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Tom reported last Friday on the non-conference schedule taking shape for our men’s basketball team. No changes have been made to the matchups we knew of at that point. However, we now know the full schedule as Vanderbilt dropped it this morning.
Men’s Basketball OOC 2017-2018
| DATE | TEAM | 2016-2017 Record | VU All-Time Against | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DATE | TEAM | 2016-2017 Record | VU All-Time Against | Last |
| November 10 | Austin Peay (NIT Tip-Off) | 11-19 (7-9, OVC) | 15-1 | 80-41 (W) |
| November 13 | @Belmont | 23-7 (15-1, OVC) | 5-0 | 80-66 (W) |
| November 17 | UNC Asheville (NIT Season Tip-Off) | 23-10 (15-3, Big South) | 3-0 | 80-66 (W) |
| November 19 | USC | 26-10 (10-8, Pac 12) | 1-4 | 77-72 (L) |
| November 23 | Rhode Island (possible, NIT Season Tip-Off)* | 25-10 (13-5, A10) | 0-2 | 82-69 (L) |
| November 23 | Seton Hall (possible, NIT Season Tip-Off)* | 21-12 (10-8, A10) | 1-0 | 85-67 (W) |
| November 23 | Virginia (possible, NIT Season Tip-Off)* | 23-11 (11-7, ACC) | 5-1 | 61-48 (W) |
| November 24 | TBD, NIT Season Tip-Off* | ------ | ------ | ------ |
| November 28 | Radford | 14-18 (8-10, Big South) | ------ | ------ |
| December 3 | Kansas State | 21-14 (8-10, Big 12) | 4-5 | 82-76 (W) |
| December 6 | MTSU | 31-5 (17-1, CUSA) | 29-6 | 71-48 (L) |
| December 17 | @Arizona State | 15-18 (7-11, Pac 12) | 0-3 | 87-68 (L) |
| December 20 | Houston Baptist | 17-14 (12-6, Southland) | ------ | ------ |
| December 22 | Alcorn | 18-14 (13-5, SWAC) | ------ | ----- |
| January 27 | TCU | 24-15 (6-12, Big 12) | 4-1 | 78-55 (W) |
* Denotes a game played in Brooklyn, NY
I’ll leave the hard-hitting hot take to Tom, but to me the biggest change is UNC Asheville getting added. UNC-A and Austin Peay were both added in as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off which we knew was coming. Both those games will be at Memorial Gym.
Otherwise we’re looking at Radford, Houston Baptist, and Alcorn getting added in. Vanderbilt has not played any of those teams before, and I know about nothing about them. Tom was dead on regarding the timing of these games too by the way.
All in all, it looks like a good set of games, I’m looking forward to it!