GAMES OF INTEREST (12.29.23 - 1.3.24) SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA STATE

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ITS GAMEDAY!!! Tulsa men host the Division 2 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Bulldogs at the Reynolds Center. This is the last non-conference game of the season. This game does not count against the NET but that doesn’t mean we need to take it easy on them. Last night Little Rock pulled out the win against Tennessee Tech 81-75

Todays games

ORU starts league play tonight traveling to Kansas City.
South Carolina State is at Nebraska
Jackson state is at Northwestern
Tulane hots NAIA school in Dillard of Louisiana.

AND ONE

Its time to start thinking about your new years resolutions. You know the ones you wont keep. Lol. Try to focus on those goals that you can obtain. It will make the larger ones easier to get too but starting with the smaller ones.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Dillard (LA.)	#N/A	at	Tulane	127	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Alabama St.	264	at	South Fla.	150	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
ETSU	208	at	East Carolina	207	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Charlotte	103	at	Stetson	223	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
South Carolina St.	330	at	Nebraska	61	6:30 p.m.	B1G+
Jackson St.	250	at	Northwestern	70	7:00 p.m.	Peacock
Oral Roberts	187	at	Kansas City	293	7:00 p.m.	Summit NET
SWOSU	#N/A	at	Tulsa	192	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+
UNC Asheville	197	at	UAB	217	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
6	Even	Fla. Atlantic	10-2	0-0	6-1	4-1	3-1	3-0	2-0	2-1
38	Even	Memphis	10-2	3-1	2-1	5-0	2-2	5-0	0-0	3-0
52	Down 1	SMU	8-4	2-1	1-1	5-2	0-3	1-0	1-1	6-0
96	Down 1	North Texas	5-5	0-1	1-4	4-0	0-1	0-2	1-1	4-1
103	Down 1	Charlotte	5-5	0-2	1-2	4-1	0-2	1-2	0-1	4-0
105	Down 2	Wichita St.	7-4	1-1	1-3	5-0	0-1	0-2	4-0	3-1
127	Down 2	Tulane	8-3	1-0	1-2	6-1	0-1	0-1	1-1	7-0
150	Up 1	South Fla.	6-4	0-2	1-0	5-2	0-0	0-2	2-0	4-2
192	Even	Tulsa	8-3	0-2	0-1	8-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	7-1
198	Up 2	Temple	6-6	2-1	2-3	2-2	0-1	0-3	1-0	5-2
207	Down 1	East Carolina	6-5	0-1	0-1	6-3	0-2	0-1	1-0	5-2
217	Down 5	UAB	6-5	2-1	1-1	3-3	0-1	1-1	1-2	4-1
219	Down 6	Rice	5-7	1-2	0-3	4-2	0-4	0-1	0-2	5-0
292	Up 20	UTSA	5-7	1-5	0-0	4-2	0-0	0-1	0-3	5-3

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
98	Down 1	Missouri St.	9-4	1-4	3-0	5-0	1-1	0-0	2-2	6-1
134	Even	Oklahoma St.	6-5	0-1	1-2	5-2	0-1	0-2	1-0	5-2
170	Down 2	Loyola Chicago	6-5	0-2	1-2	5-1	0-2	1-0	1-3	4-0
187	Even	Oral Roberts	2-6	0-6	0-0	2-0	0-2	0-3	0-1	2-0
250	Up 1	Jackson St.	4-8	2-8	2-0	0-0	0-3	1-0	1-5	2-0
262	Up 11	Little Rock	7-7	1-3	0-1	6-3	0-0	0-1	0-3	7-3
285	Up 2	UIW	3-7	2-5	0-1	1-1	0-1	1-0	1-3	1-3
301	Down 6	New Mexico St.	1-9	0-6	0-2	1-1	0-3	0-2	0-2	1-2
330	Even	South Carolina St.	2-10	0-9	0-0	2-1	0-1	0-3	0-4	2-2
349	Up 6	Central Ark.	2-11	1-7	0-0	1-4	0-1	0-1	0-3	2-6
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-12	0-12	0-0	0-0	0-6	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)
Q4
Wins
Central Ark. (H)
UIW (H)
Jackson St. (H)
So. Carolina St. (H)
Loyola Chicago (H)
Mississippi Val (H)
New Mexico St (H)
Loss
Little Rock (A)

 

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Tulane beat Dillard 94-64

 

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1:32 left in the game East Tennesee State is up on East Carolina 82-67

 

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starting the second half

UNC Asheville is up on UAB 44-39

 

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South Florida edged out Alabama State 73-70
Stetson beats Charlotte 79-75

 

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Nebraska up on South Carolina State 85-38 with 6:41 to play

Northwestern is up on Jackson State 54-43 5 minutes into the second half

Kansas City is taking ORU to the woodshed 48-26 4 minutes into the second half

 

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Mcneese beat Michigan

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Mcneese beat Michigan

???

