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Post by joshadam84 on Jul 12, 2014 14:58:18 GMT -6
The Cougars have announced their 2014-15 men's basketball schedule which is highlighted by Depaul coming to the JCC on December 4th. The team has twelve home games, five of which are non-conference. Another exciting game at home I am looking forward to is when Omaha visits on December 29th. The school still has quite a few non-D1 matchups. Three of their five non-conference home games are against non-D1 schools. Overall though, it will be a tough schedule. They'll make stops at each of the following: Arizona State, Creighton, Oakland, Notre Dame, SIUC (improved late in the year in the MVC), Toledo (won 27 games last year), WKU, and Green Bay. Hopefully, they will at least get three wins out of those games. Finally, the team has their first non-conference home game on November 18th and conference home game on January 22nd. Conference play starts on the road at UTPA on January 10th. The Cougars will have lots of new faces; however, we should still expect the same in your face defense seen in Coach Dildy's teams. A couple things I wish we'd see different in the schedule is more home games and less (like zero) games against non-D1 schools. Hopefully next year we'll see this change in the scheduling. We actually increased the amount of non-D1 schools played compared to last year (2). Outside of that nitpicking, we have some quality opponents and I cannot wait for the season to start! The schedule can be found in full here .
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Post by dancingnmsuaggie on Aug 10, 2014 8:31:18 GMT -6
The reason you don't have more home games is your horrible attendance. Even NMSU has less home games this year because of the same reason although it is not nearly as bad as Chicago State. We have a 12222 seat arena and can only get around 5000-6000 for the games. That is the reason why we are playing all the good teams on our OCC schedule on the road and only a couple of worthy opponents at home.
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Post by joshadam84 on Aug 10, 2014 10:50:56 GMT -6
I agree they do not have much of a home attendance. But I really can't blame the home fans if the team schedules three non-D1 schools. They're not giving the local community much to watch. I actually live in Terre Haute, IN, and I'm much more inclined to go watch Indiana State University play a team like NJIT or Alcorn State at the Hulman Center than if they play Wabash College, South Dakota School of Mines, or Wilberforce. A game against a D1 team is much more appealing regardless who it is against. Ideally, they would be able to attract one of the many local schools around the Chicago area for a 2 for 1 game. Games against other local Chicago schools have always had better attendance (2691 against Depaul in 2012-2013.. 1159 against Loyola-Chicago in 2012-13). Heck, even the Illinois (12 others), Indiana (9), or Michigan (6) area. Granted, several of those are large schools but there's still plenty to choose from at the mid-major level. A wonderful thing would be if they could set up some sort of Chicago area tournament each year and alternate the site of the host. This is me rambling now but I think that'd be an awesome thing to see for the city.. similar to the Philadelphia Big 5 tournament.
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Post by joshadam84 on Aug 10, 2014 17:46:38 GMT -6
Here's a copy of the MBB schedule. Also, after looking over the assumed returning roster I actually am optimistic the team can finish in the top half of the WAC. Since the official roster hasn't been announced yet, I'm just speculating! Day | Date | Opponent | WAC | Location | Time/Result |
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Fri. | 11/14/2014 | at Arizona State |
| Tempe, Ariz. | 8:00 PM | Sun. | 11/16/2014 | at Creighton |
| Omaha, Neb. | 4:30 PM | Tue. | 11/18/2014 | vs IU-Northwest |
| Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 11/22/2014 | vs Trinity Christian |
| Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Mon. | 11/24/2014 | vs Georgia State |
| Rochester, Mich. | 4:30 PM | Tue. | 11/25/2014 | at Oakland |
| Rochester, Mich. | 7:00 PM | Wed. | 11/26/2014 | vs Western Carolina |
| Rochester, Mich. | 4:30 PM | Sat. | 11/29/2014 | at Notre Dame |
| Notre Dame, Ind. | TBA | Thu. | 12/4/2014 | vs DePaul |
| Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM | Sat. | 12/6/2014 | at Toledo |
