Non-Conference Games (or potential games) on 2014-15 Schedule
1. Champions Classic vs. Michigan State (New York). MSU is likely to be much worse next year with the graduation of Payne and Appling, and the probable departure of likely lottery pick Gary Harris)
2. Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament (Brooklyn, NY) with Duke, Temple, UNLV, Stanford in the field. Temple will be terrible as they were this season. UNLV will return their core three seniors (Dejean-Jones, Roscoe Smith, Khem Birch) and add top ten recruit Rashad Vaughn- they are a likely tournament team although that group of now rising seniors underachieved this year, currently sitting at 90th in Kenpom. Stanford will lose two of its best four players to graduation, but will likely return Chasson Randle, its leading scorer.
3. Big Ten Challenge (road game). Wisconsin and Michigan are both due for home games and Duke is definitely due for a road game. Wisconsin could be preseason top 5 if they return Kaminsky, Jackson and Dekker (they lose Brust to graduation). Michigan may be losing Stauskas, McGary and/or Robinson. I would expect Duke to be either in Ann Arbor (if they keep their top talent) or Madison. Probably behooves us to play whatever team is better, because it's a "first true road game loss" in any event, so we might as well look good for the computers.