The St. Louis University men’s basketball team will open its second season under coach Josh Schertz with a 13-game nonconference schedule that will include 10 home games and one game against a major-conference team.

It’s not precisely the schedule Schertz had in mind, but he thinks it’s still enough of a nonconference schedule to set his team up for an NCAA Tournament bid.

“I would say we have enough that if we take care of our business, we’ll be fine to achieve our goals,” Schertz said. “If you look at last year, VCU had a nonconference strength of schedule of 293 and Dayton was 54, at the end VCU had much better pathway to get into the tournament had they lost to Mason (in the Atlantic 10 final). … I think the sweet spot from a nonconference standpoint to put yourself in the at-large c

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