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Men's 2020-21 Basketball Schedule

Paytonlives said:
At North Dakota State Dec 19th 2020
At SMU (TBD)

D1 Docket reports at North Dakota and at home against South Dakota State

https://twitter.com/thed1docket/status/1242110006906019850?s=21

Tucson website reports at Arizona December 22nd

https://tucson.com/sports/arizonawildcats/basketball/arizona-wildcats-conservative-nonconference-hoops-schedule-accounts-for-added-pac-12-games/article_e92dc98b-9c6a-5d39-9388-ba376863e46e.html
 
DoubleNicks said:
GrizBall said:
D1 Docket reports at North Dakota and at home against South Dakota State

That link only lists @NDSU and @Arizona for Montana, so not sure about @North Dakota.

If you just click “Montana” in the row column it won’t show because it doesn’t have a reported set schedule date yet.

If you click the “Big Sky” column and then go to the “Montana” column it will show you reported games that don’t have a set date, as well as the games that have a date.
 
GrizBall said:
DoubleNicks said:
That link only lists @NDSU and @Arizona for Montana, so not sure about @North Dakota.

If you just click “Montana” in the row column it won’t show because it doesn’t have a reported set schedule date yet.

If you click the “Big Sky” column and then go to the “Montana” column it will show you reported games that don’t have a set date, as well as the games that have a date.

Ok, gotcha. Thanks!
 
Which makes me wonder if the game at North Dakota will be Thursday, Dec. 17 to save on travel expenses...
 
DoubleNicks said:
Which makes me wonder if the game at North Dakota will be Thursday, Dec. 17 to save on travel expenses...

That makes a lot of sense but also would make for a tough road week with Arizona on the 22nd. But with school starting early and then shutting down at Thanksgiving should make it a little easier.
 
DoubleNicks said:
Which makes me wonder if the game at North Dakota will be Thursday, Dec. 17 to save on travel expenses...
That’s exactly what I said earlier this year. Save money by taking the grand tour of North Dakota starting Wednesday, then set sail for Arizona on Sunday after the NDSU game.
 
Thanks for posting this! Arizona has some young studs so that will a tough one but having two pretty good mid majors like Omaha and South Dakota St at home will be fun!
 
https://gogriz.com/news/2020/5/22/m...me-conference-schedule-in-2020-21-season.aspx
Geographic proximity will be one of the criteria to determine which six opponents each school plays twice and which four opponents each school plays once.

The previously approved 2020-21 conference schedule was a 20-game double-round robin slate that began with two games in early December and resumed after Christmas. Each institution can determine whether it will replace the four fewer conference games in 2020-21 with non-conference matchups.

Anybody heard what UM's stance is on whether they will schedule BSC teams in the non-conference?
 
Also, determining the four teams you only play once could be a headache. For example, Sacramento is in 7 different teams' "top four farthest opponents." Do you give preference to the perspective of teams that are the most outliers, like Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, and Sac State? Anyways, using check-distance.com, here are each teams top four farthest opponents in red:

Montana
1. Flagstaff: 816 Miles
2. Sacramento: 687 Miles
3. Greeley: 643 Miles
4. Cedar City: 637 Miles

Portland: 425 Miles
Ogden: 403 Miles
Pocatello: 287 Miles
Cheney: 173 Miles
Bozeman: 163 Miles
Moscow: 142 Miles
Total Mileage: 4,376 Miles

Montana State
T1. Flagstaff: 725 Miles
T1. Sacramento: 725 Miles
3. Cedar City: 562 Miles
4. Portland: 561 Miles

Greeley: 483 Miles
Cheney: 334 Miles
Ogden: 311 Miles
Moscow: 294 Miles
Pocatello: 207 Miles
Missoula: 163 Miles
Total Mileage: 4,365 Miles

Northern Arizona
1. Portland: 917 Miles
2. Cheney: 902 Miles
3. Moscow: 844 Miles
4. Missoula: 816 Miles

Bozeman: 725 Miles
Sacramento: 592 Miles
Pocatello: 531 Miles
Greeley: 523 Miles
Ogden: 417 Miles
Cedar City: 188 Miles
Total Mileage: 6,455 Miles

Northern Colorado
1. Portland: 971 Miles
2. Sacramento: 902 Miles
3. Cheney: 803 Miles
4. Moscow: 753 Miles

Missoula: 643 Miles
Flagstaff: 523 Miles
Cedar City: 486 Miles
Bozeman: 483 Miles
Pocatello: 434 Miles
Ogden: 384 Miles
Total Mileage: 6,382 Miles

Portland State
1. Greeley: 971 Miles
2. Flagstaff: 917 Miles
3. Cedar City: 733 Miles
4. Ogden: 612 Miles

