2023-24 B1G Non-Conference Schedules

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Women's Basketball Reveals 2023-24 Nonconference Schedule - Rutgers University Athletics

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Coquese Washington and the Rutgers women's basketball released the 2023-24 nonconference schedule Thursday afternoon. Times and television designations

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Rutgers is first out of the gate and quickly moves to the lead along the rail facing five 300+ teams. It must be noted that the two opponents in the Las Vegas South Point Shoot Out have yet to be named so the schedule will likely improve. Here are the opponents with last season's NET Ranking:

352 St. Frances (PA)
348 Delaware State
326 Lafayette
321 Monmouth
305 Wagner
250 Fairfield
164 La Salle
81 Auburn
70 @ Seton Hall
40 @ Princeton
7 Virginia Tech

Plust two teams at the Las Vegas tournament

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Huskers Set for Loaded Schedule at PBA

The Nebraska women's basketball team will face a loaded 2023-24 home schedule that will include eight games against 2023 NCAA Tournament teams. The Huskers announced their non-conference schedule on Thursday in conjunction with the unveiling of the conference home and road plays by the Big Ten.

huskers.com

Nebraska's non-conference schedule, "It's not for everyone", lacks two Thanksgiving tournament opponents: Here are the teams with last season's final NET

328 Northwestern State
317 UNC Wilmington
313 Alcorn State
218 Florida Atlantic
175 Southern
95 Wyoming
77 Georgia Tech
30 @ Kansas
23 Creighton
Thanksgiving tournament
Thanksgiving tournament

 

[BigTenGuy]

For a team likely to be pre-season 13th/14th in the BIG, the Badgers have a pretty challenging non-conference schedule (last season's NET):

216 Milwaukee
297 Western Illinois
34 South Dakota State
65 @ Kansas State
48 Arkansas (tournament)
42/87 Marquette/BC (tournament)
189 Northern Illinois
124 Butler
234 @ St. Thomas
210 Eastern Illinois

Badgers release non-conference schedule | Wisconsin Badgers

The Wisconsin women's basketball team released its non-conference schedule for the 2023-24 season.

uwbadgers.com

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

For a team likely to be pre-season 13th/14th in the BIG, the Badgers have a pretty challenging non-conference schedule (last season's NET):

Badgers release non-conference schedule | Wisconsin Badgers

The Wisconsin women's basketball team released its non-conference schedule for the 2023-24 season.

uwbadgers.com

Badgers keeping the opponents and travel close to home

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Women's Basketball Announces Non-Conference Schedule - Northwestern Athletics

Northwestern women's basketball announced their full non-conference slate for 2023 on Monday. The 'Cats will face 11 opponents during non-conference play, in...

nusports.com

Half of the Wildcats B1G wins in a 2-16 conference season came against the Gophers. Northwestern took a 76-62 mid-February home victory by forcing 25 Minnesota turnovers. This season, Minnesota's non-con schedule encourages tossing aside the shovels and climbing toward daylight. Northwesterns? The Wildcats should keep the shovels handy.

Here's Northwestern's non-con with last season's final NET ranking.

338 Bradley
270 Loyola
265 SE Missouri State
263 Omaha
188 UIC
128 @ Temple
108 Georgetown
62 @ DePaul
26 @ Florida State (Las Vegas)
9 @ Notre Dame
4/84 @ Stanford or Belmont (Las Vegas)

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Maryland women’s basketball releases non-conference schedule for 2023-24 season

Maryland’s 11-game non-conference slate features back-to-back road games at South Carolina and UConn.

www.testudotimes.com

Maryland's schedule runs the gamut from bball royalty to the founding fathers.

249 Niagara
174 George Mason
171 Towson
101 James Madison
74 @ Green Bay (Cancun)
71 Harvard
60 @UMass (Cancun)
54 Syracuse
35 @ Washington State (Cancun)
3 @ UConn
1 @ South Carolina

 

[SHGopher]

Maryland women’s basketball releases non-conference schedule for 2023-24 season

Maryland’s 11-game non-conference slate features back-to-back road games at South Carolina and UConn.

www.testudotimes.com

Maryland's schedule runs the gamut from bball royalty to the founding fathers.

