Full 2017-2018 schedule released

[CHIP72Participant]

The full 2017-2018 Lehigh men’s basketball schedule has been released. Most of it was previously released (conference schedule) or already reported (see non-conference schedule thread), but the full schedule is now official. Here’s the direct link: http://lehighsports.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball.

[LU65Participant]

While Bucky’s upcoming OOC Schedule is certainly impressive, let’s not lose sight of what lies ahead of the Mountain Hawks. Simply, it’s a list of opponents that will test our young team like never before. For those (and I must admit I’m one of you) who can’t help but compare ourselves to the gang from Lewisburg when it comes to round-ball, here’s what I’m talking about:

This year’s slate of Out-of-Conference opponents’……

Average KenPom Ranking at the close of last year
Bucky: 108.7
Lehigh: 137.9

Last Season’s W/L Record
Bucky: 284/156 = .645
Lehigh: 193/137 = .587

NCAA Tournament Teams
Bucky: 5
Lehigh: 4

Teams with sub .500 records from last year
Bucky: 2
Lehigh: 2

Here’s a look at what’s facing us this year:

Play Date
Opponent
Home/Away
Record Last Year
KenPom Ranking to Close-out Last Year

11/11 Marist (A) 8-24 312
11/14 Monmouth (H) 27-7 81
11/17 Siena (H) 17-17 170
11/19 Eastern University (H) Division III
11/22 USC (A) 26-10 53
11/25 Pitt (A) 16-17 79
11/29 Princeton (A) 23-7 58
12/2 UVA (A) 23-11 12
12/6 Yale (H) 18-11 151
12/9 Mt.St.Mary’s (H) 20-16 209
12/21 St.Francis (PA) (A) 17-17 254

[sundayamqbParticipant]

Good idea having (relative patsy) games over LU-LAF weekend. Hope I and other alums in town that weekend can catch them, though it would be nice to see wrestling.

[lehigh90Participant]

Not bad, not great. I like the Monmouth and Siena early home games and Yale in Dec. Princeton is a good local away game. Of the big 3, UVa is a big loss, USC same thing, and maybe we could nip Pitt who is down. Lot of garbage mixed in along the way.

[lehigh90Participant]

I think we get 5 wins in OOC.

Marist
Monmouth or Siena
Eastern D3
MSM
SFPA

6 and over, I’m happy.

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