This is how you should schedule a non-con 🐯Ⓜ️

[u/cccm7]

[u/charoco]

In the least easily readable format possible? Am I an old man yelling at cloud for wanting a simple table? 😂

[u/GeorgePosada → u/charoco]

Glad you said it. Did it have to be diagonal too?

[u/hanz333 → u/GeorgePosada]

Dutch angle abuse isn't just for film.

[u/Jumpy-Fail2234 → u/charoco]

This is horrible

[u/eddie_the_zombie → u/charoco]

Why are there blank balls at the bottom?

Why isn't the text formatted to make it look like they're actually printed on the balls and saturated so that they're more readable?

Why does the Memphis logo look like the shittiest crop just randomly pasted on the image?

This is just bad

[u/voxnihili_13 → u/charoco]

Maybe you are, but this old woman looked at two schools and decided this wasn't worth my time.

Could be greatest schedule of all time, but all I saw is that they are playing UNLV and maybe a green team before tapped out.

[u/One_Stranger_5661 → u/charoco]

Would also accept a bar graph

[u/Eaboyle57 → u/One_Stranger_5661]

Yea, THIS is how you release a noncon schedule

[u/One_Stranger_5661 → u/Eaboyle57]

Thank goodness I can actually read this one

[u/SovietChewbacca → u/charoco]

Stick to your spreadsheets grandpa

[u/irreleventnothing]

I love this graphic but I feel like Memphis logo should be on a ball too. And maybe make it decked out more than the other balls or something idk I hate the white box

[u/steveoriley → u/irreleventnothing]

The Memphis logo being set there makes it kind of look like clip art and I find it hard to read, but I appreciate the attempt

[u/quacainia → u/steveoriley]

At first I thought someone added it after the fact, like an MS Paint copy paste addition

[u/Billy_Madison69 → u/irreleventnothing]

This graphic is like a college project that you put so much effort into, then realize with 5 minutes to go before it’s due you forgot one of the most important parts and just slap it on.

[u/irreleventnothing → u/Billy_Madison69]

Fr it’s like they were about to post and then were like “wait where is our logo??”

[u/_Apatosaurus_ → u/irreleventnothing]

"This is a sick graphic! Who's schedule is it, though...?"

"....ah fuck."

[u/chuckdooley → u/irreleventnothing]

Yes, it looks like mspaint photoshop

[u/Different-Mountain58 → u/irreleventnothing]

It should’ve been set behind the “non conference schedule” text on the blue ball

[u/cccm7 → u/irreleventnothing]

Totally Agreed. The graphic team at Memphis has been elite lately.

[u/awt4190]

Well, when you play in a one-bid league you have no choice

[u/zags-not-zogs → u/awt4190]

Plenty of mid majors can’t and/or don’t schedule like this

[u/drowse → u/zags-not-zogs]

Yeah I’d like to see Louisville or Purdue agreeing to play North Texas in OOC. It ain’t gonna happen.

[u/GuyOnTheMike → u/drowse]

I’m sure they would agree to it, but only to one game at Yum or Mackey…and nothing else. Quality mid-majors don’t want to fill their non-cons with buy games against high-majors that they’ll likely lose. Beating good mid-majors (which on the road could sneak a Q1 win) will probably help a team more than losing five games at P5 schools when none of them are coming back to your campus next year.

Even then, Memphis still has four road games plus a four-team tournament. I’m sure they’ll get a return game from Utah State. I think there’s a good chance the Mississippi schools and Louisville play a return game…but it’s also a close trip and Memphis is in a bigger market than those schools and an NBA arena, which are two things that nearly all mid-majors can’t sell when trying to schedule tougher.

[u/PenisProstate → u/GuyOnTheMike]

Minor point of contention, but Louisville is slightly larger than Memphis in both metro area population and TV market size. They’re practically the same size though. Ignore unless you’re extremely nerdy like me.

[u/GuyOnTheMike → u/PenisProstate]

Honestly wasn’t sure, but didn’t want to look it up and thought Memphis was a little bit bigger because they have an NBA team

[u/HopRockets → u/drowse]

I mean Louisvilles non con is absolutely loaded this year

[u/Affectionate-Day2743 → u/drowse]

honestly i don't want to see North Texas again for a long time. lol

[u/drowse → u/Affectionate-Day2743]

Yeah. Bad example.. but I couldn't help but prod :)

[u/GeicoFrogGaveMeHerp → u/drowse]

Well Louisville isn’t a mid major.

