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2008 Summit League Baseball Schedules


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I saw the North Dakota State baseball schedule has already been published and thought it would be good for us to compile these schedules here to see the OOC schedule and travel plans of our League brethern.  Remember that starting in 2008, no teams can start playing prior to March 1.

2008 North Dakota State Schedule

3/4    @ Oklahoma 3 pm

3/5    @ Oklahoma DH 3 pm

3/7    @ Kansas 3 pm

3/8    @ Kansas DH 12 pm

3/9    @ Kansas 1 pm

3/14  vs. Central Michigan 11 am

3/15  @ Evansville 3 pm

3/16  vs. Cleveland State 11 am

3/18  @ Minnesota 6:30 pm

3/19  @ Minnesota 3 pm

3/22  @ St. Cloud State DH 5:30 pm

3/28  @ Wichita State 7 pm

3/29  @ Wichita State 2 pm

3/30  @ Wichita State 1 pm

4/4 * @ Oral Roberts 7 pm

4/5 * @ Oral Roberts DH 2 pm

4/6 * @ Oral Roberts 1 pm

4/9    @ Creighton DH 1 pm

4/11 *vs. Southern Utah 3 pm

4/12 *vs. Southern Utah DH 1 pm

4/13 *vs. Southern Utah 1 pm

4/15  vs. Mary 3 pm

4/18 *@ IPFW 3 pm

4/19 *@ IPFW DH 1 pm

4/20 *@ IPFW 12 pm

4/25 *vs. Oakland 3 pm

4/26 *vs. Oakland DH 1 pm

4/27 *vs. Oakland 1 pm

4/29  vs. Concordia Moorhead 2 pm

5/2 *  @ Centenary 6 pm

5/3 *  @ Centenary DH 12 pm

5/4 *  @ Centenary 12 pm

5/7    vs. Minnesota 6:30 pm

5/9 *  @ Western Illinois 3 pm

5/10 *@ Western Illinois DH 12 pm

5/11 *@ Western Illinois 12 pm

5/15 *vs. South Dakota State 6:30 pm

5/16 *vs. South Dakota State DH 3 pm

5/17 *vs. South Dakota State 1 pm

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A More Accurate Schedule for the Bison

3/4    @ Oklahoma 3 pm

3/5    @ Oklahoma DH 3 pm

3/7    @ Kansas 3 pm

3/8    @ Kansas DH 12 pm

3/9    @ Kansas 1 pm

3/14  vs. Central Michigan 11 am

3/15  @ Evansville 3 pm

3/16  vs. Cleveland State 11 am

3/18  @ Minnesota 6:30 pm

3/19  @ Minnesota 3 pm

3/22  @ St. Cloud State DH 5:30 pm

3/28  @ Wichita State 7 pm

3/29  @ Wichita State 2 pm

3/30  @ Wichita State 1 pm

4/4 * L to Oral Roberts 7 pm

4/5 * L to Oral Roberts DH 2 pm

4/6 * L to Oral Roberts 1 pm

4/9    @ Creighton DH 1 pm

4/11 *vs. Southern Utah 3 pm

4/12 *vs. Southern Utah DH 1 pm

4/13 *vs. Southern Utah 1 pm

4/15  vs. Mary 3 pm

4/18 *@ IPFW 3 pm

4/19 *@ IPFW DH 1 pm

4/20 *@ IPFW 12 pm

4/25 *vs. Oakland 3 pm

4/26 *vs. Oakland DH 1 pm

4/27 *vs. Oakland 1 pm

4/29  vs. Concordia Moorhead 2 pm

5/2 *  @ Centenary 6 pm

5/3 *  @ Centenary DH 12 pm

5/4 *  @ Centenary 12 pm

5/7    vs. Minnesota 6:30 pm

5/9 *  @ Western Illinois 3 pm

5/10 *@ Western Illinois DH 12 pm

5/11 *@ Western Illinois 12 pm

5/15 *vs. South Dakota State 6:30 pm

5/16 *vs. South Dakota State DH 3 pm

5/17 *vs. South Dakota State 1 pm

(I guess I'm just bias.  Seriously though, best of luck to the bison on their first full season in the Summit, I'm glad they are here.)

