schedule. 

Outside of that, we need a series with Louisville.  We spent nearly twenty years together between C-USA and the Big East and had some epic battles.  Both sites would be great atmospheres. 

With the way we are scheduling, I think it is only a matter of time before a home/home with another blue blood comes.  Kansas would be fun.  As would Kentucky.  I have a sneaking suspicion Duke will block anything over Wojo's tenure. 

[Billy Hoyle]

Notre Dame and Gonzaga.

I like Billy's idea of rotating the ND game between Milwaukee, South Bend and Chicago.

If a home-and-home with Gonzaga wouldn't work due to the Zags' small arena, we could play them in Seattle one year and in Chicago the next.

Louisville is a good one, too. And maybe Syracuse.

The Zags regularly host a big name at the Spokane Arena, which also hosts NCAA tourney games. They host LSU there this season, and over the past few years they've played Baylor, Oklahoma, and Kentucky there.

That said, if they played MU I'd want it to be at the Kennel.

[Uncle Rico]

UWGB

[Jay Bee]

Liberty on the road. We could learn a lot spending time on their campus. Jah bless.

[Johnny B]

Oak hill

[MU82]

The Zags regularly host a big name at the Spokane Arena, which also hosts NCAA tourney games. They host LSU there this season, and over the past few years they've played Baylor, Oklahoma, and Kentucky there.

Forgot about that. Great point.

[WarriorFan]

ND
North Carolina
Louisville
Syracuse

[JakeBarnes]

UWGB

UWGB and UWM at the same time. Or is Shaka a coward?

[muwarrior69]

ND
LOUIS
CINCY

...and West Virginia while were at it.

[Uncle Rico]

UWGB and UWM at the same time. Or is Shaka a coward?

Marquette is terrified of both.

[Florida Warrior]

They should definitely play Notre Dame home-and-home every year.
And let me preference this by saying I know it will never happen, but I think would be cool to see.
A Wisconsin Classic (like the old Milwaukee Classic years ago)
- UWM vs. Marquette
- UWGB vs. Wisconsin
- Winners and losers play the next night
- Marquette and Wisconsin alternate host years, also alternating playing UWM or UWGB in first round.
Yes, there would be a possibility MU and UW might not play each other in the championship each year, but it would be super fun, likely sell out all four games every year and would get some national publicity.
This would be Wisconsin's version of the Big Five Classic in Philadelphia.

[The Sultan]

They should definitely play Notre Dame home-and-home every year.
And let me preference this by saying I know it will never happen, but I think would be cool to see.
A Wisconsin Classic (like the old Milwaukee Classic years ago)
- UWM vs. Marquette
- UWGB vs. Wisconsin
- Winners and losers play the next night
- Marquette and Wisconsin alternate host years, also alternating playing UWM or UWGB in first round.
Yes, there would be a possibility MU and UW might not play each other in the championship each year, but it would be super fun, likely sell out all four games every year and would get some national publicity.
This would be Wisconsin's version of the Big Five Classic in Philadelphia.

Oh God no.

[dgies9156]

Notre Dame, but they won't play us because they know we will kick their a@ses.

Vanderbilt — Would love a reason to go back to Memorial Gym and to welcome them to the FiServ.

Iowa — Always a good game.

Minnesota — See Iowa.

[Johnny B]

Why would ND give a damn about us? let alone want to play us every year? were small fries

[wadesworld]

Why would ND give a damn about us? let alone want to play us every year? were small fries

1) doesn't know the history of the rivalry.
2) apparently confuses Notre Dame football with Notre Dame basketball.

[The Sultan]

Why would ND give a damn about us? let alone want to play us every year? were small fries

WTF are you talking about?

[Johnny B]

WTF are you talking about?

Their Fans, players, the auspicious institution in general believes they are superior to the likes of our institution. So why waste time scheduling a H and H  with us peasants instead of a more worthy program?

[The Sultan]

Their Fans, players, the auspicious institution in general believes they are superior to the likes of our institution. So why waste time scheduling a H and H  with us peasants instead of a more worthy program?

If you say so

[MuMark]

Their Fans, players, the auspicious institution in general believes they are superior to the likes of our institution. So why waste time scheduling a H and H  with us peasants instead of a more worthy program?

They literally played us in a home and home a few years ago and after MU beat them badly twice the new coach said something like " where our program is right now continuing the series probably doesn't makes sense"

In other words they were rebuilding............they've been rebuilding ever since.

[lostpassword]

Bradley Braves!

Get our future coach some experience at Fiserv.

