[HackettStillSux]

Well, the schedules have been released. Here is the official schedule for the 2009-2010 Villanova Wildcats:


1/05/09 vs. Kutztown (exhib.) # Philadelphia, Pa. (Wachovia Center) TBA

11/13/09 vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Villanova, Pa. TBA
11/16/09 vs. Penn (Big Five) Villanova, Pa. TBA

O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Classic
11/19/09 vs. George Mason TV San Juan, Puerto Rico 2:00 p.m. ET
11/20/09 Dayton/Georgia Tech TV San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 or 3 p.m. ET
11/22/09 TBA San Juan, Puerto Rico TBA

11/28/09 vs. La Salle (Big Five) TV Villanova, Pa. 3:30 p.m. ET
12/02/09 vs. Drexel Villanova, Pa. TBA

BB&T Classic
12/06/09 vs. Maryland TV Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center) 7:30 p.m. ET

12/09/09 at Saint Joseph's (Big Five) TV Philadelphia, Pa. 9:00 p.m. ET
12/13/09 at Temple (Big Five) TV Philadelphia, Pa. (Liacouras Center) TBA
12/19/09 at Fordham East Rutherford, N.J. (Izod Arena) TBA
12/23/09 vs. Delaware Villanova, Pa. TBA

01/02/10 at Marquette * TV Milwaukee, Wis. 3:30 p.m. ET
01/06/10 vs. DePaul * Villanova, Pa. TBA
01/09/10 vs. Marquette * Villanova, Pa. TBA
01/11/10 at Louisville * TV Louisville, Ky. 7:00 p.m. ET
01/17/10 vs. Georgetown * Philadelphia, Pa. (Wachovia Center) TBA
01/20/10 at Rutgers * Piscataway, N.J. TBA
01/23/10 at St. John's * TV New York, N.Y. 12:00 p.m. ET
01/27/10 vs. Notre Dame * Philadelphia, Pa. (Wachovia Center) 7:00 p.m. ET

02/02/10 vs. Seton Hall * Villanova, Pa. TBA
02/06/10 at Georgetown * TV Washington, D.C. 12:00 p.m. ET
02/08/10 at West Virginia * TV Morgantown, W.Va. 7:00 p.m. ET
02/13/10 vs. Providence * Philadelphia, Pa. (Wachovia Center) TBA
02/15/10 vs. Connecticut * TV Philadelphia, Pa. (Wachovia Center) 7:00 p.m. ET
02/21/10 at Pittsburgh * TV Pittsburgh, Pa. 12:00 p.m. ET
02/24/10 vs. USF * Villanova, Pa. TBA
02/27/10 at Syracuse * TV Syracuse, N.Y. 9:00 p.m. ET

03/02/10 at Cincinnati * TV Cincinnati, Ohio 7:00 p.m. ET
03/06/10 vs. West Virginia * TV Philadelphia, Pa. (Wachovia Center) 12:00 p.m. ET

BIG EAST Championship
03/09/10 BIG EAST Championship New York, N.Y. TBA
03/10/10 BIG EAST Championship New York, N.Y. TBA
03/11/10 BIG EAST Championship New York, N.Y. TBA
03/12/10 BIG EAST Championship New York, N.Y. TBA
03/13/10 BIG EAST Championship New York, N.Y. TBA

[HackettStillSux]

It's going to be hard to argue with junc about UNC's out-of-conference schedule this year: this is just BRUTAL....

11/19 vs. Ohio State (Coaches vs. Cancer, NYC)
11/20 vs. Cal/Syracuse (Coaches vs. Cancer)
12/1 vs. Michigan State
12/5 at Kentucky
12/19 vs. Texas (at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington)

[HackettStillSux]

Villanova: 12/19/09 at Fordham East Rutherford, N.J. (Izod Arena) TBA

I smell a GG Villanova party at the Izod Arena!!!

[nyjunc]

Originally Posted by HackettStillSux

It's going to be hard to argue with junc about UNC's out-of-conference schedule this year: this is just BRUTAL....

11/19 vs. Ohio State (Coaches vs. Cancer, NYC)
11/20 vs. Cal/Syracuse (Coaches vs. Cancer)
12/1 vs. Michigan State
12/5 at Kentucky
12/19 vs. Texas (at Cowboys Stadium, Arlington)

It's definitely a tough sched but that's good to see. It's good for college basketball when the top teams play in non-conf. I'm not 100% sure how I feel about the upcoming season, I know the Heels will be good but many "experts" are picking them in the are of the top 5. The Heels frontcourt will be amazing but there are questions in the backcourt. I am looking forward to seeing this team play.


