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We have 11 non conference games set. Last season we played 14 so you have to think we have at least 3 more games to add to our schedule.

Now I know the athletic department has a lot going on right now, but I feel like our non conference schedule should be announced by now. I know some teams announced their schedule in mid July.

Only 5 A10 teams have not announced their non conference schedule yet. I guess we're trying to be last again though.

The A10 should be announcing the conference schedule this week.

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dont forget that steve begins tracking uncovered dates on the home page at http://www.billikens.com/ most of our non-conference schedule has been solved and posted there.

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Good God our OOC is weak. If we have more than one loss before the conference season then I think I would consider that a dissapointment. at Washington, New Mexico at home, Kansas, Valpo. We should win 3 of those.

The rest of the schedule at a glance looks like the only drama is watching to see if we are going to cover 12-15 point lines.

Wow.

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Good God our OOC is weak. If we have more than one loss before the conference season than I think I would consider that a dissapointment. at Washington, New Mexico at home, Kansas, Valpo. We should win 3 of those.

The rest of the schedule at a glance looks like the only drama is watching to see if we are going to cover 12-15 point lines.

Wow.

Try 20+ point lines over North Texas, UT Martin, Savannah State, SIUC, SIUE, Eastern Illinois.

Only 5 of these games should be close (New Mex, TA&M, KU/Wash St, Valpo, Washington)

1:30PM start time for Senior "Night" vs La Salle.

9PM start time for Butler.

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Try 20+ point lines over North Texas, UT Martin, Savannah State, SIUC, SIUE, Eastern Illinois.

Only 5 of these games should be close (New Mex, TA&M, KU/Wash St, Valpo, Washington)

1:30PM start time for Senior "Night" vs La Salle.

9PM start time for Butler.

According to Tommy T. the Washington game starts at 11 P.m. St. Louis time.

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We have 1 true non-conference road game. The Tournament committee is going to make us earn our seed. I always used to get riled up about the BCS conference schools that did that; now we're doing it. Maybe that means we're not a mid-major after all, eh?

That said, we need to be 3-0 heading into the Tuesday game of the CBE Classic- hopefully vs. KU. We need to be 4-1 or 5-0 heading to Washington. And we can't afford more than one loss in that incredibly long home stretch, from 12/2 to 1/10. If we're any worse than 12-3 heading to Temple, that will be a disappointment. I'd feel good about 13-2 and ecstatic if we're better than that.

This schedule certainly gives us the opportunity to finish with 5 or fewer regular season losses, but it doesn't give us much room for stumbles. Here's to hoping we plow through it.

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Well, no surprises and yes our OOC schedule is as weak as feared.

Couple things that jumped out at me:

- Our first conference game isn't until Jan 10. Last year is was Jan 4. Looks like the regular season goes a little later this year so it certainly makes sense.

- The Feb 19 home game vs. VCU followed by a Friday night game at Butler on ESPNU is good stuff. A road trip to Indy for the weekend could be fun.

- Looks like the Jan 23/26 games at Duq and St. B will be a single road trip. They may do the same for the Fordham/Richmond games on Feb 6/9

As far as t.v., it looks like we'll be on nationally at least 10 times (2 from the CBE, 6 on CBS Sports Network and 2 on ESPNU). I have no idea what A-10 TV is and last year CBS Sports Network Regional only meant Charter would show the game so I don't count those as national. Anybody know what A-10 TV is? Hopefully May will find a way to get us on t.v. for the remaining road games, especially the Washington game.

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By the way, I don't like the move from 11/9 to 11/12 for the USC-Upstate game. More time to practice, but I'd rather see 2 days between that and the Santa Clara game.

That 10-day stretch between North Texas and UT-Martin is going to feel like forever. This board will surely descend into madness in that time. We also have week-long stretches between Temple and Rhode Island (1/12-1/19) and Richmond and Charlotte (2/9-2/16). Three stretches of one week or more without a game seems like a lot.

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Another thought: given the fact that we have 2 neutral games and 1 road game, if by some chance we lose the Texas A&M games or Kansas loses to Washington State and we win the first game, our SOS will suffer a huge blow if Kansas ends up not being on the schedule.

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By the way, I don't like the move from 11/9 to 11/12 for the USC-Upstate game. More time to practice, but I'd rather see 2 days between that and the Santa Clara game.

That 10-day stretch between North Texas and UT-Martin is going to feel like forever. This board will surely descend into madness in that time. We also have week-long stretches between Temple and Rhode Island (1/12-1/19) and Richmond and Charlotte (2/9-2/16). Three stretches of one week or more without a game seems like a lot.

-those long stretches between games will need to be used wisely by the staff, wish Rick would be there to guide those

-when does the underlined ever happen??? :o

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