[MUDPT]

Northwestern. Only Big16 team we haven't played since 2000. It's dumb, but probably only makes sense to me.

[muwarrior69]

They literally played us in a home and home a few years ago and after MU beat them badly twice the new coach said something like " where our program is right now continuing the series probably doesn't makes sense"

In other words they were rebuilding............they've been rebuilding ever since.

Other than L'ville the move to the ACC has not been as successful on the court for all the other former Big East teams from what I can tell. Perhaps the stat guys can correct me on that.

[Billy Hoyle]

They should definitely play Notre Dame home-and-home every year.
And let me preference this by saying I know it will never happen, but I think would be cool to see.
A Wisconsin Classic (like the old Milwaukee Classic years ago)
- UWM vs. Marquette
- UWGB vs. Wisconsin
- Winners and losers play the next night
- Marquette and Wisconsin alternate host years, also alternating playing UWM or UWGB in first round.
Yes, there would be a possibility MU and UW might not play each other in the championship each year, but it would be super fun, likely sell out all four games every year and would get some national publicity.
This would be Wisconsin's version of the Big Five Classic in Philadelphia.

The Big Five has never been a tournament (it was a round robin), and most games are played on campus, and most MTEs have moved beyond that format and are now two- or three-set games. The only way for it to work would be for MU and Madison to both play GB and Milwaukee, not a tournament.

[The Sultan]

The Big Five has never been a tournament (it was a round robin), and most games are played on campus, and most MTEs have moved beyond that format and are now two- or three-set games. The only way for it to work would be for MU and Madison to both play GB and Milwaukee, not a tournament.

And why would Marquette water down schedule like that?

Anyway, the Big Five is now six with the addition of Drexel. And it is in two, three team pods with a fifth, third and championship game in December. Villanova won all its games by 20+ points.

[Billy Hoyle]

And why would Marquette water down schedule like that?

Anyway, the Big Five is now six with the addition of Drexel. And it is in two, three team pods with a fifth, third and championship game in December. Villanova won all its games by 20+ points.

UWM and UWGB would be better than New Hampshire, Mercyhurst, and Chicago State. Cheaper to bring in too. Redirect the savings to NIL.

[wadesworld]

Bradley Braves!

Get our future coach some experience at Fiserv.

Why is there teal here?

[Galway Eagle]

Schedule Purdue. The non con isn't the same without them

[jfp61]

Lets just play 10 Swac schools and learn nothing about our team. Let the Mike Anderson flow through us.

[Mu8891]

Billy - I agree ... play UWM and GB ...

Those games are better in every way
( some local interest, will cost MU less $$ , etc ) than absolute trash games like
Chicago St. and Mercyhurst, ffs.

Playing Chicago St is a farce ... it's an insult to the season ticket holders.

[Galway Eagle]

Billy - I agree ... play UWM and GB ...

Those games are better in every way
( some local interest, will cost MU less $$ , etc ) than absolute trash games like
Chicago St. and Mercyhurst, ffs.

Playing Chicago St is a farce ... it's an insult to the season ticket holders.

Fwiw Chicago St is closer than UWGB. Does local only extend 115mi north?

Plus Chicago St won't demand a return for the Home & Home which will cost MU way more money in opportune cost.

[The Sultan]

Billy - I agree ... play UWM and GB ...

Those games are better in every way
( some local interest, will cost MU less $$ , etc ) than absolute trash games like
Chicago St. and Mercyhurst, ffs.

Playing Chicago St is a farce ... it's an insult to the season ticket holders.

Every schedule has non-con fodder like Chicago State. Saying it's an insult to season ticket holders is pretty funny. It means you've been insulted by Marquette for decades now, yet you keep buying the product.

[wadesworld]

Billy - I agree ... play UWM and GB ...

Those games are better in every way
( some local interest, will cost MU less $$ , etc ) than absolute trash games like
Chicago St. and Mercyhurst, ffs.

Playing Chicago St is a farce ... it's an insult to the season ticket holders.

Marquette is the only high major basketball team that schedules low major teams on their home schedule.  Every other team only schedules high majors against one another.  Sad!

[Mu8891]

Some of you are ridiculous.

Sure.  Every " high major " schedules
low and mid majors.  Not every school schedules Chicago State.  And ... despite you apologizing for MU, it is an insult to the ticket holders.

As for " return games " ... UWM has said publicly that they'd play MU anytime, without a return game. 

[Uncle Rico]

Some of you are ridiculous.

