2024-2025 Men's Schedule
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I believe that’s optimistic. We need to be better in conference and losing haggerty to Memphis was big. Hope we are better with who we brought in. Definitely ready to see how Matt Reed has developed over the off season
I think the 18-13 prediction is fair, though I’d really like to see 20-11. Under 18 wins, with a weak schedule, both in and out of conference, will be troubling.
I’ve heard some really positive things about the off-season and how our practices have gone. But we’ll see how it all shakes out.
I’ve heard some really positive things about the off-season and how our practices have gone. But we’ll see how it all shakes out.
I would love to see us get back to where we were competing with anyone in the country. Under 10 losses would be fantastic. I think were we need to be is able to close out the close games and win those that we are supposed to win.
Just like last year, I’ve been to practice and still can’t tell. Garcia has to be full speed for us to be the best and I haven’t seen that. Carrington is always injured. If the fire and chemistry is better we might have a 17-14 chance. We are building from Freshman up like old times and results don’t occur overnight. Amadi might be the inside surprise along with Smikle.
Weird flex dbag. At least come up with something original besides the moms basement comment
Agreed. Doesn’t really seem like we are building with freshman too much honestly
I'll say 19-12, to be revised after I see us play 2 or 3 games.
I think we win 20. Why? No idea just going with it. Trying to will what I want into reality despite a lack of evidence.
I will be disappointed if we do not make the NIT at a minimum. Not a prediction but a standard. How's that?
From what I have seen in practice Willis has been the only consistent shooter I talked to Garcia when I was at practice Wednesday and he said it would be another month and half before he is playing which would put it middle of November we need him playing good Maybe some others will pick up the shooting. I am hoping for a little over .500 record
Since they changed the way they select teams for the NIT I think it’s easier for a team like us to make the big dance than it is the NIT. At least we could get hot in March and win 3 in a row, the way Manning’s second team did, but now we could win the league and lose one in the conference tournament and we would lose out to the 15th team in the B-10.
Yeah… the NIT would rather see a 15-15 B1G team with a losing conference record than a 25-5 mid major who won their league but lost in the conference tournament final. Not because the B1G team is light years better? No. But they are assuming the B1G will draw more eyeballs… which MIGHT be true in some cases, but last time I checked, viewership didn’t equate to team performance. It’s some real BS.
The NIT is not a legitimate consolation tournament anymore.
Fair enough. But that's not the core of my point.
If you prefer, I will say "the season will be a disappointment to me if we do not reach postseason play beyond the conference tournament."
I will be on here (probably Hurricane Alley) bitching about TU basketball if that does not happen. Fair warning.
To me that's what a real fan does. That, and sending donations to the athletic department.
If you prefer, I will say "the season will be a disappointment to me if we do not reach postseason play beyond the conference tournament."
I will be on here (probably Hurricane Alley) bitching about TU basketball if that does not happen. Fair warning.
To me that's what a real fan does. That, and sending donations to the athletic department.
We will probably know after the ORU game. It will take two or three players to surprise us on the upside to get over a 17-14 mark but we had one surprise (Haggerty) last year. Another key injury to Willis or Garcia and we are under .500. UAB, Memphis, FAU, Wichita, and North Texas appear better than us. They seemed to have picked up some good portal players with nice bags of money .
What I want to see is Amadi and Barnes rebounding, Odom and Archie with 7 assists between them, and good outside shooting from somewhere. And watch for Smikle— beginning to be a favorite of mine.
What I want to see is Amadi and Barnes rebounding, Odom and Archie with 7 assists between them, and good outside shooting from somewhere. And watch for Smikle— beginning to be a favorite of mine.
Hopefully he can develop a bit of leaping ability, and turn into our next Martins Igbanu.
Our conference, even with Cincy and Houston gone, is still a good basketball conference....In order
to get out of the bottom third of the conference, we are going to need more front court players on
the order of Smikle, and be able to keep them (and him, of course) beyond their freshman years...
