BU schedule

[squirrelgotdead]

If it helps the team's NCAA profile, as a fan, casual or otherwise: What more do you want?

[TheAsianSensation]

If it helps the team's NCAA profile, as a fan, casual or otherwise: What more do you want?

Better home games

All kidding aside, from talking to more casual fans of the program, stuff like RPI and SoS don't come up often, and I'm sure that's the case with every other program out there. I'm just worried about losing those fans.

It is pretty tough to please everyone in a schedule though, of course.

[wizard1]

Schedule

SQD---As a season ticket holder and contributor for many, many years, I want to see competitive games against very good teams. While the road schedule is important, what is really important is the home schedule of games we watch which is what people pay for and expect to be good. With a good BU team and a strong schedule, the NCAA ratings will take care of themselves.

[shaunguth]

Truthfully, the games everyone is griping about could be worse. A LOT worse, IMO.

Yes.....it could definitely be worse......

____________________Bradley___illinois state__________________
_________Wofford______172____________49______Niaga ra_________
Western Carolina______189___________201______St. Bonaventure__
_____Idaho State______207___________290______Norfolk State____
__Loyola-Chicago______214___________297______Central Michigan_
____Presbyterian______215___________326______North Florida____
____________________________________339______SE Missouri State

Those are the home schedules (and last year's RPI) that we're aware of right now. The red games are the ones that each team scheduled on their own. Loyola and Niagara are Bracketbuster return games. Wofford and Presbyterian are on the schedule because they came in the deal that also put Oklahoma State and Illinois/Utah on the schedule.

Would I like to have a home game against a "marquee" name.....obviously, but I'm not going to complain about this year's schedule when I see what the fans down the road get.

[Nacho]

I believe the SEMO game for ISU is on the road...

[shaunguth]

I believe the SEMO game for ISU is on the road...

I believe SEMO is part of that awesome tournament at redbird arena.

[Nacho]

Correct sir... i think thinking of SIU-E

[BU RICK]

The thing I'm most frustrated about, today Is that we were told last week that the MVC schedule might be released last Friday and then last Friday we were told it would probably be released this Tuesday or Wednesday but that didn't happen an now it's Friday and nothing. Not that it matters much, we all know the 9 teams we will play twice, but I'm just interested in what the sequence of games will be because last season we played some big games, at home, over the Holidays when most of the students were gone and I hope that doesn't happen again this season.

[BU_EMT128]

The thing I'm most frustrated about, today Is that we were told last week that the MVC schedule might be released last Friday and then last Friday we were told it would probably be released this Tuesday or Wednesday but that didn't happen an now it's Friday and nothing. Not that it matters much, we all know the 9 teams we will play twice, but I'm just interested in what the sequence of games will be because last season we played some big games, at home, over the Holidays when most of the students were gone and I hope that doesn't happen again this season.

I could not agree more. I will not be pleased with ISU and SIU over the break again.

[dogsrus]

The thing I'm most frustrated about, today Is that we were told last week that the MVC schedule might be released last Friday and then last Friday we were told it would probably be released this Tuesday or Wednesday but that didn't happen an now it's Friday and nothing. Not that it matters much, we all know the 9 teams we will play twice, but I'm just interested in what the sequence of games will be because last season we played some big games, at home, over the Holidays when most of the students were gone and I hope that doesn't happen again this season.

OK..its settled...NO student break this year.

Go BU.

[tornado]

Here's a comment I found regarding the holdup of the Valley schedule.....

"As of Thursday afternoon...(we still didn't have)...the men??™s basketball
schedule from the Missouri Valley Conference. Once the Valley gets it to the
schools, it generally takes a day or two for the schools to check things out,
approve it and release it.

The holdup in St. Louis is ESPN, which is still putting together its college
basketball lineup for this season. Looks like it will be next week at the
earliest."

[shaunguth]

Announced so far......

____Sun, Nov 8__________Lewis *_________Carver Arena____2:05pm
____Fri, Nov 13__________BYU____________at Provo, UT____8:30pm
____Sun, Nov 15______Idaho State________Carver Arena____6:05pm
____Sun, Nov 22________Wofford__________Carver Arena____2:05pm
____Tue, Nov 24______Presbyterian_______Carver Arena____7:05pm
____Fri, Nov 27______Oklahoma St._______at Las Vegas____TBA
____Sat, Nov 28____Illinois or Utah_____at Las Vegas____TBA
____Wed, Dec 2_____Northern Illinois____at Dekalb, IL___7:05pm
____Mon, Dec 7_____Western Carolina_____Carver Arena____7:05pm
____Wed, Dec 16_____Loyola-Chicago______Carver Arena____7:05pm
____Sun, Dec 20_______Iowa State________at Ames, IA_____1:00pm

* - Exhibition

[Braves4Life]

I hope Western Carolina will be a Home and Home series. They won't be a pushover as they return their conference's freshman of the year plus 5 seniors.

[TheAsianSensation]

If we're doing a home-and-home on the east coast, we're doing it with an A-10 or CAA team, not Western Carolina, I hope.

[tornado]

we called Gary Williams (Maryland) to see if he'd play us or any Valley team, and he said he'd call back, but never did...

btw-- I never did get that call back that Larry Eustachy promised me personally in his email!

http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=107757#post107757

also-- I am anxiously awaiting the release of the Southern Miss schedule,
to see if they have their customary 4 regular season NAIA opponents this season.