GAMES OF INTEREST (12.19.23 - 12.21.23) MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE

[loca2874]

Its GAMEDAY!!! Mississippi Valley Delta Devils come to the Reynolds Center to continue their tour of getting whipped. They did have a shockingly closer game to Gonzaga than most of us thought they would.

Today’s games

Oral Roberts hosts NAIA school in John Brown
Missouri state looks to bounce back from their loss to TU by taking on Lindenwood.
Houston Christian is at SMU
#22 Virginia is at #23 Memphis

AND ONE

End of the year is coming. Time to think about your New Years resolutions. My doctor wants me to exercise. I want my doctor take a chill pill.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Virginia	23	at	Memphis	34	6:00 p.m.	ESPN 2
New Mexico St.	320	at	SFA	151	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Houston Christian	355	at	SMU	68	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
John Brown	#N/A	at	Oral Roberts	184	7:00 p.m.	ORUSN
Charleston So.	346	at	Loyola Chicago	168	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Lindenwood	328	at	Missouri St.	116	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Mississippi Val.	362	at	Tulsa	186	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
12	Down 1	Fla. Atlantic	9-2	0-0	5-1	4-1	1-1	4-0	2-0	2-1
34	Even	Memphis	8-2	3-1	2-1	3-0	2-2	4-0	0-0	2-0
68	Down 6	SMU	6-4	1-1	1-1	4-2	0-3	0-1	2-0	4-0
90	Up 1	Wichita St.	7-3	1-1	1-2	5-0	0-0	0-2	3-1	4-0
107	Up 1	Charlotte	5-5	0-2	1-2	4-1	0-1	1-3	0-1	4-0
115	Down 5	Tulane	8-2	1-0	1-2	6-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	7-0
129	Even	North Texas	4-5	0-1	1-4	3-0	0-1	0-2	1-1	3-1
147	Even	Temple	5-4	2-1	1-1	2-2	0-0	1-3	0-1	4-0
173	Even	South Fla.	5-4	0-2	1-0	4-2	0-0	0-2	2-0	3-2
186	Up 3	Tulsa	6-3	0-2	0-1	6-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	5-0
210	Down 1	Rice	4-6	1-2	0-3	3-1	0-4	0-1	0-1	4-0
236	Up 2	UAB	5-5	2-1	1-1	2-3	0-1	0-1	1-2	4-1
249	Up 4	East Carolina	5-5	0-1	0-1	5-3	0-1	0-2	1-0	4-2
287	Down 3	UTSA	4-6	1-5	0-0	3-1	0-0	0-1	0-3	4-2

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
116	Down 1	Missouri St.	7-4	0-4	3-0	4-0	0-1	0-0	2-2	5-1
128	Even	Oklahoma St.	5-5	0-1	1-2	4-2	0-1	0-2	1-0	4-2
168	Up 1	Loyola Chicago	5-5	0-2	1-2	4-1	0-2	1-0	1-3	3-0
184	Even	Oral Roberts	2-6	0-6	0-0	2-0	0-2	0-3	0-1	2-0
229	Up 6	Little Rock	6-6	0-3	0-1	6-2	0-0	0-1	0-2	6-3
253	Up 2	Jackson St.	4-7	2-7	2-0	0-0	0-2	1-0	1-5	2-0
309	Up 6	UIW	2-7	1-5	0-1	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-3	2-3
320	Up 1	New Mexico St.	1-7	0-4	0-2	1-1	0-4	0-0	0-1	1-2
331	Up 1	South Carolina St.	2-10	0-9	0-0	2-1	0-1	0-3	0-3	2-3
348	Even	Central Ark.	2-9	1-6	0-0	1-3	0-0	0-2	0-2	2-5
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-10	0-10	0-0	0-0	0-5	0-2	0-2	0-1

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

 

[loca2874]

Memphis Thumps Virginia 77-54
SMU over Houston Christian 89-53
Loyola Chicago over Charleston Southern 72-59

 

[lawpoke87]

Memphis actually looks like a well coached team.