The full sched:

Nov. 9 Florida International Chapel Hill 7:00/ESPNU
Nov. 11 NC Central Chapel Hill 9:00/ESPNU
Nov. 15 Valparaiso Chapel Hill TBA
Nov. 19 Ohio State New York, N.Y. 9:15/ESPN2
Nov. 20 Syracuse/Cal New York, N.Y. 5:00or7:15/ESPN2
Nov. 23 Gardner-Webb Chapel Hill 7:30/FSS
Nov. 29 Nevada Chapel Hill 7:45/FSN
Dec. 1 Michigan State Chapel Hill 9:00/ESPN
Dec. 5 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 12:30/CBS
Dec. 12 Presbyterian Chapel Hill 7:30/TBA
Dec. 19 Texas Dallas, Texas 2:00/ESPN
Dec. 22 Marshall Chapel Hill 7:00/FSS
Dec. 28 Rutgers Chapel Hill 8:30/ESPN2
Dec. 30 Albany Chapel Hill 7:00/ESPNU
Jan. 4 Charleston Charleston, S.C. TBA
Jan. 10 Virginia Tech Chapel Hill 7:45/FSN
Jan. 13 Clemson Clemson, S.C. 9:00/ESPN
Jan. 16 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill 2:00/ESPN
Jan. 20 Wake Forest Chapel Hill 7:00/ESPN
Jan. 26 NC State Raleigh, N.C. 9:00/Raycom
Jan. 31 Virginia Chapel Hill 7:45/FSN
Feb. 4 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 9:00/Raycom
Feb. 7 Maryland College Park, Md. 2:00/FSN
Feb. 10 Duke Chapel Hill 9:00/Raycom-ESPN
Feb. 13 NC State Chapel Hill 4:00/ESPN
Feb. 16 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 9:00/Raycom
Feb. 20 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. 12:00/CBS
Feb. 24 Florida State Chapel Hill 7:00/ESPN
Feb. 27 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. 2:00/CBS
Mar. 2 Miami Chapel Hill 8:00/Raycom
Mar. 6 Duke Durham, N.C. 9:00/ESPN

[HackettStillSux]

Originally Posted by nyjunc

It's definitely a tough sched but that's good to see. It's good for college basketball when the top teams play in non-conf. I'm not 100% sure how I feel about the upcoming season, I know the Heels will be good but many "experts" are picking them in the are of the top 5. The Heels frontcourt will be amazing but there are questions in the backcourt. I am looking forward to seeing this team play.


The full sched:

Nov. 9 Florida International Chapel Hill 7:00/ESPNU
Nov. 11 NC Central Chapel Hill 9:00/ESPNU
Nov. 15 Valparaiso Chapel Hill TBA
Nov. 19 Ohio State New York, N.Y. 9:15/ESPN2
Nov. 20 Syracuse/Cal New York, N.Y. 5:00or7:15/ESPN2
Nov. 23 Gardner-Webb Chapel Hill 7:30/FSS
Nov. 29 Nevada Chapel Hill 7:45/FSN
Dec. 1 Michigan State Chapel Hill 9:00/ESPN
Dec. 5 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 12:30/CBS
Dec. 12 Presbyterian Chapel Hill 7:30/TBA
Dec. 19 Texas Dallas, Texas 2:00/ESPN
Dec. 22 Marshall Chapel Hill 7:00/FSS
Dec. 28 Rutgers Chapel Hill 8:30/ESPN2
Dec. 30 Albany Chapel Hill 7:00/ESPNU
Jan. 4 Charleston Charleston, S.C. TBA
Jan. 10 Virginia Tech Chapel Hill 7:45/FSN
Jan. 13 Clemson Clemson, S.C. 9:00/ESPN
Jan. 16 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill 2:00/ESPN
Jan. 20 Wake Forest Chapel Hill 7:00/ESPN
Jan. 26 NC State Raleigh, N.C. 9:00/Raycom
Jan. 31 Virginia Chapel Hill 7:45/FSN
Feb. 4 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 9:00/Raycom
Feb. 7 Maryland College Park, Md. 2:00/FSN
Feb. 10 Duke Chapel Hill 9:00/Raycom-ESPN
Feb. 13 NC State Chapel Hill 4:00/ESPN
Feb. 16 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 9:00/Raycom
Feb. 20 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. 12:00/CBS
Feb. 24 Florida State Chapel Hill 7:00/ESPN
Feb. 27 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. 2:00/CBS
Mar. 2 Miami Chapel Hill 8:00/Raycom
Mar. 6 Duke Durham, N.C. 9:00/ESPN

