'14-'15 Non Conference Schedules

[ChelseaFriar]

It looks like the Big East is scheduling some pretty big games in the non-conference. For the most part the strengths of schedule should be very strong. Just a recap of some of the more prominent games for each school:

Providence: Kentucky (Road), Notre Dame and FSU (neutral), BC (Road), Miami (neutral)
St. John's: Duke (home), Syracuse (Road) Plus Pre-Season NIT Field.
Creighton: Oklahoma (Home), Ole Miss (Neutral), Nebraska (Road)
Butler: Northwestern, Tennessee (Road), Indiana, Plus Battle 4 Atlantis
DePaul: Diamond Head Classic field
G'Town: Kansas, Indiana (neutral), Battle 4 Atlantis
Quette: Wisconsin, Arizona State, Ohio State (road), Orlando Classic field
Seton Hall: Rutgers, Georgia (road), Wichita State (road), Paradise Jam
Villanova: Syracuse, Legends Classic field, Big 5
Xavier: Missouri, Cincy, Auburn (All road), Alabama, Wooden Legacy

That is a very challenging slate for the most part. Fox will get a good number of these as well.

Just looking-
Providence- none
St John's- Duke
Creighton- Oklahoma
Butler- Northwestern, Indiana
G'Town- Kansas
Marquette- Wisconsin, Arizona St
Seton Hall- Rutgers
Villanova- Syracuse, Temple
Xavier- Alabama

Fox really when you look at it isn't getting a good number. Maybe some of those neutral site ones will go Fox, but not many. Definitely not proportional at all. Looks like 11 home games, 14 road/neutral site, and then all the tournaments(yes Fox will get some of the NIT games for instance, but it's the 1st/2nd round games, not the sf/finals at MSG). Also, not sure that some of the games like Northwestern and Rutgers are exactly huge games.

Really think a thing Fox is going to have to do is invest in at least 1, if not 2 of those exempt tournaments. It's a killer that all 10 teams are in those, and Fox gets NONE of them. To me, if I was Fox, that would be one of the first things I did quite frankly.

Not sure, but Fox might get the PC/Miami game at Barclays. They had some type of arrangement with Barclays (link below) last season.

http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/fox_sports_to_air_brooklyn_hoops_action/

[ChelseaFriar]

Providence non-conference schedule 2014

Nov. 15 Albany

Nov. 17 Binghamton

Nov. 20 Navy

Nov. 22 Florida State (@ Mohegan Sun)

Nov. 23 Notre Dame (@ Mohegan Sun)

Nov. 28 Holy Cross

Nov. 30 @ Kentucky

Dec. 5 @ Boston College

Dec. 8 Brown

Dec. 10 URI

Dec. 13 Stony Brook

Dec. 20 UMass

Dec. 22 Miami (@ Barclays Center)

[bmorex]

Xavier's Non-Con Schedule:

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/xav ... hedule.pdf

[GoldenWarrior11]

Not sure if already posted, by Jon Rothstein tweeted that Seton Hall will have a home-and-home with USF starting this year (December 18th in Tampa).

I hope the Pirates are able to stick it to the AAC.

[wildjays]

All the Big East non-conference opponents and dates for 2014-15 and beyond known are posted here.

http://whiteandbluereview.com/?page_id=293

[billyjack]

DePaul just released their OOC schedule:
Nov 14 - vs UIC.
Nov 18 - vs Drake.
Nov 26 - vs Lehigh.
Nov 30 - vs Stanford <--- nice home game.
Dec 2 - vs Northern Illinois.
Dec 4 - at Chicago State.
Dec 7 - vs Milwaukee.
Dec 11 - at George Washington <--- solid road game.
Dec 14 - vs Illinois State.
Dec 18 - at Oregon State <--- nice road game.
then:
Dec 22-25 - in Diamond Head Classic (no brackets yet, but teams include Colorado, George Washington, Loyola Marymount, Nebraska, Ohio U and Wichita State).

[stever20]

DePaul just released their OOC schedule:
Nov 14 - vs UIC.
Nov 18 - vs Drake.
Nov 26 - vs Lehigh.
Nov 30 - vs Stanford <--- nice home game.
Dec 2 - vs Northern Illinois.
Dec 4 - at Chicago State.
Dec 7 - vs Milwaukee.
Dec 11 - at George Washington <--- solid road game.
Dec 14 - vs Illinois State.
Dec 18 - at Oregon State <--- nice road game.
then:
Dec 22-25 - in Diamond Head Classic (no brackets yet, but teams include Colorado, George Washington, Loyola Marymount, Nebraska, Ohio U and Wichita State).

interesting. Not sure liking the Stanford home game being Sunday Thanksgiving weekend. 3 straight Sunday games. Although it's funny- competing with exactly ZERO Bears games(Bears play Thanksgiving, TNF, and then MNF those 3 weeks!) 8-5 or 7-6 looks very possible heading into conference play.

[Jet915]

DePaul just released their OOC schedule:
Nov 14 - vs UIC.
Nov 18 - vs Drake.
Nov 26 - vs Lehigh.
Nov 30 - vs Stanford <--- nice home game.
Dec 2 - vs Northern Illinois.
Dec 4 - at Chicago State.
Dec 7 - vs Milwaukee.
Dec 11 - at George Washington <--- solid road game.
Dec 14 - vs Illinois State.
Dec 18 - at Oregon State <--- nice road game.
then:
Dec 22-25 - in Diamond Head Classic (no brackets yet, but teams include Colorado, George Washington, Loyola Marymount, Nebraska, Ohio U and Wichita State).

interesting. Not sure liking the Stanford home game being Sunday Thanksgiving weekend. 3 straight Sunday games. Although it's funny- competing with exactly ZERO Bears games(Bears play Thanksgiving, TNF, and then MNF those 3 weeks!) 8-5 or 7-6 looks very possible heading into conference play.

The Sunday games are definitely Fox's doing. They won't be showing non-conference basketball on Saturdays due to football so all the games will get Sunday TV.

[stever20]

DePaul just released their OOC schedule:
Nov 14 - vs UIC.
Nov 18 - vs Drake.
Nov 26 - vs Lehigh.
Nov 30 - vs Stanford <--- nice home game.
Dec 2 - vs Northern Illinois.
Dec 4 - at Chicago State.
Dec 7 - vs Milwaukee.
Dec 11 - at George Washington <--- solid road game.
Dec 14 - vs Illinois State.
Dec 18 - at Oregon State <--- nice road game.
then:
Dec 22-25 - in Diamond Head Classic (no brackets yet, but teams include Colorado, George Washington, Loyola Marymount, Nebraska, Ohio U and Wichita State).

interesting. Not sure liking the Stanford home game being Sunday Thanksgiving weekend. 3 straight Sunday games. Although it's funny- competing with exactly ZERO Bears games(Bears play Thanksgiving, TNF, and then MNF those 3 weeks!) 8-5 or 7-6 looks very possible heading into conference play.

The Sunday games are definitely Fox's doing. They won't be showing non-conference basketball on Saturdays due to football so all the games will get Sunday TV.

Maybe for the 1st one, but the Dec 7 and Dec 14 ones are after college football is over for FS1.

Of course, you could say that DePaul is the worst one so they're getting the worst slots. Providence got their best game on a Saturday right before Christmas for instance.

[1989Pirate]

2 updates for The Hall. You can take the question mark away from St. Peters and add Maine (Walsh Gym on campus).

Link to full non-conference schedule: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/seh ... hedule.pdf