Did we play either one of them this year?

 

[loca2874]

???

Did we play either one of them this year?

Shumate plays for mcneese. Also I am always a big fan of small schools taking down larger schools

 

[loca2874]

Good large win last night over a Division 2 opponent. A lot of the guys that don’t get to see the floor played including Radford coming in with about 2:30 left and hitting a 3. I even cheered for that. IT was the most exciting 3 minutes of that game. Lol. The non-conference is over now and we can focus on conference play starting with Memphis who clearly are the best team in the conference right now.

Today’s games

Great basketball on tap for the day.

#2 Kansas takes on Wichita State in Kansas city.
#7 Florida Atlantic travels to Florida Gulf Coast
Ausin Peay faces #19 Memphis

AND ONE

There is talk about the NET and the KENPOM. Here is what they look like today side by side

Team	NET	Kenpom		Team	Net	Kenpom
Fla. Atlantic	6	10		Missouri St.	100	106
Memphis	38	33		Oklahoma St.	138	94
SMU	48	52		Loyola Chicago	179	135
North Texas	94	82		Oral Roberts	225	208
Wichita St.	101	117		Jackson St.	249	252
Charlotte	112	128		Little Rock	264	261
Tulane	128	111		UIW	286	318
South Fla.	155	140		New Mexico St.	293	246
Tulsa	194	183		South Carolina St.	330	336
Temple	196	205		Central Ark.	351	338
UAB	206	167		Mississippi Val.	362	362
Rice	213	191
East Carolina	233	200
UTSA	290	294

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Central Mich.	307	at	Loyola Chicago	179	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+
LSU Shreveport	###	at	North Texas	94	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Central Ark.	351	at	Missouri	108	2:00 p.m.	SEC Net
Kansas	13	vs	Wichita St.	101	3:00 p.m.	ESPN2
Little Rock	264	at	Tennessee St.	268	3:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Mississippi Val.	362	at	San Francisco	46	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Austin Peay	229	at	Memphis	38	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Fla. Atlantic	6	at	FGCU	288	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
UIW	286	at	UTRGV	327	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+
California Baptist	171	at	New Mexico St.	293	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
6	Even	Fla. Atlantic	10-2	0-0	6-1	4-1	3-1	3-0	2-0	2-1
38	Even	Memphis	10-2	3-1	2-1	5-0	2-2	5-0	0-0	3-0
48	Up 4	SMU	8-4	2-1	1-1	5-2	0-3	1-1	1-0	6-0
94	Up 2	North Texas	5-5	0-1	1-4	4-0	0-3	0-0	1-1	4-1
101	Up 4	Wichita St.	7-4	1-2	1-2	5-0	0-0	0-3	4-0	3-1
112	Down 9	Charlotte	5-6	0-3	1-2	4-1	0-1	1-3	0-2	4-0
128	Down 1	Tulane	8-3	1-0	1-2	6-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	7-0
155	Down 5	South Fla.	7-4	0-2	1-0	6-2	0-0	0-2	2-0	5-2
194	Down 2	Tulsa	8-3	0-2	0-1	8-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	7-1
196	Up 2	Temple	6-6	2-1	2-3	2-2	0-1	0-3	1-0	5-2
206	Up 11	UAB	7-5	2-1	1-1	4-3	0-1	1-1	1-2	5-1
213	Up 6	Rice	5-7	1-2	0-3	4-2	0-4	0-1	0-2	5-0
233	Down 26	East Carolina	6-6	0-1	0-1	6-4	0-0	0-3	1-0	5-3
290	Up 2	UTSA	5-7	1-5	0-0	4-2	0-0	0-1	0-3	5-3

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
100	Down 2	Missouri St.	9-4	1-4	3-0	5-0	1-1	0-0	2-2	6-1
138	Down 4	Oklahoma St.	6-5	0-1	1-2	5-2	0-1	0-2	1-0	5-2
179	Down 9	Loyola Chicago	6-5	0-2	1-2	5-1	0-2	1-0	1-3	4-0
225	Down 38	Oral Roberts	2-7	0-7	0-0	2-0	0-2	0-2	0-2	2-1
249	Up 1	Jackson St.	4-9	2-9	2-0	0-0	0-4	1-0	1-5	2-0
264	Down 2	Little Rock	7-7	1-3	0-1	6-3	0-0	0-1	0-3	7-3
286	Down 1	UIW	3-7	2-5	0-1	1-1	0-1	1-0	1-3	1-3
293	Up 8	New Mexico St.	1-9	0-6	0-2	1-1	0-3	0-2	0-2	1-2
330	Even	South Carolina St.	2-11	0-10	0-0	2-1	0-2	0-3	0-4	2-2
351	Down 2	Central Ark.	2-11	1-7	0-0	1-4	0-1	0-1	0-3	2-6
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-12	0-12	0-0	0-0	0-6	0-2	0-3	0-1

 

[I.I.]