Great article about Ranking teams OOC schedule, junc. Think you will enjoy this:

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[nyjunc]

Originally Posted by HackettStillSux

Great article about Ranking teams OOC schedule, junc. Think you will enjoy this:

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The sched was weaker last yera but that wasn't the heels fault. On paper it looked like a good sched when they put it together. I would rather this years sched last year but we'll learn alot about the heels quickly this year.

[GQMartin]

Damn, that is a difficult sched for UNC.

Of course, 'Cuse is labeled as a "Homebody" they never leave NY before Big East play.

[kbgreen]

Here is SU's schedule.

We stay close to home but with non-conference games against Cal, (UNC or Ohio state), florida and Memphis I would say we have as tough as a schedule as anybody!

Monday, Nov. 9 -- Albany (Coaches vs. Cancer; 9 p.m. start)
Wednesday, Nov. 11 -- Robert Morris (Coaches vs. Cancer; 7 p.m.)
Thursday, Nov. 19 -- vs. Cal in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden
Friday, Nov. 20 -- North Carolina or Ohio State
Tuesday, Nov. 24 -- Cornell
Friday, Nov. 27 -- Columbia
Monday, Nov. 30 -- Colgate

Saturday, Dec. 5 -- Maine
Thursday, Dec. 10 -- Florida in Tampa (SEC-Big East Invitational)
Sunday, Dec. 13 -- St. Francis (N.Y.)
Saturday, Dec. 19 -- St. Bonaventure
Tuesday, Dec. 22 -- Oakland
Tue., Dec. 29 -- at Seton Hall
Sat., Jan. 2 -- vs. Pittsburgh
Wed., Jan. 6 -- vs. Memphis; non-conference
Sun., Jan. 10 -- vs. South Florida
Wed., Jan. 13 -- at Rutgers
Sat., Jan. 16 -- at West Virginia
Mon., Jan. 18 -- at Notre Dame
Sat., Jan. 23 -- vs. Marquette
Mon., Jan. 25 -- vs. Georgetown
Sat., Jan. 30 -- at DePaul

Tue., Feb. 2 -- vs. Providence
Sun., Feb. 7 -- at Cincinnati
Wed., 10 -- vs. Connecticut
Sun., Feb. 14 -- vs. Louisville
Thur., Feb. 18 -- at Georgetown
Tue., 23 -- at Providence
Sat., Feb. 27 -- vs. Villanova

Tue., March 2 -- vs. St. John's
Sat., March 6 -- at Louisville

[kbgreen]

Originally Posted by GQSanchez

Damn, that is a difficult sched for UNC.

Of course, 'Cuse is labeled as a "Homebody" they never leave NY before Big East play.

They play Florida in Tampa Dec 10th so it is not "never"!

The rest of the pre Big east games are in NY with some big games in NYC.

[nyjunc]

Originally Posted by kbgreen

Here is SU's schedule.

We stay close to home but with non-conference games against Cal, (UNC or Ohio state), florida and Memphis I would say we have as tough as a schedule as anybody!

Monday, Nov. 9 -- Albany (Coaches vs. Cancer; 9 p.m. start)
Wednesday, Nov. 11 -- Robert Morris (Coaches vs. Cancer; 7 p.m.)
Thursday, Nov. 19 -- vs. Cal in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at Madison Square Garden
Friday, Nov. 20 -- North Carolina or Ohio State
Tuesday, Nov. 24 -- Cornell
Friday, Nov. 27 -- Columbia
Monday, Nov. 30 -- Colgate

