Non-Conference games 2019-2020 season

[tiny707]

Who's on your wish list? Mine are anyone in Portland, Baylor, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Marquette, St. Louis University and Stanford.

[vu84v2]

I am all for Marquette!

[crusadermoe]

Why Portland?   

Can someone refresh the games where we are obligated already? 
Rumors or wishes are a different category.

[VU2014]

Why Portland?   

Can someone refresh the games where we are obligated already? 
Rumors or wishes are a different category.

Golder's hometown. If we'd fly out there we'd need to get a buy game from one of the P5s out there to make it worth it.

[VULB#62]

Anyone with a <100 NET, please.

[bigmosmithfan1]

Only contracts I think are definite are GW at home and BSU on the road. Vandy is supposed to come here next year but like any P5 I'll believe that when I see the final schedule and not a moment before.

We're also in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands along with Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Fordham, Grand Canyon, Illinois State, Nevada and Western Kentucky.

[VULB#62]

Only contracts I think are definite are GW at home and BSU on the road. Vandy is supposed to come here next year but like any P5 I'll believe that when I see the final schedule and not a moment before.

We're also in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands along with Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Fordham, Grand Canyon, Illinois State, Nevada and Western Kentucky.

Kampe built the model, IMO, by scheduling OOC body bag games early in the new conference (HL) transition. They lost a lot but they got the exposure - Amongst the P5s at their arenas. But just one upset could give them credibility. Worth the gamble?  To be honest, I'd rather loose to a P5 on the road than UIndy at home.

[bbtds]

Why Portland?   

Can someone refresh the games where we are obligated already? 
Rumors or wishes are a different category.

Golder's hometown. If we'd fly out there we'd need to get a buy game from one of the P5s out there to make it worth it.

From an inside source I've heard that Coach Lottich didn't like the amount of time the players spent out of class during their trips to Vegas, South Carolina, West Virginia, DC and Texas. I don't think you are going to see a lot of long trips in this next schedule. They may make a Portland trip as a reward to Markus and his family but I don't think you will see many other long trips.

[EddieCabot]

Only contracts I think are definite are GW at home and BSU on the road. Vandy is supposed to come here next year but like any P5 I'll believe that when I see the final schedule and not a moment before.

We're also in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands along with Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Fordham, Grand Canyon, Illinois State, Nevada and Western Kentucky.

Was the High Point game part of a home and home deal?

What's the over/under on non-DI teams on the schedule?

[EddieCabot]

Why Portland?   

Can someone refresh the games where we are obligated already? 
Rumors or wishes are a different category.

Golder's hometown. If we'd fly out there we'd need to get a buy game from one of the P5s out there to make it worth it.

From an inside source I've heard that Coach Lottich didn't like the amount of time the players spent out of class during their trips to Vegas, South Carolina, West Virginia, DC and Texas. I don't think you are going to see a lot of long trips in this next schedule. They may make a Portland trip as a reward to Markus and his family but I don't think you will see many other long trips.

That's good intel.  I hope Valpo looks to schedule more MAC teams.  Several decent teams and most are close by, limiting both travel time and costs.

[GoldenCrusader87]

Oral Roberts!

[GoldenCrusader87]

Not surprising to hear Matt wasn't a fan of the trips. He made that pretty clear early on with comments about the mileage they were putting in. Would be tough on the students with their classes, for sure. I do think, though, that you've gotta do it if you get a good check from these places. Win or lose, we need the $$$

[VALPO LI]

Only contracts I think are definite are GW at home and BSU on the road. Vandy is supposed to come here next year but like any P5 I'll believe that when I see the final schedule and not a moment before.

We're also in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands along with Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Fordham, Grand Canyon, Illinois State, Nevada and Western Kentucky.

Was the High Point game part of a home and home deal?

What's the over/under on non-DI teams on the schedule?

I thought PO said in an earlier pod casts that High Point was a Home and Home.  If so we would be away and I would definitely say pick up another game in the state of North Carolina.

Davidson 1hr.30 min from High Pt.
Charlotte  1hr.30 min from High Pt. (Team had down yr. but so did we)
Wake Forest 30 min from High Pt. (I'll take any ACC team)
UNC Greensboro 30 min from High Pt.
Good winnable games.

[M]

Coach Manuel is at UNC-Wilmington...may be a match for a second game there.

[crusader05]

Think the deal still holds with Vandy if they fire Bryce?

Not sure if it would hold anyway if he was there. Could see them throwing money at us to make it go away.

[VU2014]

Coach Manuel is at UNC-Wilmington...may be a match for a second game there.

Also would be against Marty Linssen who was red-shirting this season.

One thing I came across in research UNC-Wilmington was a preseason interview with Linssen and one of the questions he was asked was what do remember about playing against UNCW in the Savannah Invitational last year and his was, "I remember sitting a lot on the bench." Thought it was pretty interesting. He clearly thought playing time was a issue and thought it would continue to be going forward and that's probably a main reason for the transfer. I remember talking to the people in the program and his transfer was completely unexpected and surprised the staff. Hopefully we don't have too many surprises this offseason...

I still think that kid has a great ceiling if he could stay out of foul trouble and get better on defense (similar to Mileek).

https://youtu.be/aOQF-VpxsCs

[wh]

Think the deal still holds with Vandy if they fire Bryce?

Not sure if it would hold anyway if he was there. Could see them throwing money at us to make it go away.

No need for concern. Bryce is a strong Christian who walks the talk. He will not renege on his commitment. Matt is cut from the same cloth. That's "the Valpo way," and 1 of many reasons why I love this program.

[bigmosmithfan1]

Ball State finished a losing season tonight and talk on the Twitter machine tonight is that they could be making a coaching change as well. So put that game into the "not finalized" category, too.

[VUGrad1314]

Not for us but a solid get for Illinois State

https://twitter.com/hoops_mvc/status/1106057611747700736

[VUGrad1314]

Ball State finished a losing season tonight and talk on the Twitter machine tonight is that they could be making a coaching change as well. So put that game into the "not finalized" category, too.

I doubt that series is going anywhere. Easy travel in state game both teams from quality conferences Good for both parties.

[bigmosmithfan1]

I agree but who knows what will happen if there's a new coach in Muncie next year.

[may know]

Ball State was really impressive non-con. 3 losses to Purdue/VT/Alabama and then the Evansville stinker. They looked real good here.

Absolutely stunned to see they finished 11th in the MAC. One of their moms at our game was obnoxious so schadenfreude for her.

[bbtds]

Think the deal still holds with Vandy if they fire Bryce?

Not sure if it would hold anyway if he was there. Could see them throwing money at us to make it go away.

Remember that Bryce got Vandy to get out of the Baylor/Vandy game so the two brothers wouldn't have to face each other in Bryce's first season. Although I think Scott was working just as hard on the Baylor end to get out of that game. It was probably a mutual consent tearing up of the contract.

[covufan]

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[vu84v2]

Perhaps we can get a home and home with 'Worried'