2020 Schedule Udates.

#28
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Circling back, the NCAA did indeed determine yesterday that the season will start on November 25th. This, obviously, affects both the Wisconsin game and Charleston Classic in addition to a game against Presbyterian. Practice begins on October 14th, and the maximum number of contests drops from 31 to 27.

Let's just get this out of the way... Tennessee is not rescheduling the Blue Hose. Dates have not been finalized for the Orlando bubble tournaments, but I would assume that the Charleston Classic will be held on or around the 25th and the Vols will accordingly drop Tennessee Tech from their schedule (two down!). There's no way that the rubber match against Memphis isn't getting played, so the Vols will be back in Orlando sometime between December 2nd and December 9th (Cincinnati plays in Knoxville on December 12th, also a keeper) to face Gonzaga. This means that the Vols are going to have to drop two of the following:

  1. at Wisconsin (can't be played on 11/11)
  2. George Washington (December 2nd)
  3. USC Upstate (December 22nd)
  4. Norfolk State (December 29th)
The Gonzaga game will take precedence over GWU if it must be played on December 2nd, but that's the only way that I can envision GWU getting axed. As much as I would love to keep the Wisconsin game, it just seems as if the most likely scenario is the trip to Madison gets punted to November 2021 and UT drops either USC Upstate or Norfolk State as well.

All of this is obviously incredibly fluid because there's no guarantee that every single team will be playing/participating programs will be permitted to travel over state borders, but at least the season is rapidly taking shape and I look forward to the Vols beginning practice in slightly under a month.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
Circling back, the NCAA did indeed determine yesterday that the season will start on November 25th. This, obviously, affects both the Wisconsin game and Charleston Classic in addition to a game against Presbyterian. Practice begins on October 14th, and the maximum number of contests drops from 31 to 27.

Let's just get this out of the way... Tennessee is not rescheduling the Blue Horn. Dates have not been finalized for the Orlando bubble tournaments, but I would assume that the Charleston Classic will be held on or around the 25th and the Vols will accordingly drop Tennessee Tech from their schedule (two down!). There's no way that the rubber match against Memphis isn't getting played, so the Vols will be back in Orlando sometime between December 2nd and December 9th (Cincinnati plays in Knoxville on December 12th, also a keeper) to face Gonzaga. This means that the Vols are going to have to drop two of the following:

  1. at Wisconsin (can't be played on 11/11)
  2. George Washington (December 2nd)
  3. USC Upstate (December 22nd)
  4. Norfolk State (December 29th)
The Gonzaga game will take precedence over GWU if it must be played on December 2nd, but that's the only way that I can envision GWU getting axed. As much as I would love to keep the Wisconsin game, it just seems as if the most likely scenario is the trip to Madison gets punted to November 2021 and UT drops either USC Upstate or Norfolk State as well.

All of this is obviously incredibly fluid because there's no guarantee that every single team will be playing/participating programs will be permitted to travel over state borders, but at least the season is rapidly taking shape and I look forward to the Vols beginning practice in slightly under a month.
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I'm not certain but I think you have them dropping one more game than is required.

This is the current schedule posted at utsports.com:
Wisconsin - 11/11
Presbyterian - 11/14
Tennessee Tech - 11/27
George Washington - 12/2
Cincinnati - 12/12
Memphis - 12/19
USC Upstate - 12/22
Norfolk State - 12/29
Gonzaga (Jimmy V Classic) - TBD

The NCAA allows them to schedule 24 games plus the Charleston Classic. Assuming the conference sticks with an 18 game schedule that leaves room for 6 games from the 9 scheduled above. Very much agree that Presbyterian and Tennessee Tech ain't happening. But that just leaves one to cut rather than two.

I think there is a decent chance they axe the GW game. My rationale is that I highly doubt they'll leave the bubble until they've played all their games in the bubble. That would mean either that the GW game directly conflicts or it would be UT's 5th game in 9 days. But, yeah, the path of least resistance is cancel the Wisconsin game.

It'll be really interesting to see how this all shakes out, I suspect there will be a lot of scheduling news coming out in the next few weeks.
 
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volfan199 said:
I'm not certain but I think you have them dropping one more game than is required.

This is the current schedule posted at utsports.com:
Wisconsin - 11/11
Presbyterian - 11/14
Tennessee Tech - 11/27
George Washington - 12/2
Cincinnati - 12/12
Memphis - 12/19
USC Upstate - 12/22
Norfolk State - 12/29
Gonzaga (Jimmy V Classic) - TBD

The NCAA allows them to schedule 24 games plus the Charleston Classic. Assuming the conference sticks with an 18 game schedule that leaves room for 6 games from the 9 scheduled above. Very much agree that Presbyterian and Tennessee Tech ain't happening. But that just leaves one to cut rather than two.

