OOC schedule..

[bleedingTNorange]

Word is Wichita State and Xavier have been added. If so, this appears to be the OOC slate...

HOME
Memphis
Wichita State
Oakland
Belmont
ETSU
Chattanooga
UNC Asheville

AWAY
Virginia
Xavier
SEC-Big East Challenge

Neutral:
Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Providence, Oklahoma State, Xavier, North Carolina State, Penn State, Southern Mississippi and Akron


Thoughts?

[bleedingTNorange]

Personally, I like it. No schedule killers, the sub 250 RPI teams, but at the same time not too daunting of a schedule.

They are all very winnable games, and all games that if you win look pretty good. I like it.

Also I count 13 OOC games, so it's looking like a 31 game schedule FWIW.

[bud0323]

Pretty good looking OOC schedule I hope we're up to the challenge, Cuonzo Martin not afraid to schedule tough opponents.

[GatorsGators]

A lot of these teams were good this year, but most of them are rebuilding. Wichita State loses their top five scorers, Xavier loses four of their top five scorers, and Virginia loses the only player that made them decent (Mike Scott).

Memphis should be good next year; though, so that's a chance for a quality win. The Puerto Rico looks stacked as well.

It doesn't really have many cupcakes, though. That's always good for the SOS.

[volbeast33]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

Word is Wichita State and Xavier have been added. If so, this appears to be the OOC slate...

HOME
Memphis
Wichita State
Oakland
Belmont
ETSU
Chattanooga
UNC Asheville

AWAY
Virginia
Xavier
SEC-Big East Challenge

Neutral:
Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Providence, Oklahoma State, Xavier, North Carolina State, Penn State, Southern Mississippi and Akron


Thoughts?

Not that bad but I wish we had one or two bigger name teams on there.....maybe we will draw one in the big east challenge?

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by volbeast33

Not that bad but I wish we had one or two bigger name teams on there.....maybe we will draw one in the big east challenge?

We should get a decent team in the big east challenge, and we also could play NC STATE who will be around #5 pre season.

[Yankee_Vol]

Pretty good. Not our toughest but not bad either

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by Yankee_Vol

Pretty good. Not our toughest but not bad either

It's a good opportunity to have a very good record, solid wins, and no bad losses.

[ukvols]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

Personally, I like it. No schedule killers, the sub 250 RPI teams, but at the same time not too daunting of a schedule.

They are all very winnable games, and all games that if you win look pretty good. I like it.

Also I count 13 OOC games, so it's looking like a 31 game schedule FWIW.

I take it we're playing 18 conference games now?

Have you seen anything on the SECT format?

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by ukvols

I take it we're playing 18 conference games now?

Have you seen anything on the SECT format?

No confirmation yet, but yea 18 is the word.

No I haven't seen anything yet.

[volbeast33]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

We should get a decent team in the big east challenge, and we also could play NC STATE who will be around #5 pre season.

I hope they are ranked that high......even if we lose, I love the games that have me running around the house acting nuts if we happen to pull off the upset......I remember the Texas game, I had just gotten back home from working out of town and I had to hurry and get my Christmas shopping down...people were looking at me as I was jumping around my car yelling and going on....I couldn't stand it anymore and hurried and found an ocharleys so I could watch it on tv. LOL

[Fijivol72]

CM needs to concentrate on recruiting some players. Other than Stokes he has been a disappointment. Like him so I hope he can turn around his mid-level recruitment.

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by Fijivol72

CM needs to concentrate on recruiting some players. Other than Stokes he has been a disappointment. Like him so I hope he can turn around his mid-level recruitment.

New flash!!! Scheduling is a big part of recruitment.

[rocky200663]

Originally Posted by bleedingTNorange

New flash!!! Scheduling is a big part of recruitment.

I agree with this Bleeding. Also I think that losing Memphis after this season on the schedule may actually help us recruit Memphis better. Now no reason why I think this. But we have struggled recruiting Memphis (except for Stokes) with the Tigers on the schedule. So going forward it might be a big help in recruiting Memphis in the future. And its what Memphis wants!! Any opinions on this from everyone?

[bleedingTNorange]

Originally Posted by rocky200663

I agree with this Bleeding. Also I think that losing Memphis after this season on the schedule may actually help us recruit Memphis better. Now no reason why I think this. But we have struggled recruiting Memphis (except for Stokes) with the Tigers on the schedule. So going forward it might be a big help in recruiting Memphis in the future. And its what Memphis wants!! Any opinions on this from everyone?

I don't think it will hurt as as bad as some think, but I also believe that we will still be a presence there. They've talked about adding a neutral game in Memphis verse a team every year, basically just to have a presence in Memphis, good idea IMO.