John Groce talks Illinois' non-conference schedule
May 19, 2012 8:23 AM
John Groce talks the non-conference schedule-
This upcoming season Illinois will play 14 nonconference games- 7 at home. (Last season UI had 13 noncons- 8 at home)
Illinois' non-conference road games-
# at Hawaii
# 3 games in 3 days at the Maui Invitational (all 8 teams in Maui play 3 games in 3 days)
# at Gonzaga
# Mizzou in St. Louis
# United Center game (Auburn)
Next season Illinois is on track to have 13 nonconference games- only 5 at home.
Said Illinois has played the least amount of home nonconference games compared to other Big Ten teams in the past 5 years.
Would definately like to have more non-conference home games sooner than later, but sounds like their hands are tied via some contracts that were signed in the past.
This season's overall schedule will be tough ("It's very very very aggressive" is the phrase he used).
John Groce: "Looking at [the schedule like] the glass is half-full, we're going to be challenged at a really high level, we're going to find out a lot about our team pretty quickly."
9:30-
Sports Talk 5-15-12
This upcoming season Illinois will play 14 nonconference games- 7 at home. (Last season UI had 13 noncons- 8 at home)
Illinois' non-conference road games-
# at Hawaii
# 3 games in 3 days at the Maui Invitational (all 8 teams in Maui play 3 games in 3 days)
# at Gonzaga
# Mizzou in St. Louis
# United Center game (Auburn)
Next season Illinois is on track to have 13 nonconference games- only 5 at home.
Said Illinois has played the least amount of home nonconference games compared to other Big Ten teams in the past 5 years.
Would definately like to have more non-conference home games sooner than later, but sounds like their hands are tied via some contracts that were signed in the past.
This season's overall schedule will be tough ("It's very very very aggressive" is the phrase he used).
John Groce: "Looking at [the schedule like] the glass is half-full, we're going to be challenged at a really high level, we're going to find out a lot about our team pretty quickly."
9:30-
Sports Talk 5-15-12
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