[u/Traditional-Magician → u/GeicoFrogGaveMeHerp]

Wait. They aren't?

[u/HorilkaMedPerets → u/Traditional-Magician]

Of course not. Mid majors win games in their conference.

[u/pharmacy_guy → u/drowse]

Ironically, Purdue is one of the teams that Memphis plays this year, albeit in a MTE. In addition to the 4 Power 5 teams Purdue plays, they also play 3 teams from mid major conferences, so Purdue is not the best choice for your point. When Power 5 teams schedule mid majors, it is almost always ones from their geographical region. Therefore, you should be mad at Houston, Texas, Texas Tech, etc. for refusing to schedule UNT.

[u/drowse → u/pharmacy_guy]

You'd think Grant McCasland would have some empathy and schedule us. But nope.

[u/Herby20 → u/pharmacy_guy]

Plus they regularly schedule mid-majors who make frequent appearances in the tournament like Yale last year or Morehead State and Samford from two years ago.

[u/vikinick → u/zags-not-zogs]

Yeah, like I think we're probably able to schedule some of these games because we have enough fans and clout at this point to make it financially viable, but there's no shot that like... USD could go to like Baylor and get a home-and-home. Like their biggest non-conference opponent (other SDSU) was Arizona State.

Nobody is willing to play you unless you're really good for a while or have a large fanbase.

[u/Qwertyioup111 → u/zags-not-zogs]

Can confirm, vcu can’t get anywhere close to this

[u/GurDull3692 → u/Qwertyioup111]

When's VCU's OOC slate come out?

[u/Qwertyioup111 → u/GurDull3692]

There’s no indication that it’s ready

[u/2livecrewnecktshirt → u/Qwertyioup111]

Our OOC schedule has been so disappointing the last several years. Almosy nobody is willing to play us at home. At best there's maybe 2 games worth going to before January.

[u/Durian_Puzzleheaded → u/awt4190]

Honestly last year may have been the exception for The American. They’ve been making a push for stronger non conference schedules in order to avoid being a one bid league again and I’m beginning to see American teams engaging in more serious non conference matches across the board

[u/awt4190 → u/Durian_Puzzleheaded]

Unfortunately the committee will never respect it, sadly. Love what the AAC has done. UNT was a wagon last few years.

[u/Durian_Puzzleheaded → u/awt4190]

UNT, UAB, Memphis, and some others are programs that should all consistently be contenders for a bid. Having to only take one each year makes no sense

[u/cccm7 → u/awt4190]

Well, that’s true but also not everyone in one-bid leagues gets to schedule these teams.

[u/TikiLoungeLizard → u/cccm7]

At least not at home, anyway

[u/TheBoilerCat]

Feb. non-con at Utah State? I LOVE that.

[u/InvisibleBarrier → u/TheBoilerCat]

Love to see it

[u/kamiller2020 → u/TheBoilerCat]

It's so important too, hopefully it's a chance to pick up another Q1 game so we can avoid all Q3/Q4 games after conference play started like last year

[u/Gophurkey]

Massive fail by Vanderbilt on their logo rebrand. The iconic star is gone and now I thought this was Villanova.

[u/doctornph → u/Gophurkey]

I thought that was Nova too lol

[u/cccm7 → u/Gophurkey]

As a Peabody college graduate, I can’t agree with you more on this.

[u/eddie_the_zombie → u/Gophurkey]

What the fuck, that isn't Nova?

[u/peterpeterllini]

Graphic design is my passion

[u/Ok-Extension-2624]

Love renewing the rivalry with Memphis State!

[u/cccm7 → u/Ok-Extension-2624]

https://x.com/pupadhyaya_/status/1920895938622623791 great memories

[u/Ok-Extension-2624 → u/cccm7]

That’s awesome, never seen that!

[u/hanz333 → u/Ok-Extension-2624]

I remember when it came out Louisville media (probably pushed by Tom Jurich) made a big deal about Memphis being below them as they were in the middle of their pitch to the ACC.

[u/Ok-Extension-2624 → u/hanz333]

From a football standpoint and the timeframe, he was absolutely right.

Not as hilarious as WV and KY governors arguing about who got the Big 12 invite, but close!

[u/Dan_yall → u/Ok-Extension-2624]

Nice Metro throwback.