I think there is a decent chance they axe the GW game. My rationale is that I highly doubt they'll leave the bubble until they've played all their games in the bubble. That would mean either that the GW game directly conflicts or it would be UT's 5th game in 9 days. But, yeah, the path of least resistance is cancel the Wisconsin game.

It'll be really interesting to see how this all shakes out, I suspect there will be a lot of scheduling news coming out in the next few weeks.
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I think that you're onto something in regards to the GWU game, especially given the bubble dynamics. I had forgotten to mention this, but I believe that the 10th non-Charleston OOC game would be the Big XII/SEC matchup so I do think they'll either have to drop that (unideal) or scrap another December matchup. That being said, all is quiet on the Big XII/SEC front so maybe that's on hiatus.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
Circling back, the NCAA did indeed determine yesterday that the season will start on November 25th. This, obviously, affects both the Wisconsin game and Charleston Classic in addition to a game against Presbyterian. Practice begins on October 14th, and the maximum number of contests drops from 31 to 27.

Let's just get this out of the way... Tennessee is not rescheduling the Blue Hose. Dates have not been finalized for the Orlando bubble tournaments, but I would assume that the Charleston Classic will be held on or around the 25th and the Vols will accordingly drop Tennessee Tech from their schedule (two down!). There's no way that the rubber match against Memphis isn't getting played, so the Vols will be back in Orlando sometime between December 2nd and December 9th (Cincinnati plays in Knoxville on December 12th, also a keeper) to face Gonzaga. This means that the Vols are going to have to drop two of the following:

  1. at Wisconsin (can't be played on 11/11)
  2. George Washington (December 2nd)
  3. USC Upstate (December 22nd)
  4. Norfolk State (December 29th)
The Gonzaga game will take precedence over GWU if it must be played on December 2nd, but that's the only way that I can envision GWU getting axed. As much as I would love to keep the Wisconsin game, it just seems as if the most likely scenario is the trip to Madison gets punted to November 2021 and UT drops either USC Upstate or Norfolk State as well.

All of this is obviously incredibly fluid because there's no guarantee that every single team will be playing/participating programs will be permitted to travel over state borders, but at least the season is rapidly taking shape and I look forward to the Vols beginning practice in slightly under a month.
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That Wisconsin game would look great on the 2021 schedule.
 
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#32
Would like to keep Memphis on the schedule. That neutral site game in Nashville would’ve been fun. Definitely would’ve been more Tennessee fans there.
 
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According to this it sounds like Tennessee will be in Orlando from at least November 27-December 6...

College Basketball's 2020-21 Events Schedule - Stadium

ORLANDO HOOPS Presented by ESPN (Official event names TBD)
Nov. 25-Dec. 6
Pods (likely Nov. 27, 29): Tennessee, Charlotte, Penn State, VCU

Pods: Saint Mary’s, Missouri, San Diego State, UCF

Other teams: Cincinnati, Belmont, Michigan State, Saint Louis, Charlotte, Furman, Loyola Chicago, Missouri, Utah State, North Texas


JIMMY V CLASSIC (Orlando – ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex)
Dec. 2
Baylor vs. Illinois; Gonzaga vs. Tennessee



Also, according to VQ Tennessee won’t be playing Memphis or Wisconsin this year, but game against Cincinnati for later in December is still scheduled. Could see them add a few games in the Orlando bubble as well.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Also, according to VQ Tennessee won’t be playing Memphis or Wisconsin this year
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I figured that Wisconsin was a likely casualty of COVID-19, but I'm very disappointed that the Nashville matchup between UT and Memphis won't be happening. Given Barnes' comments regarding the series over the last two years, which have been unenthusiastic to put it lightly, I fear we'll never get the rubber match.
 
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TrumpedUpVol said:
I figured that Wisconsin was a likely casualty of COVID-19, but I'm very disappointed that the Nashville matchup between UT and Memphis won't be happening. Given Barnes' comments regarding the series over the last two years, which have been unenthusiastic to put it lightly, I fear we'll never get the rubber match.
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Likely will be carried to next year like most of these H2H contract games
 
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On one hand, it's great to see that the perception of our program has changed so much that we practically play Kansas on a yearly basis. On the other hand, it would be nice if we could actually match up with some other teams in this conference just for a change of pace.

