(04-14-2016 12:02 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(04-14-2016 09:07 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  Sad that Marquette is not involved this season (as well as Xavier). Oh well, it needs to happen at some point, and there are still some quality games to look forward to. Wisconsin/Creighton, Maryland/Georgetown, Villanova/Purdue and Northwestern/Butler should all be entertaining games. Providence will be rebuilding next year, although it looks like OSU is doing the same (with transfers to Austin Grandstaff, Daniel Giddens, Mickey Mitchell and A.J. Harris).

Rutgers/DePaul is just too funny. The stoppable force meets the movable object.

Maryland/Georgetown should be a lot of fun!
Too bad we couldn't also get Xavier/Ohio State and Butler/Purdue (or Indiana). Marquette/Wisconsin would've been nice, too.

Ohio State refuses to schedule XU, UC and UD OOC in basketball. Their AD admitted it is part of their scheduling strategy. The only way those games happen is NCAA tourney (with the exception of 2006 when OSU eagerly agreed to play UC after they fired Huggins and the whole team left the program).