Our guard recruiting and retention (with one notable exception) has been Ok....
If Garcia and Willis, and the rest of the team for that matter, can keep their health, this should be
a fun team to watch...
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Haggerty is a ball hog joke. Lost us multiple games last year because he always wanted the ball.
He will be mediocre at best in Memphis. Good riddance
I was hoping he would stay. But we didn't have a great season last year despite his accolades. So I am not too upset about it.
So I took a look over the schedule and this is what I have so far. We play 31 games and 1 exhibition
Q1 - 1
Q2 - 7
Q3- 8
Q4 - 11
Two teams missing due to the tournament not being filled yet
We have 1 Division 2 opponent and one NAIA opponent that is not an Exhibition so those dont count towards the Q status.
We are missing two for the Jacksonville Classic and apparently the tourney is still trying to find two teams to round out the field. Currently in the field are Austin Peay (ASUN), Detroit Mercy (Horizon), Georgia State (Sun Belt), Rhode Island (A 10), UT Arlington (WAC), (2 teams available). They have a Coast Bracket and a Bay Bracket. The higher level of conference goes in the Coast and the lesser conferences go in the Bay. We should be in the Coast. Who we play will depend on who they get. I am sure that Rhode Island will be in our bracket but who else will be in there I have no idea.
This is what the Q status for the teams we play and where we play them if last years net is utilized.
Q1 - 1
Q2 - 7
Q3- 8
Q4 - 11
Two teams missing due to the tournament not being filled yet
We have 1 Division 2 opponent and one NAIA opponent that is not an Exhibition so those dont count towards the Q status.
We are missing two for the Jacksonville Classic and apparently the tourney is still trying to find two teams to round out the field. Currently in the field are Austin Peay (ASUN), Detroit Mercy (Horizon), Georgia State (Sun Belt), Rhode Island (A 10), UT Arlington (WAC), (2 teams available). They have a Coast Bracket and a Bay Bracket. The higher level of conference goes in the Coast and the lesser conferences go in the Bay. We should be in the Coast. Who we play will depend on who they get. I am sure that Rhode Island will be in our bracket but who else will be in there I have no idea.
This is what the Q status for the teams we play and where we play them if last years net is utilized.
| Team | NET from Last year | Home Q status | Away Q Status |
| Oklahoma St. | 120 | Q3 | |
| UCF | 61 | Q2 | |
| Loyola Chicago | 84 | Q2 (N) | |
| Little Rock | 182 | Q4 | |
| Oral Roberts | 275 | Q4 | |
| Missouri St. | 145 | Q3 | |
| Mississippi Val. | 362 | Q4 | |
| Ark.-PineBluff | #N/A | Q4 | |
| Southern U. | 249 | Q4 | |
| Jacksonville Classic | TBD (N) | ||
| Jacksonville Classic | TBD (N) | ||
| Memphis | 69 | Q1 | |
| East Carolina | 186 | Q4 | |
| Charlotte | 105 | Q3 | |
| Tulane | 135 | Q3 | Q2 |
| UTSA | 264 | Q4 | Q4 |
| Rice | 238 | Q4 | Q4 |
| Wichita St. | 157 | Q3 | Q3 |
| Fla. Atlantic | 34 | Q2 | |
| North Texas | 81 | Q2 | |
| UAB | 112 | Q3 | Q2 |
| South Fla. | 78 | Q2 | |
| Temple | 224 | Q4 | Q3 |
Here are the bigger games that each opponent plays. If they dont have any then I wont list them.
