Not a lot to draw a crowd

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

Was looking at the NU basketball schedule to see which games I might attend before the end of 2022...

Here are the choices...

Date	Day	Time	Opponent	2022 Rating	Interest
Nov 2	Wednesday	7 pm	Quincy Hawks	---	none
Nov 7	Monday	7 pm	Chicago State	57.55	very low
Nov 11	Friday	7 pm	N. Illinois	63.19	low
Nov 18	Friday	7 pm	PU - Fort Wayne	67.52	low
Nov 28	Monday	8 pm	Pittsburgh	72.87	medium
Dec 11	Sunday	1 pm	Prairie View	63.75	low
Dec 17	Saturday	1 pm	De Paul	78.37	medium
Dec 20	Tuesday	8 pm	Illinois-Chicago	65.00	low
Dec 29	Thursday	noon	Brown	69.75	low

We play ONE out-of-conference road game (at Georgetown) because of the Gavitt Games between the Big Ten and Big East. In other words, a mandatory game.

Northwestern was rated 80.21 last year (by Sagarin).

There's just not much quality NCAA basketball to justify the effort to attend.

 

[NJCat]

Your best chance to see a Wildcat Win is one of the above game though......

 

[phatcat]

Your best chance to see a Wildcat Win is one of the above game though......

I see Purdue Fort Wayne beating us. Picked to win their conference.

I'm gonna go so several preseason games. Finally within reach..

 

[NJCat]

I'm gonna go so several preseason games. Finally within reach..

Not sure why you call them "preseason" games. They all count. Except Quincy, Medical Examiner.

 

[EagerFan]

I loved Quincy growing up. I watched a few episodes recently - man tv has changed a lot since then.

Also, I look forward to the first several games - easy parking, open concessions, no one crowding my seat, etc.

 

[Catreporter]

There are no gimmes for this team. I think these early games will be competitive and maybe even more interesting than Big Ten games we are overmatched in. And I'm with Eager Fan re: easy parking, open concessions and no one crowding my seat. If you like hoops, what's to complain? And the local matchups should add some spice.

 

[PurpleWhiteBoy]

There are no gimmes for this team. I think these early games will be competitive and maybe even more interesting than Big Ten games we are overmatched in. And I'm with Eager Fan re: easy parking, open concessions and no one crowding my seat. If you like hoops, what's to complain? And the local matchups should add some spice.

One thing to complain about is that the schedule does almost nothing to prepare Luke Hunger for the Big Ten. The worst we should be with that group of games is 6-2, but realistically we could be 8-0. Lets play it safe and say 7-1.

 

[its_the_sauce]

Hopefully Red Panda will be scheduled for one of the non-cons lol.

 

[GatoLouco]

I'll be shelling out the big bucks, from my newly acquired, soon to be delivered, couches, for BTN+ for the month of November.

 

[Purple Pile Driver]

I'll be shelling out the big bucks, from my newly acquired, soon to be delivered, couches, for BTN+ for the month of November.

Do you get a reference on the Couches from Wrassler?