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The University of Toledo men's basketball team has set 11 of its 13 non-conference games for the 2015-16 season.

The bulk of the Rockets' non-league schedule comes from the Horizon League. The Rockets have scheduled half of the Horizon League's teams: Toledo makes trips to the University of Detroit and Youngstown State, and will welcome Oakland, Cleveland State, and soon-to-be Horizon member Northern Kentucky to Savage Arena.

UT also is confirmed for its first-ever Great Alaska Shootout. As part of the eight-team tournament, the Rockets will play at Loyola (Chicago), then three games in Alaska.

In addition to Alaska-Anchorage, the tournament's host school, five schools round out the field: Drexel, Middle Tennessee, San Jose State, San Diego, and UNC-Asheville.

The Rockets also will play home games against two teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Bethune-Cookman and North Carolina A&T. Both games are one-year contracts and do not require the Rockets to make return trips, Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk said.

As of now, the Rockets do not have a scheduled opponent from a power-five conference, one season after they played a number of high-profile games. The Rockets played one-time road games at Oregon, Virginia Commonwealth, and eventual national champion Duke.

The Rockets played a total of five opponents who made the 2015 NCAA tournament.

UT still is searching for two opponents to complete their ’15-’16 schedule, which is proving tough for the program.

Kowalczyk said he prefers to sign contracts that involve an opponent making at least one trip to Toledo. So far, he has not had many takers.

“I've been asking for a one-for-one, but that's been difficult,” Kowalczyk said. “We've asked a lot of teams. I'll even do a two-for-one with certain teams, but they just won't do [a game at Toledo].”

The Rockets won 47 games during the past two seasons, which includes a 25-5 record at Savage Arena.

UT frequently has played Horizon League teams during the tenure of Kowalczyk, who used to coach at Horizon school UW-Green Bay. The Rockets will have at least four rematch games in the non-conference portion of the schedule as a result. UT lost to Detroit and Oakland last season, but beat Northern Kentucky and Cleveland State.

UT typically announces the complete schedule in late August or early September.
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Good slate for a young team

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Rockets will face San Jose State in the first round of the Great Alaska Shootout. It will be on the CBS Sports Network.

http://www.utrockets.com/news/2015/8/26/...ath=mbball
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(05-12-2015 06:47 PM)indianasniff Wrote:  Good slate for a young team

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I concur.
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Good potential for rivalries and playing against local recruits with that Horizon League sched. I like it!
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I like the slate a lot. Power 5 schools dont like one for ones anymore, so those remaining 2 games, either find a one for one with a fellow mid major, or just give in and take 2 games at a power five school, maybe even nearby ones- Purdue? Notre Dame? Pittsburgh? Some teams that could be vulnerable if Rockets played their best.

or just give in the ship and go for Ohio State. Lets beat em on their home floor then.
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Full schedule has been released. Here are two links, one to a story about the schedule and one to the schedule.

http://www.utrockets.com/news/2015/8/28/...ath=mbball

http://www.utrockets.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
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Not a bad schedule for a somewhat rebuild year. This team will not be good enough to get an at large bid, so the more wins the merrier, whoever they are against. Also I like getting 3 neutral site games against decent opponents. The only thing I dont like, is once again like every other year the game at Buffalo is on a weekday! Only arena I still need to go to!
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(08-28-2015 11:25 PM)T4C8 Wrote:  Not a bad schedule for a somewhat rebuild year. This team will not be good enough to get an at large bid, so the more wins the merrier, whoever they are against. Also I like getting 3 neutral site games against decent opponents. The only thing I dont like, is once again like every other year the game at Buffalo is on a weekday! Only arena I still need to go to!

Very perceptive. No MAC team in, like, twenty years has been good enough to get an at-large bid.
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(08-28-2015 11:32 PM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote:  
(08-28-2015 11:25 PM)T4C8 Wrote:  Not a bad schedule for a somewhat rebuild year. This team will not be good enough to get an at large bid, so the more wins the merrier, whoever they are against. Also I like getting 3 neutral site games against decent opponents. The only thing I dont like, is once again like every other year the game at Buffalo is on a weekday! Only arena I still need to go to!

