GAMES OF INTEREST (1.31.24 - 2.2.24) WICHITA STATE

[loca2874]

ITS GAMEDAY!!!!! Tulsa hosts Wichita State at the Reynolds center. Tulsa got its first road win against Rice. The Shockers travel well so hopefully we have some TU fans in attendance.

Todays Games

South Florida at ECU
Rice at Memphis
UAB at North Texas

Full Schedule is below

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
South Fla.	117	at	East Carolina	185	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Wichita St.	148	at	Tulsa	178	6:00 p.m.	ESPNU
Rice	248	at	Memphis	68	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
UAB	137	at	North Texas	71	8:00 p.m.	ESPNU

Other Games of Interest (Expansion Teams, Possible Teams and TU Women)

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
UIW	334	at	Tex. A&M-Commerce	321	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Missouri St.	141	at	Southern Ill.	104	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
28	Down 1	Fla. Atlantic	17-4	3-2	6-1	8-1	3-1	4-1	5-1	5-1
38	Even	SMU	12-7	3-4	1-1	8-2	0-4	1-2	4-1	7-0
68	Down 1	Memphis	15-5	5-3	2-1	8-1	1-2	5-1	4-2	5-0
71	Down 2	North Texas	10-7	2-3	1-4	7-0	0-4	1-2	5-1	4-0
96	Down 1	Charlotte	12-7	3-4	1-2	8-1	1-3	3-1	1-3	7-0
117	Even	South Fla.	13-5	2-3	1-0	10-2	1-0	1-1	3-2	8-2
119	Down 1	Tulane	11-8	2-3	1-2	8-3	0-3	1-1	4-3	6-1
137	Down 2	UAB	12-7	3-3	1-1	8-3	0-2	3-3	4-1	5-1
148	Even	Wichita St.	8-11	1-5	1-3	6-3	0-2	2-5	3-2	3-2
178	Even	Tulsa	10-8	1-5	0-1	9-2	0-1	0-2	2-4	8-1
185	Even	East Carolina	10-10	2-3	0-1	8-6	0-2	0-4	2-1	8-3
248	Down 1	Rice	6-13	2-4	0-3	4-6	0-5	0-3	0-2	6-3
250	Down 1	Temple	7-13	2-5	2-3	3-5	0-2	1-5	1-2	5-4
278	Down 1	UTSA	7-13	2-8	0-0	5-5	0-2	0-2	1-5	6-4

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
121	Even	Loyola Chicago	13-7	3-3	1-2	9-2	0-2	2-3	3-1	8-1
141	Even	Missouri St.	12-9	3-6	3-0	6-3	1-3	1-0	2-3	8-3
146	Down 7	Oklahoma St.	9-12	0-5	1-2	8-5	0-7	0-3	2-1	7-1
227	Down 3	Oral Roberts	7-11	2-9	0-0	5-2	0-2	0-1	2-5	5-3
266	Even	New Mexico St.	5-12	0-9	0-2	5-1	0-4	0-1	2-5	3-2
269	Even	Jackson St.	8-12	4-11	2-0	2-1	0-4	1-0	1-4	6-4
276	Even	Little Rock	11-10	2-5	0-1	9-4	0-0	0-0	0-2	11-8
315	Up 1	South Carolina St.	5-14	2-11	0-0	3-3	0-2	0-3	0-5	5-4
334	Even	UIW	4-13	2-8	0-1	2-4	0-1	0-1	1-3	3-8
340	Even	Central Ark.	6-15	3-10	0-0	3-5	0-1	0-2	1-5	5-7
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-21	0-17	0-0	0-4	0-7	0-3	0-3	0-8

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
SMU (A)
Q2
Win
None
Loss
Memphis (H)
Charlotte (A)
Q3
Win
Missouri St. (H)
Loyola Chicago (H)
Loss
Oklahoma St. (N)
Oral Roberts (A)
East Carolina (A)
Tulane (H)
Q4
Wins
Central Ark. (H)
UIW (H)
Jackson St. (H)
South Carolina St. (H)
New Mexico St. (H)
Mississippi Val (H)
UTSA (H)
Rice (A)
Loss
Little Rock (A)

 

[nevadanatural]

We need to win efficiently.

