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    The Official '07-'08 Schedule

    We'll go ahead and get this started and add specific dates and teams as we go along.

    Oct. 31 Wayne State (Neb)---McLeod Center W 72-60---Exhibition
    Nov. 4 Bemidji State---McLeod Center W 79-61---Exhibition

    Basketball Traveler's Invitational
    Nov. 9 Northern Illinois McLeod Center W 75-45
    Nov. 10 Cal Poly McLeod Center W 62-55
    Nov. 11 UMass McLeod Center W 75-68---Mediacom

    Nov. 17 at UW-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI W 73-66
    Nov. 23 at South Dakota State Brookings, SD L 55-61
    Nov. 27 at Iowa State Ames, IA W 61-48---Mediacom

    Dec. 1 Loyola-Chicago McLeod Center W 61-50---CFU
    Dec. 5 Iowa McLeod Center L 55-62---KFXA/KDSM
    Dec. 15 Wartburg McLeod Center W 99-48
    Dec. 19 at UMKC Kansas City, MO W 64-60---Metro Sports/CFU
    Dec. 22 Nevada McLeod Center L 52-55---Mediacom/ESPN+
    Dec. 29 at Bradley Peoria, IL W 59-46

    Jan. 2 Evansville McLeod Center W 64-51
    Jan. 5 at Indiana State Terre Haute, IN L 56-74---FSN Midwest/Comcast Chicago
    Jan. 8 at Illinois State Normal, IL L 46-51
    Jan. 12 Bradley McLeod Center L 75-73---CFU
    Jan. 15 Creighton McLeod Center L 59-68---ESPN 2
    Jan. 20 Missouri State McLeod Center W 70-55---FSN Midwest/Comcast Chicago
    Jan. 23 @ Wichita St Wichita, KS W 65-58
    Jan. 26 @ Drake Des Moines, IA L 54-58---KFXA/KDSM/ESPN Full Court
    Jan. 30 Illinois State McLeod Center W 69-61---Mediacom

    Feb. 2 Southern Illinois McLeod Center W 68-63---FSN Midwest/Comcast Chicago
    Feb 5. @ Creighton Omaha, NE L 50-74---ESPNU
    Feb. 9 @ Missouri State Springfield, MO L 54-71---FSN Midwest/Comcast Chicago
    Feb. 13 Wichita St McLeod Center W 77-75---Mediacom/CFU
    Feb. 16 Drake McLeod Center L 55-65---KFXA/KDSM
    Feb. 20 at Southern Illinois Carbondale, IL L 47-67---Mediacom
    Feb. 23 Illinois-Chicago Bracket Busters VI McLeod Center L 58-70
    Feb. 27 Indiana State McLeod Center W 73-58---Mediacom
    Mar. 1 @ Evansville Evansville, IN W 71-58
    Mar. 6 Southern Illinois State Farm MVC Tourney St. Louis, MO W 54-49---FSN Midwest/Comcast Chicago
    Mar. 7 Illinois State State Farm MVC Tourney St. Louis, MO L 42-56---FSN Midwest/Comcast Chicago

    Teams in Basketball Traveler's Classic (Northern Illinois, UMass, Cal Poly)

    Home (14 home games + 3 tournament games=17 home games):
    Iowa
    Nevada
    Loyola-Chicago
    Bracket Busters VI (in February)
    9 MVC games
    D2/D3 game

    Away (13 away games):
    Iowa State
    UMKC
    South Dakota State
    UW-Milwaukee

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    That non-conference home schedule might be the best ever at UNI...one BCS school, an NCAA team (with NCAA tourney caliber returners), a 20 win team the year before (with potentially Michael Jordan's son), and a Bracket Buster home game.

    The away schedule is promising too. All four road games are within driving distance for all our fans. 2 games hit concentrated parts of alumni areas (Kansas City and Ames/Des Moines area). Another gets UNI closer to it's western Iowa alumni, and another to the Milwaukee area.

