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RE: 2017-18 Basketball schedule (non conference)
Thanks. Below is the non-conference schedule:

Nov. 10 vs. Alabama in Annapolis, Md. as part of Veterans Classic
Nov. 14 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock
Nov. 21 vs. New Orleans
Nov. 25 vs. Northern Kentucky
Nov. 30 at UAB
Dec. 2 vs. Mercer
Dec. 16 vs. Louisville at Madison Square Garden
Dec. 28 vs. LSU
TBA vs. Albany
TBA vs. Bryant
TBA vs. Siena
TBA vs. Loyola (Md.)
TBA vs. Samford

Mark is wrong. We played Loyola (MD) previously on 12/30/12 (we won). EDIT: he fixed it.
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One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt
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I'll call Bama vaguely interesting, too.

Bryant?!? Don't they make hot dogs?
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(05-16-2017 09:24 AM)jgardne Wrote:  One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt

Yeah, but I wouldn't sleep on a couple of those teams.

Albany - 129
Northern Kentucky - 138
New Orleans - 178
UAB - 196
Siena - 170
Alabama - 56
LSU - 172
Louisville - 9


8 out of 13 are top 200 KenPom teams. I think it's more balanced that last year.

Not sure if any of the home games are going to pull people in, but it's not a bad non-conference schedule.

Hopefully, the AAC gets to the point where we don't need to go through an early season gauntlet to get to the tournament.
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(05-16-2017 09:23 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  Thanks. Below is the non-conference schedule:

Nov. 10 vs. Alabama in Annapolis, Md. as part of Veterans Classic
Nov. 14 vs. Arkansas-Little Rock
Nov. 21 vs. New Orleans
Nov. 25 vs. Northern Kentucky
Nov. 30 at UAB
Dec. 2 vs. Mercer
Dec. 16 vs. Louisville at Madison Square Garden
Dec. 28 vs. LSU
TBA vs. Albany
TBA vs. Bryant
TBA vs. Siena
TBA vs. Loyola (Md.)
TBA vs. Samford

Mark is wrong. We played Loyola (MD) previously on 12/30/12 (we won). EDIT: he fixed it.

He's reading the board. You better get a check.
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We play only one true road game and it is at nearby UAB. Typically, Tiger fans send a couple of hundred of fans to the game, but lack of excitement and the Thursday date will likely depress our attendance (although I hope to go).
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Find the positive......

find a positive......

still looking......

positive??......


AH got one!! Maybe the wins vs cupcakes will push Tubbs over the top in his Hall of Fame quest. He will be acknowledged in Memphis. We will get some positive attention from his hire.
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(05-16-2017 09:24 AM)jgardne Wrote:  One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt

when you have a rebuilding team after losing a bunch of transfers you can't play Duke and Kentucky every game unless you like losing.

teams such as Alabama and LSU are beatable P5s...@UAB, Albany, and NKU are solid mid-major match ups...and Louisville is our old rival.

I'd love to see this team rack up some Ws early so they'll have some confidence going into AAC play where we will face teams like UConn, Cincy, WSU, SMU, Temple, Houston, etc. game in and game out.

GG Smith also returns most of his Loyola team that made a CBI last season.
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(05-16-2017 10:02 AM)gusrob Wrote:  Find the positive......

find a positive......

still looking......

positive??......


AH got one!! Maybe the wins vs cupcakes will push Tubbs over the top in his Hall of Fame quest. He will be acknowledged in Memphis. We will get some positive attention from his hire.

Which teams are cupcakes? 3 or 4?

And more importantly are we playing more cupcakes than most Major 7 programs? The answer would be no.

Cupcakes should be teams that are expected to be 250+ RPI teams.

This is basically the schedule we should be playing. A couple SEC teams, a couple cupcakes, and a couple strong mid majors.

Add in one or two big games like a Louisville.

The AAC should be a strong enough conference to make this type of schedule work, and get an at large bid.
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Really not that bad...

Alabama (should be really good next year, maybe #2 in SEC)
New Orleans (tourney team last year)
Northern Kentucky (tourney team last year)
UALR (recent tourney team)
Mercer (decent low major)
UAB (Rivalry)
Loyola (buy game - interesting b/c of the family dynamic)
Lousiville (rival - should be really good)
LSU (rebuilding, but interesting "name game")
Albany (really solid low major)

Others are just buy games which we need & have every year.


Really not all that terrible on paper.
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(05-16-2017 10:04 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 09:24 AM)jgardne Wrote:  One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt

when you have a rebuilding team after losing a bunch of transfers you can't play Duke and Kentucky every game unless you like losing.

teams such as Alabama and LSU are beatable P5s...@UAB, Albany, and NKU are solid mid-major match ups...and Louisville is our old rival.

I'd love to see this team rack up some Ws early so they'll have some confidence going into AAC play where we will face teams like UConn, Cincy, WSU, SMU, Temple, Houston, etc. game in and game out.

We will be fortunate to emerge unscathed from our mid-major games. Alabama and Louisville are losses. Our goal is to avoid embarrassment.
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(05-16-2017 10:25 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:04 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 09:24 AM)jgardne Wrote:  One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt

when you have a rebuilding team after losing a bunch of transfers you can't play Duke and Kentucky every game unless you like losing.

teams such as Alabama and LSU are beatable P5s...@UAB, Albany, and NKU are solid mid-major match ups...and Louisville is our old rival.

I'd love to see this team rack up some Ws early so they'll have some confidence going into AAC play where we will face teams like UConn, Cincy, WSU, SMU, Temple, Houston, etc. game in and game out.

We will be fortunate to emerge unscathed from our mid-major games. Alabama and Louisville are losses. Our goal is to avoid embarrassment.

