2009-10 WMU nonleague schedule

• Nov. 15 at Detroit
• Nov. 18 VCU
• Nov. 23 at Loyola (Ill.)
• Nov. 28 HOLY CROSS
• Dec. 1 TEMPLE
• Dec. 9 at Eastern Illinois
• Dec. 13 at Illinois
• Dec. 19 KENNESAW STATE
• Dec. 22-25 Diamond Head Classic (Hawaii, C of Charleston, Saint Mary’s (CA), SMU, UNLV, USC, Northeastern)
• Jan. 3 SAM HOUSTON STATE
• Jan. 5 MICHIGAN-DEARBORN

What I like:

• Keeping the home and home series with Detroit Mercy going. It’s a nice little pseudo rivalry early in the year that has produced some close hard fought battles.
• Two 2008 NCAA Tournament teams are visiting University Arena (VCU, & Temple)
• 6 Home games! That is great for a mid major
• Besides Illinois there are no obvious mismatches. The potential to lose any game by a wide enough margin to psychologically damage a young team is not something I want to worry about.

What I don’t like:

• Michigan-Dearborn is Division II and not even competitive at that level. The fact that we have to dip down to that level to fill our schedule and stockpile easy wins is distasteful to me. Also there are more local DII teams that I would rather see given the opportunity like Ferris State (Big Rapids) or Grand Valley State (Allendale). Believe me those half wits in Bland Rapids already think that GVSU has athletics on par with the MAC, a 40 pt beat down would be just the thing to set them right and shut them up.
• The Diamond Head Classic has the potential to ruin Christmas. Hawkins has been brutal in these exempt tournaments with a 1-5 record in last season’s Charleston Shootout and 07’s Old Spice Classic. There is the distinct possibility looking at that roster of teams that Western could have an 0-3 tournament.
• The Loyola (Ill.) game is on the Monday before Thanksgiving making it hard to miss work for a Chicago road trip.

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