The non-conference is over now and we can focus on conference play starting with Memphis who clearly are the best team in the conference right now

Did you forget that a top 10 Final Four team is in our league this year?

 

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Did you forget that a top 10 Final Four team is in our league this year?

Yep sure did forget that FAU is in the conference

 

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Loyola Chicago beats central Michigan 73-35. Pritchard went 3-17 for 8 points in the loss.

Missouri beats central Arkansas 92-59

Kansas beats Wichita state 86-67

Tennessee state over Little Rock 90-82

San Francisco demolished Mississippi valley 92-42

 

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FLORIDA GULF COAST BEATS FAU 72-68

 

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Memphis over Austin Peay 81-70


7:28 left in the game UTRGV up in incarnate word 67-65

 

[Gmoney4WW]

FLORIDA GULF COAST BEATS FAU 72-68

Don't tell @goldenhurricane2 bout this.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Game plan for average to subpar teams against FAU: slow the game down, & play good defense against them.

The only games where the scores were held between the 50's and 70's, they went 2-2 against all the teams they played. Those teams really shouldn't have had a chance.(Loyola Chicago, St Bonaventure, Bryant, & FGCU) The rest of their games were in the 80-100 range.

 

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Game plan for average to subpar teams against FAU: slow the game down, & play good defense against them.

The only games where the scores were held between the 50's and 70's, they went 2-2 against all the teams they played. Those reams really shouldn't have had a chance.(Loyola Chicago, St Bonaventure, Bryant, & FGCU) The rest of their games were in the 80-100 range.

We 're not really good in a slowed down half-court deliberate offense style.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

We 're not really good in a slowed down half-court deliberate offense style.

Never said it did us much good. Hint, we'll likely lose that game.

 

[rusty-c]

Don't tell @goldenhurricane2 bout this.

We can only hope that FAU is that cold again when we play them. Nothing was falling and every bounce seemed to go FGCU’s way. They certainly didn’t look like a top ten team.

 

[rusty-c]

Loyola Chicago beats central Michigan 73-35. Pritchard went 3-17 for 8 points in the loss.

Missouri beats central Arkansas 92-59

Kansas beats Wichita state 86-67

Tennessee state over Little Rock 90-82

San Francisco demolished Mississippi valley 92-42

Loyola’s length completely wrecked CMU. Very limited opportunities to take it to the hole against Loyola’s big and every short was highly contested. LCU looked really good…

 

[I.I.]

Arizona loses to Stanford. How? Two freshman guards go 11-14 from the three and the team shoots 64% from three. Makes 90% from the line as well. Shooting can win any game if they all go in..................

 

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Oklahoma State beat South Carolina state 86-70

Oral Roberts beat Denver in overtime 89-86

 

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Today’s games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
East Carolina	239	at	Fla. Atlantic	18	6:00 p.m.	ESPN2
Charlotte	112	at	SMU	47	8:00 p.m.	ESPN2
UAB	215	at	UTSA	289	8:00 p.m.	ESPNU

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

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Our Lady of the Lake	NAIA	at	UIW	299	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Tulsa Women
Tulane	162	at	Tulsa	108	6:30 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
18		Fla. Atlantic	10-3	0-1	6-1	4-1	2-1	3-0	3-0	2-2
40		Memphis	11-2	3-1	2-1	6-0	2-2	5-0	0-0	4-0
47		SMU	8-4	2-1	1-1	5-2	0-3	0-1	2-0	6-0
94		North Texas	5-5	0-1	1-4	4-0	0-2	0-1	1-1	4-1
107		Wichita St.	7-5	1-2	1-3	5-0	0-1	0-3	4-1	3-0
112		Charlotte	5-6	0-3	1-2	4-1	0-1	1-3	0-2	4-0
126		Tulane	8-3	1-0	1-2	6-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	7-0
160		South Fla.	7-4	0-2	1-0	6-2	0-0	0-2	3-0	4-2
189		Tulsa	8-3	0-2	0-1	8-0	0-0	0-0	2-2	6-1
201		Temple	6-6	2-1	2-3	2-2	0-1	1-3	0-0	5-2
215		UAB	7-5	2-1	1-1	4-3	0-1	1-1	1-2	5-1
225		Rice	5-7	1-2	0-3	4-2	0-4	0-1	0-2	5-0
239		East Carolina	6-6	0-1	0-1	6-4	0-1	0-2	1-0	5-3
289		UTSA	5-7	1-5	0-0	4-2	0-0	0-1	0-3	5-3