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(I guess I'm just bias.  Seriously though, best of luck to the bison on their first full season in the Summit, I'm glad they are here.)

I'm glad that they're here for another 4 wins under our 40+ win seasons; however, I'm more glad to have another baseball stadium that is better than a city park ballpark!!  Their stadium is pretty nice - even if it is COLD up there.

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I saw the North Dakota State baseball schedule has already been published and thought it would be good for us to compile these schedules here to see the OOC schedule and travel plans of our League brethern.  Remember that starting in 2008, no teams can start playing prior to March 1.

I guess I stand corrected on this statement.  In looking at other college baseball schedules published, all of their schedules start on February 22.  I had heard that games could not start prior to March 1, but maybe this is a Summit League rule (or maybe I just misunderstood).  I had heard that we lost a home weekend series with Long Beach State that was already on the books because of having to move the start of the season back three weeks (and accommodating more Summit League teams).  I hope that I just heard something wrong.  If not allowing a team to start prior to March 1 is only a Summit League rule, then we are definitely catering to the northern tier schools of our League instead of trying to be competitive on a national level.

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That seems late for college baseball.  I remember once several years ago we had our home opener on January 31!  I just went to the Media Guide to check on that and found that it was a conference game, against Southern Utah, that we played that early.  I also noticed that in the late 90's and early 00's we started playing several years during the first week of February.  Not so much during the Walton era, but under Golloway we regularly had more than a dozen games (one season we had sixteen) before March 1.

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  If not allowing a team to start prior to March 1 is only a Summit League rule, then we are definitely catering to the northern tier schools of our League instead of trying to be competitive on a national level.

I don't think "competing on a national level" has EVER been a goal of the Summit League, as evidenced by the poor quality of all teams except one.  If this truly IS a league rule, ORU will ultimately be pulled closer to the level of other Summit League teams, rather than us driving the level of competition up.  Can you imagine if the PGA had put restrictions in place to bring Tiger down so others could compete?  Instead, several guys have stepped up their game to make the PGA competitive again - and it's a much better tour as a result.  The March 1 rule seems to fly in the face of every other initiative that the league has proposed to IMPROVE the level of play.  So much so, that you have to wonder if their are alterior motives involved...  We always said that we wanted to "own the Mid-Con (Summit)" - I guess this is the price you pay for success!

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IF that is a Summit League rule, then I would think it would create added need for us to seek out a different conference affiliation.  I've never been a strong proponent of looking elsewhere - I think overall the Summit League fits ORU pretty well - but if measures are taken to create parity by limiting one team rather than bringing the others up to that level, then there's a problem.  Of course, we really don't know that that is the situation at all.  Hopefully, as time goes by, we'll get more info on this topic.

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Does anyone really know whether this is a Summit League "rule"?  :?    It seems like it puts more pressure on ORU and other conference schools to get enough games and wins to impress the NCAA when they are seeding teams into the NCAA tournament.  With weather cancellations, etc. it is hard enough to get a respectable number of wins to get a number 3-seed.  It seems like it forces the league teams to schedule a lot more midweek games, if they want a shot at 40 wins.    Just because the Northern teams can't really start home games in February or March, the rest of the league shouldn't have to pay the price for that.  That should be their cross to bare, not ours. 

"That's my opinion ... but I could be wrong!" 

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The Rabbits schedule

Fri, Feb 22    Central Arkansas    at Conway, Ark.      3 p.m. 

  Sat, Feb 23 Central Arkansas at Conway, Ark.   1 p.m.

  Sat, Feb 23 Central Arkansas at Conway, Ark.   4 p.m.

