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justinhub2003 said:
Damn.

If next years "Never Forget Tribute Classic" is around the same time as last year (Dec 10th) then man thats a tough ass Stretch.

IF they keep the same timeline, we could very well play all our Marquee games back to back to back. Miss State and UCLA are already back to back. The Florida game time line could make it around Dec 9th.

That would look like:

Dec 9th (guessing): Florida (neutral)
Dec 12th: Miss State
Dec 16th: @UCLA
Dec ?: @Xavier


Add in that the Crosstown Shootout will probably be also played in December. That could turn out to be one of the toughest December schedules in all of basketball.
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It's been played in February, December, and January the last 3 years, though. Who knows when it will be.
 
I believe home court gets to decide but I could be 100 percent wrong. I fee like X choses it earlier in the year since their conference is harder? Like I said, I could be absolutely wrong.
 
GarradJ21 said:
I believe home court gets to decide but I could be 100 percent wrong. I fee like X choses it earlier in the year since their conference is harder? Like I said, I could be absolutely wrong.
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I wouldn't mind an early shootout this year. I could be wrong but I feel it hasn't been really early in awhile. Beat them and get the season started right
 
cincyguy13 said:
I wouldn't mind an early shootout this year. I could be wrong but I feel it hasn't been really early in awhile. Beat them and get the season started right
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I think I'm in the same boat as you, mostly because our roster isn't changing much. It sounds like Bluiett may be coming back, but they've got like 7 freshman that they're going to try to get acclimated. I know Scruggs and Marshall are going to be good, but they won't be that seasoned so early in the year. Would rather face them before they've been given time to gel.
 
#BearcatNation said:
It's been played in February, December, and January the last 3 years, though. Who knows when it will be.
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When we are home we schedule in jan or feb. usually during ESPN rivalry week.

Xavier always schedules it in December it seems.

I've also heard some rumors about it being in December but not entirely sure
 
GarradJ21 said:
I believe home court gets to decide but I could be 100 percent wrong. I fee like X choses it earlier in the year since their conference is harder? Like I said, I could be absolutely wrong.
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I always thought it had something to do with X using FS1 and we use ESPN.
 
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that the home team's network decides when and what time the game will be played. I don't believe the school has any say in it. These games are known before the conference schedule is created.
 
I agree with others that playing Xavier early in the year would be a good thing this season.

And I hate to re-hash, but once again about scheduling tough...

Scheduling tough = better home games = better attendance = more money
Scheduling tough = higher profile games = more media coverage = better recruits
Scheduling tough = better computer numbers = better NCAA seeds = better chance to advance in tournament

More money, more exposure, better recruits, better chance to win the March when it counts. That's why you schedule tough.
 
Robert said:
The non-conference opponents of Memphis are out: http://www.commercialappeal.com/sto...ketball-face-during-2017-18-season/324639001/

The list lacks a lot of big names, but there are a lot of really good mid-majors on there like NKU and Albany. I hope we can get some quality buy games this year. It could make a real difference in tournament seeding.
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It won't affect tournament seeding as we saw this past year. Our RPI was 12 and received a 6 seed. The committee places the most weight on record vs top 50. However scheduling better buy games would provide a test to prepare us for the bigger games.
 
RedlegZdid said:
It won't affect tournament seeding as we saw this past year. Our RPI was 12 and received a 6 seed. The committee places the most weight on record vs top 50. However scheduling better buy games would provide a test to prepare us for the bigger games.
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Unfortunately it is a moving target year to year. What mattered this year may not matter next year. Biggest issue with selection committee is the lack of consistency from year to year in terms of selection and seeding.
 
JasonS said:
Unfortunately it is a moving target year to year. What mattered this year may not matter next year. Biggest issue with selection committee is the lack of consistency from year to year in terms of selection and seeding.
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There is one consistent. They are continuously working on getting more schools in from major conferences. If a stat doesn't fit this agenda, it doesn't get used.
 
Good scheduling is all about increasing opportunity.
Last year we had just 6 chances at top 50 Kenpom wins

This year we could have :
WSU x 2
UCF X 2
Ucla
Florida
Xavier
Smu x 2


That's 9 just using the teams we know will be good.
Houston, temple, uconn and miss state could all be top 50 or top 100 at worse.

Basically at minimum adding 50% more chances at top 50 wins. And even more if other teams improve
 
#BearcatNation said:
Doesn't look like the committee cared much about KenPom. Wichita St. had the #8 KenPom, but got a 10-seed.
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To be fair, they didn't beat anyone. I don't care what their kenpom is, gotta beat someone.should they have been a couple spots higher, yes, but they shouldn't have got above a 6 or 7 in my opinion.
I think the committee wants to get big programs in but I don't think that really effects us. Cincinnati isn't as big as it once was but it still is a national program. If we are good we will get a good seed
 
Anyone know how NKU is looking this upcoming season? We've talked about all the other big names on the schedule, but you have to figure we worked out a home-and-home or something with NKU. Although I'm a little surprised we haven't heard anything yet.

NKU was obviously pretty good last year, making the tournament with an 87 RPI and 138 KenPom. They're certainly a better play than some of the other cupcakes we'll be facing.
 

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