Baylor's Non-Conference Schedule

[UConnCat]

• Nov. 9 (Sat.) GRAMBLING
• Nov. 14 (Thu.) NICHOLLS STATE
• Nov. 18 (Mon.) RICE
• Nov. 21 (Thu.) #UTSA/Northwestern State; Baylor/Savannah State
• Nov. 22 (Fri.) #Savannah State/UTSA; Baylor/Northwestern State
• Nov. 23 (Sat.) #Northwestern State/Savannah State; Baylor/UTSA
• Dec. 3 (Tue.) SAN JOSE STATE
• Dec. 6 (Fri.) vs. Kentucky (Dan Hurley) Arlington
• Dec. 15 (Sun.) HOUSTON BAPTIST
• Dec. 18 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI
• Dec. 28 (Sat.) MCNEESE STATE
• Jan. 13 (Mon.) CONNECTICUT

So we're talking one non-conference game away from Waco and it'll be in Arlington TX. Weak.

 

[Sonny44]

• 
  [ ]Nov. 9 (Sat.) GRAMBLING
  [ ]Nov. 14 (Thu.) NICHOLLS STATE
  [ ]Nov. 18 (Mon.) RICE
  [ ]Nov. 21 (Thu.) #UTSA/Northwestern State; Baylor/Savannah State
  [ ]Nov. 22 (Fri.) #Savannah State/UTSA; Baylor/Northwestern State
  [ ]Nov. 23 (Sat.) #Northwestern State/Savannah State; Baylor/UTSA
  [ ]Dec. 3 (Tue.) SAN JOSE STATE
  [ ]Dec. 6 (Fri.) vs. Kentucky (Dan Hurley) Arlington
  [ ]Dec. 15 (Sun.) HOUSTON BAPTIST
  [ ]Dec. 18 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI
  [ ]Dec. 28 (Sat.) MCNEESE STATE
  [ ]Jan. 13 (Mon.) CONNECTICUT

So we're talking one non-conference game away from Waco and it'll be in Arlington TX. Weak.

How daring on their part; big difference from Geno's approach, eh.

 

[UCONNfan1]

Interesting. Given how weak the Big 12 should be next year, Baylor could find themselves ranked in the top 5-10 by the end of the season, even tho they are probably a top 15-20 team at best. Smart, in a way. It will keep Baylor in the "national spotlight" in spite of losing Griner et al...

 

[rocky rococo]

"Weak" is definitely a word that comes to mind looking at that schedule. I suppose Kim planned for the "everybody-except-Odyssey-just-graduated" year.

 

[CBus13]

This looks like a football non-conference schedule...

 

[jdubct]

Interesting. Given how weak the Big 12 should be next year, Baylor could find themselves ranked in the top 5-10 by the end of the season, even tho they are probably a top 15-20 team at best. Smart, in a way. It will keep Baylor in the "national spotlight" in spite of losing Griner et al...

I agree. However, with the regular season schedule and 3 or 4 losses, they'll be only a 3 or 4 seed in the NCAA tournament.

 

[doggydaddy]

Their ranking will be inflated by beating up everyone other than Kentucky and Uconn.

Really weak.

 

[Icebear]

meh?

 

[Wbbfan1]

I've put in brackets last year's RPI ranking for each school and that definitely demonstrates how weak Baylor's OOC schedule is. Even with their losses due to graduation, Kim should be ashamed. Unfortunately what Kim has done this year is not uncommon in Basketball. Too many teams have weak OOC Schedule in an effort to get 20-25 wins a year.

• 
  [ ]Nov. 9 (Sat.) GRAMBLING RPI (308)
  [ ]Nov. 14 (Thu.) NICHOLLS STATE (156)
  [ ]Nov. 18 (Mon.) RICE (130)
  [ ]Nov. 21 (Thu.) #UTSA/Northwestern State; Baylor/Savannah State (243)
  [ ]Nov. 22 (Fri.) #Savannah State/UTSA; Baylor/Northwestern State (330)
  [ ]Nov. 23 (Sat.) #Northwestern State/Savannah State; Baylor/UTSA (291)
  [ ]Dec. 3 (Tue.) SAN JOSE STATE (281)
  [ ]Dec. 6 (Fri.) vs. Kentucky (Dan Hurley) Arlington (8)
  [ ]Dec. 15 (Sun.) HOUSTON BAPTIST (344) There's only 345 in RPI rankings
  [ ]Dec. 18 (Wed.) MISSISSIPPI (244)
  [ ]Dec. 28 (Sat.) MCNEESE STATE (153)
  [ ]Jan. 13 (Mon.) CONNECTICUT (4)

So we're talking one non-conference game away from Waco and it'll be in Arlington TX. Weak.[/quote]

 

[Icebear]

Thanks, Wbb, that reinforces,"meh."