  Sun, Feb 24 Central Arkansas at Conway, Ark.   Noon

  Tue, Mar 04 Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark.   3 p.m.

  Wed, Mar 05 Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ark.   3 p.m.

curve Sam Houston State Tournament

  Fri, Mar 07 Texas-Pan American at Huntsville, Texas   1 p.m.

  Sat, Mar 08 Sam Houston State at Huntsville, Texas   10 a.m.

  Sat, Mar 08 Sam Houston State at Huntsville, Texas   7 p.m.

  Sun, Mar 09 St. Louis at Huntsville, Texas   11 a.m.

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  Tue, Mar 11 Nebraska at Lincoln, Neb.   1:05 p.m.

  Fri, Mar 14 Air Force at Colorado Springs, Colo.   2 p.m. MT

  Sat, Mar 15 Air Force at Colorado Springs, Colo.   1 p.m. MT

  Sun, Mar 16 Air Force at Colorado Springs, Colo.   Noon MT

  Tue, Mar 18 Missouri at Columbia, Mo.   6:30 p.m.

  Wed, Mar 19 Missouri at Columbia, Mo.   4 p.m.

  Fri, Mar 21 Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minn.   6:30 p.m.

  Sat, Mar 22 Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minn.   2 p.m.

  Sun, Mar 23 Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minn.   1 p.m.

  Tue, Mar 25 Creighton (Neb.) at Omaha, Neb.   4 p.m.

  Fri, Mar 28 Northern Colorado at Greeley, Colo.   2 p.m. MT

  Sat, Mar 29 Northern Colorado at Greeley, Colo.   1 p.m. MT

  Sun, Mar 30 Northern Colorado at Greeley, Colo.   Noon MT

  Tue, Apr 01 North Dakota Huether Field   2:05 p.m.

  Fri, Apr 04 Centenary (La.) * Huether Field   2:05 p.m.

  Sat, Apr 05 Centenary (La.) * Huether Field   12:05 p.m.

  Sat, Apr 05 Centenary (La.) * Huether Field   3:05 p.m.

  Sun, Apr 06 Centenary (La.) * Huether Field   12:05 p.m.

  Tue, Apr 08 Creighton (Neb.) Huether Field   2:05 p.m.

  Fri, Apr 11 Oakland (Mich.) * at Rochester, Mich.   3 p.m. ET

  Sat, Apr 12 Oakland (Mich.) * at Rochester, Mich.   Noon ET

  Sat, Apr 12 Oakland (Mich.) * at Rochester, Mich.   3 p.m. ET

  Sun, Apr 13 Oakland (Mich.) * at Rochester, Mich.   11 a.m. ET

  Tue, Apr 15 Dakota Wesleyan Huether Field   2:05 p.m.

  Thu, Apr 17 Southern Utah * at Cedar City, Utah   2 p.m. MT

  Fri, Apr 18 Southern Utah * at Cedar City, Utah   Noon MT

  Fri, Apr 18 Southern Utah * at Cedar City, Utah   3 p.m. MT

  Sat, Apr 19 Southern Utah * at Cedar City, Utah   2 p.m. MT

  Wed, Apr 23 Minnesota at Sioux Falls, S.D.   6:30 p.m.

  Sat, Apr 26 Western Illinois * Huether Field   12:05 p.m.

  Sat, Apr 26 Western Illinois * Huether Field   3:05 p.m.

  Sun, Apr 27 Western Illinois * Huether Field   12:05 p.m.

  Sun, Apr 27 Western Illinois * Huether Field   3:05 p.m.

  Wed, Apr 30 Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minn.   6:30 p.m.

  Fri, May 02 Oral Roberts (Okla.) * Huether Field   2:05 p.m.

  Sat, May 03 Oral Roberts (Okla.) * Huether Field   12:05 p.m.

  Sat, May 03 Oral Roberts (Okla.) * Huether Field   3:05 p.m.

