2023-24 Schedule

2023-24 Schedule
November 6 - Long Beach State - home
December 1 - Wyoming - home
November 25 - Willamette - home
December 9 - North Dakota - away (Grand Forks)
December 16 - Grand Canyon - neutral (Phoenix)
December 21 - Diamond Head MTE
December 22 - Diamond Head MTE
December 24 - Diamond Head MTE
Date Unknown - Air Force - home
Date Unknown - UC Riverside - home
Date Unknown - Tennessee State - home
Date Unknown - Portland State - away
Date Unknown - North Dakota State - away (Fargo) - probably Dec 7
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Dean Murdoch wrote:

@JonRothstein wrote:Source: Oregon will host Kent State on December 20th in Eugene.

So you should be able to pencil in the Pilots at home to Kent State on Monday, Dec 18 or Friday, Dec 22.

Already??

I don't know about the rest of you, but I need some time off from MBB...

Pilots Baseball starts a 3-game series at home against LMU TODAY at 6pm...that continues tomorrow at 6 and Saturday at 1pm.

Saturday at 6pm Men's Soccer will have an alumni game at Merlo.

Saturday the 15th Women's Soccer plays Western Washington at 3pm and Men's Soccer hosts OSU at 6pm.

Haha yeah, we do need a break, but it would be exciting to get a team as good as Kent in the Chiles Center.

DoubleDipper wrote:

Dean Murdoch wrote:

@JonRothstein wrote:Source: Oregon will host Kent State on December 20th in Eugene.

So you should be able to pencil in the Pilots at home to Kent State on Monday, Dec 18 or Friday, Dec 22.

Already??

I don't know about the rest of you, but I need some time off from MBB...

Slacker.  We have to do the daily checks on the transfer portal ins and outs.  We have to monitor the 2024, 2025 and 2026 recruiting developments. We have to speculate on starting fives, key reserves, and redshirts.  We have to keep a weather eye on coaching staff and admin staff changes.  We have to monitor the tweets for potential scheduling news.  We have to watch for conference opponent developments.  This is a 24/7 365 commitment.  

Speaking of which, you recently mentioned observing some practice, and the team twitter recently had a video of some "hands on" coaching by Coach Legans.  What are the off season practice opportunities?

DoubleDipper wrote:Already??

“We sleep in May” - Jon Rothstein

Slacker.  We have to do the daily checks on the transfer portal ins and outs.  We have to monitor the 2024, 2025 and 2026 recruiting developments. We have to speculate on starting fives, key reserves, and redshirts.  We have to keep a weather eye on coaching staff and admin staff changes.  We have to monitor the tweets for potential scheduling news.  We have to watch for conference opponent developments.  This is a 24/7 365 commitment.  

Speaking of which, you recently mentioned observing some practice, and the team twitter recently had a video of some "hands on" coaching by Coach Legans.  What are the off season practice opportunities?

If you were a woman I'd marry you!

Okay, I get it.

How about this:

Kent Wired.com wrote:Kent State men’s basketball announced Wednesday, April 5, that coach Rob Senderoff agreed to a contract extension through the 2028-29 season.

Senderoff has been a part of the basketball program for 15 seasons and head coach since 2011.

He has led his teams to eight 20-plus win seasons and is the sixth coach in the program to win Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year (2021-22).

Senderoff is KSU’s all-time winningest coach at 247.

So, what about Coach Legans!!

Surely by now an extension has been negotiated and signed, right?

up7587 wrote:Speaking of which, you recently mentioned observing some practice, and the team twitter recently had a video of some "hands on" coaching by Coach Legans.  What are the off season practice opportunities?

Honestly, I don't know.

I just happened to be wandering from parking my car on campus to an office there and saw the guys heading into the Beauchamp Center and tagged along.

I have forgotten all the rules about how many hours the staff can spend with student-athletes during the off-season, but the practices are more about fundamentals, with the serious game stuff happening in late October and early November.

I did not see any of the players that are in the portal at practice...and not all the remaining players were in attendance...

Kevin wrote:
If you were a woman I'd marry you!

Sorry, I am taken.

up7587 wrote:Slacker.  

As Yogi once said: "I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four."

DoubleDipper wrote:

up7587 wrote:Slacker.  

As Yogi once said: "I usually take a two-hour nap from one to four."

He also said, "Smarter than the average bear."

DoubleDipper wrote:Pilots Baseball starts a 3-game series at home against LMU TODAY at 6pm...that continues tomorrow at 6 and Saturday at 1pm.

