Most of Iowa’s non-conference basketball schedule set

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

From article:

Iowa’s exhibition opponent is Division II Northwood (Mich.), which will compete Nov. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Among the scheduled non-conference opponents appearing at Carver-Hawkeye Arena include: Northern Illinois (Nov. 26), Longwood (Nov. 29), Maryland-Baltimore County (Dec. 6), Alcorn State (Dec. 9) and North Florida (Dec. 22). Iowa has yet to finalized a contract for one other opponent.

Iowa’s two home opponents in the 2K Sports Classic are undetermined. Those home dates range from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17. Syracuse, Texas and California — of which Iowa will play two — also compete in the final two rounds of the 2K Sports Classic, which is held Nov. 20-21 at Madison Square Garden.

The Hawkeyes are scheduled to play at North Carolina on Dec. 3 as part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. Iowa faces Northern Iowa in the Big 4 Classic on Dec. 20 in Des Moines. The annual Iowa-Iowa State rivalry game likely will be held Dec. 12 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.


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[vgshwk]

From article:

Iowa’s exhibition opponent is Division II Northwood (Mich.), which will compete Nov. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Among the scheduled non-conference opponents appearing at Carver-Hawkeye Arena include: Northern Illinois (Nov. 26), Longwood (Nov. 29), Maryland-Baltimore County (Dec. 6), Alcorn State (Dec. 9) and North Florida (Dec. 22). Iowa has yet to finalized a contract for one other opponent.

Iowa’s two home opponents in the 2K Sports Classic are undetermined. Those home dates range from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17. Syracuse, Texas and California — of which Iowa will play two — also compete in the final two rounds of the 2K Sports Classic, which is held Nov. 20-21 at Madison Square Garden.

The Hawkeyes are scheduled to play at North Carolina on Dec. 3 as part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. Iowa faces Northern Iowa in the Big 4 Classic on Dec. 20 in Des Moines. The annual Iowa-Iowa State rivalry game likely will be held Dec. 12 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.


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Boring home non conference schedule.

 

[1977Hawkeye]

Boring home non conference schedule.

Pretty much what I was thinking, other than ISU. Overall, a pretty tough schedule, just that most of the good games are away from Carver. Lots of opportunities this year for quality road/neutral wins.

 

[thejumper5]

I see Iowa still hasn't learned how to play the RPI game. Regardless of the how awful the RPI system is, the Iowa basketball administrators have to get better at being aware of its importance in NCAA seeding. The Hawkeyes have got to do a better job of avoiding the teams that are RPI killers, but this year they scheduled three of them. Very little good can come from scheduling Alcorn State (final RPI last year of 315), UMBC (331), or Longwood (336). If the Hawkeyes need these kinds of easy, confidence boosting wins, schedule some regional D2 schools that won't count in the RPI.

 

[HawkeyeMike23]

I see Iowa still hasn't learned how to play the RPI game. Regardless of the how awful the RPI system is, the Iowa basketball administrators have to get better at being aware of its importance in NCAA seeding. The Hawkeyes have got to do a better job of avoiding the teams that are RPI killers, but this year they scheduled three of them. Very little good can come from scheduling Alcorn State (final RPI last year of 315), UMBC (331), or Longwood (336). If the Hawkeyes need these kinds of easy, confidence boosting wins, schedule some regional D2 schools that won't count in the RPI.

Is Longwood a full D-1 member?

 

[thejumper5]

Is Longwood a full D-1 member?

Yes. They went 8-24 (4-24 vs. D1 teams) last year and were 3-13 in Big South Conference play.

 

[JRD90]

Hopefully the last remaining opponent will be decent. I thought the whole reason for not playing both Drake & UNI each year was to allow for more scheduling flexibility. Looks like they are just trading a game with Drake for another game against a cupcake team that does nothing for your resume.

 

[WindsorHawk]

Looks like they are just trading a game with Drake for another game against a cupcake team that does nothing for your resume.

This is the glass half full view. I prefer to think that North Carolina, Syracuse, Texas or California took the place of Drake on the schedule. All are upgrades.

 

[InGoodCo]

This is the glass half full view. I prefer to think that North Carolina, Syracuse, Texas or California took the place of Drake on the schedule. All are upgrades.

Windsor - I agree and I am a full glass kinda poster on here - I love the big hitters we are seeing now in the non con... I was actually looking up some of these teams to argue that it wasn't "that bad" but I can't. Longwood -337, UMBC -327, Alcorn State 314....they just kill our RPI.

Take a team like Creighton last year (sorry I use them cause I am close to them) - they only played 3 games against the top 25 RPI - and ended the season with an RPI of 10...

compared to Iowa - who played 10 top 25 RPI teams and ended up with an RPI of 56...

sure it would have helped if Iowa could have won a few more of those 10 games like Creighton was able to -(CU was 2/3) (Iowa was 2-8) but the fact is, CU didn't play as many games against teams above 200 as Iowa did and they were able to beat Villanova twice. It's hard to argue that they played even remotely as hard of schedule but they play the RPI game - they play very few teams with an RPI worse then 250 while Iowa has 4 or 5 of them a season. (approx 6 last season I think)

I think it hurts. I would like to see us schedule only teams with a 250 RPI or better at all costs.