Games of Interest (1.9.21 - 1.12.21) UCF has COVID edition

[loca2874]

This was supposed to be GAME DAY!!! Sadly it is not because UCF has the COVID inside of its program. South Carolina and Ole Miss is postponed due to COVID on South Carolina.

We still have some great games on the slate for today. Baylor is at TCU this afternoon along with Georgia at Arkansas. There are a couple of Conference matchups as well.

I am still tracking Arkansas and ORU until those games become Cancelled just in case anyone was wondering.

I know there has been a lot of talk about the Q wins and Losses. Let me show you what is listed as a Q3 and Q4 for us right now if the season was over. These are the games we need to win.

Cincinnati H 106 Q3
East Carolina H 109 Q3
Memphis H 97 Q3
Northwestern St. H W 333 Q4
Oral Roberts A 173 Q3
South Fla. H 124 Q3
Temple H 174 Q4
Temple A 174 Q3
Tulane H 162 Q4
Tulane A 162 Q3
UT Arlington H W 222 Q4

You see that two of them are already wins. These games could stay in Q3 and Q4. A couple of them can move to a Q2, but only a couple.

Todays Games

AAC Games

South Fla. 124 at East Carolina 109 12:00 p.m. ESPN+
Tulane 162 at #11 Houston 8 3:00 p.m. ESPNU
UCF 75 at Tulsa 56 Postponed

Rest of GOI

#2 Baylor 2 at TCU 83 2:00 p.m. ESPN
Georgia 72 at Arkansas 26 2:30 p.m. SEC Network
UT Arlington 222 at ULM 315 4:00 p.m. ESPN+
Northwestern St. 333 at McNeese 338 4:00 p.m.
North Dakota 273 at Oral Roberts 173 7:30 p.m.
South Carolina 74 at Ole Miss 57 Postponed

NET Rankings Through January 8

Houston - 8 - No Change
Tulsa - 56 - Up 3
Wichita St. - 67 - Down 2
SMU - 68 - Down 6
UCF - 75 - Up 1
Memphis - 97 - Up 1
Cincinnati - 106 - Up 16
East Carolina - 109 - Down 2
South Fla. - 124 - Up 8
Tulane - 162 - Up 2
Temple - 174 - Down 1

Quadrant Tracker

Q1

Win

Houston H W 8

Loss

Q2

Win

Cincinnati A W 106
Memphis A W 97
South Fla. A W 124

Loss

South Carolina N L 74
TCU N L 83
Wichita St. H L 67

Q3

Win

Loss

Q4

Wins

Northwestern St. H W 333
UT Arlington H W 222

Loss

 

[loca2874]

ECU with a 1 point lead over USF at half

 

[loca2874]

USF is taking over this game

 

[URedskin54]

People complain about Haith’s late game slowdown offense, but he’s got nothing on what Brian Gregory is doing with USF today

 

[loca2874]

USF holds on to win by 6

 

[loca2874]

LETS GO HORNED FROGS

 

[loca2874]

TCU up by 1 at half

 

[loca2874]

If it wasn’t for these turnovers houston would be killing Tulane right now

 

[nevadanatural]

TCU not valuing the ball is leading to a blowout. if they could have won that would have really helped us.

 

[loca2874]

Yeah that would have been nice if they could have but turnovers can kill you.

 

[loca2874]

If Houston didn’t have 9 turnovers they would be destroying Tulane. Lack of turnovers kept Tulane in this but they joined the turnover bandwagon

 

[loca2874]

This doesn’t really benefit us unless we play them but Arkansas is up on Georgia by 30 with 8 min left in game

 

[URedskin54]

Gorham is such a monster rebounding for Houston. Our guys really did a great job against them in the second half

 

[loca2874]

Sasser is having a helluva day

 

[loca2874]

WOW!!!! THAT WAS A CRAZY FINISH!!!

