16-17 Non Conference Schedule

Per Braziller
St. John's opted for just one exhibition game this year to have a closed scrimmage. It will be against Rhode Island, per source. #sjubb
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I think this should be the way to go in the future.

Those closed scrimmages provide better competition. You'll probably have a better idea of where your team stands after that, then you would (likely) routing a D2 team. Plus, I understand you can tell the other team during these scrimmages something like "play 2-3 zone this possession, we're unsure how we perform against it." So, you can work on just about anything you want to.

That being said, it's good to have one formal exhibition against a D2, if only to get the team out on the court once in front of a crowd, with no pressure on them. Plus, it simulates the game experience.
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I think St Thomas Aquinas gave us a pretty good idea of how we were going to be last year.
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Yes, but that's very rare, and it's the ONLY way those exhibitions can tell you something.

Even then, I didn't give up after STA game. I gave up when Lovett was declared a partial qualifier.
 
Per Rothstein

The Big East is expected to release its conference schedule for next season during the latter part of next week, source told @CBSSports.
 
Kevin McNamara – ‏@KevinMcNamara33

To clear up any false info, the full @BIGEASTMBB schedule is coming Tuesday at Noon; Big East Marathon will be Jan. 16, MLK Day
 
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