Very perceptive. No MAC team in, like, twenty years has been good enough to get an at-large bid.

Correction, yes they have...... They just haven't been picked by "the all knowing, bias selection committee."
08-29-2015 06:46 AM
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Decent schedule. No big names. A couple of cupcakes. The only thing I don't like is beginning the season with a number of games on the road. For a team like UT, I think it's important to get the fans involved early, and home games do that.

Now the women have a nice schedule. http://utrockets.com/news/2015/8/28/WBB_...ath=wbball
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I'll have to go to the home game Vs Oakland
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(05-12-2015 06:43 PM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  http://www.bcsn.tv/news_article/show/514359



The University of Toledo men's basketball team has set 11 of its 13 non-conference games for the 2015-16 season.

The bulk of the Rockets' non-league schedule comes from the Horizon League. The Rockets have scheduled half of the Horizon League's teams: Toledo makes trips to the University of Detroit and Youngstown State, and will welcome Oakland, Cleveland State, and soon-to-be Horizon member Northern Kentucky to Savage Arena.

UT also is confirmed for its first-ever Great Alaska Shootout. As part of the eight-team tournament, the Rockets will play at Loyola (Chicago), then three games in Alaska.

In addition to Alaska-Anchorage, the tournament's host school, five schools round out the field: Drexel, Middle Tennessee, San Jose State, San Diego, and UNC-Asheville.

The Rockets also will play home games against two teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Bethune-Cookman and North Carolina A&T. Both games are one-year contracts and do not require the Rockets to make return trips, Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk said.

As of now, the Rockets do not have a scheduled opponent from a power-five conference, one season after they played a number of high-profile games. The Rockets played one-time road games at Oregon, Virginia Commonwealth, and eventual national champion Duke.

The Rockets played a total of five opponents who made the 2015 NCAA tournament.

UT still is searching for two opponents to complete their ’15-’16 schedule, which is proving tough for the program.

Kowalczyk said he prefers to sign contracts that involve an opponent making at least one trip to Toledo. So far, he has not had many takers.

“I've been asking for a one-for-one, but that's been difficult,” Kowalczyk said. “We've asked a lot of teams. I'll even do a two-for-one with certain teams, but they just won't do [a game at Toledo].”

The Rockets won 47 games during the past two seasons, which includes a 25-5 record at Savage Arena.

UT frequently has played Horizon League teams during the tenure of Kowalczyk, who used to coach at Horizon school UW-Green Bay. The Rockets will have at least four rematch games in the non-conference portion of the schedule as a result. UT lost to Detroit and Oakland last season, but beat Northern Kentucky and Cleveland State.

UT typically announces the complete schedule in late August or early September.

U. of dayton also has a tough time in scheduling the power 5 conference teams to come to their arena. The more success you have, the powers don't want to play you at your place, even for a 2 for 1. I would hope that UT would establish a rivalry with Wright State or Valpo.
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(08-29-2015 09:36 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  Decent schedule. No big names. A couple of cupcakes. The only thing I don't like is beginning the season with a number of games on the road. For a team like UT, I think it's important to get the fans involved early, and home games do that.

Now the women have a nice schedule. http://utrockets.com/news/2015/8/28/WBB_...ath=wbball

Winning the Alaska Shootout would be a big deal to the fans.
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(08-29-2015 09:36 AM)DetroitRocket Wrote:  Decent schedule. No big names. A couple of cupcakes. The only thing I don't like is beginning the season with a number of games on the road. For a team like UT, I think it's important to get the fans involved early, and home games do that.

Now the women have a nice schedule. http://utrockets.com/news/2015/8/28/WBB_...ath=wbball

I agree, I think fans get that early season fever pitch and with so many games on the road makes it tough to capitalize
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The links below will give you an idea of which of the men's games will be televised. The Great Alaska Shootout is less than a month away.

Shootout coverage -

http://www.goseawolves.com/ViewArticle.d...=210000208

MAC games that will be televised, on BCSN or elsewhere (UT games could be added to these lists) -

http://www.utrockets.com/news/2015/10/28...ath=mbball
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