[u/Ok-Extension-2624 → u/Dan_yall]

I’m all about throwbacks

[u/SilkRoadDPR → u/Ok-Extension-2624]

☠️

[u/RedRazorback08 → u/Ok-Extension-2624]

That is always so hard to watch

[u/Townkrier]

Memphis and Bama for the toughest non cons? Who else is up there close? 4 roadies at tough buildings

[u/doctornph → u/Townkrier]

Arizona. They have UCLA, Florida, UConn, Auburn, Alabama, San Diego State…only the auburn game is in Tucson

[u/terryaki_chicken → u/doctornph]

Damn, thats one hell of a schedule

[u/Lee-Key-Bottoms → u/Townkrier]

Like NC State’s is hard, maybe top 10 in the country hard, but I’d still put it a tier below this

[u/Old-Medicine-9315 → u/Lee-Key-Bottoms]

Top 10 is probably just going to be Memphis, Bama, and low majors. Yall do play a good schedule but it’s probably more in the 50-100 range (partially depending on how your tourney plays out).

[u/SwatsBlockman → u/Townkrier]

Ours is very respectable as well:

• Kentucky
• @ Arkansas
• @ Tennessee 
• Indiana (neutral floor in Indy)
• Memphis
• Cincinnati (neutral floor in Cincinnati)

[u/bezzlege → u/SwatsBlockman]

Don’t forget Baylor

[u/BluffCityBoy → u/SwatsBlockman]

That’s an awesome non con with history and regional rivalries! 

[u/Adventurous_Egg857 → u/Townkrier]

End of the season Purdue could be up there if rankings shake out our way

[u/grusauskj → u/Townkrier]

Dan Hurley quietly sneaks up behind you

[u/Townkrier → u/grusauskj]

It’s a great schedule, but it’s still got a lot of buy games. I wouldn’t put it up with these two.

[u/Karltowns17 → u/Townkrier]

This schedule is legit. I know they have to. But it’s still great to see.

[u/zqipper → u/Townkrier]

@Tennessee; Texas (N); @Army; Kansas (N); Arkansas (N); Florida (H); @Michigan St; Michigan (N)

I think Duke’s non-con ain’t easier than either of these.

[u/Townkrier → u/zqipper]

Three roadies for Duke is impressive. I remember many years at the end of K’s career where Duke didn’t have a road game until January

[u/zqipper → u/Townkrier]

Yeah, Jon and Nina are definitely modernizing scheduling for the program.

[u/GuyOnTheMike → u/zqipper]

@Army

Wait a damn minute…

[u/MarkFewsEyebrows → u/Townkrier]

Zags will be right there once there’s is official.

[u/devinup → u/Townkrier]

Auburn has a great non-con. UConn has a lot of quality opponents as well.

[u/CyclonesRDP → u/Townkrier]

Arkansas hasn’t released their non-con schedule yet, but I know Duke, Houston, Michigan State, Texas Tech, and Louisville will all be on it.  Only the Louisville game will be at home.

[u/Thedingo6693 → u/Townkrier]

Houston, Duke, Uconn, Florida, St John's all have much tougher non cons than this

[u/seth861]

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO MENTIONED

[u/GuyOnTheMike]

I’m not a fan of the graphic, but that is an impressive schedule

[u/Brent_L]

I don’t even want to look at this

[u/PAC12_PLEASE_ADOPTME]

Objectively great non-conference, aneurysm-inducing graphic however.

[u/Remote-Molasses6192]

Memphis at Utah State on February 14th. Close enough, welcome back ESPN Bracketbusters.

[u/Acsteffy]

Love it!

[u/PantherU]

I’m gonna be honest I’m super happy with Milwaukee’s non-con schedule so far. It would be damn near perfect if the one high-major didn’t literally buy out of playing us in the MTE.

[u/HoldinMcNeal69420]

The most convoluted way? You win.

[u/thricethefan]

Who made this, Helen Keller?!?!?

[u/Osutien]

This might be the worst reading graphic I’ve ever seen. Why do the dates just jump around? It’s so confusing lol

[u/zbye23]

All this to lose to Colorado state in the first round

[u/cccm7 → u/zbye23]

Didn’t even have our top 2 pgs but it is what it is

[u/zbye23 → u/cccm7]

Fair. Colorado state was a solid team too. Should’ve beat Maryland if they called that Queen travel

[u/PAC12_PLEASE_ADOPTME → u/zbye23]

To be fair to Memphis, Nique Clifford was the best player on the court.

