Non Conference Schedule next season

[awd4cy]

As it stands that is a very solid schedule and with having Michigan, Iowa, and UMKC at home I say 3 wins (Michigan is losing a lot come next year). Iowa will only improve with all those young players, and UMKC was pretty solid. The schedule opening with what appears four wins, first "test" with KC and then a possible SEC team that is matched up based on skill, I see us playing Vanderbilt. So this is good news going into 2 tough games and 1 tough, very important, lucky to be neutral game with UNI. Hopefully with no transfers until January this team doesn't need the meshing time like this year and last year, so we can hit the ground running.

LOL! When was this?

[ISUCubswin]

BallSoHard4Cy,I miss those threads you always started that got taken down 5 minutes later. Since you've come back, you haven't posted many of them. Maybe now that you are high on meds, you can get back to it.

[BallSoHard4Cy]

BallSoHard4Cy,I miss those threads you always started that got taken down 5 minutes later. Since you've come back, you haven't posted many of them. Maybe now that you are high on meds, you can get back to it.

If you want one, ill do it right now. Give me a topic.

[nallen34]

Ok I know it's been discussed before but since we're talking about meshing I see this as the potential starting lineup until January (When Maurice Jones can play)
G - Palo/Long (Morris redshirts because of depth)
G - Thomas/D-Walker (I don't think Okoro has it. Prove me wrong)
F - Hogue (Niang could play this spot because he is a little undersized)
F - Ejim (Niang comes off the bench. Could win 6th man awards, much like McGee for Babb this year.)
C - Gibson (Amardi, from what I've seen, is not going to be a Big 12 caliber player. Probably like Booker minus the shooting ability. He is consistent, unlike Booker. He is just consistently not a Big 12 caliber player.

I like this lineup. We just need January to roll around and save us though.

Yeah I don't think Morris will red-shirt either. It's possible though if Bubu stays on the team. Also Hogue will not start IMO. Ejim will start at the SF and Niang at the PF.

[cyclones500]

Using your dates -- a few random fill-ins:


Fri Nov 8 Longwood

Tues Nov 12 SIU-Edwardsville

Wed Nov 20 Jackson State

Sun Nov 24 North Dakota

Sun Dec 1 UMKC

Tues Dec 3 Big 12/SEC challenge — at Vanderbilt

Fri Dec 6 Iowa

Wed Dec 10 Michigan

Sat Dec 14 UNI @ WF Arena

Sun Dec 22 Diamond Head Classic:

6 of 8 in 2013 Diamond Head Classic field announced - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Hawaii
George Mason
Iowa State
St. Mary’s
Oregon State
South Carolina

My guess about the matchups, not the bracketing, missing the other 2:
Hawaii vs. (big-conference TBA)
South Carolina vs. (high-mid-major TBA)
Iowa State vs. George Mason
Oregon State vs. St. Mary’s

Tues Dec 31 @ BYU

[megamanxzero35]

Really? I heard home vs home series. Where did you hear that? If that's true odds are that game will be on a Saturday since the last 7 out of 8 games BYU has played in that arena have been played on a Saturday according to this article:

BYU at EnergySolutions Arena | The Official Site of BYU Athletics

The only reference I have is that BYU fan that was on here before their game. I asked if he knew if we were making a return trip, he said if we did it would probably be at the Jazz's arena as they don't get many high majors in their place and most of the time when a high major makes a trip out there they do play in that arena.

I have nothing saying where we are playing just his word that BCS league teams rarely play on their court.

[CycloneYoda]

Who, besides Burke, do you see going pro early? I don't think any of their freshman will be one and done.

Little Hardaway is making his case. Little Dog Robinson could probably use another year or two of development. Maybe they all don't bolt this year, but if they make a deep run, the NBA is going to want all 3.

[ZJohnson]

Ok I know it's been discussed before but since we're talking about meshing I see this as the potential starting lineup until January (When Maurice Jones can play)
G - Palo/Long (Morris redshirts because of depth)
G - Thomas/D-Walker (I don't think Okoro has it. Prove me wrong)
F - Hogue (Niang could play this spot because he is a little undersized)
F - Ejim (Niang comes off the bench. Could win 6th man awards, much like McGee for Babb this year.)
C - Gibson (Amardi, from what I've seen, is not going to be a Big 12 caliber player. Probably like Booker minus the shooting ability. He is consistent, unlike Booker. He is just consistently not a Big 12 caliber player.

I like this lineup. We just need January to roll around and save us though.

Stopped reading after this statement...

[Wesley]

The Big 12/SEC challenge is in the works. Not sure who we would play.

I want Auburn.

[SyracuseCyclone]

Looks good so far. Michigan should get 2 of Hardaway, Robinson, and Stauskas back with Horford, McGary, and Morgan and a couple recruits so should be good for preseason top 5-10 plus with the Hoks in Hilton that should be plenty make season ticket holders happy. Diamond Head is on regular TV when nothing else is on thats good exposure and I'd guess the brackets of it should set up for ISU to get a bad team first round and only have to win the semi against a tough team to make the final. @ BYU is a respectable road game and they'll be down a bit next year so good chance of a W. Plus an SEC team.


Actually might be a good enough schedule that you don't need to add one more "marquee" game and can pick and chose your crappy teams to bring to Ames to light it up on. This years schedule isn't bad since all those teams have done well and kept winning just needed one more big game to really lift SOS. Regardless well done Hoiberg and Pollard. Will be a disgrace if Jones can't play ball till mid December.

[peteypie]

I've decided next years non-conference schedule doesn't matter. We will all try to discredit any team we beat because they must suck, because we suck.

[KFitzy87]

nallen, you're back! I missed you buddy

[Thompsonclone21]

I don't see how Niang doesn't start next year. He will arguably be our best player and it wouldn't surprise me if he leads us in scoring. That being said, does Ejim slide to the 3 so he, Niang and Gibson can all start?

[Clone_12]

I've decided next years non-conference schedule doesn't matter. We will all try to discredit any team we beat because they must suck, because we suck.

What?

BYU has a CHANCE of getting into the tourney as an at large, other than that, we haven't beaten anyone that will get in without winning their conference tourney. And we have a LOT of improving to do as a team if we want to have the season we are capable of.

When people say this kind of stuff it doesn't mean they think we "suck", or that they are rooting against us. I hope as much if not more than anyone that we get things figured out, like we did last year. But you'd have to be pretty naive to think we've played well this season.

[peteypie]

What?

BYU has a CHANCE of getting into the tourney as an at large, other than that, we haven't beaten anyone that will get in without winning their conference tourney. And we have a LOT of improving to do as a team if we want to have the season we are capable of.

When people say this kind of stuff it doesn't mean they think we "suck", or that they are rooting against us. I hope as much if not more than anyone that we get things figured out, like we did last year. But you'd have to be pretty naive to think we've played well this season.

And you have to be pretty niave to think we've played THAT bad. Is there room to improve? yes. But we are still way ahead of last years team. And anytime I bring up something like hey BYU is kicking the **** out of Vtech (a hopeful tourney team) people like you put down vtech because they must be bad. Then I say hey UMKC (remember that team we beat by 15 and people still had a meltdown) barely lost to KSU, you say, KSU sucks, they have no offense.

Maybe this is all true, all I'm trying to point out is that there are tournament hopeful teams out there doing a lot worse against the same competition that we beat handily that people were melting down about. Now you must justify your melting down by saying whatever second hand competition must suck.