23-24 UK Multi Team Event

[ArcadiaFan]

2023-24 Men’s College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)

A list of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs) and non-exempt tournaments, featuring schedule and TV/streaming information.

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Looks like Kentucky will be hosting Saint Joseph's, Stonehill and Texas A&M-Commerce this season if this information is correct.

 

[Fox2monk]

2023-24 Men’s College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)

A list of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs) and non-exempt tournaments, featuring schedule and TV/streaming information.

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Looks like Kentucky will be hosting Saint Joseph's, Stonehill and Texas A&M-Commerce this season if this information is correct.

Well we will certainly be prepared for cupcake season.

 

[Jamal Mercer]

2023-24 Men’s College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)

A list of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs) and non-exempt tournaments, featuring schedule and TV/streaming information.

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Looks like Kentucky will be hosting Saint Joseph's, Stonehill and Texas A&M-Commerce this season if this information is correct.

Absolute must-see stuff there.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

Saint joes are decent the other 2 schools I have never heard of

 

[ArcadiaFan]

Saint joes are decent the other 2 schools I have never heard of

Those other two only joined D-1 in the last couple of years.

 

[cats2010]

Golf Standard stuff there boys!!!!

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

Well we will certainly be prepared for cupcake season.

Cal still hasn't figured out the NET.

Hey Cal you can play bad teams in the 100-200s instead of 300-400s and it helps with the NET and seeding.

 

[Fox2monk]

Cal still hasn't figured out the NET.

Hey Cal you can play bad teams in the 100-200s instead of 300-400s and it helps with the NET and seeding.

I’m sure it’s hard to schedule years ahead and know who’s gonna be what in that range but you could try and schedule teams that consistently finish in the top 150.

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

I’m sure it’s hard to schedule years ahead and know who’s gonna be what in that range but you could try and schedule teams that consistently finish in the top 150.

Yeah I mean Stonstreet or whoever you can guarantee is going to be high 300s probably year in year out.

 

[gharding07]

Riveting..

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

2023-24 Men’s College Basketball Early Season Tournaments and Exempt Multi-Team Events (MTEs)

A list of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season’s exempt multiple-team events (MTEs) and non-exempt tournaments, featuring schedule and TV/streaming information.

www.bloggingthebracket.com

Looks like Kentucky will be hosting Saint Joseph's, Stonehill and Texas A&M-Commerce this season if this information is correct.

You can't make this stuff up. Texas A&M Commerce?

 

[JHannibalSmith]

Keep complaining about how Calipari refuses to play in Maui, or, the Phil Knight tournament, among others, you disillusioned, impossible to please, Cal haters! He just shut all y’all up. We’re in this tournament, but, some of you will still find something to complain about. Same ppl would bitch if we went 40-0. There’s no room left on the back of the bus for the CHC, so, don’t even try after we roll thru this prestigious event. We don’t want you back on board!

 

[Montana81]

I guarantee there’s some kind of personal connection between Cal and those programs. He had a friend he used to work with that is the video’s coordinators dad or something. An assistant that was with him at Kansas in the 80’s. No telling.

There’s so many things wrong with how he tries to run this program. His “november and december games don’t matter” stance is one of the worst.

 

[kyjeff1]

Welp, if we were hoping to get a 1 seed this year, we can forget about it now. Those 3 teams are going to kill our SOS ranking. How stupid.

 

[Cowtown Cat]

I guarantee there’s some kind of personal connection between Cal and those programs. He had a friend he used to work with that is the video’s coordinators dad or something. An assistant that was with him at Kansas in the 80’s. No telling.

There’s so many things wrong with how he tries to run this program. His “november and december games don’t matter” stance is one of the worst.

This! It’ll be some dude nobody has ever even heard of, too, most likely. Ya know, kinda like Texas A&M Commerce. Good Lord. 🤦‍♂️

 

[ukfan2410]

Our SOS is going to be one of the best in the country, our schedule is ridiculous but some of y’all pick out this to complain about. Every single team in the country plays a couple of gimmes just like this

 

[UKBB4Ever]

Whining about nothing may not be a prerequisite for the CHC but it’s certainly encouraged.

 

[Pygmy Sasquatch]

Riveting..