UT Arlington pulls out a 1 point win on a crazy finish

 

[loca2874]

Northwestern state wins by 3

 

[TU4ever2]

Northwestern state wins by 3

Gonna get those little bumps and they'll eventually add up.

I am really hoping we can squeeze that game in against Arkansas.

 

[Weatherdemon]

 

[loca2874]

There originally were no games scheduled today. Then two were rescheduled for today and then one of those was rescheduled for tomorrow. The COVID season does not disappoint again. smh

Todays Game

Cincinnati 107 at Wichita State 64 3:00 p.m. ESPN2

NET Rankings Through January 9
Houston - 7 - Up 1
Tulsa - 54 - Up 2
Wichita St. - 64 - Up 3
SMU - 67 - Up 1
UCF - 76 - Down 1
Memphis - 106 - Down 9
Cincinnati - 107 - Down 1
South Fla. - 116 - Up 8
East Carolina - 126 - Down 17
Temple - 159 - Up 15
Tulane - 171 - Down 9

Quadrant Tracker

Q1
Win
Houston H W 7

Loss

Q2
Win
Cincinnati A W 107
Memphis A W 106
South Fla. A W 116

Loss
South Carolina N L 75
TCU N L 82
Wichita St. H L 64

Q3
Win

Loss

Q4
Wins
Northwestern St. H W 331
UT Arlington H W 207

Loss

 

[TU_BLA]

TCU not valuing the ball is leading to a blowout. if they could have won that would have really helped us.

Baylor is really really good. No big weaknesses. I think they’re going to make a run to the Final Four this year.

 

[loca2874]

Wichita State wins a close one at home

 

[libertychamp]

Wichita State wins a close one at home

Do you know the last time we beat wsu at Wichita?

 

[libertychamp]

Do you know the last time we beat wsu at Wichita?

I found it 20 years ago 2001

 

[tulsahurricane0530]

Do you know the last time we beat wsu at Wichita?

2001. 0-8 since

 

[loca2874]

I found it 20 years ago 2001

Well it’s about time to change that

 

[I.I.]

Buzz Peterson?

 

[URedskin54]

I remember a monster Jarius Glenn block of a dunk attempt in that game....barely....loooong time ago

 

[loca2874]

Buzz Peterson?

John Phillips, December 8, 2001. We won the WAC that year. Beat Marquette in the tourney and then lost to Kentucky in the round of 32

 

[TU4ever2]

It was the game Dante came out with his hair in wheatshocks. The crowd was not friendly.

Glenn had a ridiculous block at home his senior year, it was a catch up from behind one that he pinned to the back board in a intense game with the Reynolds Center rocking.

 

[URedskin54]

It was the game Dante came out with his hair in wheatshocks. The crowd was not friendly.

Glenn had a ridiculous block at home his senior year, it was a catch up from behind one that he pinned to the back board in a intense game with the Reynolds Center rocking.

You’re right it was at home. Not sure if this is the one you’re thinking of but it’s at 1:48 of this video

 

[TU4ever2]

You’re right it was at home. Not sure if this is the one you’re thinking of but it’s at 1:48 of this video

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First great intro video. We need to up our intro video game again. Especially if we get back to "normal" and can have crowds again.

Second yup that's it. I remember thinking damn, then out of no where the not in my house denial on raw hustle and absurd athletic ability.

I have two great what if scenarios that roll around in my head about Tulsa basketball.

1. What happens if Self let's Swanson off the chain even earlier in the UNC game? Barring that what if Shelton instead of shooting that 3 gives the ball up to Dante standing three feet from him. A player who would lead the country in 3 pt shooting percentage at one point in his career and was a damn assasin?

2. What if we put Glenn on Prince against Kentucky in that NCAA game? How deep does that team go if he even slows him down a little?

The what ifs

 

[TU4ever2]

Also lolz at Eric Cooley snatching peoples shots out of the air like some living eraser of gravity and your offensive capabilities.

