Thankfully we do not play until Tuesday. I can actually enjoy a holiday weekend. Shout out to the Presidents for Presidents Day!
So since we can all agree that our chances at an at large are pretty much toast, I think we can start focusing on seeding.
Currently we are the 6 seed and with UCONN departing (Thank God) we should have 3 bye spots. Now the question is do we really want the bye spot or do we want to play in the first round. Personally I still think we should play for the last bye spot as winning 3 games and losing the championship still probably wont get us in the tourney. So we should shorten our games as much as possible.
We have three teams in our way of that 3 seed. Memphis (we own the tie breaker), SMU (They have the tie breaker) and Cincinnati (We own the tie breaker). We play both SMU and Cincinnati left in our last 5 games. It looks like the Tulane game in New Orleans will not happen.
All four of us are within 3 games of each other. Now when you look at the conference records, we all havent played the same number of games. If more games are cancelled for the other three teams that could work in our favor if we can find a way to win. The SMU and Cincinnati games are crucial. Memphis going on a losing streak is a must as well. I have several questions that I am not sure I or anyone else has answers for.
1. What is the COVID protocol for the conference Tourney?
2. Are teams going to be dropped if they have positives?
3. Are they going to reseed the tourney if they do?
4. What is the time line for that decision?
5. How is covid going to affect the teams that are invited to the NCAA tournament?
So there is still a lot left up in the air concerning seeding for the Conference Tournament and the NCAA Tournament as I see it.
There are a lot of games scheudled for today. There are no AAC games today.
Tulsa was supposed to play SMU at home today but that was moved to February 3 as we already know.
East Carolina and Temple were supposed to play 2 games in 3 days in Philly and Greenville (not that far of a drive really), but those have been postponed due to ECU pausing their team due to COVID.
Tulane at South Florida has been rescheduled for tomorrow in Tampa
Todays Games
AAC Games
SMU 58 at Tulsa 113 Played Feb 3
East Carolina 146 at Temple 156 Postponed
Tulane 162 at South Fla. 133 Rescheduled for Feb 14
Rest of GOI
TCU 100 at Texas 21 1:00 p.m. Longhorn Network
UT Arlington 237 at Texas St. 147 2:00 p.m. ESPN+
Arkansas 26 at Missouri 35 3:00 p.m. ESPN2
South Dakota St. 114 at Oral Roberts 193 4:00 p.m.
McNeese 337 at Northwestern St. 310 4:00 p.m. ESPN+
Ole Miss 57 at South Carolina 104 5:00 p.m. SEC Network
NET Rankings Through February 12
Houston 5 - No Change
SMU 58 - No Change
Memphis 61 - Down 1
Wichita St. 74 - No Change
UCF 109 - Up 3
Tulsa 113 - No Change
Cincinnati 119 - No Change
South Fla. 133 - No Change
East Carolina 146 - Down 2
Temple 156 - Down 2
Tulane 162 - Down 4
Quadrant Tracker
Q1
Win
Houston H W 5
Memphis A W 61
Loss
Houston A L 5
Wichita St. A L 74
Q2
Win
Cincinnati A W 119
Memphis H W 61
South Fla. A W 133
Loss
SMU H L 58
TCU N L 100
Wichita St. H L 74
Q3
Win
East Carolina A W 146
Loss
South Carolina N L 104
Temple A L 156
UCF H L 109
Q4
Wins
Northwestern St. H W 310
UT Arlington H W 237
Loss
Tulane H L 162
Non Conference Teams we have played
Non Conference teams who are postponed
So since we can all agree that our chances at an at large are pretty much toast, I think we can start focusing on seeding.
Currently we are the 6 seed and with UCONN departing (Thank God) we should have 3 bye spots. Now the question is do we really want the bye spot or do we want to play in the first round. Personally I still think we should play for the last bye spot as winning 3 games and losing the championship still probably wont get us in the tourney. So we should shorten our games as much as possible.
We have three teams in our way of that 3 seed. Memphis (we own the tie breaker), SMU (They have the tie breaker) and Cincinnati (We own the tie breaker). We play both SMU and Cincinnati left in our last 5 games. It looks like the Tulane game in New Orleans will not happen.