Bozeman: 561 Miles
Pocatello: 537 Miles
Sacramento: 483 Miles
Missoula: 425 Miles
Moscow: 284 Miles
Cheney: 278 Miles
Total Mileage: 5,801 Miles

Sac State
1. Greeley: 902 Miles
2. Bozeman: 725 Miles
3. Missoula: 687 Miles
4. Cheney: 646 Miles

Moscow: 607 Miles
Flagstaff: 592 Miles
Pocatello: 558 Miles
Ogden: 536 Miles
Portland: 483 Miles
Cedar City: 462 Miles
Total Mileage: 6,198 Miles

Southern Utah
1. Portland: 733 Miles
2. Cheney: 715 Miles
3. Moscow: 657 Miles
4. Missoula: 637 Miles

Bozeman: 562 Miles
Greeley: 486 Miles
Sacramento: 462 Miles
Pocatello: 360 Miles
Ogden: 252 Miles
Flagstaff: 188 Miles
Total Mileage: 5,052 Miles

Weber State
1. Portland: 612 Miles
2. Sacramento: 536 Miles
3. Cheney: 513 Miles
4. Moscow: 455 Miles

Flagstaff: 417 Miles
Missoula: 403 Miles
Greeley: 384 Miles
Bozeman: 311 Miles
Cedar City: 252 Miles
Pocatello: 116 Miles
Total Mileage: 3,999 Miles

Eastern Washington
1. Flagstaff: 902 Miles
2. Greeley: 803 Miles
3. Cedar City: 715 Miles
4. Sacramento: 646 Miles

Ogden: 513 Miles
Pocatello: 405 Miles
Bozeman: 334 Miles
Portland: 278 Miles
Missoula: 173 Miles
Moscow: 59 Miles
Total Mileage: 4,828 Miles

Idaho
1. Flagstaff: 844 Miles
2. Greeley: 753 Miles
3. Cedar City: 657 Miles
4. Sacramento: 607 Miles

Ogden: 455 Miles
Pocatello: 348 Miles
Bozeman: 294 Miles
Portland: 284 Miles
Missoula: 142 Miles
Cheney: 59 Miles
Total Mileage: 4,443 Miles

Idaho State
1. Sacramento: 558 Miles
2. Portland: 537 Miles
3. Flagstaff: 531 Miles
4. Greeley: 434 Miles

Cheney: 405 Miles
Cedar City: 360 Miles
Moscow: 348 Miles
Missoula: 287 Miles
Bozeman: 207 Miles
Ogden: 116 Miles
Total Mileage: 3,783 Miles
 
DoubleNicks said:
Also, determining the four teams you only play once could be a headache. For example, Sacramento is in 7 different teams' "top four farthest opponents." Do you give preference to the perspective of teams that are the most outliers, like Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, and Sac State? Anyways, using check-distance.com, here are each teams top four farthest opponents in red:

Montana
1. Flagstaff: 816 Miles
2. Sacramento: 687 Miles
3. Greeley: 643 Miles
4. Cedar City: 637 Miles

Portland: 425 Miles
Ogden: 403 Miles
Pocatello: 287 Miles
Cheney: 173 Miles
Bozeman: 163 Miles
Moscow: 142 Miles
Total Mileage: 4,376 Miles

Montana State
T1. Flagstaff: 725 Miles
T1. Sacramento: 725 Miles
3. Cedar City: 562 Miles
4. Portland: 561 Miles

Greeley: 483 Miles
Cheney: 334 Miles
Ogden: 311 Miles
Moscow: 294 Miles
Pocatello: 207 Miles
Missoula: 163 Miles
Total Mileage: 4,365 Miles

Northern Arizona
1. Portland: 917 Miles
2. Cheney: 902 Miles
3. Moscow: 844 Miles
4. Missoula: 816 Miles

Bozeman: 725 Miles
Sacramento: 592 Miles
Pocatello: 531 Miles
Greeley: 523 Miles
Ogden: 417 Miles
Cedar City: 188 Miles
Total Mileage: 6,455 Miles

Northern Colorado
1. Portland: 971 Miles
2. Sacramento: 902 Miles
3. Cheney: 803 Miles
4. Moscow: 753 Miles

Missoula: 643 Miles
Flagstaff: 523 Miles
Cedar City: 486 Miles
Bozeman: 483 Miles
Pocatello: 434 Miles
Ogden: 384 Miles
Total Mileage: 6,382 Miles

Portland State
1. Greeley: 971 Miles
2. Flagstaff: 917 Miles
3. Cedar City: 733 Miles
4. Ogden: 612 Miles