Saturday, Dec. 5 -- Maine
Thursday, Dec. 10 -- Florida in Tampa (SEC-Big East Invitational)
Sunday, Dec. 13 -- St. Francis (N.Y.)
Saturday, Dec. 19 -- St. Bonaventure
Tuesday, Dec. 22 -- Oakland
Tue., Dec. 29 -- at Seton Hall
Sat., Jan. 2 -- vs. Pittsburgh
Wed., Jan. 6 -- vs. Memphis; non-conference
Sun., Jan. 10 -- vs. South Florida
Wed., Jan. 13 -- at Rutgers
Sat., Jan. 16 -- at West Virginia
Mon., Jan. 18 -- at Notre Dame
Sat., Jan. 23 -- vs. Marquette
Mon., Jan. 25 -- vs. Georgetown
Sat., Jan. 30 -- at DePaul

Tue., Feb. 2 -- vs. Providence
Sun., Feb. 7 -- at Cincinnati
Wed., 10 -- vs. Connecticut
Sun., Feb. 14 -- vs. Louisville
Thur., Feb. 18 -- at Georgetown
Tue., 23 -- at Providence
Sat., Feb. 27 -- vs. Villanova

Tue., March 2 -- vs. St. John's
Sat., March 6 -- at Louisville

It's an ok sched. If you beat Cal it gets alot better having to likely face the heels but other than that? Florida in tampa is nice but the only treason they are playing that game is b/c it's part of the BE/SEC challenge and Memphis is not going to be a big time team. It's a decent sched, it's not nearly as tough(on paper) as the Heels sched.

[Barry the Baptist]

Considering it's Cuse it's a tough OOC schedule...

I've never knocked UNC's schedules... they always have a legit non con sched but that other team down the road is another story.

UNLV has a pretty good schedule as well... Hey junc, we'll soften up Reno for your boys



Date Opponent / Event Location Time/Result
11/10/09 vs. Washburn & (Exhibition Game) Thomas & Mack Center 7:00 p.m. PT
11/14/09 vs. Pittsburg St Thomas & Mack Center 7:00 p.m. PT
11/18/09 vs. Nevada, Reno TV Thomas & Mack Center 7:30 p.m. PT
11/21/09 vs. Southern Illinois (MWC-MVC Challenge) Thomas & Mack Center 7:00 p.m. PT
11/25/09 vs. Holy Cross Thomas & Mack Center 7:00 p.m. PT
11/28/09 vs. Louisville TV Thomas & Mack Center 1:00 p.m. PT
12/02/09 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. TBA
12/05/09 at Santa Clara Santa Clara, Calif. 7:00 p.m. PT
12/12/09 vs. Kansas State Orleans Arena 4:00 p.m. PT
12/15/09 at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah 6:00 p.m. PT
12/17/09 vs. Weber State Thomas & Mack Center 7:00 p.m. PT
12/19/09 vs. South Carolina-Upstate Thomas & Mack Center 7:00 p.m. PT
Diamond Head Classic
12/22/09 vs. SMU TV Honolulu, Hawaii 7:30 p.m. PT
12/23/09 TBD TV Honolulu, Hawaii TBA
12/25/09 TBD TV Honolulu, Hawaii TBA
01/06/10 at BYU * TV Provo, Utah 7:00 p.m. PT
01/09/10 at New Mexico * TV Albuquerque, N.M. 1:00 p.m. PT
01/13/10 vs. San Diego State * TV Thomas & Mack Center 7:00 p.m. PT
01/16/10 vs. Utah * TV Thomas & Mack Center 7:00 p.m. PT
01/20/10 at Colorado State * TV Fort Collins, Colo. 7:00 p.m. PT
01/23/10 at TCU * TV Fort Worth, Texas 3:00 p.m. PT
01/26/10 vs. Air Force * TV Thomas & Mack Center 7:30 p.m. PT
02/03/10 at Wyoming * TV Laramie, Wyo. 7:00 p.m. PT
02/06/10 vs. BYU * TV Thomas & Mack Center 1:00 p.m. PT
02/10/10 vs. New Mexico * TV Thomas & Mack Center 8:00 p.m. PT
02/13/10 at San Diego State * TV San Diego, Calif. 1:00 p.m. PT
02/17/10 at Utah * TV Salt Lake City, Utah 7:00 p.m. PT
02/20/10 vs. Colorado State * TV Thomas & Mack Center 3:00 p.m. PT
02/24/10 vs. TCU * TV Thomas & Mack Center 8:00 p.m. PT
02/27/10 at Air Force * TV Colorado Springs, Colo. 12:30 p.m. PT
03/06/10 vs. Wyoming * TV Thomas & Mack Center 1:00 p.m. PT


I've bolded the teams that should be NCAA Tourney teams... I'm excited to see Holy Cross come to Vegas. I've been a big fan of their program and I'll finally get to see them play live this year.

