Games vs. the Power 6 (2013-14 and 2014-15)

There are 75 Power 6 (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big XII, Pac 12, SEC) programs. Using Pitino's arrival as a starting point, here are the Power 6 opponents each school has scheduled the last two seasons. Exempt neutral-site tournament games (i.e. Gophers vs. Saint John's, then Georgia/Gonzaga) are excluded. We'll start with the Big Ten, then go ACC, Big East, Big XII, Pac 12, and SEC.

BIG TEN
Illinois (8)
1. vs. Auburn (2013-14)
2. @ Georgia Tech (2013-14)
3. vs. Missouri (2013-14)
4. vs. Oregon (2013-14)
5. @ Miami-Florida (2014-15)
6. vs. Missouri (2014-15)
7. vs. Oregon (2014-15)
8. vs. Villanova (2014-15)

Wisconsin (7)
1. Florida (2013-14)
2. Marquette (2013-14)
3. vs. Saint John’s (2013-14)
4. @ Virginia (2013-14)
5. @ Cal (2014-15)
6. Duke (2014-15)
7. @ Marquette (2014-15)

Indiana (6)
1. vs. Notre Dame (2013-14)
2. @ Syracuse (2013-14)
3. vs. Butler (2014-15)
4. vs. Georgetown (2014-15)
5. vs. Louisville (2014-15)
6. Pitt (2014-15)

Michigan (6)
1. Arizona (2013-14)
2. @ Duke (2013-14)
3. @ Iowa State (2013-14)
4. vs. Stanford (2013-14)
5. @ Arizona (2014-15)
6. Syracuse (2014-15)

Michigan State (6)
1. vs. Georgetown (2013-14)
2. vs. Kentucky (2013-14)
3. North Carolina (2013-14)
4. @ Texas (2013-14)
5. vs. Duke (2014-15)
6. @ Notre Dame (2014-15)

Purdue (6)
1. Boston College (2013-14)
2. vs. Butler (2013-14)
3. @ West Virginia (2013-14)
4. NC State (2014-15)
5. vs. Notre Dame (2014-15)
6. @ Vanderbilt (2014-15)

Northwestern (5)
1. DePaul (2013-14)
2. @ NC State (2013-14)
3. @ Stanford (2013-14)
4. @ Butler (2014-15)
5. Georgia Tech (2014-15)

Ohio State (5)
1. @ Marquette (2013-14)
2. Maryland (2013-14)
3. @ Louisville (2014-15)
4. Marquette (2014-15)
5. vs. North Carolina (2014-15)

Iowa (4)
1. @ Iowa State (2013-14)
2. Notre Dame (2013-14)
3. Iowa State (2014-15)
4. @ North Carolina (2014-15)

Maryland (4)
1. @ Ohio State (2013-14)
2. Oregon State (2013-14)
3. @ Oklahoma State (2014-15)
4. Virginia (2014-15)

Nebraska (4)
1. @ Creighton (2013-14)
2. Miami-Florida (2013-14)
3. Creighton (2014-15)
4. @ Florida State (2014-15)

GOPHERS (3)
1. Florida State (2013-14)
2. vs. Louisville (2014-15)
3. @ Wake Forest (2014-15)

Rutgers (3)
1. Seton Hall (2013-14)
2. @ Clemson (2014-15)
3. @ Seton Hall (2014-15)

Penn State (2)
1. @ Pitt (2013-14)
2. Virginia Tech (2014-15)

ACC
Clemson (7)
1. @ Arkansas (2013-14)
2. @ Auburn (2013-14)
3. South Carolina (2013-14)
4. Arkansas (2014-15)
5. Auburn (2014-15)
6. Rutgers (2014-15)
7. @ South Carolina (2014-15)

Duke (7)
1. vs. Kansas (2013-14)
2. Michigan (2013-14)
3. vs. UCLA (2013-14)
4. vs. Connecticut (2014-15)
5. vs. Michigan State (2014-15)
6. @ Saint John’s (2014-15)
7. @ Wisconsin (2014-15)

Boston College (6)
1. @ Auburn (2013-14)
2. @ Providence (2013-14)
3. @ Purdue (2013-14)
4. @ USC (2013-14)
5. Providence (2014-15)
6. USC (2014-15)

Georgia Tech (6)
1. @ Georgia (2013-14)
2. Illinois (2013-14)
3. @ Vanderbilt (2013-14)
4. Georgia (2014-15)
5. @ Northwestern (2014-15)
6. Vanderbilt (2014-15)

North Carolina (6)
1. Kentucky (2013-14)
2. @ Michigan State (2013-14)
3. Texas (2013-14)
4. Iowa (2014-15)
5. @ Kentucky (2014-15)
6. vs. Ohio State (2014-15)

