Army Basketball's 13 game non-conf schedule for this coming season is ho hum.
It appears that the tournament in London (Princeton, Northeastern, and Manhattan) has supplanted the typical game against a Power 5 Opponent. Also, no game against Air Force. At least the Army women's team is playing Texas A&M.
Doesn't seem to be a positive development to me, but if the promoter of the London tournament is picking up the cost, or even paying the participating schools something additional to their transportation costs, perhaps it's worth it.
In mid-Nov (19-20), they're playing, along with Radford, in what's being billed by the host, William & Mary as a "Multi-Team Event." At least playing Radford at W&M will save the program the cost of the bus ride across the state. This will feature a match-up of two of the four remaining original D1 teams never to have played in the NCAA Tourney (Army vs W&M).
There are two Div III opponents on the schedule, Merchant Marine and Keystone.
Surprisingly Stonehill has just moved up to Div 1 in Northeast Conf this year, so at least that will be a legitimate game.
It appears that the tournament in London (Princeton, Northeastern, and Manhattan) has supplanted the typical game against a Power 5 Opponent. Also, no game against Air Force. At least the Army women's team is playing Texas A&M.
Doesn't seem to be a positive development to me, but if the promoter of the London tournament is picking up the cost, or even paying the participating schools something additional to their transportation costs, perhaps it's worth it.
In mid-Nov (19-20), they're playing, along with Radford, in what's being billed by the host, William & Mary as a "Multi-Team Event." At least playing Radford at W&M will save the program the cost of the bus ride across the state. This will feature a match-up of two of the four remaining original D1 teams never to have played in the NCAA Tourney (Army vs W&M).
There are two Div III opponents on the schedule, Merchant Marine and Keystone.
Surprisingly Stonehill has just moved up to Div 1 in Northeast Conf this year, so at least that will be a legitimate game.
