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Just throwing a few ideas around about the schedule. Guessing that we signed a home and home for the next two years with Houston Baptist and UT Arlington. It makes sense because ORU is recruiting those areas pretty heavily. Since ORU is playing BYU and Wichita State back to back on the road for the last two years any chance that maybe one of those teams would come to the Mabee Center for one game in the future? Maybe wishful thinking? Also, with Missouri Kansas City rejoining the league next year, my guess is that ORU will be playing 18 league games so that means even less non-conference games in the future. Someone mentioned that earlier that most leagues are going to 18-20 game schedules so it seems that the NCAA is slowing getting rid of most of the non-conference schedule. Most teams just want to focus on conference games because that determines your seed in the tournament and of course that in turn helps you win the tournament thus advancing to the Big Dance. Any thoughts?

Ut Arlington is a game oru could win, which would put them at 7-6 in non conference. Byu will be good this year because their big man came back instead of going pro. Thought a team could only schedule two non d1 schools a year. Did that rule change?

What started out as a promising schedule earlier this year (with the announcement of the OSU game and the tournament with Cal), has since fizzled into a hot mess with no exempt tournament at all. Unless a tournament is added soon that includes a couple of neutral-court match-ups vs. low-to-mid-majors, this is easily one of the worst schedules ORU has had in a while, particularly at home. The only thing worse than losing by 30+ at places like Michigan State, Louisville or (in this year's case ) Iowa might be losing by 20+ at powerful mid-majors like Wichita State, Creighton and BYU whose home-court advantages are every bit as intimidating (more?) than the elite schools. Might as well go for the bigger paycheck and NET Ranking bump by playing at the big boys house, instead of getting stomped by their red-headed step-brother for less money and prestige. That's why it would be nice to instead have a couple of neutral site games vs. their ilk; with a better chance to steal a win. Bottom line: disregarding the non-D1 games, I only see four* three games where ORU has a legitimate chance to win: Houston Baptist and Missouri State at home; Central Arkansas* and Chicago State on the road. And, ORU is certainly no lock in ANY of those games; would be particularly surprised to see wins in both of those road games*. Probably looking at a record of around 3-8* 2-8 vs. D1 teams heading into conference play, with an amemic NET Ranking hovering around 300... * Edited once I learned that Central Arkansas is a charity exhibition game that will not count in the record.