NU home-and-home opponents for 2017-18

[lou v]

They avoid MSU, but this is a pretty tough road.

 

[rwhitney014]

Ouch. Gotta sweep PSU.

Name of the game is quality wins, though, so we'll have plenty of chances.

 

[SmellyCat]

Not worried. The team will be good. They'll be ranked. They will beat good teams.

 

[NJCat]

They avoid MSU, but this is a pretty tough road.

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Over on the Opponent boards....

"Crap, we have Northwestern twice!"

 

[scru]

Bring it. Gotta beat the best to be the best. Just need to believe and then execute. The talent is there.

 

[NURoseBowl]

Bring it. Gotta beat the best to be the best. Just need to believe and then execute. The talent is there.

+1.

 

[Catreporter]

Illinois and NU should play home and home every year. BIG needs to have protected rivalries in hoops like they do in football.

 

[NJCat]

Illinois and NU should play home and home every year. BIG needs to have protected rivalries in hoops like they do in football.

Agree. How about these protected rivalries?

NU-Illinois
Purdue-Indiana
Michigan-MSU
OSU-PSU
RU-MD
Wisky-Minny
Iowa-UNL

 

[ricko654321]

Agree. How about these protected rivalries?

NU-Illinois
Purdue-Indiana
Michigan-MSU
OSU-PSU
RU-MD
Wisky-Minny
Iowa-UNL

I've actually thought about this before and I 100% agree.

Except in my head I had switched to Maryland-OSU, and Rutty-PSU.

So it's sort of just rotating the Eastern teams from the football rivalries, which are Mich OSU, MSU PSU, and Md Rutgers.

 

[NJCat]

Except in my head I had switched to Maryland-OSU, and Rutty-PSU.
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Good point. OSU-MD has the Gary Williams connection. Someone has to play Rutgers and it might as well be Ped State.

 

[Mr Wickerpark]

Agree. How about these protected rivalries?

NU-Illinois
Purdue-Indiana
Michigan-MSU
OSU-PSU
RU-MD
Wisky-Minny
Iowa-UNL

We need quality wins. Playing illinois or psu twice a year is going to limit our credibility.

 

[JournCat]

This is a good draw, full of RPI-100 teams that are around or slightly below our expected level. Minnesota is expected to be very good. Penn State could be a bubble team this year if things go well. Wisconsin loses almost everyone besides Happ, Maryland loses Melo Trimble, and Michigan loses DJ Wilson and Derrick Walton. Getting 6 or more wins out of these 10 games (a reasonable goal) will be huge for the March resume.

 

[scru]

Anyone bold enough to start doing a game-by-game prediction for this season? I'm afraid I'm overly optimistic right now and couldn't put forward a realistic view. Harder in basketball than football due to the streakiness of basketball. Unpredictability of injuries also makes it really tough.

Fingers crossed for this being a season that brings the last couple seasons back up towards an expected injury level average (I.e. Injury free season to balance out the last few).

 

[Kelly_32]

Living an hour from Ann Arbor, I'm excited to see Michigan on this list!