2018-19 Basketball Schedule

[06panther10]

Are we getting any more home games? I’m only counting 12 as of now...

[domedays]

Seems to me that Missouri was no more likely than other power 5's to give us a home and home. I think scheduling other top mid major programs is the way to go. I will be very happy with this as long as we get a home game back.

[sevelev711]

To be fair, people shouldn't have been getting hopes up for Mizzou. All Jacobson said was that we were playing against another team from the tourney, and four others were already committed. Why would anyone think that we were going to get a P5 team to agree to a home-and-home? I'd legitimately be surprised if it ever happened for UNI again. That's not how the landscape of college basketball works any more.

[BCPanther]

To be fair, people shouldn't have been getting hopes up for Mizzou. All Jacobson said was that we were playing against another team from the tourney, and four others were already committed. Why would anyone think that we were going to get a P5 team to agree to a home-and-home? I'd legitimately be surprised if it ever happened for UNI again. That's not how the landscape of college basketball works any more.

Um, Xavier....

[sevelev711]

Um, Xavier....

1) I specified P5, not P6. The Big East doesn't have that weird superiority complex that the P5 schools have. The last time we had a P5 home and home was UNC. And that was both a 2-for-1 AND special circumstances. Before that, I honestly can't remember the last time. Was it Iowa/ISU pre-Big 4?

2) That was a deal made 2 years ago. Even in just those two years, a lot has changed. I don't see another one happening.

Don't get me wrong, I like the Old Dominion game, especially the return game being next year, but it's not a P5 team.

[DownGoesKansas]

P5 teams have no need to play road games, it is unfortunate. Mizzou just released their schedule.

Paradise Jam
@Iowa State (I believe related to the SEC/Big 12 Challenge so a forced road game)
Home games

Until the committee actually punishes teams for not playing on the road, not many will do it. (And this won't happen because well P5).

So UNI has to take a home and home with Old Dominion 100% of the time.

[UNIAlum2010]

The Mizzou/ISU game is actually just a home/home and not related to the SEC/Big12 challenge but your point is valid.

Iowa only goes on the road when forced to by the Gavitt/Cy-Hawk/ACC Challenge
ISU does one home/home with a P5 type every year (Michigan/Mizzou/Cincy) and then if forced by Cy-hawk/SEC/Big 12 challenge

Unless UNI gets lucky and finds the perfect P5 to schedule with circumstances are option is neutral game, home/home with other quality MM, take a buy game or pay a lower tier opponent to come to the McLeod.


The counterargument it is not completely unheard of for other P5s to go on the road and ISU/Iowa fans need to stop saying that nobody else does it. So far this year and I am sure I have missed others.

Stanford is playing @UNC-Wilmington and @San Fran
Alabama is playing @Stephen F Austin
Virginia plays in-state teams often Vcu this year
UNC often does as we are aware
Wisconsin often plays at Green Bay or Milwaukee

[CyCarp]

Arlington game announced for Nov 10th

[BCPanther]

Not terribly wild about spending most of November on the road...

[Gboom23]

How many more games are there left to announce? An opening night game (I assume at home)? Another between Dec 1 and Dec 15?

[BCPanther]

How many more games are there left to announce? An opening night game (I assume at home)? Another between Dec 1 and Dec 15?

Allowed 3 more by rule. We know at least one of those will be an Iowa Conference, errrrrrr American River Conference, game. I have to think there's a low major buy game. Anybody's guess on the third.

[rhoho]

Yeah I think one will be with an american river conference team.. (wartburg or coe)

[clenz]

#ImStillCallingItTheIIAC

[Stickboy46]

The Mizzou/ISU game is actually just a home/home and not related to the SEC/Big12 challenge but your point is valid.

Iowa only goes on the road when forced to by the Gavitt/Cy-Hawk/ACC Challenge
ISU does one home/home with a P5 type every year (Michigan/Mizzou/Cincy) and then if forced by Cy-hawk/SEC/Big 12 challenge

Unless UNI gets lucky and finds the perfect P5 to schedule with circumstances are option is neutral game, home/home with other quality MM, take a buy game or pay a lower tier opponent to come to the McLeod.


The counterargument it is not completely unheard of for other P5s to go on the road and ISU/Iowa fans need to stop saying that nobody else does it. So far this year and I am sure I have missed others.

Stanford is playing @UNC-Wilmington and @San Fran
Alabama is playing @Stephen F Austin
Virginia plays in-state teams often Vcu this year
UNC often does as we are aware
Wisconsin often plays at Green Bay or Milwaukee

To add a few more P5’s that have gone on the road. Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Utah have all scheduled H/H with WSU in the last several years (all of those contracts were signed while still in the MVC i believe, Baylor is the only one I’m not sure of the timing of the contract)

[UNIAlum2010]

Wasn't sure where else to post this and didn't want to start a new thread. Bart Torvik runs a free website similar to Kenpom. He just listed his top 35 true mid-major teams since 2008.

Creighton 2014 -4th
UNI 2015 - 5th
Drake 2008- 6th
UNI 2010 - 10th
Loyola 2018 - 20th

https://twitter.com/totally_t_bomb/status/1027953002181742592