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
97		Missouri St.	9-4	1-4	3-0	5-0	1-1	0-0	2-2	6-1
137		Oklahoma St.	7-5	0-1	1-2	6-2	0-1	0-2	1-1	6-1
158		Loyola Chicago	7-5	0-2	1-2	6-1	0-2	1-0	1-3	5-0
195		Oral Roberts	3-7	1-7	0-0	2-0	0-2	0-2	1-2	2-1
251		Jackson St.	4-9	2-9	2-0	0-0	0-4	1-0	1-5	2-0
268		Little Rock	7-8	1-4	0-1	6-3	0-0	0-0	0-4	7-4
282		New Mexico St.	2-9	0-6	0-2	2-1	0-3	0-2	0-2	2-2
299		UIW	3-8	2-6	0-1	1-1	0-1	0-0	2-3	1-4
331		South Carolina St.	2-12	0-11	0-0	2-1	0-2	0-3	0-5	2-2
353		Central Ark.	2-12	1-8	0-0	1-4	0-1	0-2	0-3	2-6
362		Mississippi Val.	0-13	0-13	0-0	0-0	0-6	0-4	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 St. (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 (H)
Loss
Little Rock (A)

 

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Tulsa women win 72-54 over Tulane

Conference play begins today

FAU beats ECU 69-64

 

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incarnate word beats our lady of the lake 83-74

 

[loca2874]

Willis is out for the season and probably the best decision for him.

https://x.com/keastonnnn/status/1742308193986846954?s=46&t=2hGQWXBXTPMWAmRg-PSzDQ

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Willis is out for the season and probably the best decision for him.

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Best decision for him and us. We probably get him back on a medical redshirt.

 

[loca2874]

Last night the Women beat Tulane soundly and moved up 3 spots on the NET.

In American action to start the conference slate. FAU beat ECU 79-64, SMU beat Charlotte 66-54 and UAB edged out UTSA 78-76.

Todays Games

Loyola Chicago faces Saint Louis
Chicago State faces Oklahoma State

The only American game is Rice at Tulane

Full Schedule is below.

AND ONE

I hope everyone has started the new year off right. Hopefully we make it better than last year.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Rice	223	at	Tulane	124	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+

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

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Champion Christian	###	at	Central Ark.	353	12:00 p.m.
Loyola Chicago	159	at	Saint Louis	215	6:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Chicago St.	293	at	Oklahoma St.	134	6:00 p.m.	BIG12/ESPN+
Northern Iowa	###	at	Missouri St.	98	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Oral Roberts	###	at	Montana St.	231	8:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Tulsa Women

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
21	Down 3	Fla. Atlantic	11-3	0-1	6-1	5-1	2-1	3-0	3-0	3-2
40	Even	Memphis	11-2	3-1	2-1	6-0	2-2	5-0	0-0	4-0
45	Up 2	SMU	9-4	2-1	1-1	6-2	0-3	0-1	4-0	5-0
94	Even	North Texas	5-5	0-1	1-4	4-0	0-3	0-0	2-1	3-1
108	Down 1	Wichita St.	7-5	1-2	1-3	5-0	0-1	0-3	4-1	3-0
123	Down 11	Charlotte	5-7	0-4	1-2	4-1	0-2	1-3	0-2	4-0
124	Up 2	Tulane	8-3	1-0	1-2	6-1	0-1	0-1	1-1	7-0
161	Down 1	South Fla.	7-4	0-2	1-0	6-2	0-0	0-2	3-0	4-2
190	Down 1	Tulsa	8-3	0-2	0-1	8-0	0-0	0-0	2-2	6-1
200	Up 1	Temple	6-6	2-1	2-3	2-2	0-1	1-3	0-0	5-2
206	Up 9	UAB	8-5	3-1	1-1	4-3	0-1	1-1	1-2	6-1
223	Up 2	Rice	5-7	1-2	0-3	4-2	0-4	0-1	0-2	5-0
229	Up 10	East Carolina	6-7	0-2	0-1	6-4	0-3	0-1	1-0	5-3
296	Down 7	UTSA	5-8	1-5	0-0	4-3	0-0	0-1	0-3	5-4

