Games of Interest (1.29.20)

[loca2874]

I really believe that it would have been in the teams best interest if SMOO had beat Cincinnati. They didn't and Cincinnati did move up 7 spots in the ranking.

Nice big slate of games today. Looks like some great basketball being played. I think this is the longest streak TU will have without a game. I want Saturday to hurry up and arrive.

Todays Games

AAC Games

Temple (93) at Connecticut (97) 6 p.m. ESPNNews
Houston (36) at East Carolina (222) 6 p.m. ESPN3
South Florida (151) at Tulane (152) 7 p.m. ESPN3
Memphis (51) at Central Florida (117) 6 p.m. ESPNU​

Rest of GOI

Incarnate Word (349) at Houston Baptist (345) 7. p.m.
South Dakota State (139) at Oral Roberts (121) 7 p.m.
Southeastern Louisiana (332) at Central Arkansas (330) 7 p.m.
Vanderbilt (163) at Kentucky (24) 5:30 p.m. SECN
San Jose State (246) at Boise State (104) 8 p.m.
South Carolina (88) at Arkansas (28) 7:30 SECN
Nevada (84) at Colorado State (103) 8 p.m. ESPN3
Oklahoma (46) at Kansas State (89) 7 p.m. ESPN+

NET Rankings Through January 28

Wichita St (30) No Change
Houston (36) Down 3
Cincinnati (50) Up 7
Memphis (51) No Change
Tulsa (65) Up 4
SMU (73) Down 14
Temple (93) Up 3
UConn (97) No Change
UCF (117) Down 1
South FL. (151) Down 3
Tulane (152) No Change
ECU (222) Down 1

Quadrant Tracker

Q1

Win

none

Loss

Arkansas (A) - L (28)
Cincinnati (A) - L (50)

Q2

Win

Houston (H) - W (36)
Memphis (H) - W (51)
UConn (A) - W (97)

Loss

UT Arlington (A) - L (114)
Kansas State (A) - L (89)

Q3

Win

Oral Roberts (H) - W (121)
Austin Peay (H) - W (130)
Vanderbilt (A) - W (163)
Boise State (H) - W (104)
Temple (H) - W (93)
ECU (A) - W (222)
Tulane (A) - W (152)

Loss

Colorado State (N) - L (103)

Q4

Wins

Houston Baptist (H) - W (345)
Southeastern LA (H) - W (332)
South Carolina State (H) - W (312)

Loss

Arkansas State (H) - L (185)

 

[astonmartin708]

Weirdly, Wichita State is off this week as well. Both teams are going to be well coached up by the time they see the floor of the Don Rey.

 

[Barlass]

If both Boise and CSU could find their way into the top 100 our NET would almost certainly get a nice boost.

 

[loca2874]

If both Boise and CSU could find their way into the top 100 our NET would almost certainly get a nice boost.

Boise would need to get under 75 to move to a Q2 and Colorado state just needs to move under 100 for a Q2 loss

 

[Barlass]

Colorado State would more than likely move into Q2 territory with a win tonight. Basically leaving us with only 1 bad loss by the numbers.

 

[loca2874]

Colorado State would more than likely move into Q2 territory with a win tonight. Basically leaving us with only 1 bad loss by the numbers.

yes And it would take a miracle to get that arky State loss off that Q4

 

[TU4ever2]

Everyone in the country not named Gonzaga or San Diego State has one bad loss. We need CSU to get top 100. Do that and we can stack enough good wins in conference and at the neutral conference tourney (top 50 is quad 1) to get us in and the bad loss not kill us.

Kansas St can move into quad 1 territory which would also help and probably come at the expense of some bubble team in the big xii. We need the top of the conference not lose to the bottom so our chances at quad 1 wins go up.

 

[astonmartin708]

yes And it would take a miracle to get that arky State loss off that Q4

There is something so weird about the NET formula.

Arky St is 15-7 and 3rd place in their conference. They have victories over us and CSU
UTA is 9-12 and 5th place in the same conference. Their only decent victory seems to be over us.

 

[loca2874]

There is something so weird about the NET formula.

Arky St is 15-7 and 3rd place in their conference. They have victories over us and CSU
UTA is 9-12 and 5th place in the same conference. Their only decent victory seems to be over us.

Very weird

 

[tulsahurricane0530]

It's just because UTA has played 3 ranked teams in Oregon, Gonzaga and Houston. So their net isnt going to drop as much. That's my guess anyway

 

[astonmartin708]

It's just because UTA has played 3 ranked teams in Oregon, Gonzaga and Houston. So their net isnt going to drop as much. That's my guess anyway

"We lost to some good teams! That makes us good too right? P.S. we also lost a bunch to terrible teams."

 

[tulsahurricane0530]

Yeah that's why it's hard for me to trust the Net. Even though we dont really have a choice but to trust it. But to be fair, UTA did beat Ark St by 20 in their first meeting

 

[TU_BLA]

I’m assuming we need Houston, Memphis, and Temple to win for us tonight to move the needle in a positive direction w/o even playing.

 

[tulsahurricane0530]

Vandy beating Kentucky could help also

 

[loca2874]

Vandy beating Kentucky could help also

Yeah that won’t happen lol

 

[TulsaFan01]

Unfortunately I wouldn’t be surprised if Temple finishes last in the conference. They look like they have just given up all together..