249 Niagara
174 George Mason
171 Towson
101 James Madison
74 @ Green Bay (Cancun)
71 Harvard
60 @UMass (Cancun)
54 Syracuse
35 @ Washington State (Cancun)
3 @ UConn
1 @ South Carolina

Back to back road games against South Carolina (Nov 12) and UConn (Nov 16)!

(UConn then plays Minnesota 3 days later at Minnesota).

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Spartan Women’s Basketball Announces 2023-24 Non-Conference Schedule - Michigan State University Athletics

Michigan State women's basketball head coach Robyn Fralick announced the Spartans 2023-24 non-conference schedule on Wednesday.

msuspartans.com

Robyn Fralick's first Michigan State non-con is a triple digit delight-heavy on the light.

336 Detroit Mercy
306 Wright State
287 Central Michigan
276 Evansville
275 Oakland
242 Miami of Ohio
209 @Coastal Caroline (Cherokee NC)
101 @James Madison (Cancun)
92/156 @ Richmond or Chattanooga (Cherokee NC)
66 @ DePaul
23 @ Creighton (Cancun)

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Women’s Basketball Announces 2023-2024 Nonconference Schedule - Penn State Athletics

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State women's basketball is set to play 11 non-conference contests during the 2023-24 season, with seven taking place in the Bryce Jordan

gopsusports.com

Penn State sounds the depths of the 361 NET ranked schools

355 Navy
352 St. Francis (PA)
347 Central Connecticut
284 Radford
237 Bucknell
129 Providence
59 @ West Virginia
56 @ St Johns
46 @ Oklahoma St (Bahamas)
34 @ Southern Cal (Bahamas)
30 Kansas

 

[BigTenGuy]

Not BIG non-con, but Iowa State is playing at St. Thomas on Nov. 29. Wish the Gophers would play the Clones regularly in WBB (and MBB).

2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule - The University of St. Thomas

The official 2023-24 Women's Basketball schedule for the

tommiesports.com

 

[Black N Gold]

Not BIG non-con, but Iowa State is playing at St. Thomas on Nov. 29. Wish the Gophers would play the Clones regularly in WBB (and MBB).

2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule - The University of St. Thomas

The official 2023-24 Women's Basketball schedule for the

tommiesports.com

I wonder how this kind of scheduling will work out next year with the conference realignment. Anybody have an idea on how many conference games will be played?

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

I wonder how this kind of scheduling will work out next year with the conference realignment. Anybody have an idea on how many conference games will be played?

Tony Petitti on realignment and why the Big Ten won't go back to divisions

The first-year Big Ten commissioner unpacks the process of bringing in Oregon and Washington in August, plus what's next for the league.

theathletic.com

The commisoner sez:

The Big Ten may not need to adjust the number of conference games it plays for men’s and women’s basketball.

 

[Black N Gold]

Tony Petitti on realignment and why the Big Ten won't go back to divisions

The first-year Big Ten commissioner unpacks the process of bringing in Oregon and Washington in August, plus what's next for the league.

theathletic.com

The commisoner sez:

Will be interesting to see how it all works out.

 

[SHGopher]

What matters most are the team power rankings at year end. That determines who makes a tournament or not. Conference tournaments matter and conference winners matter. But winning a division?

 

[thatjanelpick]

I would be thrilled never to see Coach-for-life Bill Fennelly's face again.

Not BIG non-con, but Iowa State is playing at St. Thomas on Nov. 29. Wish the Gophers would play the Clones regularly in WBB (and MBB).

2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule - The University of St. Thomas

The official 2023-24 Women's Basketball schedule for the

tommiesports.com

 

[Hoopsmom]

I would be thrilled never to see Coach-for-life Bill Fennelly's face again.

And Coach Fennelly does not want to coach against Coach P again…. He doesn’t like getting shown up.