Careful. Cal will have us playing Upper Schentenghal Vocational next

 

[know1]

Good thing we have this monster class that's going to propel us back to the top. Playing in this event shows us all the confidence Cal really has in this team.

 

[Magilla Gorillla]

Cal still hasn't figured out the NET.

Hey Cal you can play bad teams in the 100-200s instead of 300-400s and it helps with the NET and seeding.

This. The worst part is most of this board has the same understanding of the NET as Cal and will swear up and down it biased. It’s so easy to manipulate but he will never do it.

 

[UkMccurdy]

I’ll criticize Cal for tons of things but this doesn’t bother me that much. The SEC has become so strong that our SOS should be fine.

We will play:
Kansas (top 5 team)
Ohio st (ncaa tourney team)
Miami (top 20)
Louisville (who should be improved)
Notre Dame (?????)
Gonzaga (top 15)
UT twice (top 10)
Arky twice (top 15-20)
Miss st twice (ncaa tourney team)
Florida twice (ncaa tourney team)
Bama (ncaa tourney team)
Texas AM (top 15-20)
Auburn (ncaa tourney team)

UK should play about half their games against teams that will make the field or be in contention for a bid. Likely, UK will finish with a top 10 SOS even with a few bunnies sprinkled in. The non conf being pretty stout and the relative strength of the SEC… no worries on effecting our NET!

 

[seccats04]

I like my team.

 

[Tampa_cat54]

Our SOS is going to be one of the best in the country, our schedule is ridiculous but some of y’all pick out this to complain about. Every single team in the country plays a couple of gimmes just like this

10,000%.

The posters in this thread are....maybe just uninformed? Not sure, but this issue is bizarre.

This year we'll see:

Kansas
Louisville
Miami (fresh off a Final Four and will be top 20)
Gonzaga
Ohio State or UNC (it's still TBA)

All in the non-conference...but somehow all we play are cupcakes?

Make it make sense, PLEASE?

I am always just floored by how dumb people are with the schedules...

Last year- DUKE hosted:

Fayetville State
USC Upstate
Delaware
Bellarmine
Jacksonville
Ohio State (mandated by the Big10 challenge)

It's almost like EVERY school has cupcakes on their home schedule??

They played a grand total of 2 (TWO) NCAA Tournament teams in their non-conference schedule.

Kentucky played 5 (FIVE) NCAA Tournament teams in their non-conference schedule.

So what are we talking about here, people? There are so many things to ACTUALLY complain about- this is just a made-up issue.

And if anyone wants to challenge me on the home schedule under Cal vs. Tubby and Pitino, I have proven that untrue multiple times and I can copy and paste the post in here to prove it. So that's not valid either.

 

[Magilla Gorillla]

10,000%.

The posters in this thread are....maybe just uninformed? Not sure, but this issue is bizarre.

This year we'll see:

Kansas
Louisville
Miami (fresh off a Final Four and will be top 20)
Gonzaga
Ohio State or UNC (it's still TBA)

All in the non-conference...but somehow all we play are cupcakes?

Make it make sense, PLEASE?

I am always just floored by how dumb people are with the schedules...

Last year- DUKE hosted:

Fayetville State
USC Upstate
Delaware
Bellarmine
Jacksonville
Ohio State (mandated by the Big10 challenge)

It's almost like EVERY school has cupcakes on their home schedule??

They played a grand total of 2 (TWO) NCAA Tournament teams in their non-conference schedule.

Kentucky played 5 (FIVE) NCAA Tournament teams in their non-conference schedule.

So what are we talking about here, people? There are so many things to ACTUALLY complain about- this is just a made-up issue.

And if anyone wants to challenge me on the home schedule under Cal vs. Tubby and Pitino, I have proven that untrue multiple times and I can copy and paste the post in here to prove it. So that's not valid either.

Scheduling a couple cupcakes isn’t the issue scheduling 300+ ranked teams is a NET killer. If you don’t care about the NET that’s fine, if you care about your NET ranking for seeding purposes, scheduling teams ranked that low should be a no go.

 

[dckala2]

One thing I won’t miss once cal does leave is his stubbornness to play in the Maui, etc.

 

[Tampa_cat54]

Scheduling a couple cupcakes isn’t the issue scheduling 300+ ranked teams is a NET killer.

Not sure that's true because almost EVERY big team schedules some of those, so it evens out.