| Toledo, Ohio | 2:00 PM | Sun. | 12/14/2014 | at Southern Illinois |
| Carbondale, Ill. | 3:05 PM | Wed. | 12/17/2014 | at Western Kentucky |
| Bowling Green, Ky. | TBA | Sat. | 12/20/2014 | vs Saint Joseph’s (Ind.) |
| Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Mon. | 12/22/2014 | at SIUE |
| Edwardsville, Ill. | TBA | Mon. | 12/29/2014 | vs Omaha |
| Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Wed. | 12/31/2014 | at Green Bay |
| Green Bay, Wis. | 12:00 PM | Sat. | 1/3/2015 | at Bowling Green |
| Bowling Green, Ohio | 7:00 PM | Sat. | 1/10/2015 | at UTPA | * | Edinburg, Texas | 7:00 PM | Sat. | 1/17/2015 | at Kansas City | * | Kansas City, Mo. | 2:00 PM | Thu. | 1/22/2015 | vs Seattle U | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 1/24/2015 | vs Bakersfield | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Thu. | 1/29/2015 | at Utah Valley | * | Orem, Utah | TBA | Sat. | 1/31/2015 | at Grand Canyon | * | Phoenix, Ariz. | 7:00 PM | Thu. | 2/5/2015 | vs New Mexico State | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 2/7/2015 | vs UTPA | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Sat. | 2/14/2015 | vs Kansas City | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Thu. | 2/19/2015 | at Bakersfield | * | Bakersfield, Calif. | 7:00 PM | Sat. | 2/21/2015 | at Seattle U | * | Seattle, Wash. | 7:00 PM | Thu. | 2/26/2015 | vs Grand Canyon | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 2/28/2015 | vs Utah Valley | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Sat. | 3/7/2015 | at New Mexico State | * | Las Cruces, N.M. | 7:00 PM | Wed.-Sat. | 3/11-14/2015 | vs WAC Tournament |
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Post by joshadam84 on Oct 18, 2014 22:13:21 GMT -6
Here's the WBB schedule. Overall, I think Coach Jackson did a great job in scheduling. The first game of the year has Northwestern coming to the JCC. They have eight non-conference home games -- which includes NW and Depaul. There will definitely be an opportunity for some early wins this year. Day | Date | Opponent | WAC | Location | Time/Result |
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Fri. | 11/14/2014 | vs Northwestern | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Thu. | 11/20/2014 | vs Western Illinois | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sun. | 11/23/2014 | at Oakland | | Rochester, Mich. | TBA | Wed. | 11/26/2014 | vs Jackson State | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 11/29/2014 | vs Western Michigan | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Thu. | 12/4/2014 | vs IPFW | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | TBA | Sun. | 12/7/2014 | vs DePaul | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Sat. | 12/13/2014 | vs Saint Joseph's (Ind.) | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Tue. | 12/16/2014 | at UIC | | Chicago, Ill. | TBA | Fri. | 12/19/2014 | at Bradley | | Peoria, Ill. | TBA | Sun. | 12/21/2014 | at Milwaukee | | Milwaukee, Wis. | TBA | Mon. | 12/29/2014 | at Wright State | | Dayton, Ohio | TBA | Sun. | 1/4/2015 | at NJIT | | Newark, N.J. | TBA | Wed. | 1/7/2015 | vs Purdue Calumet | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 1/10/2015 | vs UTPA | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Sat. | 1/17/2015 | vs Kansas City | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Thu. | 1/22/2015 | at Seattle U | * | Seattle. Wash. | TBA | Sat. | 1/24/2015 | at Bakersfield | * | Bakersfield, Calif. | TBA | Thu. | 1/29/2015 | vs Utah Valley | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 1/31/2015 | vs Grand Canyon | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Thu. | 2/5/2015 | at New Mexico State | * | Las Cruces, N.M. | TBA | Sat. | 2/7/2015 | at UTPA | * | Edinburg, Texas | TBA | Wed. | 2/11/2015 | vs IU Northwest | | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 2/14/2015 | at Kansas City | * | Kansas City, Mo. | TBA | Thu. | 2/19/2015 | vs Bakersfield | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 7:05 PM CT | Sat. | 2/21/2015 | vs Seattle U | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Thu. | 2/26/2015 | at Grand Canyon | * | Phoenix, Ariz. | TBA | Sat. | 2/28/2015 | at Utah Valley | * | Orem, Utah | TBA | Sat. | 3/7/2015 | vs New Mexico State | * | Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center | 2:05 PM CT | Wed.-Sat. | 3/11-14/2015 | vs WAC Tournament | | Las Vegas, Nev. | | | | | | | |
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