GAMES OF INTEREST (1.7.24-1.9.24) @ EAST CAROLINA

[loca2874]

ITS GAMEDAY!!!! Tulsa men travel to Greenville, NC to take on the East Carolina Pirates at Minges Coliseum. This is a chance to get the first road win. They travel down the road to Charlotte on Wednesday. Yesterday we had a shocker as Charlotte beat FAU at home by 2. SMU has even moved ahead of Memphis in the NET as the tigers drop another 7 spots. I have to record the game as I will be in Maryland watching the Commanders vs Cowboys.

Big Winners yesterday on the NET were Charlotte (Up 17) and UTSA (Up 11). We had a lot of big losers Tulane (Down 13) Rice (Down 26) with Temple and Rice (Down 7). In the Rest of the GOI Missouri State took a fall (Down 18) after losing by 22 at Bradley. I am sure things were abnormal in Normal. Oral Roberts took a hard fall (Down 21) losing at home to Weber State 83-78 which is surprising they took that big a fall since Weber State was an 89 in the NET. I am sure they had some help falling that hard.

Today’s games

We have an AAC only GOI today.

Full Schedule is below

AND ONE

FAU has dropped 2 out of the last 3 games. Losing to Florida Gulf Coast and now Charlotte. In true road games the Owls are 0-2. Three other teams in the conference have not won a rad game besides FAU. Those teams are Tulsa, South Florida, and East Carolina who Tulsa faces today. FAU is currently sitting with 2 Quad 4 losses and those are to Florida Gulf Coast and Bryant. The Charlotte Loss is only a Q2 loss for the owls as it was on the road. If Charlotte starts to lose games then it can go down to a Q3 loss.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Wichita St.	122	at	Temple	215	12:00 p.m.	ESPNU
South Fla.	149	at	UAB	204	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Tulsa	179	at	East Carolina	227	2:00 p.m.	ESPNU
SMU	39	at	Memphis	49	4:00 p.m.	ESPN

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
27	Down 6	Fla. Atlantic	11-4	0-2	6-1	5-1	2-1	3-1	3-0	3-2
39	Up 4	SMU	9-4	2-1	1-1	6-2	0-2	1-2	3-0	5-0
49	Down 7	Memphis	12-2	4-1	2-1	6-0	2-2	4-0	2-0	4-0
69	Down 5	North Texas	7-5	1-1	1-4	5-0	0-3	1-1	3-0	3-1
105	Up 17	Charlotte	6-7	0-4	1-2	5-1	1-2	1-3	0-2	4-0
115	Down 13	Tulane	9-4	1-1	1-2	7-1	0-2	0-2	2-0	7-0
122	Up 7	Wichita St.	7-6	1-2	1-3	5-1	0-1	0-4	4-1	3-0
149	Up 1	South Fla.	8-4	0-2	1-0	7-2	0-0	0-2	3-0	5-2
179	Up 1	Tulsa	8-4	0-2	0-1	8-1	0-0	0-1	2-2	6-1
204	Down 2	UAB	8-5	3-1	1-1	4-3	0-1	1-1	1-2	6-1
215	Down 7	Temple	6-7	2-2	2-3	2-2	0-1	1-3	0-1	5-2
227	Up 4	East Carolina	6-7	0-2	0-1	6-4	0-3	0-1	1-0	5-3
264	Down 26	Rice	5-9	1-3	0-3	4-3	0-4	0-2	0-2	5-1
285	Up 11	UTSA	6-8	2-5	0-0	4-3	0-0	0-1	0-1	6-6

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
123	Up 3	Oklahoma St.	8-6	0-1	1-2	7-3	0-2	0-2	1-1	7-1
128	Down 18	Missouri St.	9-6	1-5	3-0	5-1	1-1	0-1	2-3	6-1
136	Up 7	Loyola Chicago	9-5	1-2	1-2	7-1	0-2	1-0	3-3	5-0
198	Down 21	Oral Roberts	4-8	2-7	0-0	2-1	0-2	0-3	1-2	3-1
251	Down 3	Jackson St.	5-9	2-9	2-0	1-0	0-3	1-1	1-5	3-0
269	Down 1	Little Rock	8-9	1-4	0-1	7-4	0-0	0-0	0-3	8-6
271	Up 2	New Mexico St.	3-9	0-6	0-2	3-1	0-2	0-3	0-2	3-2
316	Down 11	UIW	3-9	2-6	0-1	1-2	0-1	0-0	1-2	2-6
331	Down 1	South Carolina St.	2-13	0-11	0-0	2-2	0-2	0-4	0-4	2-3
348	Up 4	Central Ark.	3-12	2-8	0-0	1-4	0-1	0-2	0-3	3-6
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-14	0-13	0-0	0-1	0-7	0-3	0-2	0-2

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

 

[I.I.]