Sure.  Every " high major " schedules
low and mid majors.  Not every school schedules Chicago State.  And ... despite you apologizing for MU, it is an insult to the ticket holders.

As for " return games " ... UWM has said publicly that they'd play MU anytime, without a return game. 

I've seen how some season ticket holders act.  They should be able to handle the insults they give.

[SoCalEagle]

Bring back the Blue and Gold Classic!!!

[MU82]

Some of you are ridiculous.

Sure.  Every " high major " schedules
low and mid majors.  Not every school schedules Chicago State.  And ... despite you apologizing for MU, it is an insult to the ticket holders.

I'm not "apologizing" for MU or anyone else, just listing a few of the schools that scheduled Chicago State last season:

Iowa
Indiana
St. Louis
Minnesota
DePaul
Butler

[The Sultan]

Some of you are ridiculous.

Sure.  Every " high major " schedules
low and mid majors.  Not every school schedules Chicago State.  And ... despite you apologizing for MU, it is an insult to the ticket holders.

As for " return games " ... UWM has said publicly that they'd play MU anytime, without a return game. 

Why are you buying season tickets if Marquette insults you every year?

UWM is just another buy game. No better than Chicago State imo.

I'm not "apologizing" for MU or anyone else, just listing a few of the schools that scheduled Chicago State last season:

Iowa
Indiana
St. Louis
Minnesota
DePaul
Butler

lol.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Some of you are ridiculous.

Sure.  Every " high major " schedules
low and mid majors.  Not every school schedules Chicago State.  And ... despite you apologizing for MU, it is an insult to the ticket holders.

I was curious about your claim so I looked. Here is every high majors worst buy game (using KenPom) last season. I bolded the best outliers:

ACC:
Duke: #339 Army
Virginia: #357 Rider
Miami (Fl): #362 Delaware State
North Carolina: #351 North Carolina Central
Clemson: #361 Gardner Webb
Louisville: #356 South Carolina State
NC State: #351 North Carolina Central
Florida State: #365 MVSU
Stanford: #315 UL Lafayette
California: #353 Morgan State
SMU: #313 Arkansas Pine Bluff
Virginia Tech: #355 Bryant
Wake Forest: #320 UMass Lowell
Syracuse: #359 Binghamton
Pitt: #359 Binghamton
Notre Dame: #324 Eastern Illinois
Boston College: #347 The Citadel
Georgia Tech: #355 Bryant

Big Ten:
Michigan: #228 LaSalle
Illinois: #340 Jackson State
Michigan St: #250 Colgate
Nebraska: #350 Maryland Eastern Shore
Wisconsin: #334 Nothern Illinois
Purdue: #324 Eastern Illinois
UCLA: #306 West Georgia
Ohio State: #317 IU Indy
Iowa: #364 Western Illinois (AND Chicago State)
Indiana: #344 Chicago State
Minnesota: #361 Gardner Webb (AND Chicago State and #346 Alcorn State)
Washington: #313 Arkansas Pine Bluff
USC: #338 UTSA
Rutgers: #362 Delaware State
Northwestern: #340 Jackson State
Oregon: #264 Nebraska Omaha
Maryland: #363 Coppin State
Penn State: #351 North Carolina Central

Big 12:
Arizona: #325 Norfolk State
Houston: #357 Rider
Iowa State: #346 Alcorn State
Texas Tech: #268 UW-Milwaukee
Kansas: #254 Princeton
TCU: #358 Kansas City
BYU: #330 Holy Cross
Cincy: #332 NJIT
UCF: #360 VMI
West Virginia: #365 MVSU
Arizona State: #321 Northern Arizona
Colorado: #338 UTSA
Baylor: #346 Alcorn State
Oklahoma State: #358 Kansas City
Kansas State: #365 MVSU
Utah: #330 Holy Cross

Big East:
St. John's: #331 Bucknell
UConn: #355 Bryant
Villanova: #294 Sacred Heart
Seton Hall: #328 New Haven
Creighton: #350 Maryland Eastern Shore
DePaul: #361 Gardner Webb
Providence: #349 New Hampshire
Marquette: #322 Albany
Butler: #344 Chicago State
Georgetown: #363 Coppin State
Xavier: #354 Saint Francis

SEC:
Florida: #354 Saint Francis
Alabama: #338 UTSA
Arkansas: #340 Jackson State
Vanderbilt: #328 New Haven
Tennessee: #361 Gardner Webb
Texas A&M: #365 MVSU
Kentucky: #351 North Carolina Central
Georgia: #350 Maryland Eastern Shore
Mizzou: #360 VMI
Texas: #358 Kansas City
Auburn: #340 Jackson State
Oklahoma: #365 MVSU (+6 other sub-300 Teams)
Mississippi State: #343 North Alabama
Ole Miss: #352 UL Monroe
South Carolina: #356 SC State
LSU: #346 Alcorn State