 

[TU_BLA]

John Phillips, December 8, 2001. We won the WAC that year. Beat Marquette in the tourney and then lost to Kentucky in the round of 32

Those NCAA tourney games were a blast to be at. Marquette was loaded that year...Dwyane Wade, Travis Diener, and a PG whose name escapes me. When they were trying to win the game at the buzzer, we clamped down on Wade, the PG didn't want the ball and Diener ended up taking an almost 35 shot that clanged the rim. After the game, my wife and I went to Lacelede's Landing to eat...a couple of Kentucky fans were scared to death having to play us as they mentioned they had no one who could guard KJ. They had a couple of near 7 footers. They also had Chuck Hayes. But none of them could guard KJ. Unfortunately, we got bit by a career game from Tayshaun Prince. We also had the Antonio Reed to Marquis Ledoux half court alley oop whcih drew an audible gasp from everyone at the game. When do we get back to that part of TU basketball?

 

[TU_BLA]

Also lolz at Eric Cooley snatching peoples shots out of the air like some living eraser of gravity and your offensive capabilities.

DOn't forget KJ had one of those in the NIT run against Minnesota.

 

[loca2874]

We have one game today and it is an AAC game that was originally scheduled for Saturday, then moved to Sunday and then moved again to this afternoon.

Todays Game

Temple at SMU 2:00 p.m. ESPN+

NET Rankings Through January 10

Houston - 6 - Up 1
Tulsa - 53 - Up 1
Wichita St. - 64 - No Change
SMU - 68 - Down 1
UCF - 74 - Up 2
Memphis - 103 - Up 3
Cincinnati - 105 - Up 2
South Fla. - 116 - No Change
East Carolina - 123 - Up 3
Temple - 167 - Down 8
Tulane - 170 - Up 1

Quadrant Tracker

Q1

Win
Houston H W 6

Loss

Q2

Win
CincinnatiA W 105
Memphis A W 103
South Fla.A W 116

Loss
South CaroNlina L 75
TCU N L 82
Wichita St.H L 64

Q3

Win

Loss

Q4

Wins
Northwestern St. H W 331
UT Arlington H W 206

Loss

 

[TU4ever2]

We have one game today and it is an AAC game that was originally scheduled for Saturday, then moved to Sunday and then moved again to this afternoon.

Todays Game

Temple at SMU 2:00 p.m. ESPN+

NET Rankings Through January 10

Houston - 6 - Up 1
Tulsa - 53 - Up 1
Wichita St. - 64 - No Change
SMU - 68 - Down 1
UCF - 74 - Up 2
Memphis - 103 - Up 3
Cincinnati - 105 - Up 2
South Fla. - 116 - No Change
East Carolina - 123 - Up 3
Temple - 167 - Down 8
Tulane - 170 - Up 1

Quadrant Tracker

Q1

Win
Houston H W 6

Loss

Q2

Win
CincinnatiA W 105
Memphis A W 103
South Fla.A W 116

Loss
South CaroNlina L 75
TCU N L 82
Wichita St.H L 64

Q3

Win

Loss

Q4

Wins
Northwestern St. H W 331
UT Arlington H W 206

Loss

I notice the WSU win was not enough to move up and Cincy despite the loss moved up 2. The NET again proving how you play not who you play of even to a certain extent whether you win or lose is the most important thing.

Over the next couple weeks those teams with only a few games should get enough in for the biggest jumps to be cut down game to game.

 

[loca2874]

It’s still just a ranking. No one below them jumped over them and no one above them dropped low enough to help them move up. Not as many games on Sunday as there is on Saturday. We moved up 1 because two team fell below us. 1 team actually jumped us in the ranking.

 

[nevadanatural]

Wednesday is huge. A win would give us a second Q1 win and move us closer to that NET 40 target that I feel we need for an at-large.

 

[loca2874]

We lost our two votes in the Coaches poll but got 5 votes in the AP poll.

 

[astonmartin708]

We lost our two votes in the Coaches poll but got 5 votes in the AP poll.

Did Haith not think we deserved a vote? Or is he a voter?