 

[loca2874]

Stephen F Austin hangs on to beat New Mexico State at home 75-72

 

[loca2874]

Oral Roberts over John Brown 71-59
Missouri State over Lindenwood 79-57

 

[loca2874]

Memphis actually looks like a well coached team.

They will be tough but you never know what can happen on the court.

 

[nevadanatural]

Memphis actually looks like a well coached team.

I think that’s because they’re all grown men coached by others and Penny hasn’t had time to ruin them yet.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I think that’s because they’re all grown men coached by others and Penny hasn’t had time to ruin them yet.

Rick Stansbury is Penny's Wainright.

Certainly a much better hire than faith in Haith was for Memphis. Haith needed Wainright in order to pretend like he was a good coach.

 

[loca2874]

Good win yesterday but unfortunately we still fall in the NET.

Todays Games

No must see games today. There are 5 games on the slate but nothing to write home about.

Full Schedule is below.

AND ONE

Holidays are tough on some folks. Get your mental health in order, for you and your family. IF you are having issue or know of someone who is, contact the Crises Lifeline at 988.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Western Ill.	291	at	Central Ark.	347	12:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Wofford	178	at	Oklahoma St.	132	2:00 p.m.	BIG12/ESPN+
Delaware St.	282	at	East Carolina	248	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Prairie View	196	at	Rice	213	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Jackson St.	252	at	Gonzaga	36	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
11	Up 1	Fla. Atlantic	9-2	0-0	5-1	4-1	1-1	4-0	2-0	2-1
26	Up 8	Memphis	9-2	3-1	2-1	4-0	2-2	5-0	0-0	2-0
60	Up 8	SMU	7-4	1-1	1-1	5-2	0-3	0-1	2-0	5-0
88	Up 2	Wichita St.	7-3	1-1	1-2	5-0	0-0	0-2	4-1	3-0
103	Up 4	Charlotte	5-5	0-2	1-2	4-1	0-1	1-3	0-1	4-0
114	Up 1	Tulane	8-2	1-0	1-2	6-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	7-0
127	Up 2	North Texas	4-5	0-1	1-4	3-0	0-1	0-2	1-1	3-1
146	Up 1	Temple	5-4	2-1	1-1	2-2	0-0	1-3	0-1	4-0
173	Even	South Fla.	5-4	0-2	1-0	4-2	0-0	0-2	2-0	3-2
187	Down 1	Tulsa	7-3	0-2	0-1	7-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	6-0
213	Down 3	Rice	4-6	1-2	0-3	3-1	0-4	0-1	0-1	4-0
238	Down 2	UAB	5-5	2-1	1-1	2-3	0-1	0-1	1-2	4-1
248	Up 1	East Carolina	5-5	0-1	0-1	5-3	0-1	0-2	1-0	4-2
285	Up 2	UTSA	4-6	1-5	0-0	3-1	0-0	0-1	0-3	4-2

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
117	Down 1	Missouri St.	8-4	0-4	3-0	5-0	0-1	0-0	2-2	6-1
132	Down 4	Oklahoma St.	5-5	0-1	1-2	4-2	0-1	0-2	1-0	4-2
168	Even	Loyola Chicago	6-5	0-2	1-2	5-1	0-2	1-0	1-3	4-0
188	Down 4	Oral Roberts	2-6	0-6	0-0	2-0	0-2	0-3	0-1	2-0
228	Up 1	Little Rock	6-6	0-3	0-1	6-2	0-0	0-1	0-2	6-3
252	Up 1	Jackson St.	4-7	2-7	2-0	0-0	0-2	1-0	1-5	2-0
303	Up 17	New Mexico St.	1-8	0-5	0-2	1-1	0-4	0-1	0-1	1-2
310	Down 1	UIW	2-7	1-5	0-1	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-3	2-3
331	Even	South Carolina St.	2-10	0-9	0-0	2-1	0-1	0-3	0-3	2-3
347	Up 1	Central Ark.	2-9	1-6	0-0	1-3	0-0	0-2	0-2	2-5
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-11	0-11	0-0	0-0	0-5	0-2	0-3	0-1

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

 

[dlsnid]

The women are up to 120 in the net from 135. Good jump with win over Texas Tech.

