Here we go
11/10: CCNY W 1-0
11/12 C CONN ST W 2-0
11/14: CLEVELAND ST W 3-0
11/19: COPPIN ST W 4-0
11/21: BRYANT W 5-0
11/24: EAST CAROLINA W 6-0
11/28: FLORIDA STATE W 6-1
12/3: at Minnesota L 6-2/0-1
12/5: MICHIGAN STATE L 6-3/0-2
12/7: NJIT W 7-3/0-2
12/9: FDU W 8-3/0-2
12/12: FORDHAM W 9-3/0-2
12/16: SETON HALL L 9-4/0-2
12/22: STONY BROOK W 10-4/0-2
12/28: HARTFORD W 11-4/0-2
1/3: at Purdue L 11-5/0-3
1/5: WISCONSIN L 11-6/0-4
1/10: at Michigan State L 11-7/0-5
1/14: OHIO STATE W 12-7/1-5
1/17: IOWA W 13-7/2-5
1/21: at Michigan L 13-8/2-6
1/24: NEBRASKA W 14-8/3-6
1/27: at Penn State L 14-9/3-7
1/30: at Illinois W 15-9/4-7
2/3: PURDUE L 15-10/4-8
2/5: INDIANA W 16-10/5-8
2/10: at Nebraska L 16-11/5-9
2/13: NORTHWESTERN L 16-12/5-10
2/17: at Maryland L 16-13/5-11
2/20: at Ohio State L 16-14/5-12
2/25: ILLINOIS W 17-14/6-12
Final Regular Season Record: 17-14
Big 10 Record: 6-12
Non Conference 11-2
RU finishes 11th
BIg 10 tourney first round win over Illinois
Big 10 tourney second round loss to Wisconsin
Final Record: 18-15
NIT bubble consideration but RU accepts CBI appearance
Now ALOT is unknown this year. Losses of Getty/Johnson loom large and yes the addition of Baker/Doucoure can offset that, I would be careful of putting expectations on freshmen to replicate or improve on the losses from last year.
The schedule is easy....I mean excrutiatingly easy. This is the type of schedule that is really about padding wins and getting the kids used to winning I am not a fan of having such a powder puff schedule even softer than last year. I absolutely hate not playing any non conference game on the road. Bad IMO. I cannot even imagine a trip up against any of the 11 so called cupcakes. The two losses I predict are FSU and SHU and RU most certainly has a shot to pick one of those off mainly FSU but not ready to pull the trigger on that.
RU has a very tough opening to the Big 10 schedule. Their first three league games are against ranked opponents and they actually get Michigan State 2x in the first 5 games. Its very possible...I think likely that RU goes 0-5 to start league play. Wisconsin offers their best chance for a win.
Then we get to the winnable stretch..this is where RU will make their most hay.....OSU, Iowa, and Nebraska at home with a trip to Michigan in between...then two winnable tossup road games at PSU and Illinols. Then the final 8 is a mix of road tossups and home toughies....this stretch will determine whether RU can make a NIT push...I think they fall short in this stretch but finish with 6 conference wins which will be good enough for 11th and 17 wins which will give RU its first winning season in over 10 years.
All about the swing games and who knows at this point...call me guardedly optimistic for this season.
11/10: CCNY W 1-0
11/12 C CONN ST W 2-0
11/14: CLEVELAND ST W 3-0
11/19: COPPIN ST W 4-0
11/21: BRYANT W 5-0
11/24: EAST CAROLINA W 6-0
11/28: FLORIDA STATE W 6-1
12/3: at Minnesota L 6-2/0-1
12/5: MICHIGAN STATE L 6-3/0-2
12/7: NJIT W 7-3/0-2
12/9: FDU W 8-3/0-2
12/12: FORDHAM W 9-3/0-2
12/16: SETON HALL L 9-4/0-2
12/22: STONY BROOK W 10-4/0-2
12/28: HARTFORD W 11-4/0-2
1/3: at Purdue L 11-5/0-3
1/5: WISCONSIN L 11-6/0-4
1/10: at Michigan State L 11-7/0-5
1/14: OHIO STATE W 12-7/1-5
1/17: IOWA W 13-7/2-5
1/21: at Michigan L 13-8/2-6
1/24: NEBRASKA W 14-8/3-6
1/27: at Penn State L 14-9/3-7
1/30: at Illinois W 15-9/4-7
2/3: PURDUE L 15-10/4-8
2/5: INDIANA W 16-10/5-8
2/10: at Nebraska L 16-11/5-9
2/13: NORTHWESTERN L 16-12/5-10
2/17: at Maryland L 16-13/5-11
2/20: at Ohio State L 16-14/5-12
2/25: ILLINOIS W 17-14/6-12
Final Regular Season Record: 17-14
Big 10 Record: 6-12
Non Conference 11-2
RU finishes 11th
BIg 10 tourney first round win over Illinois
Big 10 tourney second round loss to Wisconsin
Final Record: 18-15
NIT bubble consideration but RU accepts CBI appearance
Now ALOT is unknown this year. Losses of Getty/Johnson loom large and yes the addition of Baker/Doucoure can offset that, I would be careful of putting expectations on freshmen to replicate or improve on the losses from last year.
The schedule is easy....I mean excrutiatingly easy. This is the type of schedule that is really about padding wins and getting the kids used to winning I am not a fan of having such a powder puff schedule even softer than last year. I absolutely hate not playing any non conference game on the road. Bad IMO. I cannot even imagine a trip up against any of the 11 so called cupcakes. The two losses I predict are FSU and SHU and RU most certainly has a shot to pick one of those off mainly FSU but not ready to pull the trigger on that.
RU has a very tough opening to the Big 10 schedule. Their first three league games are against ranked opponents and they actually get Michigan State 2x in the first 5 games. Its very possible...I think likely that RU goes 0-5 to start league play. Wisconsin offers their best chance for a win.
Then we get to the winnable stretch..this is where RU will make their most hay.....OSU, Iowa, and Nebraska at home with a trip to Michigan in between...then two winnable tossup road games at PSU and Illinols. Then the final 8 is a mix of road tossups and home toughies....this stretch will determine whether RU can make a NIT push...I think they fall short in this stretch but finish with 6 conference wins which will be good enough for 11th and 17 wins which will give RU its first winning season in over 10 years.
All about the swing games and who knows at this point...call me guardedly optimistic for this season.
