Could this be the year C-USA gets back to multiple teams in the NCAA? If it is, the non-conference schedules will go a long way to building the necessary resumes. So post your team's schedule as it is released.

MT Lady Raiders

NOV 11 -- at Virginia
NOV 16 -- vs Louisville
NOV 19 -- at Tennessee Tech
NOV 30 -- vs Ohio
DEC 03 -- vs Tulane
DEC 09 -- at Kentucky
DEC 13 -- vs Arizona State
DEC 17 -- vs Austin Peay
DEC 19 -- at Missouri State
DEC 22 -- vs Georgia Tech
DEC 28 -- vs Central Michigan

Fri., Nov. 11 at UALR (WNIT)
Nov. 13/14 WNIT*
Nov. 16/17 WNIT*
Tues., Nov. 22 at Arizona
Sat., Nov. 26 vs. Iona
Wed., Nov. 30 at SMU
Sat., Dec. 3 at Tulsa
Tues., Dec. 6 vs. Indiana
Sat., Dec. 10 vs. Incarnate Word
Sat., Dec. 17 at Missouri State
Thurs., Dec. 22 vs. Texas State

11/11/16 vs. Prairie View A&M Tudor Fieldhouse TBA
11/16/16 at LSU Baton Rouge, LA TBA
11/19/16 at Houston Baptist Houston, Texas TBA
11/22/16 vs. Grand Canyon Tudor Fieldhouse TBA
11/26/16 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK TBA
11/29/16 vs. Sam Houston State Tudor Fieldhouse TBA
12/03/16 at Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas TBA
12/11/16 at Texas Southern Houston, Texas TBA
12/15/16 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Tudor Fieldhouse TBA
12/18/16 at ULM Monroe, LA TBA
12/21/16 vs. Huston-Tillotson Tudor Fieldhouse TBA

Dont have our complete schedule yet,but we do start a series with tulane this year. We have miss state at home. Exams are a week later than usual which forced us to put off a game with ole miss.
We are playing Cal, xavier and northern Ky in an event in San Juan.

Marshall WBB Schedule

For the Non Conf portion:

Friday, Nov. 11 at Illinois
Tuesday, Nov. 15 FAMU
Saturday, Nov. 19 COASTAL CAROLINA
Friday, Nov. 25 at UTRGV Classic (Prairie View A&M or Sam Houston)
Saturday, Nov. 26 at UTRGV Classic (Prairie View A&M or Sam Houston)
Wednesday, Nov. 30 MORGAN STATE
Saturday, Dec. 3 at Penn State
Wednesday, Dec. 7 at North Carolina
Sunday, Dec. 11 BLUEFIELD COLLEGE
Monday, Dec. 19 LONGWOOD
Tuesday, Dec. 20 MAINE-FORT KENT

And for the conference:

Friday, Dec. 30 FIU*
Sunday, Jan. 1 FLORIDA ATLANTIC*
Thursday, Jan. 5 at Old Dominion*
Saturday, Jan. 7 at Charlotte*
Thursday, Jan. 12 MIDDLE TENNESSEE*
Saturday, Jan. 14 UAB*
Thursday, Jan. 19 BYE
Saturday, Jan. 21 at WKU*
Thursday, Jan. 26 at UTSA*
Saturday, Jan. 28 at UTEP*
Thursday, Feb. 2 SOUTHERN MISS*
Saturday, Feb. 4 LOUISIANA TECH*
Thursday, Feb. 9 BYE
Saturday, Feb. 11 WKU*
Thursday, Feb. 16 at UAB*
Saturday, Feb. 18 at Middle Tennessee*
Thursday, Feb. 23 OLD DOMINION*
Saturday, Feb. 25 CHARLOTTE*
Thursday, Mar. 2 at Rice*
Saturday, Mar. 4 at North Texas*

Matt Daniel and his staff just pulled in 4 star recruit Kristen Mayo.
Kristen Mayo

It amazes me the players Matt Daniel has pulled in at Marshall since he has been here. Off the top of my head since his 1st full year here he has pulled in 5 4 star recruit and a 5 star transfer. In 11 years at Marshall Royce Chadwick never had a 4 star player play for him as a recruit he recruited and only 2 to transfer in.