NC State (6)
1. Missouri (2013-14)
2. Northwestern (2013-14)
3. @ Tennessee (2013-14)
4. @ Purdue (2014-15)
5. Tennessee (2014-15)
6. vs. West Virginia (2014-15)

Syracuse (6)
1. Indiana (2013-14)
2. @ Saint John’s (2013-14)
3. Villanova (2013-14)
4. @ Michigan (2014-15)
5. Saint John’s (2014-15)
6. @ Villanova (2014-15)

Florida State (5)
1. @ Florida (2013-14)
2. @ Minnesota (2013-14)
3. Florida (2014-15)
4. @ Mississippi State (2014-15)
5. Nebraska (2014-15)

Louisville (5)
1. @ Kentucky (2013-14)
2. vs. Indiana (2014-15)
3. Kentucky (2014-15)
4. vs. Minnesota (2014-15)
5. Ohio State (2014-15)

Miami-Florida (4)
1. @ Nebraska (2013-14)
2. @ Florida (2014-15)
3. Illinois (2014-15)
4. vs. Providence (2014-15)

Notre Dame (4)
1. vs. Indiana (2013-14)
2. @ Iowa (2013-14)
3. Michigan State (2014-15)
4. vs. Purdue (2014-15)

Wake Forest (4)
1. @ Xavier (2013-14)
2. @ Arkansas (2014-15)
3. vs. Florida (2014-15)
4. Minnesota (2014-15)

Virginia (3)
1. @ Tennessee (2013-14)
2. Wisconsin (2013-14)
3. @ Maryland (2014-15)

Virginia Tech (3)
1. West Virginia (2013-14)
2. @ Penn State (2014-15)
3. @ West Virginia (2014-15)

Pitt (2)
1. Penn State (2013-14)
2. @ Indiana (2014-15)

BIG EAST
Marquette (6)
1. @ Arizona State (2013-14)
2. Ohio State (2013-14)
3. @ Wisconsin (2013-14)
4. Arizona State (2014-15)
5. @ Ohio State (2014-15)
6. Wisconsin (2014-15)

Xavier (6)
1. @ Alabama (2013-14)
2. Tennessee (2013-14)
3. Wake Forest (2013-14)
4. Alabama (2014-15)
5. @ Missouri (2014-15)
6. @ Auburn (2014-15)

Butler (5)
1. vs. Purdue (2013-14)
2. Vanderbilt (2013-14)
3. vs. Indiana (2014-15)
4. Northwestern (2014-15)
5. @ Tennessee (2014-15)

DePaul (5)
1. Arizona State (2013-14)
2. @ Northwestern (2013-14)
3. Oregon State (2013-14)
4. @ Oregon State (2014-15)
5. Stanford (2014-15)

Georgetown (5)
1. @ Kansas (2013-14)
2. vs. Michigan State (2013-14)
3. vs. Oregon (2013-14)
4. vs. Indiana (2014-15)
5. Kansas (2014-15)

Providence (5)
1. Boston College (2013-14)
2. vs. Kentucky (2013-14)
3. @ Boston College (2014-15)
4. @ Kentucky (2014-15)
5. vs. Miami-Florida (2014-15)

Saint John’s (5)
1. Syracuse (2013-14)
2. vs. Wisconsin (2013-14)
3. Duke (2014-15)
4. Saint Mary’s (2014-15)
5. @ Syracuse (2014-15)

Creighton (4)
1. Cal (2013-14)
2. Nebraska (2013-14)
3. @ Nebraska (2014-15)
4. Oklahoma (2014-15)

Seton Hall (3)
1. @ Rutgers (2013-14)
2. Rutgers (2014-15)
3. @ Georgia (2014-15)

Villanova (3)
1. @ Syracuse (2013-14)
2. vs. Illinois (2014-15)
3. Syracuse (2014-15)

BIG XII
Kansas (8)
1. @ Colorado (2013-14)
2. vs. Duke (2013-14)
3. @ Florida (2013-14)
4. Georgetown (2013-14)
5. Florida (2014-15)
6. @ Georgetown (2014-15)
7. vs. Kentucky (2014-15)
8. vs. Utah (2014-15)

Baylor (6)
1. vs. Colorado (2013-14)
2. vs. Kentucky (2013-14)
3. South Carolina (2013-14)
4. @ South Carolina (2014-15)
5. Texas A&M (2014-15)
6. @ Vanderbilt (2014-15)

Iowa State (6)
1. Auburn (2013-14)
2. Iowa (2013-14)
3. Michigan (2013-14)
4. Arkansas (2014-15)
5. @ Iowa (2014-15)
6. vs. South Carolina (2014-15)

