2022-23 Basketball Schedule

[BCPanther]

January 14th game at Belmont will tip at 4:00 on ESPN+.

[BCPanther]

The Jan 21 game at UIC will tip at 1:00 and be broadcast on ESPN+.

[BCPanther]

The Jan 21 game at UIC will tip at 1:00 and be broadcast on ESPN+.

TV designation has been changed to ESPN3.

[UNIAlum95]

We sit at 5-2 in conference play with this ahead:
at Belmont
Illinois State
at UIC
Valpo
Indiana State
Drake
Bradley
at Evansville
Indiana State
Drake 8:00 PM MVC-TV
at Missouri State
at Southern Illinois
Belmont

To get into a top four position we need to get to 13 wins (Matt Hackman says at 13 there's an 80% chance of top 4 which drops all the way to 25% with 12 wins). Where do we find 8 more wins on the schedule?

Protecting the home court gets you 6 more wins though that's going to be a tough ask. Between Bradley, Indiana St, and Drake there's probably a loss in there.

Road wins at UIC and Evansville should not be a stretch. We never play well at Indiana State. Can we steal a game at MSU or SIU?

Going to be fun to watch. Keep Bowen Born healthy and we are going to be competing to the end. Hang on for the wild ride.

[Wxcpanther]

We sit at 5-2 in conference play with this ahead:
at Belmont
Illinois State
at UIC
Valpo
Indiana State
Drake
Bradley
at Evansville
Indiana State
Drake 8:00 PM MVC-TV
at Missouri State
at Southern Illinois
Belmont

To get into a top four position we need to get to 13 wins (Matt Hackman says at 13 there's an 80% chance of top 4 which drops all the way to 25% with 12 wins). Where do we find 8 more wins on the schedule?

Protecting the home court gets you 6 more wins though that's going to be a tough ask. Between Bradley, Indiana St, and Drake there's probably a loss in there.

Road wins at UIC and Evansville should not be a stretch. We never play well at Indiana State. Can we steal a game at MSU or SIU?

Going to be fun to watch. Keep Bowen Born healthy and we are going to be competing to the end. Hang on for the wild ride.

UNI has grown quite good at winning in the Knapp, I've got a good feeling about that one.

[CyCarp]

We sit at 5-2 in conference play with this ahead:
at Belmont
Illinois State
at UIC
Valpo
Indiana State
Drake
Bradley
at Evansville
Indiana State
Drake 8:00 PM MVC-TV
at Missouri State
at Southern Illinois
Belmont

To get into a top four position we need to get to 13 wins (Matt Hackman says at 13 there's an 80% chance of top 4 which drops all the way to 25% with 12 wins). Where do we find 8 more wins on the schedule?

Protecting the home court gets you 6 more wins though that's going to be a tough ask. Between Bradley, Indiana St, and Drake there's probably a loss in there.

Road wins at UIC and Evansville should not be a stretch. We never play well at Indiana State. Can we steal a game at MSU or SIU?

Going to be fun to watch. Keep Bowen Born healthy and we are going to be competing to the end. Hang on for the wild ride.

Agreed, I think you're pretty spot on. If we play like we've been, we *should* win all 6 at home - but it's also hard to imagine sweeping them all, especially with how inconsistent we've been most the season. Road games are never easy, but I like our chances @ UIC and @ Evansville also. I also feel like we can squeak out one of the other road games (Belmont, Drake, MSU, SIU). It'll be interesting, regardless, hopefully we can keep rolling.

[BCPanther]

We sit at 5-2 in conference play with this ahead:
at Belmont
Illinois State
at UIC
Valpo
Indiana State
Drake
Bradley
at Evansville
Indiana State
Drake 8:00 PM MVC-TV
at Missouri State
at Southern Illinois
Belmont

To get into a top four position we need to get to 13 wins (Matt Hackman says at 13 there's an 80% chance of top 4 which drops all the way to 25% with 12 wins). Where do we find 8 more wins on the schedule?

Protecting the home court gets you 6 more wins though that's going to be a tough ask. Between Bradley, Indiana St, and Drake there's probably a loss in there.

Road wins at UIC and Evansville should not be a stretch. We never play well at Indiana State. Can we steal a game at MSU or SIU?

Going to be fun to watch. Keep Bowen Born healthy and we are going to be competing to the end. Hang on for the wild ride.

I don't know, looks like 13 Ws to me.........

['70 Grad]

Getting too optimistic over a couple of home wins is setting yourself up for disappointment. We have no idea how we match up with Belmont. Still, why can't a fan dream? A win this weekend set us up for an even longer winning streak - if we execute it. You do have to say that the team is a bunch of fighters. W on Saturday, and then maybe we can start to talk. (Still only 1/3 of the way through the conference.)

[PantherAlum09]

This team is far from the most talented, but I absolutely see why Jake said they remind him of the team from AJ's freshman year. They are tough as nails. They battle and compete all game. They may have lulls in scoring but it's never due to lack of effort. I love the idea of this team overachieving and getting an influx of talent next year. I think as long as we have Tuttle (which I hope is a long time) our recruiting is going to continue to grow.

[BCPanther]

This team is far from the most talented, but I absolutely see why Jake said they remind him of the team from AJ's freshman year. They are tough as nails. They battle and compete all game. They may have lulls in scoring but it's never due to lack of effort. I love the idea of this team overachieving and getting an influx of talent next year. I think as long as we have Tuttle (which I hope is a long time) our recruiting is going to continue to grow.

Don't forget G in recruiting too. He's REALLY good at it. Also, you have zero reason to worry about Tuttle going anywhere anytime soon and even if he does, he's the next guy here.

Casey Alexander was with Rick Byrd forever after being a hall of fame level player for him, left for a while to be a head coach and then came back in his late 40s after Byrd retired. You can kind of foresee the same thing with the Jake/Tuttle relationship.

[Wxcpanther]

Don't forget G in recruiting too. He's REALLY good at it. Also, you have zero reason to worry about Tuttle going anywhere anytime soon and even if he does, he's the next guy here.

Casey Alexander was with Rick Byrd forever after being a hall of fame level player for him, left for a while to be a head coach and then came back in his late 40s after Byrd retired. You can kind of foresee the same thing with the Jake/Tuttle relationship.

Did Casey, also, have a rich local Father In Law booster?

[BrockLesnar]

Need to keep the MVC L's at 7 or less to make 4th or better.

[BrockLesnar]

I'd say 5 L's win the league. The MVC is a bunch of average teams. The winner will be a 14-15 seed.

[BCPanther]

Home game with Bradley on February 4th has been selected for ESPN2 with a 5:00 tip.

Could be an awfully big game if we keep the momentum rolling.

[PantherAlum09]

Home game with Bradley on February 4th has been selected for ESPN2 with a 5:00 tip.

Could be an awfully big game if we keep the momentum rolling.

I'm guessing this is more about Bradley than us, but I'll take it!