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Boilermakers Release Non-Conference Slate - Purdue Boilermakers

The Purdue women's basketball team will square off with five Power 5 programs during its non-conference campaign, as the program released seven more games of...

purduesports.com

Purdue with some road tests:

293 Valparaiso
281 Southern Indiana
265 Southeast Missouri State
260 Southern
226 Indiana State
214 @ Dayton
104 Texas A & M
76 @ Florida (Bahamas)
28 @ Georgia (Bahamas)
22 @ UCLA
9 @ Notre Dame

 

[MOGopher]

Women’s Basketball Announces 2023-2024 Nonconference Schedule - Penn State Athletics

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State women's basketball is set to play 11 non-conference contests during the 2023-24 season, with seven taking place in the Bryce Jordan

gopsusports.com

Penn State sounds the depths of the 361 NET ranked schools

355 Navy
352 St. Francis (PA)
347 Central Connecticut
284 Radford
237 Bucknell
129 Providence
59 @ West Virginia
56 @ St Johns
46 @ Oklahoma St (Bahamas)
34 @ Southern Cal (Bahamas)
30 Kansas

Penn State ousted this team in the first round of BIG tourney last year. We should win this year with a new captain at the helm.

 

[SHGopher]

For a team likely to be pre-season 13th/14th in the BIG, the Badgers have a pretty challenging non-conference schedule (last season's NET):

216 Milwaukee
297 Western Illinois
34 South Dakota State
65 @ Kansas State
48 Arkansas (tournament)
42/87 Marquette/BC (tournament)
189 Northern Illinois
124 Butler
234 @ St. Thomas
210 Eastern Illinois

Badgers release non-conference schedule | Wisconsin Badgers

The Wisconsin women's basketball team released its non-conference schedule for the 2023-24 season.

uwbadgers.com

Wisconsin must have arranged this a year or two ago based on expectations. Looks like not one 300+ team. Now the cupboard is bare.

 

[SHGopher]

Maryland women’s basketball releases non-conference schedule for 2023-24 season

Maryland’s 11-game non-conference slate features back-to-back road games at South Carolina and UConn.

www.testudotimes.com

Maryland's schedule runs the gamut from bball royalty to the founding fathers.

249 Niagara
174 George Mason
171 Towson
101 James Madison
74 @ Green Bay (Cancun)
71 Harvard
60 @UMass (Cancun)
54 Syracuse
35 @ Washington State (Cancun)
3 @ UConn
1 @ South Carolina

That's eight games of 101 or lower. Plus back to back road games against UConn and South Carolina. Bold. Oh, not one 250+ game.

Thanks for posting all these, ILH.

 

[SHGopher]

Women’s Basketball Announces 2023-2024 Nonconference Schedule - Penn State Athletics

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State women's basketball is set to play 11 non-conference contests during the 2023-24 season, with seven taking place in the Bryce Jordan

gopsusports.com

Penn State sounds the depths of the 361 NET ranked schools

355 Navy
352 St. Francis (PA)
347 Central Connecticut
284 Radford
237 Bucknell
129 Providence
59 @ West Virginia
56 @ St Johns
46 @ Oklahoma St (Bahamas)
34 @ Southern Cal (Bahamas)
30 Kansas

This looks like a clever schedule. 5 teams under 60 but at least 30. Plus 3 cup cakes.

 

[blkroll]

When might we see a conference schedule? It was out Sept 7 last year.

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Hawkeyes Announce WBB Nonconference Schedule

hawkeyesports.com

Iowa hits the road:

270 Loyola Chicago
243 @ Purdue Fort Wayne (Estero, Florida)
137 Fairleigh Dickinson
69 Cleveland State (Des Moines)
67 Bowling Green
64 @ UNI
58 Kansas State
57 Drake
37 @ FGCU or 182 Delaware (Estero, Florida)
7 @ Virginia Tech (Charleston)
6 @ Iowa State
? @ TBD (Estero, Florida

 

[BballMama]

This will be the first year of not traveling to watch either of my children playing. It might be fun to drive down to Drake to watch Iowa, if it doesn’t conflict with the Gophers schedule.

