They scheduled well, got real lucky with WCU and Loyola. But the lenght of time between games in December was absurd.
I know for a fact that JL did all he could do to rectify that gap. He was looking for a decent game home or on the road for the 12/23 and trust me there was zero to be had. I'm sure he could have scored a game with someone terrible but look how most of us went crazy regarding the NIU game.