Wolverine Devotee

June 20th, 2016 at 11:11 AM ^

This is a fantastic draw and I'm expecting us to be in it at the end for the B1G Championship.

God-willing no one gets injured, of course.

Start Mo Wagner and this is gonna be a fun season.



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Yo_Blue

June 20th, 2016 at 11:08 AM ^

If I could trade Iowa and PSU, the home-only and road-only would be perfect.

Rutgers will be pretty butt-hurt by not having their huge rival on the schedule twice.

somewittyname

June 20th, 2016 at 4:36 PM ^

True, we're going to miss out on some gimmees at home. But, if the goal is to win the B10, as opposed to say just making the tourney and going 10-8 in conference, I think your road schedule is crucial. If you're competing for a title, you should be winning at home whether it's NW or it's IU. 

JOHNNAVARREISMYHERO

June 20th, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^

I am glad we got a one off home game against Ohio State.   The two single game road games in 3 years against them was ridiculous.

SAMgO

June 20th, 2016 at 12:12 PM ^

But it's within a 3 hour train ride of NY, Philly, and DC, where a ton of loyal Big Ten alums live. It's going to be at Madison Square Garden in 2018, which will be awesome. It's a great move for the conference.

SAMgO

June 20th, 2016 at 12:30 PM ^

It's not a student event in the first place. The tournament is usually on St. Patrick's Day weekend. You're not going to find a ton of college kids eager to give up that weekend on campus for a six hour stretch sitting inside a half empty United Center or Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

LSAClassOf2000

June 20th, 2016 at 11:31 AM ^

I was afaird of what this might look like, but not now - I like how this run through the conference sets up, and I particularly like the road-only draws here. I would agree that this might be the best schedule we've been able to get for some time. 

The revealing of this good news means, of course, that the next thread about hoops will be a recruiting thread and those always proceed smoothly. 

AVPBCI

June 20th, 2016 at 12:30 PM ^

I'd like to see UW-Milwaukee on the non conference schedule, should not be to hard to set up. That should be a win this year too with them a bit down.

readyourguard

June 20th, 2016 at 12:32 PM ^

I'm not celebrating an easier schedule. I'm not interested in making it easier for us to make the tournament only to get beat in the first round. Run us through the gauntlet. If we survive, we'll be well prepared for a successful March run. Baptism by fire.

Wolvie3758

June 20th, 2016 at 1:47 PM ^

seems like we are usually on the short end of the scheduling stick but not this time...I LIKE it

Perkis-Size Me

June 20th, 2016 at 1:57 PM ^

Wow, that's a pretty favorable schedule compared to where it's been recently. 

Playing @ Iowa is tough, but Minnesota, Northwestern and Rutgers are not overly daunting tasks. Getting Maryland, OSU, and Purdue as home only's is fantastic, especially considering I think we've had road-only games vs. OSU several times in the last few years.