Men's 23-24 schedule thread

[Matt from A700]

Tue, 11/7 - vs. Northern Iowa
Sat, 11/11 - vs. Omaha
Thu, 11/16 - St. John's (Charleston Classic)
Fri, 11/17 - TBD (Charleston Classic)
Sun, 11/19 - TBD (Charleston Classic)
Sun, 11/26 - vs. Angelo State
Sat, 12/2 - vs. Mississippi Valley State
Tue, 12/5 - @ Boise State
Sun, 12/10 - Fordham (Brooklyn Showcase)
Sun, 12/17 - Mississippi State (Tupelo, MS)
Sat, 12/23 - vs. UT Arlington
Sat, 12/30 - vs. LSU Shreveport

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Thu, 1/4 - @ Wichita State
Sat, 1/6 - vs. Tulane
Sat, 1/13 - vs. Temple
Wed, 1/17 - @ East Carolina
Sat, 1/20 - @ Charlotte
Thu, 1/25 - vs. SMU
Sun, 1/28 - @ Florida Atlantic
Wed, 1/31 - vs. UAB
Sat, 2/3 - vs. South Florida
Wed, 2/7 - @ Tulsa
Sun, 2/11 - @ SMU
Thu, 2/15 - vs. Memphis
Sun, 2/18 - @ UAB
Sat, 2/24 - vs. UTSA
Wed, 2/28 - @ Tulane
Sun, 3/3 - vs. East Carolina
Wed, 3/6 - vs. Florida Atlantic
Sat, 3/9 - @ Rice

Edited October 23, 2023 by Matt from A700

[Matt from A700]

We've got 5-6 nonconference games left to add. So far only one at home (Omaha), and only Omaha shows the matchup on their calendar. Here's what else I'd like to see, in a realistic version:

vs. Tarleton (opener)
vs. UT Arlington
@ Western Kentucky
vs. Nevada
@ Vanderbilt
vs. Louisiana Tech

Edited September 11, 2023 by Matt from A700

[SUMG]

Dec. 2.....we host Mississippi Valley State

[GMG_Dallas]

8 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

We've got 5-6 nonconference games left to add. So far only one at home (Omaha), and only Omaha shows the matchup on their calendar. Here's what else I'd like to see, in a realistic version:

vs. Tarleton (opener)
vs. UT Arlington
@ Western Kentucky
vs. Nevada
@ Vanderbilt
vs. Louisiana Tech

Personally I have no interest in playing Western Kentucky or Louisiana Tech right now. We have to adopt the same scheduling mindset as big programs. Either a  strong opponent with a good NET ranking so a loss doesn't kill you come bracket time in March or a weak opponent that you're likely to beat. Beating WKU and La Tech does nothing for NET rankings/public perception but losing hurts. Two high risk, low reward games against programs we know too well who will be fired up to beat us. Hard pass.

[Matt from A700]

51 minutes ago, SUMG said:

Dec. 2.....we host Mississippi Valley State

This is confirmed? I didn't see this one.

[SUMG]

Came out a while back. Not sure where I saw it. Rocco Miller on Twitter.....is the king of basketball schedule news. 

[Shark84]

I think we still have a continuing series going with UTA. That should be a home game for us this year.

[southsideguy]

we get smut once at Moody?  It would be interesting how many would show up if the game was held in Denton.

[Matt from A700]

1 hour ago, Shark84 said:

I think we still have a continuing series going with UTA. That should be a home game for us this year.

I hope so, but the women have broken off that series and I don't see it shared on UTA's men's site either... 

[Matt from A700]

Just now, southsideguy said:

we get smut once at Moody?  It would be interesting how many would show up if the game was held in Denton.

No, SMU is one of the five teams we play both home and away.

I'll be at Moody as long it's not a weeknight 6 p.m. start.

[southsideguy]

good to know, I was thinking we didn't have a lot of home games in conference play

[NT80]

4 hours ago, SUMG said:

Dec. 2.....we host Mississippi Valley State

They were 5-27 last year.   Not a good opponent to draw home fans nor get us ready for our AAC schedule.

[Shark84]

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

They were 5-27 last year.   Not a good opponent to draw home fans nor get us ready for our AAC schedule.

I think we have plenty of good opponents to get us ready for conference play. You need to have a couple of cupcake games and since we can't get good teams to come to Denton, we have to fill in the home schedule with whoever we can get. Our strength of schedule will be one of the best we have seen in a long time with a lot of tough road games against quality opponents. 