 

[TU_BLA]

Does Mills make it beyond this year in Wichita? Not quite the same coach without Absmas or a 7'4" Lurch who can shoot the 3

 

[Tulsafanzz]

Does Mills make it beyond this year in Wichita? Not quite the same coach without Absmas or a 7'4" Lurch who can shoot the 3

I don’t see any way you fire a coach after one season unless there are non-basketball issues.

 

[I.I.]

I don’t see any way you fire a coach after one season unless there are non-basketball issues.

Agree. Recruited a couple of fantastic players away from big schools at ORU and a good Baylor pedigree coach. The new portal/ NIL system may cause him discomfort as it does many coaches who find it completely different the past two years.

 

[lawpoke87]

Does Mills make it beyond this year in Wichita? Not quite the same coach without Absmas or a 7'4" Lurch who can shoot the 3

No chance they fire him. Hard to lose Absmas and the big guy and maintain your winning ways the following year. Hell…the TU win alone probably gets him another year or two

 

[loca2874]

No chance they fire him. Hard to lose Absmas and the big guy and maintain your winning ways the following year. Hell…the TU win alone probably gets him another year or two

Better not be a WSU win!!!

 

[Weatherdemon]

Rice up 33-22 on Memphis at half.

 

[loca2874]

USF beat ECU 71-60

 

[I.I.]

Rice up 33-22 on Memphis at half.

Who?

 

[Weatherdemon]

Who?

LOL
Rice up 53-44 with 8:39 left

 

[nevadanatural]

Rice takes down Memphis in Memphis, their board should be choice reading.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I got distracted tonight and forgot about the game dammit. Only thing on when I realized it, was the last 5 minutes of the Rice Storm in Memphis. It was an old school wedding.

 

[loca2874]

Missouri state beats southern Illinois 76-75 in overtime

A&M commerce beats incarnate word 71-66

 

[loca2874]

UAB and north Texas are going into overtime

 

[loca2874]

UAB knocks off north Texas in Denton 82-79 in overtime

 

[TU_BLA]

UAB knocks off north Texas in Denton 82-79 in overtime

Dang. Does that mean USF and FAU are tied atop the league right now. BTW, don't sleep on So. Florida. They are extremely well coached and he gets every last drop of effort out them.

 

[Weatherdemon]

TU inched up 4 spots to 174
WSU down 9
Rice up 20
Memphis only down 8

 

[dougheffking]

TU inched up 4 spots to 174
WSU down 9
Rice up 20
Memphis only down 8

Ken Pom up to 164.

Thought we'd move up more in the NET but it's irrelevant at this point. This team is finally learning how to win and close games and I couldn't be more excited for the future.

 

[Weatherdemon]

Ken Pom up to 164.

Thought we'd move up more in the NET but it's irrelevant at this point. This team is finally learning how to win and close games and I couldn't be more excited for the future.

Yea, I expected 8-10 and Memphis to fall 12-14.
The team continues to grow and that is exactly what we need to see right now!

 

[I.I.]

Automatic bid up for grab.

 

[dougheffking]

Automatic bid up for grab.

The conference tournament is going to be absolutely wild

 

[Gmoney4WW]

TU inched up 4 spots to 174
WSU down 9
Rice up 20
Memphis only down 8

Can't believe Memphis only dropped 8.

 

[Tu Geo]

Does Mills make it beyond this year in Wichita? Not quite the same coach without Absmas or a 7'4" Lurch who can shoot the 3

No.

Go TU!!!

 

[Gmoney4WW]

No.

Go TU!!!

Is that a serious answer?

 

[dougheffking]

Is that a serious answer?

Who knows. Of course, Mills makes it past this year. LOL

 

[loca2874]

TU inched up 4 spots to 174
WSU down 9
Rice up 20
Memphis only down 8

Thanks haven’t been able to post that yet. Rice has now moved up to a Q3 win for us. Memphis has moved down to a Q3 loss but are close to going back to a Q2 loss

 

[Tu Geo]

Is that a serious answer?

I was just kidding!!!! Of course, he will be there next year. I suspect that Wichita will be very good under Mills.

Go TU!!!

 

[dougheffking]

I was just kidding!!!! Of course, he will be there next year. I suspect that Wichita will be very good under Mills.

