In two weeks' time, we'll finally get some college basketball back into our lives with the start of the 2016-17 season. Though the meat of the schedule won't happen until January, when teams dive into conference games for the stretch run to the NCAA tournament, nonconference play has its fair share of strong matchups.

Depending on the school, every Division I team has from nine to 17 non-league games on the slate that are mostly condensed to November and December. A few more are littered throughout January, either because their league schedule starts late or to serve as a break from conference competition.

Every school tackles putting together the nonconference schedule a different way, with many of the top teams looking to...

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