 

[ISUnorth]

This will be the first year of not traveling to watch either of my children playing. It might be fun to drive down to Drake to watch Iowa, if it doesn’t conflict with the Gophers schedule.

Will be interesting to see how ticket sales go for that with the Hawks selling out for the season. Iowa also plays at ISU so that should also be close to a sellout. Cyclones have great attendance but not sellouts. ISU inflates the attendance with all sorts of special season ticket deals (kids, groups etc) etc and it's usually among the top in the national at 9,000+ however the actual cheeks-in-the-seats at a game are more like 5,000 or so which would still be Top 10. It's a touchy issue with my Cyclone brethren but I cite the last NCAA March Madness game we hosted where attendance as 6,000.

Related to Drake and Twin Cities, St. Thomas will also travel to open their season at Drake. Later in N/C the Tommies will host both Iowa State and the Wisconsin Badger in St. Paul. Last time i rolled up I-94 to Fargo to watch ISU play a Summit League team, NDSU, there were only a few hundred folks in the stands but bet this game in here in the twin Cities draws better than that. Planning on popping over for that.

 

[Black N Gold]

This will be the first year of not traveling to watch either of my children playing. It might be fun to drive down to Drake to watch Iowa, if it doesn’t conflict with the Gophers schedule.

Drake plays at Iowa this year and the complete season is a sellout at Carver.

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Indiana Women’s Basketball Announces 2023-24 Regular Season Schedule - Indiana University Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women's basketball has announced the 2023-24 regular season schedule, including Big Ten matchups, on Thursday afternoon.

iuhoosiers.com

Indiana released a somewhat abbreviated 9 game non-con schedule

278 Evansville
210 Eastern Illinois
206 @ Maine (Portland)
199 Lipscomb
130 Murray State
67 Bowling Green
40 @ Princeton (Fort Myers)
13 @ Tennessee (Fort Myers)
4 @ Stanford

 

[Ignatius L Hoops]

Women's Basketball Announces 2023-24 Schedule - University of Michigan Athletics

In conjunction with the Big Ten Conference, the University of Michigan women's basketball team released its full 2023-24 schedule on Thursday afternoon (Sept...

mgoblue.com

Michigan's non-con lacks a certain verve:

333 Florida Atlantic
322 SIUE
275 Oakland
243 Purdue Fort Wayne
242 Miami (Ohio)
232 Eastern Michign
76 @ Florida (Charlotte)
71 @ Harvard
66 @ Toledo
62 or 222 @ DePaul or South Dakota (Atlantis)
33 @ Middle Tennessee State (Atlantis)
?? TBA @ Atlantis

 

[Hoopsmom]

Will be interesting to see how ticket sales go for that with the Hawks selling out for the season. Iowa also plays at ISU so that should also be close to a sellout. Cyclones have great attendance but not sellouts. ISU inflates the attendance with all sorts of special season ticket deals (kids, groups etc) etc and it's usually among the top in the national at 9,000+ however the actual cheeks-in-the-seats at a game are more like 5,000 or so which would still be Top 10. It's a touchy issue with my Cyclone brethren but I cite the last NCAA March Madness game we hosted where attendance as 6,000.

Related to Drake and Twin Cities, St. Thomas will also travel to open their season at Drake. Later in N/C the Tommies will host both Iowa State and the Wisconsin Badger in St. Paul. Last time i rolled up I-94 to Fargo to watch ISU play a Summit League team, NDSU, there were only a few hundred folks in the stands but bet this game in here in the twin Cities draws better than that. Planning on popping over for that.

When South Dakota would play at either of the North Dakota schools, we would often have more fans than them. We always traveled very well, but they also draw terribly from their home fans.

 

[SHGopher]

The U of M system made a mistake with my season tickets. 1/3 of my Gophers tickets are UMD opponents.

LOL. Argh.

Well, I understand the last coaching regime arranged that, the team was starting over basically with good freshmen so make the schedule easier, and coaches need to pad the wins count when wins are hard to get.

But... maybe next year we can have more teams 150-ish instead of 1,500-ish.

Then again, the West Coast onslaught is coming...