2014-2015 Early Season tournaments: Great link

[MFFL02]

The danger with scheduling a team like Wichita state is that if they lose a few conference games, it will scuttle their RPI. They're not going to go 34-0 again and there is even more garbage in the Missouri Valley than the bottom of the AAC.

That's a good point. I would much rather schedule a top 20 ACC or Big 10 school than a top 20 Wichita St.

Two things...

1) Wichita St is in everyone's Early Top 10 for next year.

2) Top 20 schools from big confs don't need or want to play SMU, because their conference provides them with a strong enough schedule and ample chances to get resume building wins.

[ojaipony]

Would love for us to get a conference challenge going with the Pac-12.

I agree. We need to "go west" / get more exposure out here. East coast coverage is just fine.

At minimum, maybe a home and home with UCLA and us.

[ojaipony]

Getting invited to one (or two) of the early season tourneys should serve us far better than scheduling the dog meat we've had in the past. Even though you may not have control over exactly who you see during the course of one of these events they are generally stacked with the mid-range teams (50-150?) that we need to be scheduling. Plus there is far better TV exposure in these events.

I agree. One at least. I'm sure we will.

[ojaipony]

The danger with scheduling a team like Wichita state is that if they lose a few conference games, it will scuttle their RPI. They're not going to go 34-0 again and there is even more garbage in the Missouri Valley than the bottom of the AAC.

That's a good point. I would much rather schedule a top 20 ACC or Big 10 school than a top 20 Wichita St.

Two things...

1) Wichita St is in everyone's Early Top 10 for next year.

2) Top 20 schools from big confs don't need or want to play SMU, because their conference provides them with a strong enough schedule and ample chances to get resume building wins.

So they don't need a strong OOC but we do? Ok.

[Digetydog]

We need to get into that South Carolina Upstate tourney. That loss still bothers me.

[MFFL02]

So they don't need a strong OOC but we do? Ok.[/quote][/quote]

Exactly, they don't and we do, bc their conf is good and ours comparitevly sucks.

[LA_Mustang]

Exactly, they don't and we do, bc their conf is good and ours comparitevly sucks.

You're saying Wichita St's conference is good and ours sucks?? I hope my reading comp is off.

[Grant Carter]

Exactly, they don't and we do, bc their conf is good and ours comparitevly sucks.

You're saying Wichita St's conference is good and ours sucks?? I hope my reading comp is off.

He was talking about top 20 schools from big conferences. So yes, your reading comp is off.

[LA_Mustang]

he said their conference which sounds like a one school, but okay

[Rebel10]

What are we thinking? Didn't we learn from this season, we need to schedule more tough games...especially with Louisville leaving our conference.

Why aren't we playing Wichita St on a neutral site like Memphis is doing? Why does Memphis see the light but we don't?

How do you know that we are not trying? LB has said that he tried to schedule some tougher teams and they would not schedule us.

[Rebel10]

Check this out! According to this our buds The Gophers are already in the pre-season NIT:

I guess we should have won the NIT then.

[MFFL02]

he said their conference which sounds like a one school, but okay

Their was a reference to the Top 20 schools from major conferences.

[MFFL02]

What are we thinking? Didn't we learn from this season, we need to schedule more tough games...especially with Louisville leaving our conference.

Why aren't we playing Wichita St on a neutral site like Memphis is doing? Why does Memphis see the light but we don't?

How do you know that we are not trying? LB has said that he tried to schedule some tougher teams and they would not schedule us.

I don't know, but I'm really surprised that Memphis has already made it public that they will play Wichita State, while we haven't heard anything from SMU.

[Big12Mustang]

We play Arky at Moody and I think we also play NC State and Indiana at some point..

[blackoutpony]

What are we thinking? Didn't we learn from this season, we need to schedule more tough games...especially with Louisville leaving our conference.

Why aren't we playing Wichita St on a neutral site like Memphis is doing? Why does Memphis see the light but we don't?

How do you know that we are not trying? LB has said that he tried to schedule some tougher teams and they would not schedule us.

He's said that no top Texas will come to moody and that he's been trying to schedule Kentucky. We were suppossed to play Kentucky last year, but it didn't work out.