  Sun, May 04 Oral Roberts (Okla.) * Huether Field   12:05 p.m.

  Fri, May 09 IPFW * at Fort Wayne, Ind.   4 p.m. ET

  Sat, May 10 IPFW * at Fort Wayne, Ind.   1 p.m. ET

  Sat, May 10 IPFW * at Fort Wayne, Ind.   4 p.m. ET

  Sun, May 11 IPFW * at Fort Wayne, Ind.   Noon

  Thu, May 15 North Dakota State * at Fargo, N.D.   6:30 p.m.

  Fri, May 16 North Dakota State * at Fargo, N.D.   3 p.m.

  Fri, May 16 North Dakota State * at Fargo, N.D.   6 p.m.

  Sat, May 17 North Dakota State * at Fargo, N.D.   1 p.m.

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The T-Birds Schedule

February 22  vs. Central Michigan  Moapa Valley, Nev.  1 p.m.

February 25 at Dixie State St. George 4 p.m.

February 28 UVSC Cedar City 1 p.m.

February 29 UVSC Cedar City 1 p.m.

March 1 UVSC Cedar City 1 p.m.

March 6 Utah Cedar City 1 p.m.

March 7 Utah Cedar City 1 p.m.

March 8 Utah Cedar City Noon

March 11 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. TBA

March 14 at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. 2 p.m.

March 15 at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. 11 a.m. (DH)

March 16 at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. 1 p.m.

March 17 at San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 6 p.m.

March 19 at Portland Portland, Ore. 3 p.m.

March 20 at Portland Portland, Ore. 3 p.m.

March 24 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. TBA

March 27 CS Dominquez Hills Cedar City 2 p.m.

March 28 CS Dominquez Hills Cedar City Noon (DH)

March 29 CS Dominquez Hills Cedar City 2 p.m.

April 2 BYU Cedar City 2 p.m.

April 3 IPFW Cedar City 2 p.m.

April 4 IPFW Cedar City Noon (DH)

April 5 IPFW Cedar City 2 p.m.

April 7 at UVSC Orem, Utah TBA

April 8 at UVSC Orem,Utah TBA

April 11 at North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. TBA

April 12 at North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. TBA (DH)

April 13 at North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. TBA

April 15 Dixie State Cedar City 2 p.m.

April 17 South Dakota State Cedar City 2 p.m.

April 18 South Dakota State Cedar City Noon (DH)

April 19 South Dakota State Cedar City 2 p.m.

April 22 at Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 6 p.m.

April 24 Oral Roberts Cedar City 2 p.m.

April 25 Oral Roberts Cedar City Noon (DH)

April 26 Oral Roberts Cedar City 2 p.m.

May 2 at Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. TBA

May 3 at Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. TBA (DH)

May 4 at Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. TBA

May 6 at Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 3 p.m.

May 8 Centenary Cedar City, Utah 2 p.m.

May 9 Centenary Cedar City, Utah Noon (DH)

May 10 Centenary Cedar City, Utah 2 p.m.

May 13 at Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 3 p.m.

May 15 at Oakland Rochester, Mich. TBA

May 16 at Oakland Rochester, Mich. TBA (DH)

May 17 at Oakland Rochester, Mich. TBA

May 24-26 at Mid-Continent Conference Tournament TBA TBA

June 1-4 at NCAA Regionals TBA TBA

June 8-11 at NCAA Super Regionals TBA TBA

June 15-24 at College World Series

hosted by Creighton University Omaha, Nebraska TBA

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The Gents

Fri, Feb 22     Northern Iowa    Shreveport, LA      6:00 p.m. 

  Sat, Feb 23 Northern Iowa (DH) Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Sun, Feb 24 Northern Iowa Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Tue, Feb 26 Stephen F. Austin Shreveport, LA   6:00 p.m.

  Tue, Mar 04 Northwestern State at Natchitoches, LA   6:30 p.m.

