2016-17 non-conference schedules

[JohnW22]

Mack has said many times he'll play anybody, anytime, any where. The one exception now being Dayton. He hates Dayton. Still laughing about the BE pullover he wore last year in Orlando. He must have had it especially made for the game. Great OOC slate.

Xavier still has one buy game left so Dayton isn't out of the picture yet
Kidding

[anXUfan]

Mack has said many times he'll play anybody, anytime, any where. The one exception now being Dayton. He hates Dayton. Still laughing about the BE pullover he wore last year in Orlando. He must have had it especially made for the game. Great OOC slate.

Xavier needed a home and home that started at X and involved one of the other Puerto Rico tournament teams so that it could be considered a non-bracketed game in that event and not count against their overall game limit. UNI was willing. That freed up room for the Baylor road game to toughen up their schedule.

[jaxalum]

Mack has said many times he'll play anybody, anytime, any where. The one exception now being Dayton. He hates Dayton. Still laughing about the BE pullover he wore last year in Orlando. He must have had it especially made for the game. Great OOC slate.

Xavier needed a home and home that started at X and involved one of the other Puerto Rico tournament teams so that it could be considered a non-bracketed game in that event and not count against their overall game limit. UNI was willing. That freed up room for the Baylor road game to toughen up their schedule.

Just adding to anxufans post, the staff was depending on a home Gavitt game against a top tier Big 10 school. They gave the Big East office more than a years notice of their open dates, and were essentially told they were "good to go". When they were passed over after being virtually guaranteed a game(lots of speculation as to why), let's just say the athletic department was less than enthused. The coach responsible for scheduing was put in a near impossible situation as he needed to add two quality home games and an away game. This late in the game, that's asking the near impossible. He was able to put together @Baylor (H&H), UNI (H&H), and Utah (H&H) in a little over three weeks. Lets just say the man deserves major kudos. UNI would not be the usual type of team we would seek a H&H with (desperate times), but they are a quality team, and I'm more than happy to play there next year. As it turns out, this has the potential to be a better schedule than if we were to have been "awarded" the Gavittt game. Time will tell.

[anXUfan]

Yeah basically we traded Wisconsin and a buy game at home for UNI and Utah at home plus Baylor on the road, with the only atypical commitment being to play at UNI the following year. Great job by the XU staff.

[NJRedman]

Mack has said many times he'll play anybody, anytime, any where. The one exception now being Dayton. He hates Dayton. Still laughing about the BE pullover he wore last year in Orlando. He must have had it especially made for the game. Great OOC slate.

Xavier needed a home and home that started at X and involved one of the other Puerto Rico tournament teams so that it could be considered a non-bracketed game in that event and not count against their overall game limit. UNI was willing. That freed up room for the Baylor road game to toughen up their schedule.

Just adding to anxufans post, the staff was depending on a home Gavitt game against a top tier Big 10 school. They gave the Big East office more than a years notice of their open dates, and were essentially told they were "good to go". When they were passed over after being virtually guaranteed a game(lots of speculation as to why), let's just say the athletic department was less than enthused. The coach responsible for scheduing was put in a near impossible situation as he needed to add two quality home games and an away game. This late in the game, that's asking the near impossible. He was able to put together @Baylor (H&H), UNI (H&H), and Utah (H&H) in a little over three weeks. Lets just say the man deserves major kudos. UNI would not be the usual type of team we would seek a H&H with (desperate times), but they are a quality team, and I'm more than happy to play there next year. As it turns out, this has the potential to be a better schedule than if we were to have been "awarded" the Gavittt game. Time will tell.

Let it go guys. Just let it go.

[BEX]

Nothing to let go of. We got the rebound and slam dunked it. Already have 5 quality OOC games for 2017-18.

[DudeAnon]

Let it go guys. Just let it go.

lol, it is a stupid argument isn't it? For what its worth, Mack confirmed that X was told to expect a Gavitt Game on a recent radio interview. But all is well that ends well.

[Xudash]

Nothing to let go of. We got the rebound and slam dunked it. Already have 5 quality OOC games for 2017-18.

Exactly.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/observations-experienced-wisconsin-is-ready-to-take-the-reins-in-the-big-ten/

[NJRedman]

Nothing to let go of. We got the rebound and slam dunked it. Already have 5 quality OOC games for 2017-18.

Oh really? This whole narrative is just tired and old. If you've (the fanbase/school) moved on then why keep pounding this drum about being promised a game and blah blah blah

the staff was depending on a home Gavitt game against a top tier Big 10 school. They gave the Big East office more than a years notice of their open dates, and were essentially told they were "good to go". When they were passed over after being virtually guaranteed a game(lots of speculation as to why)

[Xudash]

Nothing to let go of. We got the rebound and slam dunked it. Already have 5 quality OOC games for 2017-18.

Oh really? This whole narrative is just tired and old. If you've (the fanbase/school) moved on then why keep pounding this drum about being promised a game and blah blah blah

the staff was depending on a home Gavitt game against a top tier Big 10 school. They gave the Big East office more than a years notice of their open dates, and were essentially told they were "good to go". When they were passed over after being virtually guaranteed a game(lots of speculation as to why)

Next season, Xavier will play road games at Baylor, Cincinnati, and Colorado while hosting Wake Forest, Utah, and Northern Iowa at the Cintas Center. X also will play three games in the Puerto Rico Shootout.

That's a combined nine non-conference games against quality competition before the Musketeers face a single Big East opponent.

Has it dawned on you yet that you are the ONLY fan on this board not associated with Xavier that keeps grinding on what truly is not a big deal? The vast majority of Xavier fans have moved beyond this outcome.

The only narrative that is tired and old is your narrative.