It will be an entertaining way to start the season, should have a great crowd and atmosphere for that one. Screw Mizzou!!!!
2018-2019 Non Conference Schedule
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It will be an entertaining way to start the season, should have a great crowd and atmosphere for that one. Screw Mizzou!!!!
I'm still curious how decisions are made about including a 13th non-conference game or staying at 12. Maybe no advantage either way (because the extra game is likely to be a home "buy" game). Among P6/7 leagues, what percentage of teams do 30 vs. 31?
That mark puts them at about 95%+ to be in, so you've set the bar a little high. I personally think 9-4, 9-9 is probably enough.
You're probably right. I'd say 10-3 and 9-9.
2012-2013 Baylor was 9-9 in conference and 18 wins overall going into the conference tournament. Lost to 14th ranked Okie St first round, and was left out. That was their nit championship year.
Year before, Texas was 9-9 and 19 wins going into the big 12 tournament. Of course got a quality win against Iowa St, and that put them in. Otherwise, they were out.
If the makeup of the big 12 can stay the same, 9 wins should get you in. This year, the bottom 2 teams had 12 wins. Last year, the bottom two had 9. But the previous 5 years, going back to when it changed to 10 teams, the bottom two avgd 5.5 wins.
You only get 13 if your MTE gives you 4 games instead of 3. In the past, ESPN has contracted 4 low majors to play in a 'Maui on the Mainland' tournament at a campus site. Those 4 teams all play two games at two teams going to Maui and then play a 4 team tournament. The only tournnaments that do this are Maui and Battle 4 Atlantis. Iowa State will be able to schedule 13.
Last year when Iowa State played in 'Puerto Rico' they only had 3 games with that tournament, so they were capped at 12. The exception is if they would have contracted to play one of the other 7 teams within 10 days of that tournament, they can count that as the 4th tournament game. They chose not to and most everybody chooses not to.
This rule is why you're seeing more and more of those events where you get 2 games at home and then play 2 at a neutral site (All the Vegas events, Emerald Coast, Cancun, CBE Classic, 2k Classic, etc)
This might have been discussed, but do they seed the teams in Maui based off of preseason rankings?
That is not what I like to hear. Would set us up with a really tough first round matchup, although most matchups are going to be tough regardless of who we are playing
I know there were a few guy that will be on the roster next season that would love a crack at Illinois in the 1st round.
I doubt they do it exactly like that, it's probably a combo of program profile, previous season's performance and somewhat on expectation for the new season. Duke will be the top seed this time, I have no doubt. The rest could depend on what they assume would be the 2nd and 3rd teams on the bottom bracket to (ideally) get the best matchups in semifinal and final rounds.
That'll pretty much be impossible unless they draw the match-ups out of a hat.
