(08-04-2014 08:16 PM)inductchuck16 Wrote:  Glad we got a quality opponent like VCU on our schedule. Duke, Michigan, and VCU. That's an impressive OOC slate.

VCU has made the NCAA tourney 13 times, their first appearance in 1980. And remember their final four run in 2011? They've made it back to the Big Dance every year since. Rockets will have their hands full.

The thing that should make you guys feel really excited is that with your three probable RPI top 50 out of conference games (Michigan, Duke, VCU) and maybe a couple of games vs a top 50 team(s) in the MAC schedule, means that just two top 50 wins and avoiding bad losses is usually enough for an at-large.

11/8/2014 University of Findlay
11/18/2014 at VCU
11/20 at Michigan,
11/24-25/2014 Legends Classic Bucknell, Detroit, Florida Atlantic, At Toledo
12/6/2014 Chicago State at Toledo
12/17/2014 Robert Morris Toledo, Ohio
12/29/2014 -- at Duke,
at Cleveland State
Arkansas State
Oakland will be coming to Savage next season.

@LegendsBBall: The bracket for the @LegendsBBall will be revealed on Wednesday at 10:30am (ET) on http://t.co/TYlZnyszUi.

Gotta be son games we dont know about. Im only counting 9 if Oakland is not coming. Last year we had 13 ooc games I believe

that's why the schedule hasn't come out yet

Here is the bracket for the Legends Tournament. As it turns out, the Rockets are not playing at Michigan. Rather they are playing at Oregon on Nov. 21. The Rockets will host Bucknell on Nov. 24 and play the winner of the Detroit-Maryland Eastern Shore game on the 25th.

Bracket: http://espn.go.com/pdf/2014/0804/ncb_leg...lassic.pdf

(08-05-2014 10:50 AM)indianasniff Wrote:  11/8/2014 University of Findlay
11/18/2014 at VCU
11/20 at Michigan,
11/24-25/2014 Legends Classic Bucknell, Detroit, Florida Atlantic, At Toledo
12/6/2014 Chicago State at Toledo
12/17/2014 Robert Morris Toledo, Ohio
12/29/2014 -- at Duke,
at Cleveland State
Arkansas State
Oakland will be coming to Savage next season.

Coach K said that Oakland was playing at Savage this season. Why did that change?

Ok, that sucks. So basically we loose out on an away game in our back yard vs a beatable B14 team and are now shipped out cross country to the west coast.

Well that sucks. I'm going to say that UM was scared to play us. I don't care if it's true or not. At least we got Bucknell at home. That's a good get.

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(08-06-2014 10:11 AM)emanoh Wrote:  Ok, that sucks. So basically we loose out on an away game in our back yard vs a beatable B14 team and are now shipped out cross country to the west coast.

Oregon got hurt pretty bad with dismissals in the offseason. Definitely a winnable game for you guys.

Even though VCU is a beneficiary, I don't care for these predetermined semifinals formats. You could beat Oregon and VCU and your reward is to carve the turkey at the kid's table. If they did an eight-team bracket, you could get something like:

Michigan
Maryland-Eastern Shore

Oregon
Toledo

VCU
Detroit

Villanova
Florida Atlantic

Then you'd get your Michigan game in the semifinals with an Oregon win (presuming they seeded Michigan first based on the original semi matchups).

But I guess that's part and parcel with college basketball tournaments these days. Too much invested in making sure they can sell tickets and raise TV ratings that they have to ensure only the top programs will appear in the main event. Kinda like the P5/G5 thing, in a way.

I really, really think Michigan had a say in us not play in them.I have no sources to that but just my guess

(08-06-2014 01:07 PM)T4C8 Wrote:  I really, really think Michigan had a say in us not play in them.I have no sources to that but just my guess

That was my feeling as well. Too scared to play us

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Boooooooo

Wow. I was looking forward to the trip up to Ann Arbor. Scaredy cats.

But Oregon has that cool floor though. Good TV. Lots of miles

(08-06-2014 02:51 PM)indianasniff Wrote:  But Oregon has that cool floor though. Good TV. Lots of miles

Will the UT/ Oregon game be nationally televised?

Update
11/8/2014 University of Findlay At Toledo
11/18/2014 Legends Classic at VCU
11/21/2014 Legends Classic at Oregon,
11/24/2014 Legends Classic Bucknell At Toledo
11/25/2014 Legends Classic Detroit or Maryland-Eastern Shore, At Toledo
12/6/2014 Chicago State at Toledo
12/17/2014 Robert Morris At Toledo
12/29/2014 -- at Duke,
at Cleveland State
Arkansas State At Toledo
Oakland At Toledo

Confirmed schedule from UT will be out later this month

Oregon floor

http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketba...ball-court

Don't care about the floor. Regionally and for our fan base I wanted to go into Ann Arbor and go head to head with UM. Winning in Oregon is a W, but not as big as playing well or Beating UM.

(08-06-2014 02:56 PM)indianasniff Wrote:  11/25/2014 Legends Classic Detroit or Florida Atlantic, At Toledo

It's Maryland-Eastern Shore, not FAU.