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Updated June 23: No Duke
Can St. Thomas round up 3 or 4 non-conference opponents from the top 33% of Division 1 teams from last season? It'll be a tall task for Tommies coach Johnny Tauer to enhance the non-con slate, especially after the Tommies' run to the 2025 Summit League Tournament championship game, not to mention the expectation that his squad will be one of the favorites -- if not THE favorite -- to win the 2026 Summit League championship.
Teams from the Power 5 as well as the American, Mountain West, and Atlantic 10 won't be in a rush to schedule UST, so it'll be interesting to see if Tauer can find a few takers. This season more than ever -- its first with NCAA Tournament eligibility -- the Tommies need to beef up the schedule to be fully battle tested for "3 days in March", the Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls. That's the way of life in a mid-major/one-bid league. ... win your conference tournament or go home (no March Madness).
UST has 7 slots to fill on its non-conference schedule. Can they fill it with some of these (NET top 122), who’ve yet to release a full non-conference schedule?
American
#49 Memphis
#65 North Texas
#106 UAB
#111 FAU
ACC
#22 Clemson
#24 Louisville
#36 North Carolina
#46 SMU
#61 Pitt
#69 Wake Forest
#81 Stanford
#90 Florida State
#103 Notre Dame
#109 Georgia Tech
#110 Virginia
ASUN
#84 Lipscomb
#113 North Alabama
Atlantic 10
#31 VCU
#67 Dayton
#68 George Mason
#76 Saint Joseph's
#97 Saint Bonaventure
#101 Saint Louis
#107 Loyola-Chicago
Big East
#13 Saint John's
#32 UConn
#38 Creighton
#45 Xavier
#55 Villanova
#83 Butler
#88 Georgetown
Big Sky
#114 Northern Colorado
Big South
#82 High Point
B1G
#10 Maryland
#11 Michigan State
#15 Wisconsin
#17 Illinois
#23 Michigan
#27 UCLA
#29 Oregon
#41 Ohio State
#53 Northwestern
#54 Indiana
#63 Iowa
#66 Penn State
#70 USC
#77 Rutgers
#96 Minnesota
#117 Washington
Big XII
#3 Houston
#7 Texas Tech
#12 Arizona
#25 BYU
#30 Baylor
#50 Cincinnati
#51 West Virginia
#71 UCF
#73 Utah
#74 Arizona State
#75 Kansas State
#78 TCU
#95 Oklahoma State
Big West
#35 UC-San Diego
#62 UC-Irvine
#104 Cal State-Northridge
Coastal
#102 UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA
#60 Liberty
#105 Middle Tennessee
#122 Jacksonville State
Ivy
#72 Yale
#120 Cornell
MAC
#91 Akron
Missouri Valley
#56 Drake
#80 Bradley
#93 Northern Iowa
#121 Illinois State (CBI champion)
Mountain West
#37 Utah State
#42 New Mexico
#44 Boise State
#47 Colorado State
#52 San Diego State
#79 Nevada
#98 UNLV
SEC
#2 Auburn
#4 Florida (NCAA champion)
#5 Tennessee
#6 Alabama
#14 Kentucky
#18 Texas A&M
#28 Ole Miss
#33 Georgia
#34 Mississippi State
#39 Texas
#40 Arkansas
#43 Oklahoma
#48 Vanderbilt
#87 South Carolina
#89 LSU
SoCon
#115 Chattanooga (NIT champion)
#116 Samford
Southland
#58 McNeese
Sun Belt
#94 Arkansas State
#99 Troy
WCC
#8 Gonzaga
#21 Saint Mary's
#57 Santa Clara
#64 San Francisco
#85 Oregon State
#112 Washington State
WAC
#108 Utah Valley
Independent
#92 Grand Canyon
Can St. Thomas round up 3 or 4 non-conference opponents from the top 33% of Division 1 teams from last season? It'll be a tall task for Tommies coach Johnny Tauer to enhance the non-con slate, especially after the Tommies' run to the 2025 Summit League Tournament championship game, not to mention the expectation that his squad will be one of the favorites -- if not THE favorite -- to win the 2026 Summit League championship.
Teams from the Power 5 as well as the American, Mountain West, and Atlantic 10 won't be in a rush to schedule UST, so it'll be interesting to see if Tauer can find a few takers. This season more than ever -- its first with NCAA Tournament eligibility -- the Tommies need to beef up the schedule to be fully battle tested for "3 days in March", the Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls. That's the way of life in a mid-major/one-bid league. ... win your conference tournament or go home (no March Madness).
UST has 7 slots to fill on its non-conference schedule. Can they fill it with some of these (NET top 122), who’ve yet to release a full non-conference schedule?
American
#49 Memphis
#65 North Texas
#106 UAB
#111 FAU
ACC
#22 Clemson
#24 Louisville
#36 North Carolina
#46 SMU
#61 Pitt
#69 Wake Forest
#81 Stanford
#90 Florida State
#103 Notre Dame
#109 Georgia Tech
#110 Virginia
ASUN
#84 Lipscomb
#113 North Alabama
Atlantic 10
#31 VCU
#67 Dayton
#68 George Mason
#76 Saint Joseph's
#97 Saint Bonaventure
#101 Saint Louis
#107 Loyola-Chicago
Big East
#13 Saint John's
#32 UConn
#38 Creighton
#45 Xavier
#55 Villanova
#83 Butler
#88 Georgetown
Big Sky
#114 Northern Colorado
Big South
#82 High Point
B1G
#10 Maryland
#11 Michigan State
#15 Wisconsin
#17 Illinois
#23 Michigan
#27 UCLA
#29 Oregon
#41 Ohio State
#53 Northwestern
#54 Indiana
#63 Iowa
#66 Penn State
#70 USC
#77 Rutgers
#96 Minnesota
#117 Washington
Big XII
#3 Houston
#7 Texas Tech
#12 Arizona
#25 BYU
#30 Baylor
#50 Cincinnati
#51 West Virginia
#71 UCF
#73 Utah
#74 Arizona State
#75 Kansas State
#78 TCU
#95 Oklahoma State
Big West
#35 UC-San Diego
#62 UC-Irvine
#104 Cal State-Northridge
Coastal
#102 UNC-Wilmington
Conference USA
#60 Liberty
#105 Middle Tennessee
#122 Jacksonville State
Ivy
#72 Yale
#120 Cornell
MAC
#91 Akron
Missouri Valley
#56 Drake
#80 Bradley
#93 Northern Iowa
#121 Illinois State (CBI champion)
Mountain West
#37 Utah State
#42 New Mexico
#44 Boise State
#47 Colorado State
#52 San Diego State
#79 Nevada
#98 UNLV
SEC
#2 Auburn
#4 Florida (NCAA champion)
#5 Tennessee
#6 Alabama
#14 Kentucky
#18 Texas A&M
#28 Ole Miss
#33 Georgia
#34 Mississippi State
#39 Texas
#40 Arkansas
#43 Oklahoma
#48 Vanderbilt
#87 South Carolina
#89 LSU
SoCon
#115 Chattanooga (NIT champion)
#116 Samford
Southland
#58 McNeese
Sun Belt
#94 Arkansas State
#99 Troy
WCC
#8 Gonzaga
#21 Saint Mary's
#57 Santa Clara
#64 San Francisco
#85 Oregon State
#112 Washington State
WAC
#108 Utah Valley
Independent
#92 Grand Canyon
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