Texas Tech (6)
1. @ Alabama (2013-14)
2. @ Arizona (2013-14)
3. @ Arizona State (2013-14)
4. LSU (2013-14)
5. Auburn (2014-15)
6. @ LSU (2014-15)

West Virginia (6)
1. @ Missouri (2013-14)
2. Purdue (2013-14)
3. @ Virginia Tech (2013-14)
4. LSU (2014-15)
5. vs. NC State (2014-15)
6. Virginia Tech (2014-15)

Oklahoma (5)
1. vs. Alabama (2013-14)
2. vs. Texas A&M (2013-14)
3. @ Creighton (2014-15)
4. Missouri (2014-15)
5. vs. Washington (2014-15)

Oklahoma State (5)
1. vs. Colorado (2013-14)
2. South Carolina (2013-14)
3. Maryland (2014-15)
4. vs. Missouri (2014-15)
5. @ South Carolina (2014-15)

Texas (5)
1. Michigan State (2013-14)
2. @ North Carolina (2013-14)
3. Vanderbilt (2013-14)
4. @ Kentucky (2014-15)
5. Stanford (2014-15)

Kansas State (4)
1. Ole Miss (2013-14)
2. Georgia (2014-15)
3. @ Tennessee (2014-15)
4. vs. Texas A&M (2014-15)

TCU (4)
1. @ Mississippi State (2013-14)
2. @ Washington State (2013-14)
3. @ Ole Miss (2014-15)
4. Washington State (2014-15)

PAC 12
Arizona State (5)
1. @ DePaul (2013-14)
2. Marquette (2013-14)
3. Texas Tech (2013-14)
4. @ Marquette (2014-15)
5. @ Texas A&M (2014-15)

Colorado (5)
1. vs. Baylor (2013-14)
2. Georgia (2013-14)
3. Kansas (2013-14)
4. Auburn (2014-15)
5. @ Georgia (2014-15)

Oregon (5)
1. vs. Georgetown (2013-14)
2. vs. Illinois (2013-14)
3. @ Ole Miss (2013-14)
4. vs. Illinois (2014-15)
5. Ole Miss (2014-15)

UCLA (5)
1. Alabama (2013-14)
2. vs. Duke (2013-14)
3. @ Missouri (2013-14)
4. @ Alabama (2014-15)
5. vs. Kentucky (2014-15)

Oregon State (4)
1. @ DePaul (2013-14)
2. @ Maryland (2013-14)
3. DePaul (2014-15)
4. Mississippi State (2014-15)

Stanford (4)
1. vs. Michigan (2013-14)
2. Northwestern (2013-14)
3. @ DePaul (2014-15)
4. @ Texas (2014-15)

Arizona (3)
1. @ Michigan (2013-14)
2. Texas Tech (2013-14)
3. Michigan (2014-15)

Cal (2)
1. @ Creighton (2013-14)
2. Wisconsin (2014-15)

USC (2)
1. Boston College (2013-14)
2. @ Boston College (2014-15)

Washington State (2)
1. TCU (2013-14)
2. @ TCU (2014-15)

Utah (1)
1. vs. Kansas (2014-15)

Washington (1)
1. vs. Oklahoma (2014-15)

SEC
Kentucky (11)
1. vs. Baylor (2013-14)
2. Louisville (2013-14)
3. vs. Michigan State (2013-14)
4. @ North Carolina (2013-14)
5. vs. Providence (2013-14)
6. vs. Kansas (2014-15)
7. @ Louisville (2014-15)
8. North Carolina (2014-15)
9. Providence (2014-15)
10. Texas (2014-15)
11. vs. UCLA (2014-15)

Auburn (8)
1. Boston College (2013-14)
2. Clemson (2013-14)
3. vs. Illinois (2013-14)
4. @ Iowa State (2013-14)
5. @ Clemson (2014-15)
6. @ Colorado (2014-15)
7. @ Texas Tech (2014-15)
8. Xavier (2014-15)

Missouri (8)
1. vs. Illinois (2013-14)
2. @ NC State (2013-14)
3. UCLA (2013-14)
4. West Virginia (2013-14)
5. vs. Illinois (2014-15)
6. @ Oklahoma (2014-15)
7. vs. Oklahoma State (2014-15)
8. Xavier (2014-15)

Florida (7)
1. Florida State (2013-14)
2. Kansas (2013-14)
3. @ Wisconsin (2013-14)
4. @ Florida State (2014-15)
5. @ Kansas (2014-15)
6. Miami-Florida (2014-15)
7. vs. Wake Forest (2014-15)