The thing is most people at Marshall don't think that Daniel is going anywhere. He has said so far that Marshall is the only school he would have left for when he was HC at Central Arkansas. We probably have Billy "The Kid" Donovan to thank for Daniel. He talked about in his introductory press conference that he was Donovan's 1st player that he offered a scholarship to. I think that kinda stuck with Daniel. He passed at went to Colorado State and Billy filled the scholarship with Jason Williams, who later followed Donovan to Florida. Also Daniel's wife is a dentist and she has started her own practice in H'Ton.

(07-29-2016 03:57 PM)Stephen Shirley Wrote:  Could this be the year C-USA gets back to multiple teams in the NCAA? If it is, the non-conference schedules will go a long way to building the necessary resumes. So post your team's schedule as it is released.

MT Lady Raiders

NOV 11 -- at Virginia
NOV 16 -- vs Louisville
NOV 19 -- at Tennessee Tech
NOV 30 -- vs Ohio
DEC 03 -- vs Tulane
DEC 09 -- at Kentucky
DEC 13 -- vs Arizona State
DEC 17 -- vs Austin Peay
DEC 19 -- at Missouri State
DEC 22 -- vs Georgia Tech
DEC 28 -- vs Central Michigan

Sheesh. Go 7-4, 8-3 against that and we'll have an at-large locked up by New Year's.

(07-30-2016 01:41 AM)theboro Wrote:  

(07-29-2016 03:57 PM)Stephen Shirley Wrote:  Could this be the year C-USA gets back to multiple teams in the NCAA? If it is, the non-conference schedules will go a long way to building the necessary resumes. So post your team's schedule as it is released.

MT Lady Raiders

NOV 11 -- at Virginia
NOV 16 -- vs Louisville
NOV 19 -- at Tennessee Tech
NOV 30 -- vs Ohio
DEC 03 -- vs Tulane
DEC 09 -- at Kentucky
DEC 13 -- vs Arizona State
DEC 17 -- vs Austin Peay
DEC 19 -- at Missouri State
DEC 22 -- vs Georgia Tech
DEC 28 -- vs Central Michigan

Sheesh. Go 7-4, 8-3 against that and we'll have an at-large locked up by New Year's.

Seriously. The only teams on that list who are "not good" are Tech and Peay and they're local historical rivals that will be a big draw. I'm already planning to make the drive to TTU. What a great schedule for us - the best part is we get 7 of 11 at home, and two of those are top ten teams in Louisville and Arizona State. It would be a stretch for the likeliness of this but if we go undefeated or 10-1 against that schedule we could be top 15 or 10 by the time conference play begins. Very impressed with the work Insell put into this.

Let us NOT forget how teams with relatively high RPI's can get "jilted" EVERY year(unless you are from a P5).

IMO this goes back to the bottom pulling the rest down.C-USA had five teams over the 200 RPI level last year and six the year before. A reduction to three would be progress.Our "basement" is too big.

Best to ALL C-USA teams in OC games this year!!

(07-30-2016 11:28 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  Let us NOT forget how teams with relatively high RPI's can get "jilted" EVERY year(unless you are from a P5).

IMO this goes back to the bottom pulling the rest down.C-USA had five teams over the 200 RPI level last year and six the year before. A reduction to three would be progress.Our "basement" is too big.

Best to ALL C-USA teams in OC games this year!!

Those "jilted" teams of which you speak generally have nothing more than a high RPI. You have to beat multiple (3+) other tournament worthy teams, preferably on the road, and avoid the losses to the basement teams. UTEP and WKy failed on both accounts last year.

I agree that the basement teams need to improve. Rice, FAU, UNT, UTSA and FIU have been horrible the past three years. That's just too many teams that are bad. But the top of the league needs to improve as well. In the past three years, UTEP has played a total of four P5 schools. Western only scheduled two P5 opponents last year when a couple more quality OOC wins could have gotten you into the tournament.

I like the future. MT and WKy will always be there. Marshall is making huge strides as a program climbing from RPI 262 to 189 to 128 and is going from one P5 foe last season to three this year. ODU has been consistently in that 125 range and just needs one or two games a year to climb into the top-100. Charlotte made the jump into the top-100 last year and hopefully can remain. UTEP bounced back from the nightmare season two years ago and just needs to schedule better in OOC.

im told everyone will be releasing full schedules this coming week.

(07-31-2016 07:29 AM)Stephen Shirley Wrote:  Marshall is making huge strides as a program climbing from RPI 262 to 189 to 128 and is going from one P5 foe last season to three this year.

