2019-20 Schedule- Non-conference schedule to be released Tuesday, August 6

[Da Coach]

I remember that. Nice logic!

[Mikovio]

Radford is a great game for an MTE prelim. 22-11 last year, 137 NET and Big South co-champs. Unfortunately for them they lost their conference tournament final to Gardner Webb and lost the regular season title tie-break to Campbell who got the NIT bid.

[Da Coach]

It is taking a little longer this year to release the non-conference schedule for 2019-20.

I looked back to see when the non-conference schedules were released over the last few seasons.
2018-19 Non-conference schedule released July 26, 2018
2017-18 Non-conference schedule released August 16, 2017
2016-17 Non-conference schedule released June 10, 2016
2015-16 Non-conference schedule released June 3, 2015

Here is what we seem to know as of now-
-Possibly one more exhibition game (or a closed scrimmage vs. another D1 school)
-Possibly games with EIU, Georgia Southern &/or Little Rock (if those series were 2-for-1)
-IUPUI at Bradley - date to be determined
-UIC at Bradley - date to be determined
-Leading up to the Fort Myers Tipoff Bradley to get two home games vs. teams from what is described as the Hilo Division..
One will be Norfolk State, the other is suspected to be Radford
-Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 6 pm - exhibition game against Millikin University (D3)- LINK
-Tuesday November 19, 2019 - Norfolk State at Bradley - time TBA- LINK
-(not confirmed) Radford also at Bradley TBA
-Ft. Myers Tip-Off November 25-27, 2019 with home games vs, Norfolk State and probably Radford
-Monday November 25 - Bradley plays Northwestern in Fort Myers - LINK
-Wednesday December 4, 2019 - at Memphis (or poss. 12/3)
-Beginning of home-and-home with St. Joseph's - starts with game at St. Joseph's
-18 game MVC schedule
-MVC Tourney in St. Louis March 5-8, 2020

[wizard1]

It's too bad that the finalized BU schedule could not be out prior to season ticket mailings. Having the finished schedule could be a positive help to season ticket sales.
Wizard

[Mikovio]

Only about 120 teams have their schedules finalized so far, out of 353. It does seem slower than last year for whatever reason. This guy keeps good track of the schedules being released:

https://twitter.com/TheD1Docket

[Da Coach]

Bradley will release their non-conference schedule tomorrow (Tuesday, Aug. 6)
A couple of the teams not previously known include a home game against Toledo, and a road game at Miami of Ohio, both teams from the Mid-America Conference.

Toledo was 25-8 last year, and 13-5 and in 1st place in the MAC West Division.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/miami-oh/

They were upset in the first round of the postseason MAC Tournament by Northern Illinois, and got a bid to the NIT, where they lost their initial game at Xavier.
They are coached by Tod Kowalczyk, who formerly coached at UW-Green Bay from 2002-03 to 2009-10. One of his assistants at Green Bay was Brian Wardle, who took over as head coach there after Kowalczyk left for Toledo in 2010.

Miami (OH) was 15-17 overall last season, and 7-11 in the MAC east Division. They have had losing records for the last 10 seasons in a row-

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/miami-oh/

One of their non-conference wins last year was a 70-67 home win over Evansville.
They are coached by former Purdue and SIU assistant coach Jack Owens who is starting his 3rd season at Miami. One of his assistant coaches is former Drake interim head coach Jeff Rutter.

[Mikovio]

Toledo (67 NET last year) is a great addition and Miami (148 ) isn't half bad. Looking forward to the release!

[Da Coach]

Toledo (67 NET last year) is a great addition and Miami (148 ) isn't half bad. Looking forward to the release!

Next year may be a bit of a rebuilding season for Toledo. They lost 5 of their top 6 scorers from last year's team. They have a large freshman class, including 4 true freshmen, and a couple redshirt freshmen.

[Da Coach]

The Bradley 2019-20 non-conference schedule is to be announced today. In past years, the Bradley men's basketball twitter page released the schedule information. However, the Bradley twitter account remains suspended-

https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb

So it looks like the schedule info will not get out as fast or as widely as it always has.