If we can be competitive against Bama and L'Ville (both should be really good next year), beat LSU who is rebuilding, then escape the non-con with only 1 other loss...I'd take that.
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(05-16-2017 10:25 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:04 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 09:24 AM)jgardne Wrote:  One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt

when you have a rebuilding team after losing a bunch of transfers you can't play Duke and Kentucky every game unless you like losing.

teams such as Alabama and LSU are beatable P5s...@UAB, Albany, and NKU are solid mid-major match ups...and Louisville is our old rival.

I'd love to see this team rack up some Ws early so they'll have some confidence going into AAC play where we will face teams like UConn, Cincy, WSU, SMU, Temple, Houston, etc. game in and game out.

We will be fortunate to emerge unscathed from our mid-major games. Alabama and Louisville are losses. Our goal is to avoid embarrassment.

did you think we would beat South Carolina, a Final Four team, last season? I'm not saying we will beat Bama...but there's no reason we can't win that game on a neutral court.
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(05-16-2017 10:29 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:25 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:04 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 09:24 AM)jgardne Wrote:  One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt

when you have a rebuilding team after losing a bunch of transfers you can't play Duke and Kentucky every game unless you like losing.

teams such as Alabama and LSU are beatable P5s...@UAB, Albany, and NKU are solid mid-major match ups...and Louisville is our old rival.

I'd love to see this team rack up some Ws early so they'll have some confidence going into AAC play where we will face teams like UConn, Cincy, WSU, SMU, Temple, Houston, etc. game in and game out.

We will be fortunate to emerge unscathed from our mid-major games. Alabama and Louisville are losses. Our goal is to avoid embarrassment.

did you think we would beat South Carolina, a Final Four team, last season? I'm not saying we will beat Bama...but there's no reason we can't win that game on a neutral court.

Upsets can occur, but it is very unlikely we will beat Alabama. Sadly, the state of the program now under Tubby is we strive to keep the score respectable against good teams.
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(05-16-2017 10:42 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:29 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:25 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:04 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 09:24 AM)jgardne Wrote:  One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt

when you have a rebuilding team after losing a bunch of transfers you can't play Duke and Kentucky every game unless you like losing.

teams such as Alabama and LSU are beatable P5s...@UAB, Albany, and NKU are solid mid-major match ups...and Louisville is our old rival.

I'd love to see this team rack up some Ws early so they'll have some confidence going into AAC play where we will face teams like UConn, Cincy, WSU, SMU, Temple, Houston, etc. game in and game out.

We will be fortunate to emerge unscathed from our mid-major games. Alabama and Louisville are losses. Our goal is to avoid embarrassment.

did you think we would beat South Carolina, a Final Four team, last season? I'm not saying we will beat Bama...but there's no reason we can't win that game on a neutral court.

Upsets can occur, but it is very unlikely we will beat Alabama.

I'll take that as a 'no'
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(05-16-2017 10:42 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:29 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:25 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:04 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 09:24 AM)jgardne Wrote:  One good non-conference game against Louisville, in NY. The other vaguely interesting game, UAB, is in Birmingham

Phone lines are lighting up in the ticket office, no doubt

when you have a rebuilding team after losing a bunch of transfers you can't play Duke and Kentucky every game unless you like losing.

teams such as Alabama and LSU are beatable P5s...@UAB, Albany, and NKU are solid mid-major match ups...and Louisville is our old rival.

I'd love to see this team rack up some Ws early so they'll have some confidence going into AAC play where we will face teams like UConn, Cincy, WSU, SMU, Temple, Houston, etc. game in and game out.

We will be fortunate to emerge unscathed from our mid-major games. Alabama and Louisville are losses. Our goal is to avoid embarrassment.

did you think we would beat South Carolina, a Final Four team, last season? I'm not saying we will beat Bama...but there's no reason we can't win that game on a neutral court.

Upsets can occur, but it is very unlikely we will beat Alabama. Sadly, the state of the program now under Tubby is we strive to keep the score respectable against good teams.

Prediction: We beat Bama on the strength of Jamal Johnson's coming-of-age game.
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(05-16-2017 10:45 AM)holyterror Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:42 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:29 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:25 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  
(05-16-2017 10:04 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  when you have a rebuilding team after losing a bunch of transfers you can't play Duke and Kentucky every game unless you like losing.

teams such as Alabama and LSU are beatable P5s...@UAB, Albany, and NKU are solid mid-major match ups...and Louisville is our old rival.

I'd love to see this team rack up some Ws early so they'll have some confidence going into AAC play where we will face teams like UConn, Cincy, WSU, SMU, Temple, Houston, etc. game in and game out.

We will be fortunate to emerge unscathed from our mid-major games. Alabama and Louisville are losses. Our goal is to avoid embarrassment.

did you think we would beat South Carolina, a Final Four team, last season? I'm not saying we will beat Bama...but there's no reason we can't win that game on a neutral court.

Upsets can occur, but it is very unlikely we will beat Alabama. Sadly, the state of the program now under Tubby is we strive to keep the score respectable against good teams.

Prediction: We beat Bama on the strength of Jamal Johnson's coming-of-age game.

It would be a great win.
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All things considered, the buy games should be against better opponents than last year, which will help.
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Wins or not, the home OOC schedule is still very weak. If the Memphis admin wants to bring financial stability to the MBB program, there needs to be a much higher level home OOC schedule. Neutral site & away OOC games do nothing to motivate season ticket buyers (or even individual game buyers) & even wins against 200+ rpi schools do nothing positive for the program. We need, as we have for the past 6-7 years, a stronger OOC HOME schedule.
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