OK, so this is what I see so far.....
11/9 ...... Coppin State 11/24-26 Battle 4 Atlantis (Arizona State, Auburn, Baylor, UConn, Mich. St., Syracuse, VCU) 12/1 ..... MVC Opener at home TBA ....... UIC TBA ....... Chicago State TBA ....... Furman TBA ....... at DePaul TBA ....... at Davidson
Can't quarrel with the road opponents. Furman has been a just inside/just outside Top 100 team the past five years. UIC might be better this year under 2nd year HC Luke Yaklich than their 9-13 Covid-wrecked 2020-21 campaign. Chicago State doesn't even have a conference right now..... they were kicked out or dropped out of the much-improved WAC.
Can't we get a better flagship home game than Furman? I mean, we just went to the Sweet 16, beat the ACC and Big Ten conference champions, and did so a few years after a Final Four. Furman is the best home game we can get after that?
I would offer UW-Milwaukee $20k to come and play at Gentile. It's a bus trip for them. Not only do they have one of the best NBA prospects (who grew up playing at Alumni Gym and Gentile Center), they also have the son of another NBA star, Vin Baker Jr. They're likely to finish well in the Horizon, giving them at least a 110ish KenPom rating and a pretty good NET.
|