It's a little damp at the Etz, so the series will start Friday at 6pm and conclude with a doubleheader on Saturday with the first pitch at 11am.

Opening day against the Beach!

https://d1docket.blogspot.com/p/2022-23-conference-dockets.html

November 6 - Long Beach at Portland
December 9 - Portland at North Dakota

Dean Murdoch wrote:Opening day against the Beach!

https://d1docket.blogspot.com/p/2022-23-conference-dockets.html

November 6 - Long Beach at Portland
December 9 - Portland at North Dakota

Literally adjacent to us in the 2022-23 NET rankings (LBS 167, UP 168). Good choice.

@RoccoMiller8 wrote:Portland will host Tennessee State as part of its 2023-24 non-conference schedule.

Two games lined up in Oregon for the Tigers.

#WCC
#OVC

Tennessee State will also play Oregon during their trip to the PNW as an opening round game of the Emerald Coast Classic MTE in Florida, so this will be one of the earlier games on the Pilots' NC.

TSU was #291 in Kenpom last year and a middle-of-the-road OVC team. In the "useless stat" category, this will be the Pilots' first game against a Tennessee-based school since beating Austin Peay in 1996.

Dean Murdoch wrote:

@JonRothstein wrote:Source: Oregon will host Kent State on December 20th in Eugene.

So you should be able to pencil in the Pilots at home to Kent State on Monday, Dec 18 or Friday, Dec 22.

According to Rocco Miller:

"Portland will host Kent State on Friday, December 22nd at the Chiles Center, per sources."

NEWS: Grand Canyon and Portland will play a neutral site game on December 16th at the Footprint Center in Phoenix as part of the Jerry Colangelo Classic in a doubleheader with WSU/Santa Clara, per multiple sources.

https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8/status/1662177673467269121

Sound Voltex wrote:

NEWS: Grand Canyon and Portland will play a neutral site game on December 16th at the Footprint Center in Phoenix as part of the Jerry Colangelo Classic in a doubleheader with WSU/Santa Clara, per multiple sources.

https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8/status/1662177673467269121

"Neutral"

up7587 wrote:"Neutral"

Well, there will be Purple in the stands...



Saturday December 16 is the second day after semester finals end and the first full day of Christmas vacation.  Classes begin again on January 16, 2024.

Sound Voltex wrote:

NEWS: Grand Canyon and Portland will play a neutral site game on December 16th at the Footprint Center in Phoenix as part of the Jerry Colangelo Classic in a doubleheader with WSU/Santa Clara, per multiple sources.

This could now be a triple-header with UNLV and SMC also playing.

https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8/status/1667219161192308736?cxt=HHwWgIC9mc2_k6MuAAAA

Christmas in Hawaii!!

The Pilots will be part of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, December 21, 22, and 24.

https://portlandpilots.com/news/2023/6/15/mens-basketball-portland-joins-2023-hawaiian-airlines-diamond-head-classic-field.aspx

Portalnd
Georgia Tech
Hawaii
Nevada
Old Dominion
Temple
TCU
UMass

(Obviously, the previously planned game at home against Kent St. on December 22 will have to be put off or canceled).

Interesting news, I only heard yesterday that SMC was out! TCU looks the odds-on favorite at first glance.

I sure don't like losing the Kent State game though, hopefully that can get played in 2024.

DoubleDipper wrote:

Sound Voltex wrote:

NEWS: Grand Canyon and Portland will play a neutral site game on December 16th at the Footprint Center in Phoenix as part of the Jerry Colangelo Classic in a doubleheader with WSU/Santa Clara, per multiple sources.

This could now be a triple-header with UNLV and SMC also playing.

https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8/status/1667219161192308736?cxt=HHwWgIC9mc2_k6MuAAAA

And now it's a quadrupleheader with LMU/UCSB added to the mix...
https://twitter.com/RoccoMiller8/status/1670817841053065217?cxt=HHwWgoDTxav-968uAAAA

In a nutshell, the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix on Saturday, December 16, at the home of the Phoenix Suns, is a WCC Challenge.

UP vs. Grand Canyon
SCU vs. WSU
SMC vs. UNLV
LMU vs UCSB

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame will announce the game times and ticket prices at a later date...

https://portlandpilots.com/news/2023/6/21/mens-basketball-portland-versus-grand-canyon-headlines-2023-jerry-colangelo-classic.aspx