South Carolina (7)
1. @ Baylor (2013-14)
2. @ Clemson (2013-14)
3. @ Oklahoma State (2013-14)
4. Baylor (2014-15)
5. Clemson (2014-15)
6. vs. Iowa State (2014-15)
7. Oklahoma State (2014-15)

Alabama (6)
1. vs. Oklahoma (2013-14)
2. Texas Tech (2013-14)
3. @ UCLA (2013-14)
4. Xavier (2013-14)
5. UCLA (2014-15)
6. @ Xavier (2014-15)

Georgia (6)
1. @ Colorado (2013-14)
2. Georgia Tech (2013-14)
3. Colorado (2014-15)
4. @ Georgia Tech (2014-15)
5. @ Kansas State (2014-15)
6. Seton Hall (2014-15)

Tennessee (6)
1. NC State (2013-14)
2. Virginia (2013-14)
3. @ Xavier (2013-14)
4. Butler (2014-15)
5. Kansas State (2014-15)
6. @ NC State (2014-15)

Vanderbilt (6)
1. @ Butler (2013-14)
2. Georgia Tech (2013-14)
3. @ Texas (2013-14)
4. Baylor (2014-15)
5. @ Georgia Tech (2014-15)
6. Purdue (2014-15)

Arkansas (4)
1. Clemson (2013-14)
2. @ Clemson (2014-15)
3. @ Iowa State (2014-15)
4. Wake Forest (2014-15)

Ole Miss (4)
1. @ Kansas State (2013-14)
2. Oregon (2013-14)
3. @ Oregon (2014-15)
4. TCU (2014-15)

Texas A&M (4)
1. vs. Oklahoma (2013-14)
2. Arizona State (2014-15)
3. @ Baylor (2014-15)
4. vs. Kansas State (2014-15)

LSU (3)
1. @ Texas Tech (2013-14)
2. Texas Tech (2014-15)
3. @ West Virginia (2014-15)

Mississippi State (3)
1. TCU (2013-14)
2. Florida State (2014-15)
3. @ Oregon State (2014015)

Breakdown of # of Power 6 Opponents Scheduled
11 -- Kentucky

8 -- Auburn, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri

7 -- Clemson, Duke, Florida, South Carolina, Wisconsin

6 -- Alabama, Baylor, Boston College, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Iowa State, Marquette, Michigan, Michigan State, North Carolina, NC State, Purdue, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt, West Virginia, Xavier

5 -- Arizona State, Butler, Colorado, DePaul, Florida State, Georgetown, Louisville, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Providence, Saint John's, Texas, UCLA

4 -- Arkansas, Creighton, Iowa. Kansas State, Maryland, Miami, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Stanford, Texas A&M, TCU, Wake Forest

3 -- Arizona, LSU, GOPHERS, Mississippi State, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Villanova, Virginia, Virginia Tech

2 -- Cal, Penn State, Pitt, USC, Washington State

1 -- Utah, Washington

Average # of Power 6 Games Scheduled Per Conference
1. SEC (5.928)
2. Big XII (5.5)
3. ACC (4.933)
4. Big Ten (4.928)
5. Big East (4.7)
6. Pac 12 (3.25)

Average # of Power 6 Games Scheduled Per Power 6 Team = 4.893 (Gophers at 3)

So the OSU-ND game from last year ... ? I don't understand why to exclude the neutral site games, especially the ones where they have them on the schedule and you know they are going to play no matter what.

OSUfan said:

So the OSU-ND game from last year ... ? I don't understand why to exclude the neutral site games, especially the ones where they have them on the schedule and you know they are going to play no matter what.

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Nope, not counting that one. Pre-arranged, yes, but still part of an exempt round-robin event and on a neutral court.

SelectionSunday said:

Nope, not counting that one. Pre-arranged, yes, but still part of an exempt round-robin event and on a neutral court.

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I guess I don't understand the point in totally excluding tournament games, from last year at least since you know for a fact who plays who. They are a big part of the nonconference schedule for many programs, and I think can help provide some separation in the schools in terms of the analysis of how deep their nonconference schedules are. Yes, there is some luck involved in who you play in those tournaments, the quality of the teams and the conferences they play in as well, but at the same time some of these schools might be missing up to 6 games between these two seasons. I can understand why it isn't fair necessarily to include this upcoming season since you don't know who exactly will play who ... last year is more curious. But thanks for putting this together.

I think you're missing the point of my post, though in fairness I didn't make it very clear. Sorry about that.

The point is, this is a look at who & how many opponents Power 6 programs are scheduling outside of their exempt tournaments. This is another area where I think the Gopher program has fallen short. It's certainly not an issue with your program.