While the cat is already out of the bag, I think we should have played utrgv on 11/28 as the first game in Fertitta Center.
First game, the new digs will be the star regardless of who we play…get it behind us, have the team focused on Oregon and beat them on Dec 1st…
I understand that I am in the minority on this one…
Yep, brainfarted on that one. Hope we don’t play there again since we’ve been to Baton Rouge the last two years.
5 games are being announced today not 4
13 OOC games this year? I like it.
https://twitter.com/UHCougarMBK/status/1019975226954829825
LSU was 88th in RPI last year and finished 18-15. They are considered to be an NCAA tourney contender as they bring in the top rated class in the SEC. Naz Reid should be a stud freshman and Sophomore Tremont Waters may be the best player in the conference.
And it’s Fertitta and not Ferttita, right?
Yep, they switched the T’s
https://twitter.com/UHCougarMBK/status/1019982837926252545
Saint Louis finished 153rd in last year’s RPI with a 17-16 record. I’ve seen some prognostications that they’ll be the best team in the Atlantic 10 this year, have many returnees, and have a solid class coming in.
https://twitter.com/UHCougarMBK/status/1019990292978655232
Utah State was 157th in RPI last year and finished 17-17. They fired their coach after three years of .500 basketball and hired South Dakota’s head coach, Craig Smith. He led South Dakota to a 79-55 record over 4 years and made the NCAA tournament two years ago.
This is strength coach Alan Bishop’s alma mater.
https://twitter.com/UHCougarMBK/status/1019997865907716096
Coppin State was 342nd in RPI last year and finished the season 5-27
https://twitter.com/UHCougarMBK/status/1020005417701793793
NJIT finished 272nd in last year’s RPI and 14-16 overall.
So here’s the full non-conference schedule which is up at http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/hou-m-baskbl-sched.html
I wish I could get my UHCougars.com site to look like that now. It used to look good but now it is some ungodly format.
jo earlier you tried to call me out for worrying that our schedule would be worse…you said it would be far better and its not even close when we announced a few games…all the games are now out
by all measurements last years schedule was better
last years non conference (rpi): 186, this years non-conference (rpi): 208 (projected finish/t-rank): 194
*note we had the 3rd worst non-conference last year of any atlarge teams
full schedule last year (rpi): 138, this years schedule (rpi): 158 (projected finish/t-rank): 143
(t-rank thinks all aac finish top 240, usf’s schedule already ruined that)
and luckily we only added 1 horrific game with the remaining buys (instead of the 2 or 3 i feared)…but the updated comparison to cincy is now 123 to 158, and yes that is a big difference
overall this schedule will get us in the tournament (if the teams expected to be good are good)…
if im honest id be completely shocked if we got a top 3 seed on this schedule (not unless someone in the aac surprises an become top 15), but i don’t think we need a top 3 seed to make noise
That’s fair. Let’s see how everything plays out. We definitely have better teams at the top of our schedule, but we have a lot of bad teams. Let’s see where everyone sits come January 1.
I feel that as a team we have “arived” after last year. All the buzz with our well known coach has done, the new renovation is being discussed nationally, the uptick in recruiting, Rob Gray, making it to the second round and losing at the last second. That all helps for making it to the dance this year. Remember, we virtually dissappeared for decades, 2010 not withstanding.
As long as we get into the dance for a consecutive year is a huge jump from where we were used to being…
BYU will be a top 50. On the road. We’ll see about Okie State. If Okie State can be a top 75 team then that gives us two quadrant 1 opportunities on the road. Could have a potential 5 quadrant 1 opportunities in this OOC schedule. For comparison’s sake, we only had two last season.
The Cougars’ Dec. 23 showdown against Coppin State and their Dec. 29 meeting against NJIT each will tip off at 3 p.m., inside the Ferittta Center. They will be two of Houston’s school-record 20 regular-season home games this season.
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