Time to start this up with this announcement the UT has a home and home with Richmond coming.

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/...85185?s=20

Bahamas tourney as well

BD Global organized event next season, likely The Islands of the Bahamas Showcase:
•Toledo
•Loyola Marymount
•Drexel
•Charlotte
•Samford
•Lehigh
•Valparaiso

Michigan State will host Toledo as part of its 21-22 non-conference schedule.

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Toledo will host Valparaiso on November 9th, the opening night of the college basketball season. This is the start of a new home and home series that will see the Rockets travel to the ARC in the 2022-23 season. #MVCHoops #MACtion

Looks like Toledo’s schedule is going to be tough!!

Should we schedule Arizona State?

(05-13-2021 01:34 PM)Rocket75 Wrote:  Should we schedule Arizona State?

I would fly to Arizona for that one!!

How about a home and home with Arizona State? They play here this year. Marreon could have one final game before the local crowd. We did not get to see him play in person this year due to Covid so it would be awesome to give him a standing ovation one last time---even if he is with our opponent.

I think Bradley and Detroit both owe us games at Savage this upcoming season from home and home series games played on the road two years ago and which were not scheduled during the COVID season. If we continue the home and home series with Cleveland St, we will play them on the road this upcoming season.

My understanding is Marshall and Bradley are both headed to Savage and we travel to Cleveland St, to complete existing home and home agreements. Jones may well be right about the Detroit game too, but I can't recall that one.

My version looks like

Valpo
Bradley
Marshall
Detroit ?
@Cleveland St
@ MSU
@ Richmond
Bahamas tourney neutral court 3 games (Lehigh, Samford, Charlotte, Loyola Marymount, Drexel, Valpo (other side of the bracket presumably), 1 more team maybe MWC or Sun Belt based on past fields)
1 more non-conf game probably home (would like to see this be another solid opponent A10, AAC, lower level Big East/Big10, wouldn't be surprised to see a Horizon or Valley team here)

(05-13-2021 02:16 PM)Rocket75 Wrote:  How about a home and home with Arizona State? They play here this year. Marreon could have one final game before the local crowd. We did not get to see him play in person this year due to Covid so it would be awesome to give him a standing ovation one last time---even if he is with our opponent.

That's a great idea across the sport.

Great schedule so far

I’d love to see us do 1:1’s with Loyola ILL, Duquesne and St Bonaventure.

No more Detroit or Wright State.

(05-14-2021 08:08 AM)Nick in Cleveland Wrote:  Great schedule so far

I’d love to see us do 1:1’s with Loyola ILL, Duquesne and St Bonaventure.

No more Detroit or Wright State.

Detroit or Oakland or Wright are nice games for both teams because they are close. I would like a Purdue Fort Wayne series for purely selfish reasons


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(05-14-2021 10:25 AM)indianasniff Wrote:  

(05-14-2021 08:08 AM)Nick in Cleveland Wrote:  Great schedule so far

I’d love to see us do 1:1’s with Loyola ILL, Duquesne and St Bonaventure.

No more Detroit or Wright State.

Detroit or Oakland or Wright are nice games for both teams because they are close. I would like a Purdue Fort Wayne series for purely selfish reasons


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^^ Yes !!

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CO5uAy4hD4K...37zcvkb4p4
My son sent me this clip from Ryan I guess playing pick up ball, looks a lot bigger around the shoulders, and shot looking good really excited about his future

one of those guys who will just keep getting better. loves to play. has great feel and fundamentals, plus the natural athleticism.

4 year series with Oakland announced

https://twitter.com/thed1docket/status/1...87938?s=21

December 4th 2021

Dec 3rd, 2022: Oakland at Toledo
Dec 2nd, 2023: Toledo at Oakland
Dec 7th, 2024: Oakland at Toledo.


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Solid series to conintue. Easy travel, modest costs. Respectable opponent. I like that the games are all scheduled during fall semester and the students and band will be there. Oakland is a kind of like a MAC auxilliary opponent. What is interesting is the series resumes there, which means we got 9 scheduled games out of a possible 11. Of those 9, there are 4 true road, 3 neutral court road, and only 2 home games. Hopefully, we get that Bradley return game that was taken off the schedule because of COVID before last season. Iʻd previously posted that we owed a return game to Cleveland St, but checked the history and that 4 game series started there, and finished last season. Iʻm assuming we get another home game, regardless of the Bradley situation. Itʻs been a while since we brought in a big name team to Savage, probably since Joplin beat OSU. The closest was probably Penn and St Joes in the same season (Joplin had Depaul and Xavier too, Coach Weshallnotsayhisname had Umass and I think Alabama) Like everyone Iʻd love to see us find a way to get a Big 10 or Big East type team in here, even a lower level one like Northwestern or Depaul or Pitt. More realistic might be a lower profile MW, American or A10 team on a home and home basis beginning at Toledo. If itʻs a buy game. Hoping itʻs not a complete unknown D1 UT-River Grande type team or a D3 in anything other than an exhibition. I prefer paying an Ivy, Army, Navy, well known HBCU like Howard or Hampton. Iʻd do a home and home with an Academy or Howard or Florida A&M, best band in the country and UT would be a big non-conf home game for them. Would be a fun game for the team and an enticing road trip for UT fans. If you add a solid opponent to Marshall,. Detroit and Bradley, thatʻs a respectable home schedule.

Gotta have a garbage opponent you can clear the bench for. It’s the only time those kids will play with TK at the helm never going beyond 7 deep

Old bit I know


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(05-14-2021 12:51 PM)FMRocket Wrote:  

(05-14-2021 10:25 AM)indianasniff Wrote:  

(05-14-2021 08:08 AM)Nick in Cleveland Wrote:  Great schedule so far

I’d love to see us do 1:1’s with Loyola ILL, Duquesne and St Bonaventure.

No more Detroit or Wright State.

Detroit or Oakland or Wright are nice games for both teams because they are close. I would like a Purdue Fort Wayne series for purely selfish reasons


And why not Wright State ? Because they have been
kicking UT's but. Time to turn the tables on the Raiders !


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^^ Yes !!

I would like a game play at Dayton. I think UT has always play well and tough (even winning once there with a last second bucket) in the UD arena, great venue for Rocket fans to see. They have remodeled the arena.

coach k has said that heʻs tried every which way (home n home, 2 for 1, single road game) to play UC, X, and Dayton. Last year he finally broke through and got X to play us, but Dayton has been unwilling.

None of them are worth more than a home and home unless we're desperate to fill a sudden hole in the schedule. It's bad messaging any other way.