You have to realize how low our program was and that no one in or around Marshall never really expect them to do anything. I always liked Royce Chadwick but his recruiting tactics was always all over the map. He recruited Texas (where he's from) to New York. And rarely recruited home grown talent.

Just the opposite of Matt Daniel has done. Daniel since he has been here. The roster hasn't been updated yet but right now Daniel has 6 WV kids on the roster (2 4 Star, 2 high 3star) and 2 Kentucky kids. I don't think any of them would have been offered even a walkon under Chadwick.

(07-31-2016 02:09 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  im told everyone will be releasing full schedules this coming week.

Take a look at my last post. Our schedule has been released.

MTsu will continue to take a BIG RPI hit every time they play FIU,etc..

(08-01-2016 01:15 AM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  MTsu will continue to take a BIG RPI hit every time they play FIU,etc..

We get the distinct honor of playing the Florida schools TWICE this year no less. Double the RPI killing fun.

I know we host Wisconsin in Charlotte, nothing released here though.

(08-01-2016 01:15 AM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  MTsu will continue to take a BIG RPI hit every time they play FIU,etc..

Unfortunately you're right. Hoping at least FAU isn't as crappy as usual this year. I'd be shocked to see FIU above 200 though I am crossing my fingers they're not too far below...

Looks like UTEP has decided to finally schedule some P-5 schools in OOC play.

Nov. 11 Northern Arizona
Nov. 13 Texas Southern
Nov. 17 Western New Mexico
Nov. 24 vs. LSU$ U.S. Virgin Islands
Nov. 25 vs. NC State$ U.S. Virgin Islands
Nov. 26 vs. Kansas State$ U.S. Virgin Islands
Nov. 30 Houston Baptist
Dec. 11 at New Mexico
Dec. 15 NM State
Dec. 19 TBD! Niceville, Fla. TBA (Alabama, Pitt, McNeese St)
Dec. 20 TBD! Niceville, Fla. TBA (Alabama, Pitt, McNeese St)
Dec. 28 Cal State Bakersfield

Maybe next year UTEP will also figure out that road wins count more for RPI and in the eyes of the selection committee.

(08-01-2016 07:33 AM)itsbraille49 Wrote:  I know we host Wisconsin in Charlotte, nothing released here though.

Charlotte Women's Schedule:

Thursday, Nov. 3--Pfeiffer (exh.)
Friday, Nov. 11--Wisconsin
Sunday, Nov. 13--at College of Charleston
Wednesday, Nov. 16--at Miami (Fla.)
Sunday, Nov. 20--Presbyterian
Friday, Nov. 25--vs. Utah#
Saturday, Nov. 26--vs. Boise State#
Thursday, Dec. 1--East Carolina
Sunday, Dec. 4--at Pittsburgh
Tuesday, Dec. 6--at Duquesne
Saturday, Dec. 10--St. John's
Wednesday, Dec. 21--Davidson
Friday, Dec. 30--at North Texas*
Sunday, Jan. 1--at Rice*
Thursday, Jan. 5--WKU*
Saturday, Jan. 7--Marshall*
Thursday, Jan. 12--at Louisiana Tech*
Saturday, Jan. 14--at Southern Miss*
Saturday, Jan. 21--at Old Dominion*
Thursday, Jan. 26--North Texas*
Saturday, Jan. 28--Rice*
Thursday, Feb. 2--at Florida Atlantic*
Saturday, Feb. 4--at FIU*
Thursday, Feb. 9--UAB*
Saturday, Feb. 11--Middle Tennessee*
Saturday, Feb. 18--Old Dominion*
Thursday, Feb. 23--at WKU*
Saturday, Feb. 25--at Marshall*
Thursday, March 2--UTSA*
Saturday, March 4--UTEP*
Wednesday-Saturday, March 8-11--Conference USA Championships (Birmingham, Ala.)

Now that is a nice OOC schedule for Charlotte. Looks like teams are getting the memo. This could/should be a multi-bid year if we have some good teams.

(08-05-2016 02:39 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  Now that is a nice OOC schedule for Charlotte. Looks like teams are getting the memo. This could/should be a multi-bid year if we have some good teams.

Charlotte has always scheduled like this.

(08-05-2016 03:04 PM)PSCNiner Wrote:  

(08-05-2016 02:39 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  Now that is a nice OOC schedule for Charlotte. Looks like teams are getting the memo. This could/should be a multi-bid year if we have some good teams.

Charlotte has always scheduled like this.

More of it needed, but fortunately it looks like it is trending that way thru all the schools this year.