| Oral Roberts | ||
| November 6 | at | Minnesota |
| November 21 | at | Ole Miss |
| December 16 | at | Texas Tech |
| December 22 | at | Oklahoma State |
| Missouri State | ||
| November 4 | at | Butler |
| December 14 | at | Washington State |
| Little Rock | ||
| November 22 | at | Arkansas |
| November 25 | at | Illinois |
| Loyola Chicago | ||
| December 23 | vs | Oregon State (Possible) DH Classic |
| December 25 | at | Diamond Head Classic |
| Oklahoma State | ||
| November 22 | vs | Miami (Possible) Charleston Classic |
| November 24 | vs | Charleston Classic |
| December 14 | vs | Oklahoma (at Paycom Center OKC) |
| Southern University | ||
| November 7 | at | Iowa |
| November 20 | at | Texas A&M |
| December 17 | at | Ole Miss |
| December 22 | at | USC |
| December 30 | at | Nebraska |
| UCF | ||
| November 4 | vs | Texas A&M |
| November 22 | vs | Wisconsin (Greenbrier Tip-Off) |
| November 24 | vs | PITT/LSU (Greenbrier Tip-Off) |
| Mississippi Valley State | ||
| November 4 | at | Iowa State |
| November 14 | at | Missouri |
| November 16 | at | Texas |
| November 19 | at | Kansas State |
| November 23 | at | BYU |
| November 26 | at | Utah |
| November 29 | at | LSU |
| Rice | ||
| November 9 | vs | Florida State |
| Charlotte | ||
| December 23 | vs | Nebraska (Possible) DH Classic |
| December 25 | vs | Diamondhead classic |
| Tulane | ||
| December 14 | vs | Florida State (Orange Bowl Classic) |
| UTSA | ||
| December 7 | at | Arkansas |
| South Florida | ||
| November 4 | vs | Florida (in Jacksonville) |
| November 22 | at | Myrtle Beach Invitational |
| November 24 | at | Myrtle Beach Invitational |
| East Carolina | ||
| December 7 | at | South Carolina |
| Wichita State | ||
| November 28 | vs | Minnesota (Kissimee, FL) |
| November 29 | vs | Florida/Wake Forest (Kissimee, FL) |
| December 21 | vs | Kansas State |
| Memphis | ||
| November 4 | vs | Missouri |
| November 25 | vs | UConn (Maui) |
| November 26 | vs | Colorado/Michigan St (Maui) |
| November 27 | vs | Maui Invitational |
| December 14 | at | Clemson |
| December 18 | at | Virginia |
| December 21 | vs | Mississippi State |
| December 28 | vs | Ole Miss |
| Florida Atlantic | ||
| November 12 | at | UCF |
| November 21 | vs | Oklahoma State (Charleston) |
| November 22 | vs | Miami (Possible) Charleston |
| November 24 | vs | Charleston Classic |
| December 21 | at | Michigan State |
| North Texas | ||
| November 13 | at | Minnesota |
| November 25 | vs | Oregon State |
| Temple | ||
| November 15 | at | Boston College |
| November 22 | vs | Florida State (Connecticut) |
Holy catfish andy, you did a lot of research, and wrote it all down for us. Bravo!!!
Haggerty was selected as AAC pre season player of the year by Lindy’s magazine. It all depends on two things. 1. How the refs call his instituting fouls and 2. if he develops a better three point shot. He was not nearly as good as our Steve Harris.
Haggerty now comes off as a mega douche judging by his social media. This is the Ewing theory at work if you ask me.
That’s a lot of great work but with many teams changing out 8-9 players each, the NET from last year means very little.
I know people are trying to find Haggerty’s flaws now that he’s on a competing team but he has incredible touch on his shot. Whether from close in or out at the foul line he would put them up and it was nothing but net. Refs not withstanding we’ll have to scheme well to shut him down when we play Memphis.
Those were the same concerns Konkol had with him on our team. If you remember the UALR game he went into defensive players trying to draw a foul and the refs wouldn’t buy it. We have to hope the officials use that as points of emphasis this year or he will score 30 running into his man and throwing the ball toward the goal and shoot 25 free throws. Refs are getting smarter about watching the offensive guy doing the pushing and creating the contact.
When he was here we generally ignored his flaws, and now that he's not, we generally ignore his good points. Acknowledge both!
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