Go TU!!!

All just depends. Can he find an Abmas? He wasn't crap at ORU until that happened.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

He will be a good coach there. He has a better budget, a much better nil program, and none of the deficits in recruiting to deal with at Wichita St.(Students don't have mandatory religious services, aren't required to wear a tie, are allowed to have a tatoo, and can spend the night with their girlfriend without looking over their shoulder.) He will find the players.

 

[loca2874]

There are no games that I am tracking today. Was not able to post yesterday so here it is today. Tulsa Men are in action tomorrow in Boca Raton against FAU. Yesterday the TU Women fell on the road to East Carolina 56-48. On the Men’s side, Little Rock lost to SIUE 68-66. Florida Gulf Coast gave Central Arkansas a beating 82-59, New Mexico State beat out Liberty in overtime 79-73 and the only game in the American had the SMOOOOO beat Tulane 80-76

Today’s games

None

AND ONE

Lots of upsets this past week which really means that the championship is wide open and no clear cut leader. We have 3 teams at 7-1 and North Texas had a fall from grace losing two in a row. Going into the games tomorrow there are 5 games in the American all three of the teams that are at the top of the standings at 7-1 are in action. Tulsa plays one of them in FAU. Currently Tulsa would be the 9th seed playing against East Carolina in the Early game on Thursday. With how things have been going, who knows where we will end up. The updated standings are below

GO TU!!!

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
29	Down 1	Fla. Atlantic	17-4	3-2	6-1	8-1	3-1	3-1	7-1	4-1
42	Down 3	SMU	13-7	3-4	1-1	9-2	0-2	1-4	5-1	7-0
77	Down 1	Memphis	15-6	5-3	2-1	8-2	1-1	5-3	4-1	5-1
78	Down 1	North Texas	10-8	2-3	1-4	7-1	0-4	1-2	5-2	4-0
96	Even	Charlotte	12-7	3-4	1-2	8-1	1-3	2-1	3-3	6-0
112	Down 2	South Fla.	14-5	3-3	1-0	10-2	0-0	2-2	4-1	8-2
115	Up 3	Tulane	11-9	2-4	1-2	8-3	0-3	0-3	5-2	6-1
132	Up 1	UAB	13-7	4-3	1-1	8-3	0-2	3-3	5-1	5-1
158	Up 1	Wichita St.	8-12	1-6	1-3	6-3	0-2	2-3	2-5	4-2
172	Up 2	Tulsa	11-8	1-5	0-1	10-2	0-1	0-1	4-5	7-1
198	Down 2	East Carolina	10-11	2-3	0-1	8-7	0-2	0-4	2-2	8-3
223	Up 5	Rice	7-13	3-4	0-3	4-6	0-5	1-3	0-2	6-3
250	Even	Temple	7-13	2-5	2-3	3-5	0-1	1-6	1-2	5-4
278	Even	UTSA	7-13	2-8	0-0	5-5	0-1	0-3	2-5	5-4

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
117	Up 2	Loyola Chicago	13-7	3-3	1-2	9-2	0-2	2-3	3-1	8-1
134	Up 1	Missouri St.	13-9	4-6	3-0	6-3	1-3	2-0	2-3	8-3
146	Down 2	Oklahoma St.	9-12	0-5	1-2	8-5	0-7	0-3	2-1	7-1
222	Up 3	Oral Roberts	7-11	2-9	0-0	5-2	0-2	0-2	2-4	5-3
257	Up 10	New Mexico St.	6-12	0-9	0-2	6-1	0-5	0-0	2-5	4-2
272	Down 3	Jackson St.	8-12	4-11	2-0	2-1	0-3	1-1	1-4	6-4
280	Down 4	Little Rock	11-11	2-6	0-1	9-4	0-0	0-0	0-3	11-8
315	Even	South Carolina St.	5-14	2-11	0-0	3-3	0-2	0-4	0-4	5-4
336	Down 1	UIW	4-14	2-9	0-1	2-4	0-1	0-1	1-4	3-8
342	Down 1	Central Ark.	6-16	3-10	0-0	3-6	0-1	0-2	1-4	5-9
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-21	0-17	0-0	0-4	0-6	0-4	0-3	0-8