 

[loca2874]

The leathernecks of western Illinois strapped central Arkansas 65-54

Oklahoma state survived Wofford 76-70

 

[loca2874]

East Carolina over Delaware state 79-50

 

[loca2874]

Rice is up on prairie view 57-45 with 8 min to go

Gonzaga is up on Jackson state 31-15 7:40 left in the first half

 

[loca2874]

Rice top’s prairie view 82-56

 

[loca2874]

Last game that wasn’t finished when I went to bed. Gonzaga killed Jackson State 100-76.

Todays Games

Wichita State and Kansas State play on a neutral court today as they face off in Kansas City, MO on the BIG12 Network

Temple faces Nevada in the first round of the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu at 2:00 p.m.

Full Schedule is below.

AND ONE

The women’s team is sitting with a 120 NET ranking. After they beat Texas Tech and then SE Louisiana at the Maui Classic they moved up 15 spots. The ladies have a 9-3 record and just like the men are undefeated at home so far this year.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
UIW	313	vs	UIC	100	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Jacksonville St.	203	at	Little Rock	228	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Nevada	45	vs	Temple	142	2:00 p.m.	ESPNU
Army West Point	338	at	UTSA	284	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Kansas St.	94	vs	Wichita St.	87	7:30 p.m.	BIG12/ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
8	Up 3	Fla. Atlantic	9-2	0-0	5-1	4-1	1-1	4-0	2-0	2-1
26	Even	Memphis	9-2	3-1	2-1	4-0	2-2	5-0	0-0	2-0
59	Up 1	SMU	7-4	1-1	1-1	5-2	0-3	1-0	0-1	6-0
87	Up 1	Wichita St.	7-3	1-1	1-2	5-0	0-1	0-1	4-1	3-0
101	Up 2	Charlotte	5-5	0-2	1-2	4-1	0-2	1-2	0-1	4-0
113	Up 1	Tulane	8-2	1-0	1-2	6-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	7-0
125	Up 2	North Texas	4-5	0-1	1-4	3-0	0-2	0-1	1-1	3-1
142	Up 4	Temple	5-4	2-1	1-1	2-2	0-1	1-2	1-1	3-0
173	Even	South Fla.	5-4	0-2	1-0	4-2	0-0	0-2	2-0	3-2
185	Up 28	Rice	5-6	1-2	0-3	4-1	0-4	0-1	0-1	5-0
190	Down 3	Tulsa	7-3	0-2	0-1	7-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	6-0
214	Up 34	East Carolina	6-5	0-1	0-1	6-3	0-0	0-3	1-1	5-1
242	Down 4	UAB	5-5	2-1	1-1	2-3	0-1	0-1	1-2	4-1
284	Up 1	UTSA	4-6	1-5	0-0	3-1	0-0	0-1	0-3	4-2

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
117	Even	Missouri St.	8-4	0-4	3-0	5-0	0-1	0-0	2-2	6-1
132	Even	Oklahoma St.	6-5	0-1	1-2	5-2	0-1	0-2	1-0	5-2
169	Down 1	Loyola Chicago	6-5	0-2	1-2	5-1	0-2	1-0	1-3	4-0
189	Down 1	Oral Roberts	2-6	0-6	0-0	2-0	0-2	0-3	0-1	2-0
228	Even	Little Rock	6-6	0-3	0-1	6-2	0-0	0-1	0-2	6-3
252	Even	Jackson St.	4-8	2-8	2-0	0-0	0-3	1-0	1-5	2-0
302	Up 1	New Mexico St.	1-8	0-5	0-2	1-1	0-3	0-2	0-1	1-2
313	Down 3	UIW	2-7	1-5	0-1	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-2	2-4
331	Even	South Carolina St.	2-10	0-9	0-0	2-1	0-1	0-3	0-3	2-3
353	Down 6	Central Ark.	2-10	1-6	0-0	1-4	0-0	0-2	0-2	2-6
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-11	0-11	0-0	0-0	0-5	0-2	0-3	0-1

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

 

[loca2874]

Incarnate word beat UIC 67-66

Jacksonville state rocked Yooler 90-60. This is going to be a real bad loss. This should drop them back to a Q4 loss and might be low enough to be there for a while. Wow.

