Games of Interest (1.26.22 - 1.28.22) Men @ Tulane and Women host Memphis

[loca2874]

ITS GAME DAY!!!

Been gone the last couple of days due to my illness and work issues. I am back today! Tomorrow is another story. Lol.

Tonight, Tulsa visits Tulane in New Orleans. We are still looking for that first Conference win. Wichita State is also in action tonight and looking for their first conference win as well. Wichita State has also had two recent games postponed so they are in a better position than we are. So let see who is going to suck the least. Smh

On the Women’s side, Tulsa hosts Memphis at the Reynolds center. This is a team that they beat in the last few minutes of the game in Memphis. Hopefully they come out and put the tigers down early. This team is currently sitting in 6th place in the standings at 2-2.

And 1

Former player spotlight. Christian Shumate who plays for McNeese State is the second leading scorer on the team averaging 11.1 points per game on an average of 22 minutes of game time. He is a 51 percent shooter from the field and is 55 percent from the line. His 3 point percentage is at 16, pretty dismal. He is averaging 6.7 rebounds a game. 31 turnovers, 15 steals and 21 blocks for this season so far. McNeese is 8-12 so far this season.

GO TU!!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
SMU	57	at	South Fla.	211	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
UCF	78	at	Wichita St.	83	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Tulsa	170	at	Tulane	128	8:00 p.m.	ESPNU
Women’s games
Memphis	130	at	Tulsa	85	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Rest of GOI

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Utah	123	at	Washington St.	58	9:00 p.m.	PAC12

Rankings

Rank	Trend	Team	Record		Rank	Trend	Team	Record
3	Even	Houston	17-2		37	Up 6	Boise St.	15-4
57	Up 2	SMU	14-4		116	Down 4	Rhode Island	11-6
68	Down 3	Cincinnati	13-6		123	Even	Utah	8-12
75	Down 1	Memphis	10-8		124	Down 2	Oral Roberts	10-7
78	Down 1	UCF	12-5		142	Up 3	Southern Ill.	9-10
83	Down 1	Wichita St.	9-7		179	Down 1	LMU (CA)	8-8
117	Up 7	Temple	11-6		214	Up 12	Air Force	10-8
128	Even	Tulane	7-9		228	Down 3	Oregon St.	3-14
163	Even	East Carolina	11-7		261	Up 1	Alcorn	6-13
170	Even	Tulsa	6-11		302	Even	Little Rock	4-9
211	Down 2	South Fla.	6-11		338	Even	Northwestern St.	1-16

Expansion teams

Rank	Trend	Team	Record
35	Even	UAB	14-4
54	Up 2	North Texas	11-4
135	Down 1	Fla. Atlantic	8-8
159	Up 1	Rice	10-7
161	Even	Charlotte	10-7
339	Even	UTSA	4-12

Quad Tracker

Q1	Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
	Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
Win	Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 136-240
none	Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353
Loss
Boise St.
Houston (H)
Memphis (A)
Cincinnati (A)
Q2
Win
None
Loss
Oral Roberts
SMU (H)
Memphis (H)
Q3
Win
Southern Ill.
Rhode Island
Loss
Utah
Q4
Wins
Northwestern St.
Oregon St.
Little Rock
Alcorn State
Loss
Air Force
LMU (CA)

 

[chito_and_leon]

On Dec. 17, we were 6-5 with a ranking of 208. We're now 6-11 with a ranking of 170. Losing is good for us.

 

[loca2874]

On Dec. 17, we were 6-5 with a ranking of 208. We're now 6-11 with a ranking of 170. Losing is good for us.

Yes there is a good case to be made for that

 

[loca2874]

TU women won last night. I don’t want to talk about the mens team as it is just too damn depressing.

Tulsa is now sitting in 5th place in the conference and have an 82 NET. This net is a rise of 3 spots after the win yesterday. The ladies still have a ways to go and will need to prove themselves as they are still not a top tier team even in this conference they are still not a top tier team. They are winning and in the end that is all that matters to me. They are in a much better place then they were with Mossman.

Wichita State won their first conference game last night edging out UCF in Wichita.

Loyola Chicago vs Southern Illinois is a rescheduling from a game postponed on January 2. These teams played at Loyola two days ago and play in Carbondale today. Loyola won the last meeting.

And 1

Former player spotlight. Ryan Gendron who is now with Northeastern State has only played in 10 games. His first game wasnt until December 11th and he only saw 4 minutes on the floor. As of late he has started playing in more game and is now up to 22 minutes of play time as of last game. His minutes do keep improving. He has only attempted 23 field goals and made 9 for 39 percent. 41 percent from 3 and 75 percent from the line. Don’t let the numbers fool you, he hasn’t taken that many shots on either of the stats. He is only a Sophomore so hopefully he will grow and do better.

