What is the latest date in school history as to when Ohio officially released its full men’s basketball schedule?
They were just waiting on you to get one last dig :)
https://ohiobobcats.com/sports/mbball/schedule?fbclid=IwY... New games not accounted for previously
Sat 11/9 vs UNC-Asheville
Wed 12/18 vs Austin Peay
No return with Davidson
Bummer about Davidson, but happy with the UNC-Asheville add. 22 wins a year ago and a tourney appearance before that.
Looks like it returns an experienced roster. Losing its top scorer, but the remaining top 5 players in terms of minutes and points after him returning.
Repeating myself, but I do think this is one of our better non-conference schedules.
I think it's an average one. Good that we don't waste a date with students on campus on the non-D1 game. Two home Saturday games against D1s with students on campus should be the minimum and we got it. I know we're making calls across the power conferences, but Memphis and maybe South Florida is not going to create much at-large buzz. Memphis is in complete disarray. I think that game is now a toss-up. And keep in mind we have the Sun Belt game in February which is a better spot than having another date in November/December. That's another home Saturday game, but when basketball enthusiasm is in full swing, and it won't be flexed to a Friday.
I'm not factoring in when the games are being played as part of the overall quality.
Looking at opponents only -- JMU, Memphis, Morehead, and potentially a game against USF would give us games against 4 tourney teams from a season ago. I say that acknowledging JMU's coach is now at Vandy and Morehead's is at JMU. Both seem to have reloaded, nonetheless.
Now we add an experienced UNC-Asheville team coming off 22 wins and a tourney appearance before that. AP won 19 games and returns its best player (among others) down the stretch on team that lost in the ASUN finals.
God forbid we do knock of USF, we're likely looking at Princeton who has an NBA prospect and is Ivy League favorites yet again. Muskingum and RMU are the only two stinkers. If we're winning more than not as expected, the second SBC game becomes that much better. There's a lot to like about this schedule IMO.
Last Edited: 9/9/2024 11:09:56 AM by FJC31