  Fri, Mar 07 UW-Milwaukee Shreveport, LA   6:00 p.m.

  Sat, Mar 08 UW-Milwaukee (DH) Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Sun, Mar 09 UW-Milwaukee Shreveport, LA   2:00 p.m.

  Tue, Mar 11 Texas A&M at College Station, TX   7:00 p.m.

  Wed, Mar 12 Texas A&M at College Station, TX   3:00 p.m.

  Tue, Mar 18 Louisiana-Monroe at Monroe, LA   6:30 p.m.

  Fri, Mar 21 Chicago State Shreveport, LA   6:00 p.m.

  Sat, Mar 22 Chicago State (DH) Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Sun, Mar 23 Chicago State Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Tue, Mar 25 Arkansas at Fayetteville, AR   6:00 p.m.

  Wed, Mar 26 Arkansas at Fayetteville, AR   2:00 p.m.

  Sat, Mar 29 Grambling (DH) Shreveport, LA   1:00 p.m.

  Sun, Mar 30 Grambling at Grambling, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Tue, Apr 01 Northwestern State Shreveport, LA   6:30 p.m.

  Wed, Apr 02 Louisiana State at Baton Rouge, LA   6:30 p.m.

  Fri, Apr 04 South Dakota State * at Brookings, SD   TBA

  Sat, Apr 05 South Dakota State (DH) * at Brookings, SD   TBA

  Sun, Apr 06 South Dakota State * at Brookings, SD   TBA

  Tue, Apr 08 Stephen F. Austin at Nacogdoches, TX   3:00 p.m.

  Fri, Apr 11 Oral Roberts * Shreveport, LA   6:00 p.m.

  Sat, Apr 12 Oral Roberts (DH) * Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Sun, Apr 13 Oral Roberts * Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Tue, Apr 15 Louisiana-Monroe Shreveport, LA   6:30 p.m.

  Fri, Apr 18 Oakland * at Rochester, MI   TBA

  Sat, Apr 19 Oakland (DH) * at Rochester, MI   TBA

  Sun, Apr 20 Oakland * at Rochester, MI   TBA

  Tue, Apr 22 Arkansas-Little Rock Shreveport, LA   6:30 p.m.

  Wed, Apr 23 Sam Houston State at Huntsville, TX   6:30 p.m.

  Fri, Apr 25 IPFW * at Fort Wayne, IN   TBA

  Sat, Apr 26 IPFW (DH) * at Fort Wayne, IN   TBA

  Sun, Apr 27 IPFW * at Fort Wayne, IN   TBA

  Fri, May 02 North Dakota State * Shreveport, LA   6:00 p.m.

  Sat, May 03 North Dakota State (DH) * Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Sun, May 04 North Dakota State * Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

  Fri, May 09 Southern Utah * at Cedar City, UT   TBA

  Sat, May 10 Southern Utah * at Cedar City, UT   TBA

  Sun, May 11 Southern Utah * at Cedar City, UT   TBA

  Thu, May 15 Western Illinois * Shreveport, LA   6:00 p.m.

  Fri, May 16 Western Illinois (DH) * Shreveport, LA   2:00 p.m.

  Sat, May 17 Western Illinois * Shreveport, LA   12:00 p.m.

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Yeah - and I was ready to jump leagues!  Guess I'll stick with the Summit League a little while longer.  Today I received my official Summit League lapel pen, so I'm a devoted fan of the conference now.

I never even had an official lapel pen from the Mid-Con.

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So much for the March 1 "Summit Schedule Scandal"! :roll:

Shows you what I know!!  :?

I'll get to the bottom of this and report back later....

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Here's the new rule from the ncaa website:

C.  Bylaws: Amend 17.4.3, page 252, as follows:

"17.4.3 First Contest.  A member institution shall not play its first contest (game or scrimmage) with outside competition in baseball prior to the following dates:

"(a) Nonchampionship Segment.  September 7 or the institution's first day of classes, whichever is earlier.

