sleepy dawg
11-19-2021, 08:58 AM
Our non-conference schedule is pretty weak. So unless one of these teams turns out to be much better than expected, we really need to win them all, or at worst be 11-1.
Morehead State at home - Usually an average team within their bad conference. They finished 2nd in their conference last year, but still suck b/c Ohio Valley just isn't good.
Louisville in the Bahamas - This will definitely be our first test of the season. Louisville's already lost a game to Furman who isn't good and their other games were close. This should absolutely be a win if we're a Sweet 16 caliber team.
Maryland/Richmond The Bahamas - Winners and losers play. Maryland already lost to George Mason and Richmond lost to Utah State at Richmond, which is still a better loss than the others so far. All the teams in The Bahamas should be decent but not good teams this year.
Lamar at home - terrible. We should dominate them.
Minnesota at home - Undefeated so far this year, but they were around a .500 team last year, and they've only played crappy teams so far. They too are unlikely to be good this season.
Colorado State, neutral site - They've played a bunch of nobodies, but they've been whooping their asses. They look the best of any team we've played so far, but it's still too early to say.
Georgia State at home - terrible
Furman at home - The team that beat Louisville still isn't good. They'll probably compete to win the Southern conference, but again if we're a Sweet 16 caliber team, we should handle these guys at home.
Winthrop in Jackson - Terrible. Should be a warm up game preparing for conference play.
I know it's still really early and maybe a team or 2 here is better than they look so far or are expected to be. But as of now it looks like the best teams we'll play are closer to in the 40s-50s than anywhere near the 20s. If we end up with more than a loss, I'll be a little concerned about our chances to be special this year. I know anybody can have a bad game or good game, you can lose some you shouldn't and visa versa. Conference play is always going to be tough. If we want a good seed, we gotta win these non conference games too.
Thoughts? I was bored of all the other threads, so here's something else to distract me for today.
Morehead State at home - Usually an average team within their bad conference. They finished 2nd in their conference last year, but still suck b/c Ohio Valley just isn't good.
Louisville in the Bahamas - This will definitely be our first test of the season. Louisville's already lost a game to Furman who isn't good and their other games were close. This should absolutely be a win if we're a Sweet 16 caliber team.
Maryland/Richmond The Bahamas - Winners and losers play. Maryland already lost to George Mason and Richmond lost to Utah State at Richmond, which is still a better loss than the others so far. All the teams in The Bahamas should be decent but not good teams this year.
Lamar at home - terrible. We should dominate them.
Minnesota at home - Undefeated so far this year, but they were around a .500 team last year, and they've only played crappy teams so far. They too are unlikely to be good this season.
Colorado State, neutral site - They've played a bunch of nobodies, but they've been whooping their asses. They look the best of any team we've played so far, but it's still too early to say.
Georgia State at home - terrible
Furman at home - The team that beat Louisville still isn't good. They'll probably compete to win the Southern conference, but again if we're a Sweet 16 caliber team, we should handle these guys at home.
Winthrop in Jackson - Terrible. Should be a warm up game preparing for conference play.
I know it's still really early and maybe a team or 2 here is better than they look so far or are expected to be. But as of now it looks like the best teams we'll play are closer to in the 40s-50s than anywhere near the 20s. If we end up with more than a loss, I'll be a little concerned about our chances to be special this year. I know anybody can have a bad game or good game, you can lose some you shouldn't and visa versa. Conference play is always going to be tough. If we want a good seed, we gotta win these non conference games too.
Thoughts? I was bored of all the other threads, so here's something else to distract me for today.