UMass-Lowell. Mississippi Valley State. Houston Baptist. Rutger.
Those were actual teams that were a part of a terrible non-conference schedule that Indiana played against in 2016-17 season. It’s not hard to find better teams out there that Indiana could face off against. Here’s my list (in no particular order) of teams that would make for an upgrade in next years non-conference scheduling.
Illinois State
Let’s pit Bloomington, Indiana against Bloomington, Illinois. Those of you may remember that Illinois St. was the biggest snub of the most recent NCAA tournament. This is one of the better non-power conference teams as well with a 2016-17 record of 28-7 with only one conference loss to Wichita St.