    As for the remaining non-conference game, I'm not sure what they are going to do. Will they play another home game? Maybe a 'guarantee game'...but I doubt it, b/c they will be hosting a tournament with 3 guarantees most likely being given out. A road game? Possibly. Here's an issue that has to be decided though....the Loyola-Chicago, UMKC, and UW-Milwaukee series are in their last year of contract. That means 1 home game, and 2 road games will need to be replaced. I believe the SDSU game returns to UNI next season, while the Bracket Buster VI return game will be on the road. The Nevada game completes the Bracket Buster V return game, but Bracket Buster VII will most likely be on the road. So, '08-'09 schedule looks like this:

    Home (2): Iowa State, SDSU
    Away (3): Iowa, BB VI, BB VII
    That leaves 4 non-con games and 1 exempt tournament to be a part of. Because of the road games set in stone, and only 2 home games known, I think you will see UNI try to fill 3 of those with home games in '08-'09 to get to the 14 home game mark. IMO, you'll probably see UNI 'buy' (or guarantee) one of those games, which will leave 2 games remaining. Will UNI want to start 2 home and home series on the road in '08-'09? I doubt it. So, I think you'll see UNI start one home and home series in '07-'08 on the road (with the '08 game being a return home game), and another home and home game series on the road in '08-'09 to keep the schedule balanced.

    So, what does that mean for the remaining last game to fill for this upcoming year? Well, it means that I think there is a decent chance that the game is the beginning of a home and home series that starts on the road.

    So, who would you like to see added as a home and home series this upcoming winter?
    Last edited by Panthers to the Bone; 04-12-2008, 06:16 PM.
    The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.
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  • #2
    Are we certain that the BracketBuster game is a home game this year? I know the first two years we were on the road (La Tech and UWGB), then two home games (Western Michigan and Bucknell), then at Nevada this year.

    I guess I wouldn't be opposed to adding a road game if the BB is at home, maybe the start of a home and home with a school from the MWC or CAA. I guess it depends on who comes in to the Travelers (I'm guessing we won't get someone from the big six cartel)

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    • #3
      I'm pretty certain that the BB game will be a home game next season. B/c UNI got two road games to start off, they were given the two home games. I believe that it's on an alternating basis now.
      The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Panthers to the Bone View Post
        So, who would you like to see added as a home and home series this upcoming winter?
        How about NDSU? They had a 20 win season and beat tournament team Marquette on the road and beat SDSU twice.
        If computers ruled college basketball the way they do football, we'd have skipped all this March Madness monotony and just waited a month for the Kansas-Kentucky title game. And watched Northern Iowa play Cornell in the Poulan Weedeater Bowl. ~ Dwight Perry The Seattle Times

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        • #5
          NDSU sounds good.
          Selling a lot of old UNI stuff here: http://www.panthernation.com/showthread.php?t=65762

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          • #6
            Courier this morning lists Massachusetts as a second team for the Traveler's Tournament.

            Nice addition, UMass was an NIT team this year, not sure what all they lose, except maybe their head coach. Travis Ford is a Kentucky alum and probably a second tier choice if UK cannot land a big name.

            I wonder if he stays so that he can try to beat UNI for some revenge. He was a Freshman on the 1990 Missouri team that we beat in the NCAA's before transferring to UK for his last few years.

            Don't know who the last team for the Traveller's will be, but we have two decent conferences included so far in the A-10 and MAC (although NIU is NOT a very good team) Maybe we could land a Mountain West, West Coast, or WAC team for the last slot. Would make a very competitive field with good long term RPI help. Not sure if we could get a lower level BcS team.

            Article also says we are looking to add a D-II or D-III team to the schedule to fill the last home date. I understand why we do that, but still might like to see another mid-level team that we could get home and home series started with.

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            • #7
              I'd really like to see a big name BCS type program added to the away schedule. I know when Washington tanked it really made that loss look not so solid, but in looking ahead to next year's tourney I don't know how many really solid teams are in that bunch. Fazekus will be gone from Nevada, but I imagine they'll still be decent, but I think both Iowa and Iowa State will still be down. We need another big game in there

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              • #8
                I know Fazekas got all the pub, but I think, after watching Nevada this year against UNI, and then after that more closely, Marcellus Kemp was the guy that made that team go. He will be back next year, and I think he has to be the WAC's frontrunner for POY.

