Future Games/Scheduling

[ilstubirds250]

Illinois State updated schedule

Home: UAB, Murray State

Road: San Diego State, Kentucky (strong rumor, not confirmed)

Neutral: Maryland, Rhode Island/TCU

Somewhere, Tim Jankovich is shaking in his boots.

[Cdizzle]

WSU Updated Schedule:

Home:
Nevada (307)
New Mexico State (107)
Charleston Southern (163)
Utah (@IBA) (15)
UNLV (117)

Away:
Seton Hall (103)
Tulsa (48)

Neutral: 3 of the below @Orlando Classic
Alabama (78)
Dayton (29)
Iowa (40)
USC (197)
Notre Dame (10)
Xavier (28)
Monmouth (178)

(4/2/2015 RPI)

[isumvc1]

Sycamores draw MEAC power Norfolk State in their opener at the Paradise Jam, winner faces Ohio-Tulsa winner.

Sycamore schedule as of now

Home

Exhibition game before season
vs D2/D3 team (Truman State?)
11/15 IUPUI
vs Valpo
vs Ball State
vs Wyoming

Away

at Butler

Neutral

11/20 at Paradise Jam vs. Norfolk State
11/21 or 11/22 at Paradise Jam vs. Ohio or Tulsa
11/23 at Paradise Jam vs. DePaul, Florida State, South Carolina, or Hofstra

[BCPanther]

UNI update-

Home:
Colorado State
Stephen F Austin
North Carolina
2 Top 150 buy games

Away:
New Mexico
Richmond
George Mason
North Dakota

Neutral:
Iowa State in Des Moines
Diamond Head Classic (First game is Washington State) (Rest of Field- Oklahoma, BYU, Auburn, Harvard, Hawaii, New Mexico)

[2livewu]

UNI update-

Home:
Colorado State
Stephen F Austin
North Carolina
2 Top 150 buy games

Away:
New Mexico
Richmond
George Mason
North Dakota

Neutral:
Iowa State in Des Moines
Diamond Head Classic (First game is Washington State) (Rest of Field- Oklahoma, BYU, Auburn, Harvard, Hawaii, New Mexico)

Have you guys projected forward on the schedule yet? Just curious. I would think SFA would be good again, probably not top 40 rpi though. Carolina should be top 10. CSU? I would think down with what they lose, but no idea what kind of program LE is building. How do you know the "buy" games are top 150?

NM should be stronger, Richmond? GMU and ND? At least they're road games. ISU should be top 20ish. Wash State, I think, is improving and I don't see any rpi killers there.

Still that's an incredibly ambitious schedule. Tons of opportunity. Also a real possibility to be done with any at large hopes early. That is land mine filled. I wish 8 other programs had those guts.

[Cdizzle]

I wish 8 other programs had those guts.

I wish some of those teams could just manage to build decent records against their crappy schedules. Loyola last year proved that is one way to have a decent but not great RPI that will help the league more than hurt it come conference play.

[Khan4Cats]

I wish 8 other programs had those guts.

I wish some of those teams could just manage to build decent records against their crappy schedules. Loyola last year proved that is one way to have a decent but not great RPI that will help the league more than hurt it come conference play.

It's actually the way the power conferences have gamed the system for their own good. Bulk up on cupcakes to build a gaudy W-L record so that even the bottom feeders in the conference come into conference with 8-10 non-conference wins (see Creighton, Texas Tech, VaTech...) The only time they leave home is to go to other power schools where a loss doesn't bite them. They try and limit exposure in tournaments by keeping 5-6 'elite' type tournaments where their top teams only face other top teams.

[unipanther99]

Have you guys projected forward on the schedule yet? Just curious. I would think SFA would be good again, probably not top 40 rpi though. Carolina should be top 10. CSU? I would think down with what they lose, but no idea what kind of program LE is building. How do you know the "buy" games are top 150?

NM should be stronger, Richmond? GMU and ND? At least they're road games. ISU should be top 20ish. Wash State, I think, is improving and I don't see any rpi killers there.

Still that's an incredibly ambitious schedule. Tons of opportunity. Also a real possibility to be done with any at large hopes early. That is land mine filled. I wish 8 other programs had those guts.

It's said that the 2 home 150 RPI buy games are part of Jacobson's new contract.

[Rollbird5]

ESPN's Andy Katz said Illinois State will play at Kentucky on Nov. 30.

per Jim Benson tweet

[Play Angry]

With Mock returning, UE *should* be solid next year. This year's schedule was frankly disgraceful, but next year's MTE in California gives me hope they will build a slate that at least gives them a shot at an at-large if they perform well.

Can UE fans provide an update on what other games have been inked outside of the MTE?