The committee will put FAU in regardless. Top 10 team with everybody back from Final 4.

 

[loca2874]

They were 17 going into this week. They should be out of the polls after this loss

 

[dougheffking]

The committee will put FAU in regardless. Top 10 team with everybody back from Final 4.

No, they won’t. What a weird comment.

 

[jesterondirt]

Vegas does not like us today. 5-6 point dogs across the board.

 

[I.I.]

No, they won’t. What a weird comment.

Wait and see if they are not in the field. The Arizona win will get them in.

 

[loca2874]

Vegas does not like us today. 5-6 point dogs across the board.

We haven’t shown we can win on the road so sounds about right

 

[nevadanatural]

As I said in the alley, road wins can be scarce as hens teeth even for good teams. These recent losses for FAU, along with Bryant, may turn us into a one bid league. The committee doesn’t like Q4 losses so at the end of the season we may be looking at the conference champ only. I hope it’s us.

 

[loca2874]

Temple up on Wichita state at half 36-27

 

[jesterondirt]

We haven’t shown we can win on the road so sounds about right

These 2 free throws should put Vegas right on the money. Crazy how good they are at these things.

 

[nevadanatural]

Quinerly just beat SMU just like he beat us from the same spot on the court.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Quinerly just beat SMU just like he beat us from the same spot on the court.

They did that in Memphis. SMU is going to be tough on the road.

On to the next game. Milicic is going to be a load for us to handle @Charlotte..

 

[dougheffking]

They did that in Memphis. SMU is going to be tough on the road.

On to the next game. Milicic is going to be a load for us to handle @Charlotte..

I think Road wins are going to be hard to come by for most teams this season, especially young ones. I think we will win out at home too.

 

[I.I.]

As I said in the alley, road wins can be scarce as hens teeth even for good teams. These recent losses for FAU, along with Bryant, may turn us into a one bid league. The committee doesn’t like Q4 losses so at the end of the season we may be looking at the conference champ only. I hope it’s us.

They love Q1 wins though of a #1 seed on a neutral court.

 

[loca2874]

Yesterday’s loss was frustrating and preventable. The big glaring statistic from the game was the second chance points. ECU had 13 second chance points to our 2. This feeds into rebounding and hustle. Some of both were lacking at times. We have Charlotte on Wednesday and they are going to be a tougher play than ECU.

Today’s games

Incarnate Word travels to (this boards favorite team) Lamar
Howard is at South Carolina State
Alabama A&M is at Mississippi Valley state

Full Schedule is below

AND ONE

From basketball and in Football news, today is Black Monday. Who is getting fired and who is getting retained. Tonight is the National championship with Washington facing Michigan. I am pulling for Washington. The big question is, will this be the last game for Harbaugh and will he go back to the NFL?

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

Other Games of Interest (TU Women)

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Howard	258	at	South Carolina St.	331	6:30 p.m.	HBCU Go
UIW	316	at	Lamar University	252	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Alabama A&M	343	at	Mississippi Val.	362	7:30 p.m.	HBCU Go

