A few basketball schedule thoughts

boilerzz · Aug 30, 2015

I really like the setup of Purdue's conference schedule (listed below). A few reasons why:

Only once does Purdue play back to back road games (the late January trips to Iowa and Minnesota)
Sure we start at Wisconsin, but this isn't Kaminsky's Wisconsin and it's over Winter break
After that game, Purdue's next four road trips are to Illinois, Rutgers, Iowa and Minnesota, not exactly a murderer's row
Given that, and the fact that Purdue's first five home games are against Iowa, Michigan, PSU, OSU and Nebraska, there is no reason Purdue can't be 8-2 or better heading into the February gauntlet
While the last 8 games are more difficult, they also provide opportunities for quality wins and 3 of those quality win opportunities are at home (MSU, Maryland and Wisconsin)

Purdue's conference schedule

Tuesday 29-Dec-15 Purdue at Wisconsin
Saturday 2-Jan-16 Iowa at Purdue
Thursday 7-Jan-16 Michigan at Purdue
Sunday 10-Jan-16 Purdue at Illinois
Wednesday 13-Jan-16 Penn State at Purdue
Monday 18-Jan-16 Purdue at Rutgers
Thursday 21-Jan-16 Ohio State at Purdue
Sunday 24-Jan-16 Purdue at Iowa
Wednesday 27-Jan-16 Purdue at Minnesota
Saturday 30-Jan-16 Nebraska at Purdue
Saturday 6-Feb-16 Purdue at Maryland
Tuesday 9-Feb-16 Michigan State at Purdue
Saturday 13-Feb-16 Purdue at Michigan
Tuesday 16-Feb-16 Northwestern at Purdue
Saturday 20-Feb-16 Purdue at Indiana
Saturday 27-Feb-16 Maryland at Purdue
Tuesday 1-Mar-16 Purdue at Nebraska
Saturday 5-Mar-16, or Sunday 6-Mar-16, Wisconsin at Purdue

Purdidit · Aug 30, 2015