Men's Basketball Schedule Announced...

[Maroon Eagle]

Link: Here.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

First thought: Don't like Omaha, UAPB, and Valley on the schedule...

All were in the 340-350 range RPI last year.

 

[philduckworth]

All were in the 340-350 range RPI last year.

WTF on Valley? Complete RPI killer.

 

[dorndawg]

That home non-conf schedule... WOOF. At least TCU was a tournament team last year.

 

[patdog]

Damn! It's not just that we don't even try to schedule to give ourselves a chance to make a tournament. We actively try to sabotage our tournament chances with RPI/NET killers.

I'd a whole lot rather go 3- 4 against a decent OOC schedule and miss the tournament than go 7-0 against this one and miss the tournament.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Yep. Basketball Classic, here we come! **

 

[Drebin]

WTF on Valley? Complete RPI killer.

They aren't the only RPI killers on this schedule. But they are perhaps the most egregious.

 

[She Mate Me]

Agree with the others here.

That non-con schedule is embarrassing.

 

[Go Budaw]

We have assured ourselves of a damn near 0% chance of making the tourney in basketball before the season even starts…..just like we assured ourselves of about a 5% chance of making it in baseball this past year if anything went wrong.

Very disappointing. What’s the point of dumping millions into a Hump upgrade if you’re not gonna put a product in it that people want to see?

 

[Xenomorph]

Calm down guys. With that schedule..

…we’ll be fine as long as we win 24. **

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Southern Miss's nonconference schedule compares favorably** to State's...

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[mcdawg22]

All were in the 340-350 range RPI last year.

I know it’s the game we have to play, but RPI is an awful way to gauge teams.

 

[FlotownDawg]

The NCAA doesn’t use RPI anymore do they? I thought they used NET rankings instead.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

All three were in the 340 - 350 NET range too.

RPI is the DO to the NET's MD and roughly the same.

 

[Dawgg]

Southern Miss's nonconference schedule compares favorably** to State's...

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Well, at least they scheduled Mississippi’s Premiere Medical School... which I mean... is right down the street.

Also, Mobile? Like Mobile High School?

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Well, at least they scheduled Mississippi’s Premiere Medical School... which I mean... is right down the street.

Also, Mobile? Like Mobile High School?

University of. Which is in Prichard.

It's also in the same NAIA Conference as Mississippi's Premiere Medical School™

 

[Mr. Cook]

Ugh. At some point mid to late season, we will be lamenting this weak schedule on this very board

 

[Go Budaw]

Ugh. At some point mid to late season, we will be lamenting this weak schedule on this very board

I’m actually going to lament it now, and not pay any attention to the season. There’s literally no point. I’ll tune in to the SEC tournament until we get put out or win it, since that is our only path to a bid. If our athletic department cares this little about MBB, not sure why I should care any more.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

I don't think the schedule will matter one iota. We aren't even a bubble team with this roster. There's just not much in the way of talent. That being the case, then I don't blame Jans for trying to stack wins, no matter the competition. Build some confidence (hopefully) in the non-conference, fight for your life in the conference and hope to be middle of the pack at best. Then use the conference's prestige and playing time opportunities to attract some players through the portal for next year. Hopefully there's some NIL opportunities available as well. That's my guess on how he's trying to build this thing.

 

[PirateDawg]

I like the layout of this schedule better: Schedule

 

[DAWG61]

Did anyone actually read the article? The home slate is total dogshit but that's only half of the OOC schedule. Marquette, Drake, Minnesota, GTech/Utah and two more with opponents yet to be announced (one in Jackson). We play around 12-13 OOC games a year not 7.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

The other half doesn’t pass the smell test either.

TCU & Marquette are the two best nonconference teams we play.

The Jackson game is always against a poorly rated school.

Southern Miss fans are looking down at us for our poor schedule.**

 

[QuadrupleOption]

Link: Here.

Woof. That non-conference schedule would make Stans say "WTF?"

 

[aTotal360]

This is the schedule we deserve.