"(B) Championship Segment.  The Friday in February that is 13 weeks before the Friday immediately preceding Memorial Day."

Source: NCAA Division I Board of Directors [Management Council (Pacific-10 Conference)].

Effective Date: August 1, 2007

In other words this year the date is Feb 22nd.  Obviously this is new (eff 8/1/07) since our first game last year was Feb 10th.

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Thanks to the Mrs. for helping me to save face!  I hope that we start our season on the 22nd, too. 

Baseball season can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned (and we're not even through the World Series either)!!  :-D

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Looks like SUU and ORU finish the out of conference schedule for BYU before going into the Mountain West conference play.  Also, Oregon State goes to BYU just before coming to Tulsa.  Should make for a great home series for us to attend at the end of March.  The students should be back from Spring Break, too so there should be some good crowds that weekend.

2008 BYU Schedule

2/22  @ Portland 2 pm

2/23  @ Portland DH 11 am

2/28  @ Gonzaga 1 pm

2/29  @ Gonzaga DH 11 am

3/1    @ Gonzaga 11 am

3/4    @ Pacific 6 pm

3/5    @ Pacific 6 pm

3/6    vs. San Jose State 10 am

3/6    @ Sacramento State 2 pm

3/7    vs. Utah Valley 10 am

3/8    @ UC Davis 2 pm

3/11  Utah Valley 6 pm

3/13 * @ San Diego State 6 pm

3/14 * @ San Diego State 6 pm

3/15 * @ San Diego State 1 pm

3/18    Kansas State 2 pm

3/19    Kansas State 2 pm

3/20 *  Air Force 6 pm

3/21 *  Air Force 6 pm

3/22 *  Air Force 1 pm

3/24    Oregon State 2 pm

3/25    Oregon State 2 pm

3/27 @ Oral Roberts 3 pm

3/28 @ Oral Roberts 7 pm

3/29 @ Oral Roberts 2 pm

4/2  @ Southern Utah 2 pm

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Two mid-week games for the Golden Eagles with the Razorbacks sandwiched around a weekend series with the Gators in Gainsville.  That could be beneficial for us. 

Also, the SDSU Jackrabbits get to show whether their Independent Championship team is up for the test against a SEC team

2008 Arkansas Schedule

2/22 Wright State 3 pm

2/23 Wright State 1 pm

2/24 Wright State 1 pm

2/26 Southeast Missouri State 3 pm

2/27 Kansas 3 pm

2/29 vs. Louisiana Tech 12:30 pm

3/1  @ Texas A&M 6:30 pm

3/2  vs. Ohio State 11 am

3/4    South Dakota State 3 pm

3/5    South Dakota State 3 pm

3/7  Siena 6:35 pm

3/8  Siena 1 pm

3/9  Siena 12 pm

3/11 @ Arizona State tba

3/12 @ Arizona State tba

3/14 *  Georgia 6:35 pm

3/15 *  Georgia 1 pm

3/16 *  Georgia 1 pm

3/18 @ Nebraska 1 pm

3/19 @ Nebraska 1 pm

3/21 * @ LSU 7 pm

3/22 * @ LSU 3 pm

3/23 * @ LSU 1 pm

3/25 Centenary 6:35 pm

3/26 Centenary 3 pm

3/28 * @ Vanderbilt 6 pm

3/29 * @ Vanderbilt 2 pm

3/30 * @ Vanderbilt 1 pm

4/1  @ Missouri State 7 pm

4/2  Mississippi Valley State 6:35 pm

4/4  *  Auburn 6:35 pm

4/5  *  Auburn 2 pm

4/6  *  Auburn 1 pm

4/8    Oral Roberts 6:35 pm

4/11 * @ Florida 6:30 pm

4/12 * @ Florida 4 pm

4/13 * @ Florida 1 pm

4/15  @ Oral Roberts 7 pm

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