Houston finished the year ranked #1 in the NET and played 10 games against Q4 opponents. Duke also played 10, Texas played 8, Arizona played 7, UCLA played 7, etc. etc.- Kentucky played 6.

Kentucky played 2 teams last year that finished with a NET that was Sub-300:
Florida A&M
South Carolina State

Kansas also played 2 games against sub 300 NET teams in the non-conference:

Omaha
TX Southern

Houston also played 2 games against sub 300 NET teams in the non-conference:

NC A&T
TX Southern

I am not going to spend all day on this, but Kentucky's scheduling identity is not much different than the other big names in the sport, and the problem with our NET ranking last year had everything to do with losing games, not about who we scheduled.

 

[OmahaCats]

Every single program schedules a handful of cupcakes every single year. We also play a handful of quality non conference opponents as well. It’s pretty standard.

 

[OmahaCats]

Welp, if we were hoping to get a 1 seed this year, we can forget about it now. Those 3 teams are going to kill our SOS ranking. How stupid.

😂 clearly you don’t pay attention to other big name programs non conference schedule. Who doesn’t play a handful of cupcakes?

 

[bradscats]

Not sure that's true because almost EVERY big team schedules some of those, so it evens out.

Houston finished the year ranked #1 in the NET and played 10 games against Q4 opponents. Duke also played 10, Texas played 8, Arizona played 7, UCLA played 7, etc. etc.- Kentucky played 6.

Kentucky played 2 teams last year that finished with a NET that was Sub-300:
Florida A&M
South Carolina State

Kansas also played 2 games against sub 300 NET teams in the non-conference:

Omaha
TX Southern

Houston also played 2 games against sub 300 NET teams in the non-conference:

NC A&T
TX Southern

I am not going to spend all day on this, but Kentucky's scheduling identity is not much different than the other big names in the sport, and the problem with our NET ranking last year had everything to do with losing games, not about who we scheduled.

Don’t bring that nonsense over here. Give me something that supports what I want to see.

 

[YardCat]

Saint joes are decent the other 2 schools I have never heard of

So we should go 3-0? I hope we don’t see a Evansville in that group.

 

[YouKay]

Duke’s MTE includes LaSalle, Bucknell, and Southern Indiana.

Illinois’ MTE includes Southern, Valparaiso, and Western Illinois.

 

[kyjeff1]

😂 clearly you don’t pay attention to other big name programs non conference schedule. Who doesn’t play a handful of cupcakes?

Cupcakes are teams in the 200's, these are teams nobody has ever heard of (save Saint Joseph), most likely Stonehill and Texas A&M-Commerce are going to rank well into the 300's. Those two names are going to be brought up by the committee and used against us. Those are the types of teams that cost you seed lines.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

So we should go 3-0? I hope we don’t see a Evansville in that group.

Those last 2 school I’ve never heard of before, saint joes is atleast a name we have heard before i don’t think they are very good but they will come into rupp and have somebody who is a 25 percent 3 point shooter hit their career high that night

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

10,000%.

The posters in this thread are....maybe just uninformed? Not sure, but this issue is bizarre.

This year we'll see:

Kansas
Louisville
Miami (fresh off a Final Four and will be top 20)
Gonzaga
Ohio State or UNC (it's still TBA)

All in the non-conference...but somehow all we play are cupcakes?

Make it make sense, PLEASE?

I am always just floored by how dumb people are with the schedules...

Last year- DUKE hosted:

Fayetville State
USC Upstate
Delaware
Bellarmine
Jacksonville
Ohio State (mandated by the Big10 challenge)

It's almost like EVERY school has cupcakes on their home schedule??

They played a grand total of 2 (TWO) NCAA Tournament teams in their non-conference schedule.

Kentucky played 5 (FIVE) NCAA Tournament teams in their non-conference schedule.

So what are we talking about here, people? There are so many things to ACTUALLY complain about- this is just a made-up issue.

And if anyone wants to challenge me on the home schedule under Cal vs. Tubby and Pitino, I have proven that untrue multiple times and I can copy and paste the post in here to prove it. So that's not valid either.