[u/zbye23 → u/PAC12_PLEASE_ADOPTME]

Absolute dawg. Nique is gonna be a good NBA player imo

[u/BEHodge → u/zbye23]

Hey now, highly unlikely we’ll be seeded against them again this year. We’ll lose to another team in heartbreaking fashion thank you very much.

[u/heleghir]

Holy potentially 12 noncon games against ncaat teams. LOADED

[u/cccm7 → u/heleghir]

Ball knower

[u/heleghir → u/cccm7]

Much to my wife's dismay. I watch way too much ball...alot of mid/low major games if there isnt a marquee matchup on at the same time

[u/John_B_McLemore]

They are so thirsty for the SEC.

[u/cccm7 → u/John_B_McLemore]

They are scared of add us to their conference

[u/cccm7 → u/cccm7]

*adding

[u/BEHodge → u/John_B_McLemore]

I think anywhere but here (that’s a power conference) is the actual answer. ACC, Big 12, whatever. Hell, Big East with Pac12 football only even sounds good.

[u/mitchdwx]

What’s up with the random road game at Utah State in February?

[u/cccm7 → u/mitchdwx]

Weak conference so Penny wanted to add some challenges during conference play

[u/astro-panda → u/mitchdwx]

When your SOS is heavily weighted towards the start of the season, it's good to get in a tough game later in the year if you can. We used to do it with Gonzaga and Xavier a decade ago.

[u/Admirable-Art9152 → u/mitchdwx]

We need more of that stuff. Reminds me of the old ESPN Bracket Busters.

[u/Real_Body8649]

Alabama State doing a lot of heaving lifting for their OOC.

[u/cccm7 → u/Real_Body8649]

Alabama state is like Memphis fans’ second favorite team. Memphis coaches and staff and Memphis players

[u/AdministrativeOne856]

That is a great non-con

[u/climbing_light23]

Wait so are we not playing the in an exhibition?

[u/cccm7 → u/climbing_light23]

I think we still are. In the process of sorting out the TV schedule. Cal wants it televised

[u/climbing_light23 → u/cccm7]

Nice. Very excited about that one even though it's an exhibition.

[u/cccm7 → u/climbing_light23]

All Cal’s Memphis guys will be honored at the game, and all proceedings will go to st Jude. What’s a better game?

[u/DenLordofWallSt]

Would not surprise me if they started 0-3

[u/Typical-Conference14]

Now that’s what I call Memphis 34. get the dvd today

[u/tmt22459]

This is a ridiculous lineup

[u/cccm7 → u/tmt22459]

Don’t forget that we also play Arkansas in an exhibition game

[u/Waquoit95]

That schedule has balls.

[u/devinup]

Graphic design is my passion

[u/AeroStatikk]

Took me way too long to figure out what school it was

[u/dawonk17]

But not how you should reveal it

[u/ChristosFarr]

My brain hurts trying to figure out the progression of dates.

[u/RJD-ghost]

I see at least four losses maybe more

[u/TheCrimsonArmada]

All this doesn’t matter if we can’t pull out a win in the tourney

[u/cccm7 → u/TheCrimsonArmada]

At lease we are in!

[u/Erwinism]

How you shouldn't*

[u/cccm7 → u/Erwinism]

Are you scared

[u/Erwinism → u/cccm7]

no i'm commenting on the format. this is fucking worst way to release your schedule. give me social media hits over this graphic

[u/cccm7 → u/Erwinism]

So bad it wanted to be a social media hit. Guess it achieved its purpose

[u/R_Raider86]

I'm selfish hoping Memphis gets Wake instead of Tech.

[u/NC_Pineapple → u/R_Raider86]

Monkey’s paw curls, you get Purdue on the losing side

[u/R_Raider86 → u/NC_Pineapple]

That's a likely outcome. I have lots of respect for that program.

But Tech needs to schedule Memphis home and home.

[u/lpkn432 → u/NC_Pineapple]

That would be like when #19 purdue beat #2 Arizona in the 7th place game in Atlantis one year ago

[u/cccm7 → u/R_Raider86]

Play us!!!

[u/R_Raider86 → u/cccm7]

I really want that Purdue game, but I'll be happy with Memphis too.

[u/Bathalemule]

Scared to play UH