MVC 2013-14 and future partial skeds

[64NIT]

I came across the following Creighton link that shows schedules for 2013-14 and beyond for the (new) Big East as well as for the MVC. It has the IPFW game on BU's schedule so it can't be more than a few weeks old.

http://whiteandbluereview.com/?page_id=293#schedule

[Da Coach]

Well done by those who maintain that site- and thanks for posting. It looks like Bradley's non-conference scheduling is ahead of most MVC schools.

[tornado]

so are the 2013 BracketBuster return games going to be done this year and not delay a year, or is it optional?

[mvcfan]

Well done by those who maintain that site- and thanks for posting. It looks like Bradley's non-conference scheduling is ahead of most MVC schools.

What schools do you think have done a poor job scheduling?

[Da Coach]

What schools do you think have done a poor job scheduling?

I was not commenting on the quality, but the completeness of their non-conference schedules. From what I see, every other school is doing a good job so far.

[mvcfan]

Gotcha. Although some Valley teams might not have the best overall schedule I think there has been a better effort to schedule marquee games.

[tornado]

Re: ISU's schedule which has not yet been finalized....
Here's a little more detail from Manhattan who are coming to play at ISU

http://dalydoseofhoops.blogspot.com/2013/07/breaking-down-manhattans-nonconference.html

[tornado]

DePaul releases their schedule - they will play
AT Illinois State December 22

http://depaul.scout.com/2/1307872.html

[tornado]

Western Kentucky reveals their schedule - they play at Wichita State & at SIU

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wky/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/1314-wku-mbb-schedule.pdf

[tornado]

SIU is playing in the Gulf Coast Showcase along with WIU, UIC, and a few other mid majors - plus ONE DIII team!!

http://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2012/12/7/3739262/2013-14-college-basketball-early-season-tournaments-events-MTE

http://uncgspartans.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/20130729px62yy

the games are hosted by UNC-Greensboro but are played at campus sites then in Ft. Myers November 25-27...

http://uncgbasketballfan.blogspot.com/2013/07/gulf-coast-showcase.html

...but worrisome is that the brackets are not yet confirmed - so could this also be one of those low level, poorly organized, extremely poorly promoted tourneys that collapses at the last minute??

[mvcfan]

Sounds about like the tourney ISU was suppose to be in. Sounds like ISU and two other quality schools were a go but the failure to secure a fourth made the tourney fall apart.

[tornado]

For the first time in a long time - starting last year - the D-I schools in Iowa are not going to all play each other...

For years - Iowa, Iowa State, UNI, and Drake always played each other to keep the people in the state happy...but of course slowly the greed factor snuck in... not to mention the big boys were always being embarrassed and worried about losing recruiting battles to UNI & Drake.

But after a while Iowa & Iowa State whined about playing on the road at the mid-majors - so the demanded either their place or a neutral site - but now they are dropping the games altogether...

Iowa State just released their schedule and they are NOT playing Drake this year...first time in a long time...

but I get a laugh out of this news release - their non-conference schedule is so bad that they tout NIU as one of the top teams in the non-con portion of the schedule...

They also have a ton of other patsies - UNC-Wilmington, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, UMKC, George Mason, Oregon State/Akron - but they do get UNI - however they won't go to UNI - they want it at a Neutral Site -
but Des Moines is hardly Neutral - it is only 30 miles form Iowa State but well over 2 hours from UNI
...seems a game against Drake would bring in a ton more revenue than a crappy game against Texas A&MCC

http://amestrib.com/sections/sports/isu-cyclones/men%E2%80%99s-basketball-isu-releases-schedule.html#small

[tornado]

Evansville's game at Indiana as part of a 3-year series, 2 for 1 - still up in the air

http://indiana.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1536005

[tornado]

one of Wichita's preseason contests will be a secret closed scrimmage against Baylor

http://blogs.kansas.com/shockwaves/2013/08/26/wichita-state-basketball-updates/

[tornado]

Here's some breaking news - even the Loyola Ramblers fans haven't heard much about this yet and it's not mentioned anywhere on Loyola's web site or anywhere in the Chicago media..

but Portland State University just released their schedule and have announced they are hosting a multiple-team tourney November 22-24...
the participants will be...

LOYOLA and UC-Davis as well as SIUE -- so all three of those teams are coached by MVC guys...

"..PSU .. prepares for a three-day, four-team round robin tournament on Nov. 22-24.
UC Davis of the Big West, Loyola (IL) from the Missouri Valley Conference and
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville of the Ohio Valley Conference will all take part.
PSU plays Loyola on Nov. 22, SIUE on Nov. 23 and UC Davis on Nov. 24."

PORTLAND STATE TOURNAMENT
Nov. 22, Fri., UC Davis vs. SIU-Edwardsville, 3 p.m.
Loyola (IL) vs. Portland State, 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 23, Sat., Loyola (IL) vs. UC Davis, 3 p.m
SIU-Edwardsville vs. Portland State, 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 24, Sun., Loyola (IL) vs. SIU-Edwardsville , noon
UC Davis vs. Portland State, 3 p.m.

http://www.oregonlive.com/vikings/index.ssf/2013/08/portland_state_university_2013.html