                Northern Illinois will be down and in transition, but they have a great kid from North Scott HS in Shaun Logan (a guy I REALLY thought was a fantastic post player comeing out Kirkwood CC). He actually led the team in assists, while being 2nd in rebounding. They only lost 2 seniors, but both were their two top scorers. They have a nice guard in Zach Pancratz also.

                UMass has 5 seniors graduating. Their 2 top scorers, 3 of their top 4, and 4 of their top 7 graduate. They return:
                Gary Forbes (6'7"/220lbs) F/G 13PPG/5RPG/2APG...is a transfer from Virginia, and will be a senior next year.
                Chris Lowe (6'0"/160lbs) PG 7PPG/4APG...will be a junior
                Ricky Harris (6'2"/175lbs) SG 4.5PPG/25% 3FG/67% FT...will be a sophomore
                Dante Milligan (6'9"/215lbs) PF 3.3PPG/2.5RPG...is a transfer from Pitt, and will be a senior
                Tiki Mayben (6'2"/180lbs) PG/SG 3PPG/4APG...will be a sophomore
                Etienee Brower (6'7"/215lbs) PF 3PPG/2RPG/38% 3FG...transfer from Boston U, will be a senior
                Luke Bonner (7'1"/245lbs) Center 2PPG/1RPG...transfer from West Virginia, will be a junior

                They had one of the top 20 fall signee classes in the nation.

                Most likely, their starting lineup will look similar to this:
                G: Lowe (6'0"/165lbs) Junior***returning starter
                G: Mayben (6'2"/180lbs) Soph
                G: Harris (6'2"/175lbs) Soph
                F: Forbes (6'7"/220lbs) Senior***returning starter
                F: Milligan (6'9"/215lbs) Senior

                Off the bench:
                Bonner (7'1"/245lbs) Junior
                Brower (6'7"/215lbs) Senior
                Papa Ousmane Lo (6'9"/215lbs) True Freshman---"premiere shot blocker"-Coach Ford
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                With all that said, I think UMass, Nevada, Iowa, Iowa State, UW-Milwaukee (who will be much better), and Bracket Busters is a solid non-con schedule for this program. We need games against SDSU (who will be better), UMKC, NIU, and a TBA non-conference team to get some wins and build early team chemistry. It's no longer about getting to 20 wins, it's about staying in single digit losses. With 100+ teams getting to 20 wins this year, it's the losses that are starting to stand out (from my perspective).
                The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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                • #9
                  The schedule has been updated.
                  The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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                  • #10
                    Wow, does anyone realize this year's season ticket package is going to include 17 regular season home games, plus 2 exhibition games? A 19 game schedule! That's going to be alot of nights in the McLeod Center!

                    With the Iowa game, Nevada, UMass, and Bracket Busters, has there ever been a better non-conference home schedule with 'name' opponents before? What does everyone think the season ticket price is going to be?
                    The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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                    • #11
                      I am thinking that it will be in the $250 to $275 range. A bit steep, but with the improved competition I don't think that selling them will be a problem...

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                      • #12
                        Does anybody know when season tickets will go on sale? I'll be a student but planning on buying for next season.
                        "I think they're very good," Farley said of the preseason top 25 Hawkeyes. "But so are we."

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                        • #13
                          yea...a big season ticket holder buyout...with empty seats still...just what the university loves....$$$ with Empty Arena. I've witinessed that one too many times.
                          Career (3 sport) Coaching Record: 50-3
                          the Future coach of the Depaul Blue Demons

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by unigriff View Post
                            yea...a big season ticket holder buyout...with empty seats still...just what the university loves....$$$ with Empty Arena. I've witinessed that one too many times.
                            huh?
                            ...............
                            "I think they're very good," Farley said of the preseason top 25 Hawkeyes. "But so are we."

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                            • #15
                              What are you talking about Griff??...

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