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
26	Down 1	Fla. Atlantic	11-4	0-2	6-1	5-1	2-1	3-1	3-0	3-2
43	Down 4	SMU	9-5	2-2	1-1	6-2	0-3	1-2	3-0	5-0
48	Up 1	Memphis	13-2	4-1	2-1	7-0	2-2	5-0	2-0	4-0
69	Even	North Texas	7-5	1-1	1-4	5-0	0-3	1-1	3-0	3-1
104	Up 1	Charlotte	6-7	0-4	1-2	5-1	1-2	1-3	0-2	4-0
115	Even	Tulane	9-4	1-1	1-2	7-1	0-2	0-2	2-0	7-0
130	Down 8	Wichita St.	7-7	1-3	1-3	5-1	0-1	0-4	4-2	3-0
148	Up 1	South Fla.	8-5	0-3	1-0	7-2	0-0	0-2	3-1	5-2
197	Down 18	Tulsa	8-5	0-3	0-1	8-1	0-0	0-1	2-3	6-1
199	Up 5	UAB	9-5	3-1	1-1	5-3	0-1	0-1	3-2	6-1
203	Up 12	Temple	7-7	2-2	2-3	3-2	0-1	1-3	1-1	5-2
222	Up 5	East Carolina	7-7	0-2	0-1	7-4	0-3	0-1	1-0	6-3
264	Even	Rice	5-9	1-3	0-3	4-3	0-4	0-2	0-2	5-1
286	Down 1	UTSA	6-8	2-5	0-0	4-3	0-0	0-1	0-1	6-6

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
126	Down 3	Oklahoma St.	8-6	0-1	1-2	7-3	0-2	0-2	1-1	7-1
135	Down 7	Missouri St.	9-6	1-5	3-0	5-1	1-0	0-2	2-3	6-1
139	Down 3	Loyola Chicago	9-5	1-2	1-2	7-1	0-2	1-0	3-3	5-0
198	Even	Oral Roberts	4-8	2-7	0-0	2-1	0-2	0-3	1-2	3-1
251	Even	Jackson St.	5-9	2-9	2-0	1-0	0-4	1-0	1-5	3-0
270	Down 1	Little Rock	8-9	1-4	0-1	7-4	0-0	0-0	0-3	8-6
272	Down 1	New Mexico St.	3-9	0-6	0-2	3-1	0-2	0-3	0-2	3-2
316	Even	UIW	3-9	2-6	0-1	1-2	0-1	0-0	1-2	2-6
331	Even	South Carolina St.	2-13	0-11	0-0	2-2	0-2	0-4	0-4	2-3
349	Down 1	Central Ark.	3-12	2-8	0-0	1-4	0-1	0-2	0-3	3-6
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-14	0-13	0-0	0-1	0-7	0-3	0-2	0-2

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

 

[cmullinsTU]

Incarnate Word travels to (this boards favorite team) Lamar

It is the favorite team vs our 2nd favorite team, thanks Monty!!!1

How can we watch this can't miss game?!?!111

Okay, joking aside. I appreciate you putting this together each game, I look forward to it each time it is posted.

 

[loca2874]

It is the favorite team vs our 2nd favorite team, thanks Monty!!!1

How can we watch this can't miss game?!?!111

Okay, joking aside. I appreciate you putting this together each game, I look forward to it each time it is posted.

I laughed way too hard at this.

 

[loca2874]

Howard beat South Carolina state 82-78

Lamar beat incarnate word 75-59

Alabama A@m up on miss valley 71-64 with 2 min remaining

 

[TU_BLA]

I have no idea how Memphis' NET is so low. When you look at their non-conference schedule, they certainly went out and challenged themselves and they've only lost 2 games and only 1 "bad" loss to Villanova. The guys on the ESPN broadcast yesterday were just flabbergasted at how their NET was so low.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I have no idea how Memphis' NET is so low. When you look at their non-conference schedule, they certainly went out and challenged themselves and they've only lost 2 games and only 1 "bad" loss to Villanova. The guys on the ESPN broadcast yesterday were just flabbergasted at how their NET was so low.

Three of the four ranked teams when they met are now at 39, 54, & 106. They lost to 33(villanova) & 67(Ole Miss). That all might have something to do with it. They played a schedule that was very overranked early & now it shows that. Clemson is their only top 25 win at 23.

 

[loca2874]

We have Charlotte tomorrow in Charlotte and the TU women will be in action as well

Todays Games

Richmond at Loyola Chicago
Okie St at Texas Tech

Full Schedule is below.

