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uniftw wrote:Is scheduling hard? I mean, it's not that it's easy. However, when WSU and CU were in the MVC they didn't have issues scheduling. UNI doesn't have issues scheduling.

My guess is that it's schools not willing to actually really schedule up. More of a "See, we are trying but we can't get a top 30 school to come to us so we are just going to give up".

I'd say scheduling is pretty difficult at least imo.

What's difficult is getting return games against Power Conference/Big East & good A10 schools (even AAC schools). Many of the P5/BE schools would rather just buy home games and lower their risk of having to play TRUE away games in another schools arena, especially when the mid-major school is projected to be pretty good. Look at what NC State just did to Loyola. They took the 1st home game and the Keats took the cowards way out by not playing on the road.

I know at least with Valpo we've struggle to get Power 5/Big East & even good A10 schools to play us at our arena. We got Rhode Island to do a Home-&-Home and we beat them last year. We've been able to get plenty of good road games Kentucky, Oregon, Oregon St, Purdue, Northwestern, etc over the years, but the series are are much more difficult to land especially when your team is projected to be pretty good.

I even know certain MVC schools that refused H-&-H series with Valpo the 6-7 years... not going to name names but its tough and there is a bit of a Conference pecking order. The Big East has more leverage then the A10 and good A10 teams have more leverage then MVC teams and the MVC has more leverage then the Horizon.

I am very impressed specifically with how UNI has been able to schedule. Jacobson has definitely establish some nice relationships among coaching circles which have helped them.

The thing that bothers me is that we have coaches going public defending it saying "it's too hard to get games"

80%, if not not all, of MVC teams have a P5 game. ORU has 5 of them. But we can't get one.

I get you need home games but when it's a year you're suppose to be challenging for a bid, you can't schedule like this.

MSUDuo wrote:The thing that bothers me is that we have coaches going public defending it saying "it's too hard to get games"

80%, if not not all, of MVC teams have a P5 game. ORU has 5 of them. But we can't get one.

I get you need home games but when it's a year you're suppose to be challenging for a bid, you can't schedule like this.

Anyone can get the games. But to do so you have to take what is offered because unfortunately the MVC has absolutely no scheduling leverage anymore.

Red wrote:

MSUDuo wrote:The thing that bothers me is that we have coaches going public defending it saying "it's too hard to get games"

80%, if not not all, of MVC teams have a P5 game. ORU has 5 of them. But we can't get one.

I get you need home games but when it's a year you're suppose to be challenging for a bid, you can't schedule like this.

Anyone can get the games. But to do so you have to take what is offered because unfortunately the MVC has absolutely no scheduling leverage anymore.

The saying come tournament time is "Teams get bids, conferences don't".

While I disagree to an extent the same is true for scheduling

Teams create schedules, conferences don't.

Teams have far more to fear when it comes to playing UNI OOC than any other MVC team right now. The difference is UNI has respect nationally, and over a decade of proving that we will help your resume, especially if it's a loss. No one else has that, and no one else is willing to play on the road quite like UNI has been before.

UE"s OOC. 2 non D1 games Have at it......

Date Opponent Location Time/Result Details
11/10/2017 Arkansas State Evansville, Ind. 7:00 p.m.
11/13/2017 North Carolina Central Evansville, Ind. 11:00 a.m.
11/16/2017 Southeast Missouri State Evansville, Ind. 7:00 p.m.
11/18/2017 Binghamton Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m.
11/21/2017 Fresno State Cancun, Mexico 7:30 p.m.
11/22/2017 George Mason/Louisiana Tech Cancun, Mexico 5/7:30 p.m.
11/29/2017 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. TBA
12/2/2017 Oakland City Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m.
12/5/2017 Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio 6:00 p.m.
12/9/2017 Canisius Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m.
12/16/2017 Austin Peay Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m.
12/17/2017 Midway Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m.
12/20/2017 Duke Durham, N.C. 6:00 p.m.

sixth ace wrote:UE"s OOC. 2 non D1 games Have at it......

Date Opponent Location Time/Result Details
11/10/2017 Arkansas State Evansville, Ind. 7:00 p.m.
11/13/2017 North Carolina Central Evansville, Ind. 11:00 a.m.
11/16/2017 Southeast Missouri State Evansville, Ind. 7:00 p.m.
11/18/2017 Binghamton Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m.
11/21/2017 Fresno State Cancun, Mexico 7:30 p.m.
11/22/2017 George Mason/Louisiana Tech Cancun, Mexico 5/7:30 p.m.
11/29/2017 New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. TBA
12/2/2017 Oakland City Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m.
12/5/2017 Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio 6:00 p.m.
12/9/2017 Canisius Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m.
12/16/2017 Austin Peay Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m.
12/17/2017 Midway Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m.
12/20/2017 Duke Durham, N.C. 6:00 p.m.

I don't have too much negative to say considering some of the past UE schedules. No SWACs, only 1 MEAC (and their conference champ from last year FWIW), Couple of regional games with OVC, 2 MWC teams, a MAC, MAAC and Sun Belt each. 2 non D-1 doesn't bother me as they are better than adding 2 more SWAC or MEAC anchors.

Indiana State Non conference schedule

@ Indiana
Auburn (Charleston Classic)
Old Dominion / Temple (CC)
Clemson / Ohio / Dayton / Hofstra (CC)
Missouri at St Louis
Ball State
Air Force
@ North Texas
Indianapolis
UW Green Bay
@ Western Kentucky

mvfcfan wrote:Indiana State Non conference schedule

@ Indiana
Auburn (Charleston Classic)
Old Dominion / Temple (CC)
Clemson / Ohio / Dayton / Hofstra (CC)
Missouri at St Louis
Ball State
Air Force
@ North Texas
Indianapolis
UW Green Bay
@ Western Kentucky

Solid.

Trees have a very solid non-con. well done

Indiana State added a home game

Indiana State Non conference schedule

@ Indiana
Auburn (Charleston Classic)
Old Dominion / Temple (CC)
Clemson / Ohio / Dayton / Hofstra (CC)
Missouri - St Louis (non D-I)
Ball State
Air Force
@ North Texas
Indianapolis (non D-I)
UW Green Bay
@ Western Kentucky
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