So, apparently, this slipped past everybody's radar except for me, but the Men's Hoops Non Conference Schedule was released yesterday. Here it is in full...
Tuesday, Nov. 5 - MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE (BJC)
Saturday, Nov. 9 - WAGNER (BJC)
Thursday, Nov. 14 - at Georgetown (Gavitt Tipoff)
Tuesday, Nov. 19 - BUCKNELL, NIT Season Tip-Off (BJC)
Saturday, Nov. 23 - YALE, NIT Season Tip-Off (BJC)
Wednesday, Nov. 27 - Mississippi, NIT Season Tip-Off (Barclays Center, Brooklyn)
Friday, Nov. 29 - Oklahoma State/Syracuse, NIT Season Tip-Off (Barclays Center, Brooklyn)
Wednesday, Dec. 4 - WAKE FOREST (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)
Saturday, Dec. 14 or Sunday, Dec. 15 - ALABAMA
Friday, Dec. 20 - CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE
Sunday, Dec. 29 - CORNELL
So the 4 buy games end up being the bookends on the schedule. Don't have a problem with any of them, especially since there's a few days in between them.
There's also only 1 true road game (G'town), so lots of home cookin' going on for this year, too.
The key stretch, obviously, is going to be from November 27th to December 14th with six straight games against P5 + 1 opponents. Think that's going to a long way to determining the postesason hopes for this year.
I think this non-con turns out to be a little easier than last year, but there's still plenty of chances to get some quality wins.
What say you, BSD commentariat? Poll and comments are welcome below.
Oh, and it's only 110 days until college hoops season begins!
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