I'm really excited about the Diamondhead Classic... USC, UNLV, Saint Marys and College of Charleston (Bobby Cremins baby!!!) during Xmas. The wife is not gonna let me go but I can still try right?

[Barry the Baptist]

They're starting the Missouri Valley - Mountain West Challenge this year but I don't like the setup, it's not all on the same night or even in the same week. It's over a month and a half. It's only the 1st year so maybe they'll amend it to be better but for this year it's somewhat of just a bunch of ooc games.

[kbgreen]

Originally Posted by nyjunc

It's an ok sched. If you beat Cal it gets alot better having to likely face the heels but other than that? Florida in tampa is nice but the only treason they are playing that game is b/c it's part of the BE/SEC challenge and Memphis is not going to be a big time team. It's a decent sched, it's not nearly as tough(on paper) as the Heels sched.

Have you ever been to an SU game at MSG? We have a huge home court advantage here. NYC is where SU gets the majority of their students.

[Barry the Baptist]

I usually like to check out the Big West (it's one of my favorite conferences) and I came across the 49ers of LBSU. They have been picked to win the Big West and thier coach is the man who built Gonzaga; Dan Monson but take a look at this non conference schedule. It reminds me of what Fran McCaffery did last year with Siena last year but talk about loading up.

11/19 @ Notre Dame
11/26 West Virginia @ 76 Classic in Anaheim (neutral but close to home)
12/7 @ Texas
12/23 @ Kentucly
12/29 @ Duke

I don't think you'll find a harder non con schedule in the country... he's playing 4 or 5 teams that could be in the Sweet 16.

Just to compare the Zags

11/17 @Michigan State
11/23 - Maui Classic
12/05 Wake Forest
12/19 Duke @ New York
12/31 Illinois
01/02 Oklahoma

So they got Wake Forest, Oklahoma and Illinois to come to Spokane yet Duke will only play a virtual home game against them in New York.

It's gonna be a down year for Siena so they won't have that crazy schedule like they did last year but I'll still be pulling for my boy Fran.

[TheCoolerGlennFoley]

Originally Posted by HackettStillSux

Villanova: 12/19/09 at Fordham East Rutherford, N.J. (Izod Arena) TBA

I smell a GG Villanova party at the Izod Arena!!!

Count me in. I already got my tickets for the UMD game in DC. My first year coming back as an alumni so it'll be weird not being at every home game at the Pavillion. Plus I haven't seen CN8 on the local Hoboken TV Guide so even some of the away games that will be televised I'll miss. Even still the loss of a great senior class will be tough but there is a lot of talent coming into Villanova and they look like they should still be in the elite class of the Big East.

[Barry the Baptist]

Originally Posted by TheCoolerGlennFoley

Count me in. I already got my tickets for the UMD game in DC. My first year coming back as an alumni so it'll be weird not being at every home game at the Pavillion. Plus I haven't seen CN8 on the local Hoboken TV Guide so even some of the away games that will be televised I'll miss. Even still the loss of a great senior class will be tough but there is a lot of talent coming into Villanova and they look like they should still be in the elite class of the Big East.

Fordham playing a home game in Jersey? That's quite interesting. Unfortunately the next trip I make back east will be in baseball season... 3 freaking high school graduations uggghh.

[nyjunc]

Originally Posted by TheCoolerGlennFoley

Count me in. I already got my tickets for the UMD game in DC. My first year coming back as an alumni so it'll be weird not being at every home game at the Pavillion. Plus I haven't seen CN8 on the local Hoboken TV Guide so even some of the away games that will be televised I'll miss. Even still the loss of a great senior class will be tough but there is a lot of talent coming into Villanova and they look like they should still be in the elite class of the Big East.

Do you really think you can take over the meadowlands playing Fordham?

[nyjunc]

[SyracuseJet]

Originally Posted by kbgreen

Have you ever been to an SU game at MSG? We have a huge home court advantage here. NYC is where SU gets the majority of their students.

That is incorrect sir. They get a lot of NYC folks, but nowhere near a majority. The majority are upstaters and quakers (PA).

[SyracuseJet]

And Syracuse is Sweet 16 bound!


Figured I should throw that in there.