2022-23 Out of Conference Schedules.

by **Birdfan2018** » March 10th, 2022, 2:52 pm

Cayman Islands Classic
Illinois State, LSU, Kansas State, Rhode Island,
Western Kentucky, Nevada, Akron, Tulane

Myrtle Beach Invitational:
Murray State, Loyola-Chicago, Boise State, Charlotte,
Colorado, UMass, Texas A&M, Tulsa

Paradise Jam:
Drake, Belmont, Boston College, George Mason, Wyoming, Buffalo, Weber State, Howard

Drake
Richmond (Away)

Cancun Challenge :
Bradley, Auburn, Northwestern, Liberty, Eastern Michigan, Purdue-Fort Wayne, Southern Mississippi, Winthrop

Bradley
Bellarmine (Away)
SIUE (Away)

HOF Classic (Kansas City): 1 additional team TBD
Northern Iowa, Wichita State, San Francisco

Northern Iowa
St. Bonaventure (Home)
Richmond (Away)
Virginia (Away)

Missouri State
Sam Houston (Home)
St Mary’s (Home)
BYU (Away)
Oral Roberts (Away)

Southern Illinois
Little Rock (Home)
St Louis (Home)
Southeast Missouri St (Away)

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by **BCPanther** » March 10th, 2022, 2:56 pm

UNI is playing in the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City. No word on the other 3 teams yet.

Home game on the books with St Bonaventure and 3rd year of a 4 year H-H with Richmond out there.

by **Bulldog2323** » March 10th, 2022, 6:24 pm

I believe Drake returns the Home & Home with Richmond as well.

by **BuBrave2006** » March 10th, 2022, 6:53 pm

Birdfan2018 wrote:Cancun Challenge :
Bradley, Auburn, Northwestern, Liberty, Eastern Michigan, Purdue-Fort Wayne, Southern Mississippi, Winthrop

This is split up into two 4 team tournaments. Bradley is paired with Northwestern, Liberty and Auburn in Mexico and will play two of those teams. This tournament also comes with two campus games which come from teams in the "other" tournament. General speculation is that Bradley will play home games against Eastern Michigan and Purdue-Fort Wayne due to geography.

by **squirrel** » March 11th, 2022, 2:43 pm

BuBrave2006 wrote:
Birdfan2018 wrote:Cancun Challenge :
Bradley, Auburn, Northwestern, Liberty, Eastern Michigan, Purdue-Fort Wayne, Southern Mississippi, Winthrop

This is split up into two 4 team tournaments. Bradley is paired with Northwestern, Liberty and Auburn in Mexico and will play two of those teams. This tournament also comes with two campus games which come from teams in the "other" tournament. General speculation is that Bradley will play home games against Eastern Michigan and Purdue-Fort Wayne due to geography.

Yes. Other known Bradley games:

Home
None (except for the aforementioned probable tourney prelims against Ft Wayne and EMU)

Away
@ Bellarmine (original away of H-H, but could flip to home if series just pushed instead of flipped)
@ SIUE (middle part of 2-for-1)

Supposedly we're trying to connect with North Texas for a series (which was 42 in the NET, but just took a dump in the CUSA tournament), but would hopefully be a good H-H between the schools.

by **acecard1** » March 11th, 2022, 3:14 pm

We are about to lose our AD, and most of us hope we lose our coach also. Only God knows what our OOC schedule will look like. Under the best of times, it's usually September-October before we know anything. :cry:

by **SalukiWorld** » March 12th, 2022, 10:48 pm

Not sure on MTE but SIU has home games against Little Rock and Saint Louis for sure coming. Likely a road game at Southeast Missouri to continue that series.

by **Adunk33** » March 14th, 2022, 8:29 am

Scheduling will be interesting for the Birds this year. Not only with the new coach, but three schools the Birds tend to have H/H with regularly over the last 5 years or so will all be in the league next season.

I'll be interested to learn what Pedon's scheduling philosophy is. When Muller came in, one of the biggest gripes fans had was the way Jank scheduled. He'd consistently get 20+ win seasons with noncon games against 200-level ranked teams. Ironically enough nothing has changed and SMU was left out of the NCAA Tournament this season due to a poor noncon schedule.

Muller made scheduling a priority right away getting games with VCU, Dayton, Kentucky, Maryland, Northwestern, Louisville, DePaul, etc.

I'd like to see Pedon come in and get a couple buy games on the calendars along with some winnable home games to try to help build the new team's confidence.

by **Birdfan2018** » March 14th, 2022, 10:36 am

Adunk33 wrote:Scheduling will be interesting for the Birds this year. Not only with the new coach, but three schools the Birds tend to have H/H with regularly over the last 5 years or so will all be in the league next season.

I'll be interested to learn what Pedon's scheduling philosophy is. When Muller came in, one of the biggest gripes fans had was the way Jank scheduled. He'd consistently get 20+ win seasons with noncon games against 200-level ranked teams. Ironically enough nothing has changed and SMU was left out of the NCAA Tournament this season due to a poor noncon schedule.

Muller made scheduling a priority right away getting games with VCU, Dayton, Kentucky, Maryland, Northwestern, Louisville, DePaul, etc.

I'd like to see Pedon come in and get a couple buy games on the calendars along with some winnable home games to try to help build the new team's confidence.

I think the scheduling will come down to who stays. If Reeves, Fleming, Lewis, Freeman, Strong, McChesney & Chapman were to return, and Coach Pedon picks up a couple solid transfers, the team could definitely handle a tough non-conference schedule. However, if we have a significant roster change and end up with a young roster with a big mix of transfers, I don’t think a tough non-conference schedule would be wise.
The Jank/Muller scheduling thing was hilarious. Fan’s bitched because Jank’s scheduling was weak (I agree). Then Muller came in and put together good non-conference schedules (which I liked), and some of the fans that bitched about Jank’s scheduling were now bitching about Muller’s scheduling :huh:

by **BearsCountry** » March 20th, 2022, 2:15 pm

Bears have a return trip to BYU and Oral Roberts. Sam Houston is coming to Springfield and I believe Saint Mary's as well.