I’m pretty sure we get Notre dame as well

 

[Tampa_cat54]

Cupcakes are teams in the 200's, these are teams nobody has ever heard of (save Saint Joseph), most likely Stonehill and Texas A&M-Commerce are going to rank well into the 300's. Those two names are going to be brought up by the committee and used against us. Those are the types of teams that cost you seed lines.

You so conveniently tend to skip over, not read, or just ignore posts in threads that disprove your line of thinking.

My 2 posts above this rip your theory to shreds.

And just FYI:

Texas hosted A&M Commerce last year also- didn't seem to hurt their seeding too much?

UCONN hosted Stonehill last year as well...how did UCONN's season finish??

 

[March 22]

Makes me glad (yet again) that I'm no longer a season ticket holder. Who is excited to pay the big dollars, travel, and find parking for Texas A&M-Commerce on a random Tuesday night at 6pm?

 

[Rideordiewildcat]

Not sure that's true because almost EVERY big team schedules some of those, so it evens out.

Houston finished the year ranked #1 in the NET and played 10 games against Q4 opponents. Duke also played 10, Texas played 8, Arizona played 7, UCLA played 7, etc. etc.- Kentucky played 6.

Kentucky played 2 teams last year that finished with a NET that was Sub-300:
Florida A&M
South Carolina State

Kansas also played 2 games against sub 300 NET teams in the non-conference:

Omaha
TX Southern

Houston also played 2 games against sub 300 NET teams in the non-conference:

NC A&T
TX Southern

I am not going to spend all day on this, but Kentucky's scheduling identity is not much different than the other big names in the sport, and the problem with our NET ranking last year had everything to do with losing games, not about who we scheduled.

Yeah but we played a total of 7 teams with a net over 200. We did just as well against a team like Duquense a team 100+. I mean play the cupcakes that usually compete for their conference title instead of one's that can't even compete in their weak conference. There's all kinds of cupcakes but some taste a lot better.

The Big10 figured this out and it's why they get so much love even though they are overrated.

 

[kyjeff1]

You so conveniently tend to skip over, not read, or just ignore posts in threads that disprove your line of thinking.

My 2 posts above this rip your theory to shreds.

And just FYI:

Texas hosted A&M Commerce last year also- didn't seem to hurt their seeding too much?

UCONN hosted Stonehill last year as well...how did UCONN's season finish??

First of all, your post didn’t shred sh!t, you used Kansas and Houston as your examples. Houston simply didn't lose very often, so they were getting a 1 seed. Kansas played in the toughest league in the country. They had more Quad 1 wins than anyone else in the country by a mile, so playing a couple sub 300 teams didn't hurt. This is common sense to everyone but you apparently, because you missed these simple facts.

As far as UConn and Texas' seedings last year, how the hell do you know that their seeding wasn’t affected? Were you in the room with the selection committee? How much did you actually pay attention to why those reams were seeded where they were? Neither was a 1 seed, so I'm not sure how you can claim their seeding wasn’t affected. UConn was a 4 seed, Texas was a 2, you MIGHT have a point if they were 1 seeds.

UK has been screwed by the committee many times, most recently was 2019 and 2017 and in both cases, they used our SOS against us. You know this, or maybe you forgot.

Nice try though.

 

[kyjeff1]

Yeah but we played a total of 7 teams with a net over 200. We did just as well against a team like Duquense a team 100+. I mean play the cupcakes that usually compete for their conference title instead of one's that can't even compete in their weak conference. There's all kinds of cupcakes but some taste a lot better.

The Big10 figured this out and it's why they get so much love even though they are overrated.

C'mon now, this can't be true, sounds like @Tampa_cat54 was in the room with the committee when they seeded KU, TX, UConn and Houston last year and apparently these sub 300 teams were never an issue. Tampa would never lie.

 

[dl51344]

Scheduling a couple cupcakes isn’t the issue scheduling 300+ ranked teams is a NET killer. If you don’t care about the NET that’s fine, if you care about your NET ranking for seeding purposes, scheduling teams ranked that low should be a no go.

UK should never play a team ranked below 300. Any team can get lucky and win a game over a better team occasionally. If you don't schedule them it can never happen. Of coarse, Cal is doing someone he knows a favor. That is how everything Cal does is done.It is hard to find anything, in my opinion,Cal does any more solely to benefit Ky basketball. And I say this as someone who, at one time, thought he was the best coach in college basketball.