 

[doggydaddy]

Thanks, Wbb, that reinforces,"meh."

I think that changes the meh to bleeeeeech.

 

[huskeynut]

Can you say "cream "puff."

Sad.

 

[easttexastrash]

Kim is smarter than I thought. Way to avoid those losses and keep the record looking good! Maybe there will be a major Texas blizzard on January 13 the causes the UCONN game to be cancelled.

This schedule is an embarrassment!

 

[Phil]

That's astounding, when your third best non-conference game is against a team ranked at 130 last year. And the only "away" game is in Texas. Just wow.

 

[Vowelguy]

You can't get quality wins without quality opponents. Baylor is going to need either an upset vs Kentucky or a strong performance against the big12.

 

[UCONNfan1]

But the Big 12 is fairly weak this year, no? Oklahoma and Texas should be good - I think OK beats Baylor, but Texas? Who else in that conference will be any good? I'm sure Baylor will have a few WTF losses - when you lose as much as they did, it has to be expected. Going to be wild to see how they do and how the rankings pan out...

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

In reality, the worst part about that schedule is how it will affect NCAA seeding. It is ok to schedule a few cream-puffs, better if you are careful in your selection of which cream-puffs you schedule.

Houston Baptist???? They were recently involved in a battle of the unvictorious, IIRC - well into the season, and that may have been their only victory.

 

[Wonkster]

In reality, the worst part about that schedule is how it will affect NCAA seeding. It is ok to schedule a few cream-puffs, better if you are careful in your selection of which cream-puffs you schedule.

Houston Baptist???? They were recently involved in a battle of the unvictorious, IIRC - well into the season, and that may have been their only victory.

No fear of Baylor's taste for creampuffs this year, KnightBridgeAZ. Savannah State has owned several WCBB records for utter self-destruction in WCBB.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

meh? Try pathetic. Frankly an embarrassment to the University. If I am the AD and unaware of this I call her in and say: "WTF!"

 

[sarals24]

I wonder if she had troubling getting people to play her...

But I think she cancelled the series with Tennessee, if I recall. So there goes that theory.

 

[triaddukefan]

That lineup makes UNC's non conference schedule look strong

 

[rocky rococo]

Houston Baptist? The Huskies if I'm not mistaken.

 

[pap49cba]

This is some kind of sick joke, right????

 

[jsloanjr]

Outsside of UCONN and KY, the rest are below UOH...........No offense Jen

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Outsside of UCONN and KY, the rest are below UOH...........No offense Jen

I think in the abstract that Rice and UTSA are somewhere in that general range (i.e. they are competitive for mid-majors, but not with the big boys) - not sure about SDS. The rest are extremely bleh.

 

[reno tony]

Quite frankly I admire her for scheduling this lineup. What other team would give these teams the chance to play a top caliber (Sweet Sixteen) team. Each of these teams can say that they are playing the team that lost to the eventual second place team in the country. What a coup for Houston Baptist and others.

 

[pinotbear]

But I think she cancelled the series with Tennessee, if I recall. So there goes that theory.

When asked "why?", Kim replied "Pat knows: go ask her".

 

[jdubct]

Well, the worst they'll go is 10-2. Certainly assures a 25 win regular season.

 

[Sonny44]

Only Homer would attend those games.

 

[UcMiami]

This isn't that unusual for a number of teams - Baylor upgraded their schedule when Griner arrived but if I remember correctly they were playing this kind of schedule previously, too. And as far as I am concerned for top 5-10 teams as soon as the rpi drops below 75 it really doesn't matter if it is 100 or 200 - the game should be a cake walk.
This is also something that ADs promote because it is all home games. You aren't going to get any decent programs to agree to only a road game. And it saves the program a lot of money on travel and adds to gate receipts.
And every year there are teams like Syracuse and UNC, and ... who do the exact same thing.
Knock TN all you want, but they and Uconn, and Stanford, and Rutgers, and ND and a number of other programs consistently schedule good home and home series.