We are back to basketball, I guess. There are 5 games today and two of them are postponed due to COVID or Health and Safety protocols. We are also starting conference play so changes to schedules are coming.
The American has made changes to the COVID 19 Operational Protocols. This is from the Houston website.
“The protocols were unanimously approved Monday by the conference's athletic directors and are subject to modification pending changes to national, state, local or NCAA guidelines.
The conference has established a minimum of seven eligible scholarship players and at least one coach to be available for a conference game to proceed as scheduled. Any team with fewer than seven available scholarship players due to COVID-19 maintains the option to play a game if desired.
If a team does not have enough players to play a conference game as scheduled, the game shall be canceled and declared a no-contest for purposes of conference standings. The involved institutions have the discretion to reschedule a game that was canceled, but there is no mandatory rescheduling policy.
If a team decides to not play a particular contest for reasons unrelated to COVID-19, the game shall be declared a no-contest for NCAA purposes, and a forfeit win and forfeit loss for purposes of conference standings.
The American may declare a no-contest in a conference game if federal, state, local or university health authorities prevent the teams from playing on the scheduled date if both teams are able to participate. All rescheduling options will be exhausted before declaring a no-contest.
Teams will be required to play a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference championship. All teams falling below the 75% threshold will be seeded according to their winning percentage within that subgroup.”
AND 1
There was a change to the Southern Illinois game. They were supposed to take on Missouri Baptist. That game shows Cancelled but according to Southern Illinois it is supposed to be rescheduled. They are now playing Grambling today who thought they ended their OOC with TCU on December 21.
GO TU!!!!!
AAC Games
Rest of GOI
Rankings
Quad Tracker
The American has made changes to the COVID 19 Operational Protocols. This is from the Houston website.
“The protocols were unanimously approved Monday by the conference's athletic directors and are subject to modification pending changes to national, state, local or NCAA guidelines.
The conference has established a minimum of seven eligible scholarship players and at least one coach to be available for a conference game to proceed as scheduled. Any team with fewer than seven available scholarship players due to COVID-19 maintains the option to play a game if desired.
If a team does not have enough players to play a conference game as scheduled, the game shall be canceled and declared a no-contest for purposes of conference standings. The involved institutions have the discretion to reschedule a game that was canceled, but there is no mandatory rescheduling policy.
If a team decides to not play a particular contest for reasons unrelated to COVID-19, the game shall be declared a no-contest for NCAA purposes, and a forfeit win and forfeit loss for purposes of conference standings.
The American may declare a no-contest in a conference game if federal, state, local or university health authorities prevent the teams from playing on the scheduled date if both teams are able to participate. All rescheduling options will be exhausted before declaring a no-contest.
Teams will be required to play a minimum of 75% of the average number of conference games played in order to be seeded by winning percentage for the conference championship. All teams falling below the 75% threshold will be seeded according to their winning percentage within that subgroup.”
AND 1
There was a change to the Southern Illinois game. They were supposed to take on Missouri Baptist. That game shows Cancelled but according to Southern Illinois it is supposed to be rescheduled. They are now playing Grambling today who thought they ended their OOC with TCU on December 21.
GO TU!!!!!
AAC Games
Team | Ranking | Team | Ranking | Time | TV | |
Cincinnati | 57 | at | Houston | 4 | Postponed |
Rest of GOI
Team | Ranking | Team | Ranking | Time | TV | |
Northwestern St. | 336 | at | Baylor | 1 | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN+/BIG12 |
Grambling | 330 | at | Southern Ill. | 146 | 7:00 p.m. | ESPN3 |
Fresno St. | 50 | at | Boise St. | 68 | 8:00 p.m. | Stadium |
Colorado St. | 26 | at | New Mexico | 170 | Postponed |
Rankings
Rank | Trend | Team | Record | Rank | Trend | Team | Record | |
4 | Even | Houston | 11-2 | 68 | Even | Boise St. | 8-4 | |
52 | Up 1 | UCF | 8-2 | 75 | Down 1 | Utah | 8-4 | |
57 | Up 1 | Cincinnati | 9-3 | 93 | Even | Rhode Island | 8-3 | |
60 | Even | Memphis | 6-4 | 146 | Even | Southern Ill. | 6-5 | |
65 | Even | Wichita St. | 9-3 | 162 | Up 1 | LMU (CA) | 6-5 | |
80 | Even | SMU | 9-3 | 174 | Up 1 | Oral Roberts | 4-6 | |
155 | Up 1 | Temple | 7-5 | 245 | Even | Oregon St. | 2-10 | |
182 | Down 1 | East Carolina | 9-3 | 265 | Up 1 | Air Force | 7-4 | |
202 | Even | Tulsa | 6-5 | 287 | Even | Alcorn | 1-11 | |
215 | Up 1 | Tulane | 3-6 | 332 | Even | Little Rock | 2-7 | |
246 | Up 1 | South Fla. | 5-7 | 336 | Up 1 | Northwestern St. | 0-10 |
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 | |
Boise St. | |
Q2 | |
Win | |
Rhode Island | |
Loss | |
Utah | |
Q3 | |
Win | |
Southern Illinois | |
Loss | |
Oral Roberts | |
Q4 | |
Wins | |
Northwestern St. | |
Oregon St. | |
Little Rock | |
Alcorn State | |
Loss | |
Air Force | |
LMU (CA) |