It should be an exciting matchup, but damn it feels like we play Kansas every year in some capacity either through MTE or SEC/Big 12 challenge.
 
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#43
#43
Barnes just confirmed what several have already reported or hinted at: no Memphis or Wisconsin game this year. Bummer. Hopefully they find a way to extend the Memphis series or push out the Nashville game until next season.
 
#44
#44
berryvol said:
Barnes just confirmed what several have already reported or hinted at: no Memphis or Wisconsin game this year. Bummer. Hopefully they find a way to extend the Memphis series or push out the Nashville game until next season.
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The Nashville game is going to get played at some point, most likely in 2021 - 2022. I doubt it just gets wiped from the schedule since we're signed to a 3-game series. But I guess we'll see.

Either way, the non-conference pre-SEC schedule probably won't be much to get excited for. I'm expecting a bunch of Jacksonville State type teams and maybe 1 good matchup outside of the SEC/Big12 challenge.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
The Nashville game is going to get played at some point, most likely in 2021 - 2022. I doubt it just gets wiped from the schedule since we're signed to a 3-game series. But I guess we'll see.

Either way, the non-conference pre-SEC schedule probably won't be much to get excited for. I'm expecting a bunch of Jacksonville State type teams and maybe 1 good matchup outside of the SEC/Big12 challenge.
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We have Gonzaga, Cincinnati, Kansas, and then likely a couple good games in Orlando...wouldn’t really scoff at that slate.
 
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#46
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bleedingTNorange said:
We have Gonzaga, Cincinnati, Kansas, and then likely a couple good games in Orlando...wouldn’t really scoff at that slate.
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I didn't realize Cincinnati was still on the schedule. The only one's I had heard being discussed so far were Gonzaga and now Kansas. Also, according to Matt Norlander, the only teams that hadn't dropped out of the Charleston Classic in Orlando are Tennessee, VCU, and Penn State. I'm not trying to throw shade at the schedule, it just is what it is at this point.

I'll take what I can get.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I didn't realize Cincinnati was still on the schedule. The only one's I had heard being discussed so far were Gonzaga and now Kansas. Also, according to Matt Norlander, the only teams that hadn't dropped out of the Charleston Classic in Orlando are Tennessee, VCU, and Penn State. I'm not trying to throw shade at the schedule, it just is what it is at this point.

I'll take what I can get.
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Right, but as I’ve already stated it’s likely the Charleston Classic in no longer a thing, that’s why ESPN is bringing those teams to Orlando that wanted to play still, they will likely redo a lot of those tournaments into different pods with different teams.
 
#48
#48
TheMookieMonster said:
The Nashville game is going to get played at some point, most likely in 2021 - 2022. I doubt it just gets wiped from the schedule since we're signed to a 3-game series. But I guess we'll see.

Either way, the non-conference pre-SEC schedule probably won't be much to get excited for. I'm expecting a bunch of Jacksonville State type teams and maybe 1 good matchup outside of the SEC/Big12 challenge.
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I don't think you will see very many of the Jacksonville State type games at all. That's what P5 teams are trying to avoid. With very little to no fans, it's a meaningless game, and then the small schools don't have the resources to test nearly as much. On top of that, the schedule is now limited to 25 games if not in a multi-team event, so that only leaves 7 non-conference games.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
The Nashville game is going to get played at some point, most likely in 2021 - 2022. I doubt it just gets wiped from the schedule since we're signed to a 3-game series. But I guess we'll see.

Either way, the non-conference pre-SEC schedule probably won't be much to get excited for. I'm expecting a bunch of Jacksonville State type teams and maybe 1 good matchup outside of the SEC/Big12 challenge.
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The only way that Nashville game ever gets played is when fans can attend, so I'm hoping you're right and that is as soon as next season. Otherwise there is literally no point and it essentially becomes nothing but an added cost for both teams.
 
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JelloPuddinPup said:
The only way that Nashville game ever gets played is when fans can attend, so I'm hoping you're right and that is as soon as next season. Otherwise there is literally no point and it essentially becomes nothing but an added cost for both teams.
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It's not been confirmed, but my guess is TBA will be at 25% capacity this year similar to football. Assuming the "worst case scenario" I think it's likely you could be back to 50% capacity next fall even if a vaccine isn't available by then, and at 50% capacity I think you could sell enough tickets and hotel rooms and things of that nature to make it financially worth it for both teams.
 
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