Nevada over Temple in Hawaii 80-56

 

[loca2874]

Army over utsa 63-53

 

[loca2874]

Kansas state is up in Wichita state 58-47 with just under 8 minutes left

 

[loca2874]

Kansas State over Wichita State 69-60

 

[cmullinsTU]

Random Stat on the team this year (from Ken Pom):

Haggerty and Cobe are in the Top 50 of players in the country for steal percentage at 4.4% and 4.5% respectively.

To be in the ranking a player has to play at least 40% of the minutes in the season.

Archie is not currently eligible (but very close at 38% of minutes), however his steal percentage is at 6.4% which is good enough for 5th in the country!

If they maintain a 4% or higher steal percentage, we will be the only team in the country with 3 players stealing at that rate. As of now we are one of 11 teams with 2 players with a steal percentage of 4% or more.

 

[astonmartin708]

Archie’s PER and TS% would be near tops in the conference if he had a few more minutes to be included in the rankings.

It’s sad that Haggerty is getting the “Freshman“ accolades when Archie really deserves some recognition as well and he is a true freshman.

 

[nevadanatural]

I don’t understand the “sad” comment. I’m happy that Haggerty is getting freshman accolades and I think they’re well deserved. I hope he gets AAC freshman of the year. It’s been a while since we’ve had a player recognized by the league.

 

[loca2874]

I don’t understand the “sad” comment. I’m happy that Haggerty is getting freshman accolades and I think they’re well deserved. I hope he gets AAC freshman of the year. It’s been a while since we’ve had a player recognized by the league.

I won’t say this often but I agree with Aston on this. The “sad” portion is that he isn’t recognizing Haggerty is not deserving it’s that Archie is more deserving and because of the lack of minutes that he isn’t up there. I have been pretty vocal on how I am not fond of Haggerty’s “style” of play as I think it is good at times but mostly reckless and costly he is deserving as he does get to the line a lot more than the rest. Archie produces more, in my opinion, than the others with the amount of minutes he is on the court.

 

[astonmartin708]

I won’t say this often but I agree with Aston on this. The “sad” portion is that he isn’t recognizing Haggerty is not deserving it’s that Archie is more deserving and because of the lack of minutes that he isn’t up there. I have been pretty vocal on how I am not fond of Haggerty’s “style” of play as I think it is good at times but mostly reckless and costly he is deserving as he does get to the line a lot more than the rest. Archie produces more, in my opinion, than the others with the amount of minutes he is on the court.

I was also just saying that it’s amazing the level of play Archie is at more so than Haggerty. Haggerty had the benefit of practicing with D1 players, in a D1 system, and had adapted to college life. Archie is playing this well in his first go-round with 3 months of college basketball and that’s it.

 

[astonmartin708]

I don’t understand the “sad” comment. I’m happy that Haggerty is getting freshman accolades and I think they’re well deserved. I hope he gets AAC freshman of the year. It’s been a while since we’ve had a player recognized by the league.

I think Haggerty could be All-League caliber, but what Archie is doing given 3 months of coaching and weight training, after being an unheralded after thought in the recruiting class is legitimately astounding. Haggerty has shown that he’s above average, but Archie has looked transcendent (In limited minutes)

 

[Tulsafanzz]

I love watching Archie, especially in person. He creates excitement with his amazing plays. He’s worth the price of admission by himself!

I think Haggerty is more valuable than even his stats show. While I agree with Loca that he seems to have a selfish bend to his game, he has been passing better as the season has progressed. What doesn’t always show up in the stats is his very high basketball IQ. He tips passes, gets in passing lanes, etc. that creates winning plays. Just like Archie, I appreciate his game even more when I watch the game in person.

What really lifted my overall impression of Haggerty was his postgame interview after his game winning 3 point play to beat Missouri State. Bruce was congratulating him for his clutch shooting and asked his thoughts during the final timeout when he was waiting to shoot the potential go ahead free throw with 3 seconds left. He said he cost us an earlier game by missing a couple late free throws and he was determined to not do that again. I thought that was a humble & mature answer for any player, let alone a freshman.