[golfingomez]

13 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Let me know if I'm missing anything. Here's what our year is looking like so far.

 

Sat, 11/11 - vs. Omaha
Thu, 11/16 - St. John's (Charleston Classic)
Fri, 11/17 - TBD (Charleston Classic)
Sun, 11/19 - TBD (Charleston Classic)
Tue, 12/5 - @ Boise State
Sun, 12/10 - Fordham (Brooklyn Showcase)
Sun, 12/17 - Mississippi State (Tupelo, MS)

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TBD - vs./@ UAB
TBD - vs./@ East Carolina
TBD - vs./@ FAU
TBD - vs./@ SMU
TBD - vs./@ Tulane
TBD - vs. Memphis
TBD - vs. South Florida
TBD - vs. Temple
TBD - vs. UTSA
TBD - @ Charlotte
TBD - @ Rice
TBD - @ Temple
TBD - @ Tulsa

we only have one non-conf home game currently?

[Matt from A700]

1 hour ago, golfingomez said:

we only have one non-conf home game currently?

Apparently we've got Mississippi Valley State 12/2 as well.

[outoftown]

On 9/11/2023 at 6:39 AM, Matt from A700 said:

Let me know if I'm missing anything. Here's what our year is looking like so far.

 

Sat, 11/11 - vs. Omaha
Thu, 11/16 - St. John's (Charleston Classic)
Fri, 11/17 - TBD (Charleston Classic)
Sun, 11/19 - TBD (Charleston Classic)
Sat, 12/2 - vs. Mississippi Valley State
Tue, 12/5 - @ Boise State
Sun, 12/10 - Fordham (Brooklyn Showcase)
Sun, 12/17 - Mississippi State (Tupelo, MS)

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TBD - vs./@ UAB
TBD - vs./@ East Carolina
TBD - vs./@ FAU
TBD - vs./@ SMU
TBD - vs./@ Tulane
TBD - vs. Memphis
TBD - vs. South Florida
TBD - vs. Temple
TBD - vs. UTSA
TBD - @ Charlotte
TBD - @ Rice
TBD - @ Temple
TBD - @ Tulsa

I don't see Wichita State on that conference slate. Is that an error or is that correct?

[Coach Andy Mac]

4 minutes ago, outoftown said:

I don't see Wichita State on that conference slate. Is that an error or is that correct?

You are right.  That must be in error.

[NT80]

3 hours ago, outoftown said:

I don't see Wichita State on that conference slate. Is that an error or is that correct?

Here is the Wichita State OOC schedule  (no conference sched posted yet).  They already played 3 games in Greece in August, and have 8 home OOC games, plus 2 neutral games close by at K.C...

https://goshockers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

[Matt from A700]

4 hours ago, outoftown said:

I don't see Wichita State on that conference slate. Is that an error or is that correct?

Error, thanks for bringing that up. They are one of the opponents we play only on the road. Temple we play once at home.

[Glory to the Green]

14 hours ago, NT80 said:

Here is the Wichita State OOC schedule  (no conference sched posted yet).  They already played 3 games in Greece in August, and have 8 home OOC games, plus 2 neutral games close by at K.C...

https://goshockers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

I’ve noticed a few schools play/played games in July or August. Didn’t we do it in the early years of GMac?  Seems like a good way to get some work in. 

[meanJewGreen]

5 hours ago, Glory to the Green said:

I’ve noticed a few schools play/played games in July or August. Didn’t we do it in the early years of GMac?  Seems like a good way to get some work in. 

We played in italy one year. I think you're limited to one of these trips every few years? 

[NT80]

6 hours ago, Glory to the Green said:

I’ve noticed a few schools play/played games in July or August. Didn’t we do it in the early years of GMac?  Seems like a good way to get some work in. 

I think I read our players scrimmaged Bleed Green prior to their tourney run.  That should have been some quality practice.

[Glory to the Green]

3 hours ago, NT80 said:

I think I read our players scrimmaged Bleed Green prior to their tourney run.  That should have been some quality practice.

That’s right. I do remember hearing that. Thanks for the reminder. 

[Glory to the Green]

14 hours ago, meanJewGreen said:

We played in italy one year. I think you're limited to one of these trips every few years? 

That’s the trip I was remembering. Thank you!  

[GrayEagle]

On 9/11/2023 at 10:44 AM, southsideguy said:

good to know, I was thinking we didn't have a lot of home games in conference play

On the schedule shown earlier in this thread...the first five shown are home and away, the next four are home only and the last four are away only.  That gives us 18 conference games...nine home and nine away.