All four of us are within 3 games of each other. Now when you look at the conference records, we all havent played the same number of games. If more games are cancelled for the other three teams that could work in our favor if we can find a way to win. The SMU and Cincinnati games are crucial. Memphis going on a losing streak is a must as well. I have several questions that I am not sure I or anyone else has answers for.
1. What is the COVID protocol for the conference Tourney?
2. Are teams going to be dropped if they have positives?
3. Are they going to reseed the tourney if they do?
4. What is the time line for that decision?
5. How is covid going to affect the teams that are invited to the NCAA tournament?
So there is still a lot left up in the air concerning seeding for the Conference Tournament and the NCAA Tournament as I see it.
There are a lot of games scheudled for today. There are no AAC games today.
Tulsa was supposed to play SMU at home today but that was moved to February 3 as we already know.
East Carolina and Temple were supposed to play 2 games in 3 days in Philly and Greenville (not that far of a drive really), but those have been postponed due to ECU pausing their team due to COVID.
Tulane at South Florida has been rescheduled for tomorrow in Tampa
Todays Games
AAC Games
SMU 58 at Tulsa 113 Played Feb 3
East Carolina 146 at Temple 156 Postponed
Tulane 162 at South Fla. 133 Rescheduled for Feb 14
Rest of GOI
TCU 100 at Texas 21 1:00 p.m. Longhorn Network
UT Arlington 237 at Texas St. 147 2:00 p.m. ESPN+
Arkansas 26 at Missouri 35 3:00 p.m. ESPN2
South Dakota St. 114 at Oral Roberts 193 4:00 p.m.
McNeese 337 at Northwestern St. 310 4:00 p.m. ESPN+
Ole Miss 57 at South Carolina 104 5:00 p.m. SEC Network
NET Rankings Through February 12
Houston 5 - No Change
SMU 58 - No Change
Memphis 61 - Down 1
Wichita St. 74 - No Change
UCF 109 - Up 3
Tulsa 113 - No Change
Cincinnati 119 - No Change
South Fla. 133 - No Change
East Carolina 146 - Down 2
Temple 156 - Down 2
Tulane 162 - Down 4
Quadrant Tracker
Q1
Win
Houston H W 5
Memphis A W 61
Loss
Houston A L 5
Wichita St. A L 74
Q2
Win
Cincinnati A W 119
Memphis H W 61
South Fla. A W 133
Loss
SMU H L 58
TCU N L 100
Wichita St. H L 74
Q3
Win
East Carolina A W 146
Loss
South Carolina N L 104
Temple A L 156
UCF H L 109
Q4
Wins
Northwestern St. H W 310
UT Arlington H W 237
Loss
Tulane H L 162
| Rank | School | Record | Road | Neutral | Home | Quad 1 | Quad 2 | Quad 3 | Quad 4 |
| 5 | Houston | 16-2 | 5-2 | 1-0 | 10-0 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 6-1 | 3-0 |
| 58 | SMU | 11-4 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-3 | 4-0 | 5-1 | 2-0 |
| 61 | Memphis | 12-6 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 9-1 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 6-1 | 3-0 |
| 74 | Wichita St. | 10-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 2-0 |
| 109 | UCF | 6-10 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-6 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| 113 | Tulsa | 8-9 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 119 | Cincinnati | 6-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 1-0 |
| 133 | South Fla. | 6-6 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 |
| 146 | East Carolina | 7-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 4-0 |
| 156 | Temple | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| 162 | Tulane | 8-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 5-0 |
Non Conference Teams we have played
| 100 | TCU | 11-7 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 6-4 | 1-6 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 4-0 |
| 104 | South Carolina | 5-8 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| 237 | UT Arlington | 8-10 | 3-6 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-4 | 7-2 |
| 310 | Northwestern St. | 5-14 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 5-5 |
Non Conference teams who are postponed
| 26 | Arkansas | 15-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 12-1 | 1-4 | 5-1 | 3-0 | 6-0 |
| 193 | Oral Roberts | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6-2 |