Bozeman: 561 Miles
Pocatello: 537 Miles
Sacramento: 483 Miles
Missoula: 425 Miles
Moscow: 284 Miles
Cheney: 278 Miles
Total Mileage: 5,801 Miles

Sac State
1. Greeley: 902 Miles
2. Bozeman: 725 Miles
3. Missoula: 687 Miles
4. Cheney: 646 Miles

Moscow: 607 Miles
Flagstaff: 592 Miles
Pocatello: 558 Miles
Ogden: 536 Miles
Portland: 483 Miles
Cedar City: 462 Miles
Total Mileage: 6,198 Miles

Southern Utah
1. Portland: 733 Miles
2. Cheney: 715 Miles
3. Moscow: 657 Miles
4. Missoula: 637 Miles

Bozeman: 562 Miles
Greeley: 486 Miles
Sacramento: 462 Miles
Pocatello: 360 Miles
Ogden: 252 Miles
Flagstaff: 188 Miles
Total Mileage: 5,052 Miles

Weber State
1. Portland: 612 Miles
2. Sacramento: 536 Miles
3. Cheney: 513 Miles
4. Moscow: 455 Miles

Flagstaff: 417 Miles
Missoula: 403 Miles
Greeley: 384 Miles
Bozeman: 311 Miles
Cedar City: 252 Miles
Pocatello: 116 Miles
Total Mileage: 3,999 Miles

Eastern Washington
1. Flagstaff: 902 Miles
2. Greeley: 803 Miles
3. Cedar City: 715 Miles
4. Sacramento: 646 Miles

Ogden: 513 Miles
Pocatello: 405 Miles
Bozeman: 334 Miles
Portland: 278 Miles
Missoula: 173 Miles
Moscow: 59 Miles
Total Mileage: 4,828 Miles

Idaho
1. Flagstaff: 844 Miles
2. Greeley: 753 Miles
3. Cedar City: 657 Miles
4. Sacramento: 607 Miles

Ogden: 455 Miles
Pocatello: 348 Miles
Bozeman: 294 Miles
Portland: 284 Miles
Missoula: 142 Miles
Cheney: 59 Miles
Total Mileage: 4,443 Miles

Idaho State
1. Sacramento: 558 Miles
2. Portland: 537 Miles
3. Flagstaff: 531 Miles
4. Greeley: 434 Miles

Cheney: 405 Miles
Cedar City: 360 Miles
Moscow: 348 Miles
Missoula: 287 Miles
Bozeman: 207 Miles
Ogden: 116 Miles
Total Mileage: 3,783 Miles


If you have to fly, the distance really doesn't matter. So figure you play anyone that you can bus to twice...everything else is fair game.
 
Those distances don’t seem right. Look at Missoula to Bozeman. And to Sacramento. Are those by air or road?
 
Driving from my house in the university area to MSU campus is 203 miles. The 163 miles must be as the crow flies if it flies straight.
 
Griz til I die said:
Montana @ Georgia Dec 8. $90,000 payout.

https://t.co/MxwOr2S7B0

This is good info. I have been reading a lot of articles that say based on how the contracts are written, in this case Georgia may be able to greatly reduce the payout or terminate or postpone the game based on things out of their control such as COVID and the possibility that fans wouldn’t be allowed to attend the game.

Apparently the new rate for games like this is $15-20k which wouldn’t even cover the trip to Georgia.

Regional games seem to be what people are looking at. UM could have games with WSU (if PAC-12 plays before 1/1), Seattle, University of Portland and someone like Gonzaga, although the Zags are in a much higher financial bracket and probably don’t need to pay as much attention to costs.
 
GrizBall said:
Griz til I die said:
Montana @ Georgia Dec 8. $90,000 payout.

https://t.co/MxwOr2S7B0

This is good info. I have been reading a lot of articles that say based on how the contracts are written, in this case Georgia may be able to greatly reduce the payout or terminate or postpone the game based on things out of their control such as COVID and the possibility that fans wouldn’t be allowed to attend the game.

Apparently the new rate for games like this is $15-20k which wouldn’t even cover the trip to Georgia.

Regional games seem to be what people are looking at. UM could have games with WSU (if PAC-12 plays before 1/1), Seattle, University of Portland and someone like Gonzaga, although the Zags are in a much higher financial bracket and probably don’t need to pay as much attention to costs.
I believe it was John Calipari in an interview with Tom Izzo, Mark Few and Andy Katz that he said we need to take care of the mid-major schools and make sure that we take care of them and getting them the pay games they need to support their programs. So all 3 of those schools were in favor of pay games for the bettering of college basketball as a whole.
 
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