2018-19 Basketball Schedule

[sevelev711]

Doesn’t mean it’s not broken.

Didn't say it wasn't, but I am saying that I don't expect the NCAA to fix things until Duke is only pulling 2,000 for a game against North Texas.

[Born-a-Panther]

The reaction to our home non con schedule when it was posted on Facebook was... not good.

[r54uni]

I feel like the UNI Athletic Department has pulled the ol' bait-and-switch on us. Not the kind of non-conference home schedule I paid for?? I realize the struggles but this schedule is laughable!!

[Born-a-Panther]

I feel like the UNI Athletic Department has pulled the ol' bait-and-switch on us. Not the kind of non-conference home schedule I paid for?? I realize the struggles but this schedule is laughable!!

I'm pretty sure they tried everything they could. I'm not sure what the solution is at this point.

[CyCarp]

It is a terrible home schedule, but that's life as a mid major. There's no doubt in my mind our program want to bring in the best teams possible, it's just not easy. Really sucks that a coach as respected as Jake can't get anybody here this year. I will never understand why mid major programs/conferences don't work together better to get quality games for everybody.

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

I'm hoping that we can work out some deal with Iowa and ISU to play 2 for 1's or something in the Non Con when the big 4 in DSM is over this year.

I agree...i'm certain they did everything they could to fill out the schedule as best they could. I didn't buy my season bball tix for the non con schedule and i guess we'll get fat on wins vs some cupcakes at home and hopefully play a lot of kids who may not get minutes otherwise.

The valley schedule should be exciting.

[UNIAlum95]

If you didn't know anything about us and looked at that home schedule, you might not realize we are a D1 program... Ugh

[BCPanther]

Yeah, its bad but we have to earn some respect back after the league starts we've had the past couple years. How does it feel to be SMU or NC State last year and lose to what you thought was a pretty good team only to watch us absolutely **** the bed as soon as the calendar turned?

At least the 3 DI games we've got are okay. GCU should finish 2nd in the WAC. North Dakota's move to the Summit makes them a better metrics game just because they'll play a much better schedule and getting rid of the killer travel will help them compete better. Stony Brook has a shot to compete for an America East title with Vermont and Hartford.

My biggest concern is the month on the road, that's never gone well for us in the past.

[r54uni]

Not sure why we don't get other mid-majors on our schedule. I understand not getting top D-1 teams to come to CF but why can't we get any of the other 100 fairly strong mid-major programs to sign a home and home? A name on the jersey that people off the street may have seen on TV in March before - even if it was over 5 years ago would be better than what our schedule this year looks like.

[in_the_stands]

Not sure why we don't get other mid-majors on our schedule. I understand not getting top D-1 teams to come to CF but why can't we get any of the other 100 fairly strong mid-major programs to sign a home and home? A name on the jersey that people off the street may have seen on TV in March before - even if it was over 5 years ago would be better than what our schedule this year looks like.

Certainly a good question. My guess is most teams with halfway serious NCAA aspirations really want only winnable home games for the non-conference schedule; the RPI boosting can come at tournaments. Nothing worse than grumpy alumni/donors following an upset loss at home. But you'd think at some point there would be enough teams with n/c scheduling problems so that things would get worked out.

[sivert]

It is a terrible home schedule, but that's life as a mid major. There's no doubt in my mind our program want to bring in the best teams possible, it's just not easy. Really sucks that a coach as respected as Jake can't get anybody here this year. I will never understand why mid major programs/conferences don't work together better to get quality games for everybody.

The problem is that P5 schools are leveraging their TV$$ to force Home-only games for themselves. They do this because they can. Three parties consent to that, so "working together to get quality games" would have to involve at least one of the three to see a need for change. Here's the three:

1. P5 schools who have $$ TV contracts, allowing them to buy home games and make money on them.
   • They are NOT going to change what they're doing. It's huge for them financially. And with the NCAA selection committee trying more and more to make it a P5 NCAA tourney, there is less and less reason for them to avoid Home Cupcakes.
2. Cupcake schools who have zero chance for a At-Large Bid.
   • They go to buy-games to get a paycheck. They are probably not going to change, since there's nothing in it for them. improving their RPI (or NET) isn't a motive for them. If they make more money for a Away game than a Home game, why would they not go?
3. The NCAA. They could intervene and mandate a limit on the # of home games. Force schools to have no more than 1more Home game as Away. But they won't. There is too much money for the NCAA from the P5 schools. And a member school-level vote wouldn't work because ONLY the MidMajors would want this.

Mid Majors have no ability to rectify this. They can play each other. But the inequity is mainly fueled by P5s buying Home games from Cupcakes. IF ALL the Non-P5 schools would agree to ONLY H-H deals, that would solve it. But 1) the Cupcakes won't agree and 2) the P5s could respond by playing even more conference games, other P5s and D2s. Or they could break from G5 altogether.

I was listening to ESPN talk radio in the car the other day and they were talking about the NFL. Cleveland had won a football game and they were talking about all that the NFL and Baseball had done to force equity within their leagues (revenue sharing/salary caps/etc.). Those commentators saw those things as absolutely vital to the success of those leagues. But no one sees that the NCAA has a system that produces exactly that inequity. Or they don't care.

[BCPanther]

No games on CBS Sports Net this year unless the Indiana State game on the last day of the season gets picked up. Though CBS did officially announce the the Valley title game will stay on CBS through at least 2024.

We need some Ws this year to get back to some prominence. The Valley TV schedule will be released tomorrow, we should have at least 2 appearances there.

Here are the 8 games CBS Sports Net Selected
Jan 8--Loyola at Evansviile
Jan 15-SIU at Illinois State
Jan 23-Loyola at Missouri State
Jan 27--SIU at Loyola OR Indiana State at Illinois State
Feb 2- SIU at Bradley
Feb 5- Drake at Loyola
Feb 24- Loyola at SIU OR Drake at Illinois State
March 2--Second Pick of game after ESPN2

[Neighbor]

Go look at Illinois State schedule. They have Florida Gulf Coast, Lindenwood (D2), BYU , Ole Miss, and Cleveland State AT HOME.

Don't tell me it can't be done.

[Panther AC]

Jake spent several minutes talking about, and nearly apologizing for, the home schedule at the men's and women's free breakfast basketball event in the McLeod this morning. He said it, along with recruiting, is the most difficult aspect of basketball operations.

[run&blade]

Go look at Illinois State schedule. They have Florida Gulf Coast, Lindenwood (D2), BYU , Ole Miss, and Cleveland State AT HOME.

Don't tell me it can't be done.

That is all fine and dandy but can I pay money to see their volleyball team play in prime time on ESPN+6 Saturday night?

got to have priorities.

Seroulsy, that is some nice work on their part. Heck, do 3 or even 4-1 if that is what it takes.

iowa and Iowa state will likely never play in cedar falls again. You can bet Iowa wouldn’t do a 10 for 1