Contract Duffle Bag: Country Roads

It's mid-February, which can only mean that we all have one thing on our minds: 

Only six weeks until we can focus full-time on basketball schedule leaks!

Even though not all of us have checked out on this season (thanks a lot, Niners) I was relentless at filling out my collection of contracts FOIA request after FOIA request. As a result The D1 Docket will be ready for viewing earlier and with more information at launch than ever before. Given that for most programs actual basketball is still being played and dominating the news cycle I will keep tidying up The Docket through March, but look out for a big dump of information the morning after the National Championship game. 

However, last year I was caught flat-footed by perennial schedule early bird West Virginia dropping their non-conference schedule on March 4th, leading to a three and a half month wait for schedule number two. After a quick scan for when 2022 contracts were signed I scheduled a request to maximize my return.

2023-24 West Virginia Men’s Basketball Schedule (Tentative)
Date	Opponent	Location	Terms
November 10th	Monmouth	Morgantown, WV	$80k Guarantee
November 20th	TBD	Fort Myers, FL	Fort Myers’ Tip-Off (SMU, Virginia, Wisconsin)
November 22nd	TBD	Fort Myers, FL	Fort Myers’ Tip-Off (SMU, Virginia, Wisconsin)
November 26th	Bellarmine	Morgantown, WV	$80k Guarantee
December 9th	Drexel	Morgantown, WV	$75k Guarantee
December 16th	Massachusetts	Springfield, MA	1st Game of 2-Game Series
December 20th	Radford	Morgantown, WV	$90k Guarantee
December 30th	Toledo	Morgantown, WV	$85k Guarantee
TBD	Pittsburgh	Morgantown, WV	Rivalry Series

So far, the Mountaineers have 9 games on the books, with the date for the Backyard Brawl yet to be finalized. Opening night is still open for West Virginia, and the early December gap is ripe for a Big East-Big XII Battle game.