2023-2024 Schedule

[swilsonsp4]

UC just posted the tipoff for 7:00,

[BearKatz]

Santos is also a problem to solve.

Come Dec 16th, will have little room for a lack luster game.

[GoBearcats31]

Houston wins by 6 at Xavier

[bearcatbret]

Houston wins by 6 at Xavier

This kind of worries me. Either Houston had a bad day or Xavier had a good one. Or maybe Xavier is better than broadcasted.

[Lobot]

I saw some of it. Complete whistle fest that kept X in it. Par for the course at Cintas.

[longtimefan]

Bengals/Vikings on December 16 at 1:00 p.m. -- look for the UC/UD tip time to follow shortly (presumably later in the day)

Make it a 5:00 PM start. It’ll be crowded down there.

[GoBearcats31]

Make it a 5:00 PM start. It’ll be crowded down there.

It’s at 7:00

[Gmann]

I saw some of it. Complete whistle fest that kept X in it. Par for the course at Cintas.

Hopefully our guys saw what kind of effort it's going to take to have any chance to exit Cintas with a win. They know how hard Houston battles and they barely escaped unbeaten. That place is a snakepit for visitiing teams.

[GoBearcats31]

Georgia Tech beat #21 Mississippi State

And Georgia Tech just upset #7 Duke - wow

[Bearcat93]

Wow, and we waxed GT. Interesting start to the season.

[GoBearcats31]

Already posted in the Xavier game thread, but first NET rankings dropped today (UC #14!) https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basket...ll-net-ranking

UIC is #52, though on a 2-game losing streak -- but would be great for them to stay inside the top 75 or so

Obviously UC will have plenty of opportunities for marquee wins in the Big 12 (and a boost in strength of schedule)... XU is top 75 and Dayton is top 50, so a road win at X and a neutral win versus UD could also be Quad 1 wins. Evansville (Dec. 29 opponent) is inside the top 100 and would likely be a Quad 3 game, but still nice to wrack up wins against teams like that (FGCU, yesterday's opponent, is barely inside the top 300).

[GoBearcats31]

Ken Pom ratings of UC's non-con foes. UC is currently #37

#133 UIC - W
#334 Detroit Mercy - W
#187 Eastern Washington - W
#178 Northern Kentucky - W
#128 Georgia Tech - W
#237 @Howard - W
#257 FGCU - W
#41 @Xavier - L
#212 Bryant - W
#40 vs. Dayton - L
#264 Merrimack - W
#229 Stetson
#177 Evansville

[Lobot]

Ken Pom ratings of UC's non-con foes. UC is currently #37

#133 UIC - W
#334 Detroit Mercy - W
#187 Eastern Washington - W
#178 Northern Kentucky - W
#128 Georgia Tech - W
#237 @Howard - W
#257 FGCU - W
#41 @Xavier - L
#212 Bryant - W
#40 vs. Dayton - L
#264 Merrimack - W
#229 Stetson
#177 Evansville

By this trend we'll get Ws vs Stetson and Evansville. Can't wait to see the Kenpom on the Conference opponents. Uh oh..

[richard k.]

By this trend we'll get Ws vs Stetson and Evansville. Can't wait to see the Kenpom on the Conference opponents. Uh oh..

How many above and below 50?

[Lobot]

How many above and below 50?

As of today, and this will obviously change somewhat by the time we head to Provo, Here's the conference:

#1 Houston
#5 BYU
#11 Iowa St
#12 Kansas
#13 Baylor
#18 Oklahoma
#32 TCU
#33 Texas
#37 Cincinnati
#42 Texas Tech
#67 Kansas State
#74 UCF
#90 Oklahoma St.
#131 West Virginia

If you follow the Non Conference schedule trend, there's a lot of Ls in here.

The bright side is we have a a lot of opportunities to move up in Kenpom and in the NET rankings on strength of schedule. That's the kind of thing that landed WVU in the NCAAs last year despite a bad conference record.