2020-21 BB Schedule

[Bill Lowery]

Tulsa has scheduled Southern Illinois and Bradley for the upcoming season.

From the Southern Illinioisian...full article at the link...

SIU's men's basketball team has added an old conference rival to its 2020-21 non-conference schedule.

The Salukis will play at Tulsa this winter for the first time since New Year's Eve in 1997, when they won 88-67. The news was first reported by CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein and confirmed by SIU. The Salukis and Golden Hurricane last played in 2018 in Las Vegas, with SIU taking home a 79-69 win at the Orleans Arena.

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[Tulsafanzz]

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Better than scheduling Illinois State.

 

[TulsaFan2000]

Better than scheduling Illinois State.

Slightly... Just a great way to set us up for our annual early season meltdown.

 

[astonmartin708]

We will also host Bradley next season and play a return game with them the season after.

Bradley had a decent team last year (finished #104 in the NET) but they lost 2 of 3 double digit scorers so we'll see how good the matchup is this season.

 

[astonmartin708]

So we know 10 of the 13 opponents now. Here they are with pre-season computer ranking shown.

Home
Arkansas (53) Q2
Bradley (123) Q3
Northwestern State (175) Q4
UT-Arlington (183) Q4
Southern Illinois (210) Q4

Road
@Boise State (89) Q2
@Colorado State (110) Q2
@ORU (178) Q3

Neutral
vs Boston College (90) Q2
vs BYU/GMU (45/109) Q1

What a dog-crap home schedule (Besides Arky) Hoping we can get one more Q1/Q2 opportunity at home. That means somebody expected to be in the top 75. We only have one possible game that is expected to be Q1 and that's BYU. Arkansas has a chance to be really good with Musselman but outside of them or Boise, I wouldn't hold my hopes up for many gold stars on our non-conference sheet.

 

[Chris Harmon]

 

[I.I.]

Doesn't matter what the schedule is. Just don't lose any games you are supposed to win and win a few you are not supposed to win. Make the others go as predicted. Bingo you are in.......

 

[el duran]

So we know 10 of the 13 opponents now. Here they are with pre-season computer ranking shown.

Home
Arkansas (53)
Bradley (123)
Northwestern State (175)
UT-Arlington (183)
Southern Illinois (210)

Road
@Boise State (89)
@Colorado State (110)
@ORU (178)

Neutral
vs Boston College (90)
vs BYU/GMU (45/109)

Are we playing an 18 game conference schedule?

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Are we playing an 18 game conference schedule?

If we are just dropping Uconn, and still playing 18 games, that means only playing two teams once, instead of four. One home and one away.means we'll miss playing Memphis, SMU, Houston, and Witchita St. at home less often. That's good for the home schedule and attendance figures.