 

[loca2874]

Vandy beating Kentucky could help also

Apparently I just looked at the score and Vanderbilt is up on Kentucky. My bad. Lets go Commodores

 

[tulsahurricane0530]

Apparently I just looked at the score and Vanderbilt is up on Kentucky. My bad. Lets go Commodores

Lol, yeah that's the only reason I mentioned it...no worries

 

[Henry Kendall]

Yeah.... predictably Vandy loses by 11.

 

[ctt8410]

I’m assuming we need Houston, Memphis, and Temple to win for us tonight to move the needle in a positive direction w/o even playing.

As much as it pains me to say this, UConn has a path to the top 75, which would make them a desperately needed Q1 win for us.

 

[loca2874]

UConn is beating the brakes off temple. Memphis is barely holding on in Orlando

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Is Memphis going to ever recover from us exposing them? I am just thinking Tubby is drinking his revenge in a cold glass. Too bad High Point is doing so poorly this year.

 

[TU_BLA]

UCONN dragging Temple around like that toddler getting dragged around the mall by his mom.

Temple looks terrible.

Memphis up 4 on UCF, just under 6 left. Memphis still looks like a playground bunch and very disjointed on offense. I swear Penny’s offense is throw it towards the basket and let Precious go get it.

 

[nevadanatural]

Even Memphis fans have pointed out that Memphis doesn’t seem to run plays it’s all one on one stuff.

 

[loca2874]

Is Memphis going to ever recover from us exposing them? I am just thinking Tubby is drinking his revenge in a cold glass. Too bad High Point is doing so poorly this year.

No they won’t. They are going fast

 

[alchemy]

UCONN dragging Temple around like that toddler getting dragged around the mall by his mom.

Temple looks terrible.

Memphis up 4 on UCF, just under 6 left. Memphis still looks like a playground bunch and very disjointed on offense. I swear Penny’s offense is throw it towards the basket and let Precious go get it.

Temple does look terrible, and they shouldn't. Weird times for Temple. Team ditched "chemistry" class or coach can't teach it?

 

[Gmoney4WW]

They managed to pull out a 2pt win at home against UCF. That's not a big vote of confidence for them pulling it out. In upcoming games UConn and Cincinnati are going to be tough games for them. I could see them winning somewhere between 3 and 5 games in their last 11. I can easily see them finishing 8-10.

There will already be people screaming for his head in Memphis. It only took two seasons and we were the exposer. That doesn't serve us well this season, or for the short term. But it is still somewhat of a good feeling.

 

[loca2874]

They managed to pull out a 2pt win at home against UCF. That's not a big vote of confidence for them pulling it out. In upcoming games UConn and Cincinnati are going to be tough games for them. I could see them winning somewhere between 3 and 5 games in their last 11. I can easily see them finishing 8-10.

There will already be people screaming for his head in Memphis. It only took two seasons and we were the exposer. That doesn't serve us well this season, or for the short term. But it is still somewhat of a good feeling.

They were in Orlando

 

[Weatherdemon]

Temple does look terrible, and they shouldn't. Weird times for Temple. Team ditched "chemistry" class or coach can't teach it?

UConn was down to 7 scholarship players too.
Their freshman played very well.

 

[nevadanatural]

The talking heads keep talking about whether or not Memphis is in the NCAA field but unless their play steps up a lot I just don’t see it. Even if they do make it I’m betting on one and done.

 

[loca2874]

South Carolina is up on Arkansas

South Florida beat tulame pretty bad in New Orleans

Kansas State beat Oklahoma in Manhattan

 

[loca2874]

Boise State is winning and Colorado state is getting skull drug by Nevada

 

[drboobay]

Lunardi has us as the American Auto bid with a 12 seed and Memphis as one of the last at large teams with a 12 seed.

That suggests to me we are close to the tipping point. Actually better off than I expected right now.

 

[URedskin54]

Lunardi has us as the American Auto bid with a 12 seed and Memphis as one of the last at large teams with a 12 seed.

That suggests to me we are close to the tipping point. Actually better off than I expected right now.

I don't think Lunardi really knows what he's talking about. He does help drive the narrative though, and that's why it was such a surprise when we got the last at-large in 2016. Our resume was virtually identical to the teams that got left out, but we were off the radar for no real reason other than he said so

 

[loca2874]

I don't think Lunardi really knows what he's talking about. He does help drive the narrative though, and that's why it was such a surprise when we got the last at-large in 2016. Our resume was virtually identical to the teams that got left out, but we were off the radar for no real reason other than he said so

He only has us in that spot because we are number 1 in the American right now. If you read his recent post on ESPN he actually has us being left out because of our 268 ranked strength of schedule which kept NC State out last year.

 

[TU_BLA]

South Carolina is up on Arkansas

South Florida beat tulame pretty bad in New Orleans

Kansas State beat Oklahoma in Manhattan

The KState result was about the only good thing that happened for us tonight outside of the conference.

Colorado St up 2 with 21 seconds left. That’d be a nice result for us

 

[TU_BLA]

CSU up 4 with 23.4 seconds left. Refs put 2 seconds back on the clock after a foul. CSU hits both.

 

[TU_BLA]

Damn. Nevada hits 2 3s and is up 1 with 4 seconds left

 

[TU_BLA]

CSU WINNER AT THE BUZZER!

 

[Gmoney4WW]

They were in Orlando

Thanks for the correction, I thought I saw Memphis as the arena in the Gamecast on ESPN. Well that's a little bit better result for them, but still not ideal.