AND ONE

Congrats to Michigan on winning the National Championship. Glad to see it isn’t the SEC. Next year we have the expanded playoffs and now a G5 gets a guaranteed spot.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

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

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Richmond	93	at	Loyola Chicago	139	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Oklahoma St.	126	at	Texas Tech	36	7:00 p.m.	BIG12/ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
26	Even	Fla. Atlantic	11-4	0-2	6-1	5-1	2-1	3-1	3-0	3-2
43	Even	SMU	9-5	2-2	1-1	6-2	0-3	1-2	3-0	5-0
48	Even	Memphis	13-2	4-1	2-1	7-0	2-2	5-0	2-0	4-0
69	Even	North Texas	7-5	1-1	1-4	5-0	0-3	1-1	3-0	3-1
104	Even	Charlotte	6-7	0-4	1-2	5-1	1-2	1-3	0-2	4-0
114	Up 1	Tulane	9-4	1-1	1-2	7-1	0-2	0-2	2-0	7-0
132	Down 2	Wichita St.	7-7	1-3	1-3	5-1	0-1	0-4	4-2	3-0
148	Even	South Fla.	8-5	0-3	1-0	7-2	0-0	0-2	3-1	5-2
199	Down 2	Tulsa	8-5	0-3	0-1	8-1	0-0	0-1	2-3	6-1
202	Down 3	UAB	9-5	3-1	1-1	5-3	0-1	0-1	3-2	6-1
203	Even	Temple	7-7	2-2	2-3	3-2	0-1	1-3	1-1	5-2
220	Up 2	East Carolina	7-7	0-2	0-1	7-4	0-3	0-1	1-0	6-3
266	Down 2	Rice	5-9	1-3	0-3	4-3	0-4	0-2	0-1	5-2
285	Up 1	UTSA	6-8	2-5	0-0	4-3	0-0	0-1	0-1	6-6

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
126	Even	Oklahoma St.	8-6	0-1	1-2	7-3	0-2	0-2	1-1	7-1
136	Down 1	Missouri St.	9-6	1-5	3-0	5-1	1-0	0-2	2-3	6-1
139	Even	Loyola Chicago	9-5	1-2	1-2	7-1	0-2	1-0	2-3	6-0
196	Up 2	Oral Roberts	4-8	2-7	0-0	2-1	0-2	0-2	1-3	3-1
251	Even	Jackson St.	5-9	2-9	2-0	1-0	0-4	1-0	1-5	3-0
271	Down 1	Little Rock	8-9	1-4	0-1	7-4	0-0	0-0	0-3	8-6
273	Down 1	New Mexico St.	3-9	0-6	0-2	3-1	0-2	0-3	0-2	3-2
322	Down 6	UIW	3-10	2-7	0-1	1-2	0-1	0-0	1-2	2-7
334	Down 3	South Carolina St.	2-14	0-11	0-0	2-3	0-2	0-3	0-5	2-4
346	Up 3	Central Ark.	3-12	2-8	0-0	1-4	0-1	0-2	0-3	3-6
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-15	0-13	0-0	0-2	0-7	0-3	0-2	0-3

 

[ctt8410]

I have no idea how Memphis' NET is so low. When you look at their non-conference schedule, they certainly went out and challenged themselves and they've only lost 2 games and only 1 "bad" loss to Villanova. The guys on the ESPN broadcast yesterday were just flabbergasted at how their NET was so low.

Too many close games, not enough blowouts. Compare them to BYU, who's currently 4th in the NET with two Q1/Q2 wins and multiple 40-points wins over cupcakes. This was one of the unfortunate tradeoffs moving from RPI to NET (along with the complete lack of transparency in the formula). It's no longer enough to win big games, you also need to win games big.

 

[I.I.]

How does Kelvin get in the top 10 in offensive rebounds each year. Does he only recruit players who are rebounders or is someone on his staff teaching that. Or does he threaten them with their life if they don’t?

 

[nevadanatural]

How does Kelvin get in the top 10 in offensive rebounds each year. Does he only recruit players who are rebounders or is someone on his staff teaching that. Or does he threaten them with their life if they don’t?

I think it’s a culture thing, maybe the number one emphasis. When I looked at our current roster I thought we would be a good rebounding team as Konkol brought in a bunch of long athletic player which is typical for a Kelvin lineup. Konkol seems to emphasize half court defense higher than rebounding.

 

[loca2874]

Texas tech over Oklahoma State 90-73
Richmond over Loyola Chicago 58-56