2017-18 Schedule

http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/byu-basketball/2017/4/27/15461562/byu-basketball-schedule-2017-18-barclays-center-classic-umass



Says we will play in a Thanksgiving tournament with UMass and Alabama and another team.

Minnesota is the 4th team. I heard that they might be ranked next year.

Games for next year.



Princeton, Utah, Alabama, UMass, Weber State, UVU, and Texas Arlington have all already announced games versus BYU for the upcoming season.

http://byucougars.com/m-basketball/byu-announces-2017-18-nonconference-schedule



2017-18 Nonconference Schedule



Oct. 25 Cougar Tipoff Marriott Center

Nov. 1 Westminster Marriott Center

Nov. 8 Colorado College Marriott Center

Nov. 11 Mississippi Valley State Marriott Center

Nov. 15 at Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium

Nov. 18 UT Arlington Marriott Center

Nov. 21 Niagara Marriott Center

Nov. 24 vs. Alabama (Barclay's Center Classic) Barclay's Center

Nov. 25 vs. UMass (Barclay's Center Classic) Barclay's Center

Nov. 29 at Utah Valley UCCU Center

Dec. 2 at Utah State Dee Glen Smith Spectrum

Dec. 6 Illinois State Marriott Center

Dec. 9 vs. Weber State (Beehive Classic) Vivint Smart Home Arena

Dec. 16 Utah Marriott Center

Dec. 21 Idaho State Marriott Center

Dec. 23 Texas Southern Marriott Center

http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=18068662



Utah - Could be a top 100 win by years end - finished 96th last year.



UT Arlington - these guys made it to the NIT semifinals and beat BYU in the Marriott Center last year. Could be another top 100 win. Final RPI last year was 40.



Illinois State - was a top 50 RPI team last year that got shut out of the NCAA tournament. Could be a top 50 RPI win. Final RPI last year was 39.



Texas Southern - made the NCAA tournament last year and finished at 103 RPI.



Miss Valley State, Niagara, and Idaho State look to be pretty bad but the team needs some confidence games as well.



BYU will play some great teams in Provo this year in UT Arlington and Illinois State and they will be great RPI boosters if BYU can get the wins.



Utah State in Logan will be a tough environment and a good opportunity for another character building win. Princeton was very good last year (#49) and nearly beat Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament. Alabama (#82) should provide a great opportunity for a win against a name school that seems to be improving.



With the addition of 5-6 games vs Gonzaga and St Mary's, BYU could have 13+ top 100 games and maybe 8 or more top 50 games. The names aren't going to sell tickets but the schedule really isn't that bad.

http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=18069032



Tier 1 game (probable top 25 teams):



Alabama (I doubt they will be top 25)



Tier 2 games (25-50 RPI)



UT Arlington: (Top 50 team last year and returns a very athletic bunch of juniors who ran us out of the MC in the NIT). This is a group of players who won the Sun Belt, won in the MC, won at Texas, and won at SMC. This team will easily be a top 50 RPI team and could wind up even higher.



Tier 3 games (50-100 RPI)



Utah: Should be right around 80-90 would be my guess. Will be a tough well coached team. Not having Kuzma will hurt them but Collette should be good. Their season will probably hinge on the SMU and Long Beach transfers and if 4 star Jayce Johnson can make a jump to the college level.



Wild Card teams that could sneak into the top 100.



ILLINOIS STATE: They were a top 40 RPI last year but they lose some seniors. Most years the MVC has three team in the top 100....some years they have 4. They lose Wichita State and get Valpo which will hurt their overall conference RPI moving forward. Can Illinois State be one of those three top 100 teams?



PRINCETON: They lose two seniors from last years top 50 RPI team and we play at their place. If we can win at their place and they can stay in the top 100 this will help our RPI.



TEXAS SOUTHERN: They return 6 of their top 7 scorers and minutes played on a team that finished 105 in RPI last year. Would be HUGE if they sneak into the top 100



Meh (100-200 RPI)



UMASS (I wish the Barclays was doing a tourney so we have a chance to play Minnesota): UMass very well would have made the jump into a top 100 team for 17-18....but their coach was fired and I believe 6 or 7 players transferred. I would imagine that they will be top 200 because of their A10 SOS.....win vs. a top 200 team on a neutral court. There could be worse things.



NIAGARA: They return 100% of their minutes from last years team that finished middle of the pack in the MAAC. Last year the MAAC finished with 4 teams in the 100-200 range and 2 in the top 100). With all returning minutes, Niagara will make a jump into the 100-200 range.



UTAH STATE: They lose Moore and Rector but outside of them they were really young last year. I expect them to make a jump next year to the low 100's and then be a solid team in 18-19 and 19-20 when we get them at home and at Vivint Arena (great scheduling for us). If we win this game, it should be a win against a 120 RPI team on the road that will be great.



UVU: All the key players are back except for Poydras. They will be hungry and this will be a dog fight and the biggest game ever to played at UVU. UVU will be in the 100-200 range next year... it will be interesting to see where they end up. This will be a TOUGH game and will be a road win.



Crap (200+):



WEBER STATE: They lose Senglin, should take a step back into the low 200's.



MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE: Was crap last year. Top 4 scorers were all seniors. Expect an awful team again.



IDAHO STATE: They return all but 30 minutes from last years team....but the team rarely won and was ranked 340.

I have no expectations or excitement for the 2017-18 BYU baseketball team.

SpiffCoug wrote:
I have no expectations or excitement for the 2017-18 BYU baseketball team.

In the same boat. We'll see how the season goes.

Gunk wrote:

I have no expectations or excitement for the 2017-18 BYU baseketball team.

In the same boat. We'll see how the season goes.

Yup. Like Bronco and Cleveland's last seasons.

Not a good schedule to have a bad year in. No really good teams. Can't afford to really lose any of those and make the tourney.

I think everyone is still burned by our inconsistent play from last year.



With an optimistic outlook we have the following strengths:



-Upperclassmen guards

-Outside threats, driving threats and at least one inside threat

-Big Man depth-we have the bodies to compete on the boards and defensively

-Our defensive effort and cohesiveness has no where to go but up



It could be a recipe for a 24-25 win season.

The schedules for the last few seasons have been of the same caliber. We aren't going to go dancing based on key wins. We'll go dancing based on how long our winning streak is.



Honestly, I kind of think these weak schedules are a reflection of being in the WCC and not going dancing. A top team wants to schedule other top teams to boost their RPI and chances of going dancing. BYU can't offer that. We're in a weak conference and we're losing a lot more lately than we have in the past. We had tougher schedule with more marques games in the MWC.

I'm very disappointed to have Mika gone, he was one of my favorite BYU players ever and I was very high on him. But I did confirm my season seat selection yesterday and I'm still looking forward to this season! I'm excited for the Illinois St. game because both of my parents attended there. They had a pretty good team last season.