79/79 High Majors scheduled at least one team ranked #228 or lower (Michigan vs LaSalle)
78/79 High Majors scheduled at least one team ranked #250 or lower (Michigan St vs Colgate)
74/79 High Majors scheduled at least one team ranked #294 or lower (Villanova vs. Sacred Heart)

I don't think there's a significant difference between playing #294 Sacred Heart and #344 Chicago State personally, so that's 93.7% of high majors insulting their season ticket holders. And keep in mind that I only looked at their worst games. Most scheduled multiple games at that level. Poor Oklahoma fans got 7 home games against teams ranked #303 or worse.

Just for fun, 46/79 high majors scheduled Chicago State or a team ranked below them.

[Bahama]

Buy games are some of the best games to attend as a season ticket holder. The only time where I am not stressed out by Caedin Hamilton missing a dunk and getting out rebounded by a D3 5'8 guard transfer.

[MU82]

brewski TAMU presenting facts is an insult to Scoop.

[tower912]

brewski presenting facts is an insult to Scoop.

Especially since it was TAMU.

[BM1090]

Some of you are ridiculous.

Sure.  Every " high major " schedules
low and mid majors.  Not every school schedules Chicago State.  And ... despite you apologizing for MU, it is an insult to the ticket holders.

As for " return games " ... UWM has said publicly that they'd play MU anytime, without a return game. 

Schools that are farces from last year for playing Chicago State or a team that finished worse than them in KenPom:

DePaul
SLU
Butler
Iowa
Minnesota
Indiana
Maryland
LSU
Oklahoma
Iowa State
Baylor
Mississippi
Boston College
South Carolina
Rutgers
Providence
Clemson
Nebraska
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Creighton
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Creighton
Texas
NC State
North Carolina
Dayton
Kentucky
Penn State
Miami
Kansas State
Georgetown
TCU
Xavier
Florida
UConn
Louisville
Missouri
Tennessee
Houston
VCU
Syracuse
Pittsburgh
UCF
West Virginia
USF
Texas A&M
Florida State

Side note - Some of these schools played like 3-4 of the bottom 20 teams.

[tower912]

It feels like Star Wars.  Everyone saying 'may the farce be with you.'

[MU82]

Especially since it was TAMU.

That's clearly what I said!

[lostpassword]

Buy games are some of the best games to attend as a season ticket holder. The only time where I am not stressed out by Caedin Hamilton missing a dunk and getting out rebounded by a D3 5'8 guard transfer.

This didn't apply last year. I was pretty damn stressed out during that Valpo debacle.

[marqfan22]

Louisville what was my favorite rival when I was a student in the early 2000s

[mileskishnish72]

It's weird to see Cal and Stanford in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

[Uncle Rico]

It's weird to see Cal and Stanford in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Geography isn't an American strongpoint

[GoFastAndWin]

Louisville what was my favorite rival when I was a student in the early 2000s

Cincinnati 🏀 says Hi 👋
And I'm MU Class of '92.
Great Midwest.

[JakeBarnes]

Each year the MU-WVU Couch Burning Invitational p/b Walter E. Smith.

The MU-ND Vatican City Pope-Off (the modern day Catholics v convicts, given how many rapes ND covers up). Open air court in the City. US Pope front row like Shao Khan.

The Marquette-SLU "Winner Stays in the Big East" challenge p/b some frozen aisle fried ravioli company.

Get more NIL funding for these kids with creative sponsors. That's how you do it.

[mug644]

I keep selfishly hoping for a home-and-home series with UMass, so I can go to a game within 15 minutes of my house.

[Billy Hoyle]

Obviously, we all have our dream opponents, but scheduling is HARD! I've been in the room with coaches when they've called schools or been called and usually it comes down to "we have this date available...." Once I overheard the business manager in the office across from mine who, when trying to schedule for the hoops team, called Gonzaga to see if they'd do a road game, fully expecting to be shot down, and then I heard him say, "Yes? Seriously?"

[Scoop Snoop]

I keep selfishly hoping for a home-and-home series with UMass, so I can go to a game within 15 minutes of my house.

Same reason I wanted an h/h with VCU. UVA is closer to me, and we play then this year. I'd like a h/h with them, even though they would be solid favorites, as is Michigan.