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
98	Down 1	Missouri St.	9-4	1-4	3-0	5-0	1-1	0-0	2-2	6-1
134	Up 3	Oklahoma St.	7-5	0-1	1-2	6-2	0-1	0-2	1-1	6-1
159	Down 1	Loyola Chicago	7-5	0-2	1-2	6-1	0-2	1-0	1-3	5-0
196	Down 1	Oral Roberts	3-7	1-7	0-0	2-0	0-2	0-3	1-1	2-1
252	Down 1	Jackson St.	4-9	2-9	2-0	0-0	0-3	1-1	1-5	2-0
272	Down 4	Little Rock	7-8	1-4	0-1	6-3	0-0	0-0	0-3	7-5
280	Up 2	New Mexico St.	2-9	0-6	0-2	2-1	0-3	0-2	0-2	2-2
300	Down 1	UIW	3-8	2-6	0-1	1-1	0-1	0-0	2-3	1-4
330	Up 1	South Carolina St.	2-12	0-11	0-0	2-1	0-2	0-4	0-4	2-2
353	Even	Central Ark.	2-12	1-8	0-0	1-4	0-1	0-2	0-3	2-6
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-13	0-13	0-0	0-0	0-6	0-4	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 St. (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 (H)
Loss
Little Rock (A)

 

[loca2874]

Central Arkansas beat champion Christian 120-54

 

[loca2874]

2:39 left in the half and Oklahoma State is up in Chicago state 38-19

3:50 left in the half and Loyola Chicago is up on Saint Louis 36-23. Dalger is 0-1 so far

 

[loca2874]

Oklahoma State beats Chicago state 72-53

Loyola Chicago beats Saint Louis 80-73. Dalger was 0-2 with 3 rebounds.

 

[loca2874]

Tulane is smashing rice 55-39 right now 11:30 left in the game

 

[loca2874]

Tulane destroys rice 84-59

 

[TU_BLA]

Tulane destroys rice 84-59

Rice is really bad and someone from there thought wearing practice jerseys was a good idea for a game.

 

[quincy101]

Sorry, off topic, but the Reyn Cen, DonRey, etc. turned 25 this week. I got my seat in "98. It is likely the conference, our intense rivalries, coaching characters and great players that made me love games at the Convention Center more. But the DonRey was/is always nicer.

 

[Barlass]

Sorry, off topic, but the Reyn Cen, DonRey, etc. turned 25 this week. I got my seat in "98. It is likely the conference, our intense rivalries, coaching characters and great players that made me love games at the Convention Center more. But the DonRey was/is always nicer.

I never attended a game at the Convention Center so the DonRey is the only home I've ever known for TU basketball. First time I ever stepped foot in the building was actually not a game but the watch party for the elite eight matchup against UNC. I think that left a bigger impression on me than I tend to give it credit for.

 

[dougheffking]

I remember going to the Convention Center with my dad as a kid to the games. They were so fun, but nothing beats a packed out Don Rey for a game.

 

[TU_BLA]

I remember going to the Convention Center with my dad as a kid to the games. They were so fun, but nothing beats a packed out Don Rey for a game.

I've seen packed out games in both and the Don Rey certainly has a reverberation to it when it's loud that the Convention Center seemed to lack. My favorite games in each building: TU vs Utah around 1997. Shea's last home game, retired his number and Utah came in with Van Horn, Doleac, Andre Miller, and Hanno Mottola and I believe this was the season before they hit the Final Four.

Reynold's Center- Easy. TU vs Fresno in 2000. I have never been in a more electric environment for a sporting event with maybe the exception of the '91 Beanpot final between Boston University and Boston College (and even moreso than the 2 Frozen Fours I've been to).

 

[dougheffking]

I've seen packed out games in both and the Don Rey certainly has a reverberation to it when it's loud that the Convention Center seemed to lack. My favorite games in each building: TU vs Utah around 1997. Shea's last home game, retired his number and Utah came in with Van Horn, Doleac, Andre Miller, and Hanno Mottola and I believe this was the season before they hit the Final Four.

Reynold's Center- Easy. TU vs Fresno in 2000. I have never been in a more electric environment for a sporting event with maybe the exception of the '91 Beanpot final between Boston University and Boston College (and even moreso than the 2 Frozen Fours I've been to).

That 2000 game against Fresno that we lost....was such a weird feeling. We had 3 or so close range tip ins to win and we couldn't finish it. It was oddly quiet and people kind of just stood there for a second. We lost 3 games to them that season basically all on buzzer beaters and the shot Courtney Alexander made falling away over Eric Coley was just incredible.