2017-18 Schedule

[Cdizzle]

Could OU realistically be our RPI anchor this year?

Based on the young talent they appeared to have last year, a B12-buoyed RPI, and Lon Kruger as their coach, I'm gonna go with no. Even in the non-con portion. And there are still a couple of clunkers in the AAC.

[UCONN_Husky]

OU is tough to figure out. I had thought they finally arrived to the big-time stage, but perhaps it was all Buddy. It will be interesting to see where the program heads in the next few years.

[mini-shock]

OU is tough to figure out. I had thought they finally arrived to the big-time stage, but perhaps it was all Buddy. It will be interesting to see where the program heads in the next few years.

I don't think it was all buddy. I think Woodard underwhelmed and was injured. One bad season doesn't ruin a upward trajectory (hopefully).

[Cdizzle]

OU is tough to figure out. I had thought they finally arrived to the big-time stage, but perhaps it was all Buddy. It will be interesting to see where the program heads in the next few years.

They were a much better team when their starting senior PG was not hurt last season. They weren't very good without him. I thought they had some nice young pieces, and I don't bet against Kruger to put a good team on the floor.

[shocks771]

I would rank our non-con games as follows to date:
1. @Baylor
2. Maui Invitational (Semifinal & Final)
3. Oklahoma
4. @Oklahoma St
5. Charleston
6. Florida Gulf Coast
7. South Dakota St
8. UMKC
9. Maui Mainland Game
10. Chaminade (my guess for opening Maui game)
11. To Be Determined
12. Savannah St

[shocks771]

Oklahoma should be back to fighting for an NCAA berth this year. They had some good young talent and should improve quite a bit this offseason. That's going to be a good game.

[shocks771]

Arkansas State on December 19th added. Only one Maui related game to add.

http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article158317654.html

[Cdizzle]

RPI of 113 last year....return Top 9 scorers.

Somebody got out the checkbook for buy games this year. Holy moly.

I mean, that has to be 3 of the top 5 possible available buy games for this season. That's crazy.

[Play Angry]

RPI of 113 last year....return Top 5 scorers.

Somebody got out the checkbook for buy games this year. Holy moly.

Seriously, this is incredible.

[shocks771]

Home slate this year will consist of: UMKC, Charleston, Maui Mainland Game, Savannah State, South Dakota State, Oklahoma, Arkansas State, Florida Gulf Coast, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, South Florida, SMU, Temple, Tulane and Tulsa. Not too shabby.

[Cdizzle]

The "buy game cupcakes" on this year's schedule were all 30-50 spots higher in the RPI than 3rd place Valley team last year, and all return way more of their pieces than teams in the middle of the Valley pack.

We replaced league games with games against WAAAY better competition. And then replaced home buy games with games against teams still better than the Valley. I think they want to make sure they are ready when January rolls around.




















And April.

[Play Angry]

That's only about ~5 years' worth of quality home games during our victory lap era in the MVC, nbd.

[Play Angry]

Our OOC opponents, their RPI last season, and an educated guess as to whether that RPI will improve or deteriorate based upon returning firepower:

vs. UMKC (181) (-)
vs. Charleston (65) (++)
vs. Maui x 4 (TBD - likely Chaminade (no RPI impact), 2 games vs. Top 50 teams, and one mystery home game that hopefully is not a total grenade)
vs. Savannah State (282) (little change)
@ Baylor (9) (-)
vs. South Dakota State (152) (++)
@ Oklahoma State (41) (-)
vs. Oklahoma (162) (++)
vs. Arkansas State (113) (++)
vs. Florida Gulf Coast (88) (+)

That is incredible and the staff deserves a ton of credit. We have generally done a very good job building schedules over the last 4-5 years, but this is the best we've put together in the modern era IMHO.

[Dave Stalwart]

Our OOC opponents, their RPI last season, and an educated guess as to whether that RPI will improve or deteriorate based upon returning firepower:

vs. UMKC (181) (-)
vs. Charleston (65) (++)
vs. Maui x 4 (TBD - likely Chaminade (no RPI impact), 2 games vs. Top 50 teams, and one mystery home game that hopefully is not a total grenade)
vs. Savannah State (282) (little change)
@ Baylor (9) (-)
vs. South Dakota State (152) (++)
@ Oklahoma State (41) (-)
vs. Oklahoma (162) (++)
vs. Arkansas State (113) (++)
vs. Florida Gulf Coast (88) (+)

That is incredible and the staff deserves a ton of credit. We have generally done a very good job building schedules over the last 4-5 years, but this is the best we've put together in the modern era IMHO.

Awesome. And that is without even considering the impact of the American. This schedule would be a good schedule even if we were stuck in the MVC. Combined with this year's American schedule, and it's just unbelievable. I don't even know what to do with my life.

[ShanShock]

Awesome. And that is without even considering the impact of the American. This schedule would be a good schedule even if we were stuck in the MVC. Combined with this year's American schedule, and it's just unbelievable. I don't even know what to do with my life.

Hey you could give me your season tickets!!!Ha

This is super freaking AWESOME!!!

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