GO TU!!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
East Carolina	167	at	Memphis	78	8:00 p.m.	ESPN2

Rest of GOI

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Little Rock	303	at	Coastal Carolina	146	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Oral Roberts	126	at	Omaha	348	7:00 p.m.	ORUSN
Loyola Chicago	25	at	Southern Ill.	144	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
UIW	349	at	Northwestern St.	337	7:30 p.m.
LMU (CA)	182	at	Gonzaga	1	10:00 p.m.	CBSSN

Rankings

Rank	Trend	Team	Record		Rank	Trend	Team	Record
3	Even	Houston	17-2		39	Down 2	Boise St.	15-4
49	Up 8	SMU	15-4		116	Even	Rhode Island	11-6
69	Down 1	Cincinnati	13-6		126	Down 2	Oral Roberts	10-7
78	Down 3	Memphis	10-8		128	Down 5	Utah	8-13
82	Down 4	UCF	12-6		144	Down 2	Southern Ill.	9-10
83	Even	Wichita St.	10-7		182	Down 3	LMU (CA)	8-8
111	Up 17	Tulane	8-9		218	Down 4	Air Force	10-8
119	Down 2	Temple	11-6		227	Up 1	Oregon St.	3-14
167	Down 4	East Carolina	11-7		256	Up 5	Alcorn	6-13
199	Down 29	Tulsa	6-12		303	Even	Little Rock	4-9
221	Down 10	South Fla.	6-12		337	Up 1	Northwestern St.	1-16

Expansion teams

Rank	Trend	Team	Record
38	Down 3	UAB	14-4
52	Up 2	North Texas	11-4
135	Even	Fla. Atlantic	8-8
161	Even	Charlotte	11-7
164	Down 5	Rice	10-7
339	Even	UTSA	4-12

Quad Tracker

Q1	Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
	Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
Win	Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 136-240
none	Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353
Loss
Boise St.
Houston (H)
Cincinnati (A)
Q2
Win
None
Loss
Oral Roberts
SMU (H)
Memphis (A)
Tulane (A)
Q3
Win
Southern Ill.
Rhode Island
Loss
Utah
Memphis (H)
Q4
Wins
Northwestern St.
Oregon St.
Little Rock
Alcorn State
Loss
Air Force
LMU (CA)

 

[loca2874]

Memphis and ECU played last night in Memphis and the Tigers got revenge on ECU for the loss they took in Greenville. That loss in Greenville was Memphis’s fault.

Three games today and all out of the AAC.

As we get ready to roll into February, it is time to start looking at positioning for the NCAA tournament. Unless something weird happens the only teams from what I track that have a shot at getting in without winning the conference tourney are as follows

Houston
SMU
Boise
North Texas
UAB

Bubble
Cincinnati

And 1

Former player spotlight. Austin Richie has played in all 20 games so far and started 3 games. He is only averaging 15.7 minutes a game. During that time he is 38 percent from the field, 36 percent from 3 on 80 attempts and an 87 percent free throw shooter. He has only attempted 8 Free Throws all season. His best game was last night where he played 17 minutes and in that span scored 18 points. He was 6-9 from the field, 4-7 from 3 and 2-2 from the line. Last time he was close to that productive was back on November 27th.

GO TU!!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
None

Rest of GOI

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Wyoming	32	at	Air Force	218	5:00 p.m.
Rhode Island	117	at	Dayton	78	6:00 p.m.	ESPN2
Boise St.	39	at	Fresno St.	59	10:00 p.m.	FS1

Rankings

Rank	Trend	Team	Record		Rank	Trend	Team	Record
4	Down 1	Houston	17-2		39	Even	Boise St.	15-4
50	Down 1	SMU	15-4		117	Down 1	Rhode Island	11-6
69	Even	Cincinnati	13-6		126	Even	Oral Roberts	11-7
74	Up 4	Memphis	11-8		128	Even	Utah	8-13
79	Up 4	Wichita St.	10-7		144	Even	Southern Ill.	9-11
80	Up 2	UCF	12-6		185	Down 3	LMU (CA)	8-9
111	Even	Tulane	8-9		218	Even	Air Force	10-8
121	Down 2	Temple	11-6		226	Up 1	Oregon St.	3-14
166	Up 1	East Carolina	11-8		257	Down 2	Alcorn	6-13
202	Down 3	Tulsa	6-12		304	Down 1	Little Rock	4-10
221	Even	South Fla.	6-12		338	Down 1	Northwestern St.	2-16

Expansion teams

Rank	Trend	Team	Record
37	Up 1	UAB	15-4
55	Down 3	North Texas	12-4
139	Down 4	Fla. Atlantic	8-9
160	Up 1	Charlotte	11-7
178	Down 14	Rice	10-8
331	Up 8	UTSA	5-12

Quad Tracker

Q1	Quadrant 1: Home 1-30, Neutral 1-50, Away 1-75
	Quadrant 2: Home 31-75, Neutral 51-100, Away 76-135
Win	Quadrant 3: Home 76-160, Neutral 101-200, Away 136-240
none	Quadrant 4: Home 161-353, Neutral 201-353, Away 241-353
Loss
Boise St.
Houston (H)
Cincinnati (A)
Q2
Win
None
Loss
Oral Roberts
SMU (H)
Memphis (A)
Tulane (A)
Q3
Win
Southern Ill.
Rhode Island
Loss
Utah
Memphis (H)
Q4
Wins
Northwestern St.
Oregon St.
Little Rock
Alcorn State
Loss
Air Force
LMU (CA)