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
SMU (A)
Q2
Win
None
Loss
Charlotte (A)
Q3
Win
Missouri State (H)
Loyola Chicago (H)
Rice (A)
Wichita State (H)
Loss
Oklahoma St. (N)
Oral Roberts (A)
East Carolina (A)
Tulane (H)
Memphis (H)
Q4
Wins
Central Ark. (H)
UIW (H)
Jackson St. (H)
South Carolina St. (H)
New Mexico St (H)
Mississippi Val St. (H)
UTSA (H)
Loss
Little Rock (A)

2024 American Men's Basketball Championship Schedule
Wednesday, March 13
Game 1 – No. 13 seed vs. No. 12 seed – 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT | ESPN+
Game 2 – No. 14 seed vs. No. 11 seed – 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT | ESPN+

Thursday, March 14
Game 3 – No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed – 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. CT | ESPNU
Game 4 – Game 1 winner vs. No. 5 seed – 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. CT | ESPNU
Game 5 – No. 10 seed vs. No. 7 seed – 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT | ESPNU
Game 6 – Game 2 winner vs. No. 6 seed – 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT | ESPNU

Friday, March 15
Game 7 – Game 3 winner vs. No. 1 seed – 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT | ESPN2
Game 8 – Game 4 winner vs. No. 4 seed – 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT | ESPN2
Game 9 – Game 5 winner vs. No. 2 seed – 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT | ESPNU
Game 10 – Game 6 winner vs. No. 3 seed – 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT | ESPNU

Saturday, March 16
Game 11 – Semifinal 1, Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner – 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT | ESPN2
Game 12 – Semifinal 2, Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner – 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT | ESPN2

Sunday, March 17
Game 13 – Championship, Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner – 3:15 p.m. ET/2:15 p.m. CT | ESPN

Standings

Team	Conference Record	Overall Record
Fla. Atlantic	7-1	17-4
South Fla.	7-1	14-5
Charlotte	7-1	13-7
UAB	6-2	14-7
SMU	5-3	14-7
North Texas	5-3	12-8
Memphis	4-4	15-6
East Carolina	4-5	11-11
Tulsa	3-5	12-8
Tulane	3-6	12-9
Rice	2-6	8-13
UTSA	2-6	8-13
Wichita St.	1-7	9-12
Temple	1-7	8-13

 

[TU_BLA]

Starting to look like AAC will only get 2 into the NCAAs with Memphis precipitous drop in the NET after their poor spell.

Hoping we can find something on the road vs FAU but the road has been a nightmare for us and against good to decent teams we have looked like complete dog doo

 

[loca2874]

Starting to look like AAC will only get 2 into the NCAAs with Memphis precipitous drop in the NET after their poor spell.

Hoping we can find something on the road vs FAU but the road has been a nightmare for us and against good to decent teams we have looked like complete dog doo

They were on the bubble according to lunardi going into this week

 

[dougheffking]

Starting to look like AAC will only get 2 into the NCAAs with Memphis precipitous drop in the NET after their poor spell.

Hoping we can find something on the road vs FAU but the road has been a nightmare for us and against good to decent teams we have looked like complete dog doo

I'm sure we will struggle at FAU on Saturday, but then we've got a string of games we can win...we just need to keep building. I just want to see continued improvement and growth on the road and I'm happy for now.

 

[nevadanatural]

They were on the bubble according to lunardi going into this week

This is exactly what I was talking about in another thread. At the time Memphis was in the NET 50s which is often on the wrong side of the line unless you’re in a “power” conference but they have a sterling Q1/Q2 record which is important to the committee so they were probably in. Now that they are in the 70s, and probably have a loss or two coming, will that Q1/Q2 record save them? I don’t think so, unless they win out including the tourney I think they’re with us on the outside looking in.

 

[loca2874]

This is exactly what I was talking about in another thread. At the time Memphis was in the NET 50s which is often on the wrong side of the line unless you’re in a “power” conference but they have a sterling Q1/Q2 record which is important to the committee so they were probably in. Now that they are in the 70s, and probably have a loss or two coming, will that Q1/Q2 record save them? I don’t think so, unless they win out including the tourney I think they’re with us on the outside looking in.

They were listed as Last 4 Byes now they are listed as last 4 in