GAMES OF INTEREST (2.3.24 - 2.6.24) @ FLORIDA ATLANTIC

[loca2874]

ITS GAMEDAY!!!!! Tulsa Men travel to Boca Raton to take on the Intermittent FAU Owls. Tulsa finally got them a road win last week against Rice. They also almost lost that game. Then followed that up with a win against Wichita State. Lets see if we can get two straight road wins!!!!

Today’s games

Wichita State at Memphis
ECU at Charlotte
Rice at UTSA
USF at North Texas
Kansas State at OSU
Denver at ORU

Full Schedule is below

AND ONE

It is February people and with that means that we have a short month and are on the backside of the schedule. These wins and losses are about to start mattering for seeding in the tournament in March. As I posted previously with the American going to 14 teams we now have an extra day of tournament. They used to start on Thursday after the last games were played the Sunday previous, now there are two games on Wednesday. We just need to stay out of the bottom 4 to not play on Wednesday and in the top 4 to wait to play until Friday.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Wichita St.	158	at	Memphis	77	12:00 p.m.	CBS
East Carolina	195	at	Charlotte	96	1:00 p.m.	ESPNU
Rice	222	at	UTSA	280	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Tulsa	173	at	Fla. Atlantic	28	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+
South Fla.	113	at	North Texas	79	5:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Other Games of Interest (TU Women)

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Grambling	327	at	Jackson St.	273	12:00 p.m.	TNT
Kansas St.	82	at	Oklahoma St.	146	1:00 p.m.	BIG12/ESPN+
Belmont	155	at	Missouri St.	134	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Morgan St.	348	at	South Carolina St.	315	3:00 p.m.
Little Rock	281	at	Eastern Ill.	311	3:30 p.m.	ESPN+
Stetson	210	at	Central Ark.	343	3:30 p.m.	ESPN+
UIW	336	at	New Orleans	341	4:00 p.m.	ESPN+
Ark.-Pine Bluff	324	at	Mississippi Val.	362	6:00 p.m.	Valley SN
Denver	204	at	Oral Roberts	221	7:00 p.m.	KGEB/53
Jacksonville St.	186	at	New Mexico St.	260	8:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
28	Up 1	Fla. Atlantic	17-4	3-2	6-1	8-1	4-1	2-1	7-1	4-1
42	Even	SMU	13-7	3-4	1-1	9-2	0-2	1-4	5-1	7-0
77	Even	Memphis	15-6	5-3	2-1	8-2	1-1	5-3	4-1	5-1
79	Down 1	North Texas	10-8	2-3	1-4	7-1	0-4	1-2	5-2	4-0
96	Down 1	Charlotte	12-7	3-4	1-2	8-1	1-3	2-1	3-3	6-0
113	Even	South Fla.	14-5	3-3	1-0	10-2	0-0	2-2	4-1	8-2
115	Even	Tulane	11-9	2-4	1-2	8-3	0-3	0-3	5-2	6-1
132	Even	UAB	13-7	4-3	1-1	8-3	0-2	3-3	5-1	5-1
158	Even	Wichita St.	8-12	1-6	1-3	6-3	0-2	2-3	2-5	4-2
173	Down 1	Tulsa	11-8	1-5	0-1	10-2	0-1	0-1	4-5	7-1
195	Up 3	East Carolina	10-11	2-3	0-1	8-7	0-2	0-4	2-2	8-3
222	Up 1	Rice	7-13	3-4	0-3	4-6	0-5	1-3	0-2	6-3
252	Down 2	Temple	7-13	2-5	2-3	3-5	0-1	1-6	1-2	5-4
280	Down 2	UTSA	7-13	2-8	0-0	5-5	0-1	0-3	2-5	5-4

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
118	Down 1	Loyola Chicago	13-7	3-3	1-2	9-2	0-2	2-3	3-1	8-1
134	Even	Missouri St.	13-9	4-6	3-0	6-3	1-3	2-0	2-3	8-3
146	Even	Oklahoma St.	9-12	0-5	1-2	8-5	0-7	0-3	2-1	7-1
221	Up 1	Oral Roberts	7-11	2-9	0-0	5-2	0-2	0-2	2-4	5-3
260	Down 3	New Mexico St.	6-12	0-9	0-2	6-1	0-5	0-0	2-5	4-2
273	Down 1	Jackson St.	8-12	4-11	2-0	2-1	0-3	1-1	1-4	6-4
281	Down 1	Little Rock	11-11	2-6	0-1	9-4	0-0	0-0	0-3	11-8
315	Even	South Carolina St.	5-14	2-11	0-0	3-3	0-2	0-4	0-4	5-4
336	Even	UIW	4-14	2-9	0-1	2-4	0-1	0-1	1-4	3-8
343	Down 1	Central Ark.	6-16	3-10	0-0	3-6	0-1	0-2	1-4	5-9
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-21	0-17	0-0	0-4	0-6	0-4	0-3	0-8

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
SMU (A)
Q2
Win
None
Loss
Charlotte (A)
Q3
Win
Missouri State (H)
Loyola Chicago (H)
Rice (A)
Wichita State (H)
Loss
Oklahoma St. (N)
Oral Roberts (A)
East Carolina (A)
Tulane (H)
Memphis (H)
Q4
Wins
Central Ark. (H)
UIW (H)
Jackson St. (H)
South Carolina St. (H)
New Mexico St (H)
Mississippi Val St. (H)
UTSA (H)
Loss
Little Rock (A)

 

[Weatherdemon]

WSU @ Memphis tipped off on CBS

 

[loca2874]

WSU started off strong. Memphis has come back 24-22 with 2:45 remaining in the half

 

[I.I.]

CBS is slobbering all over themselves about the Memphis talent but the scoreboard at half is not flattering for that awesome talent. They will probably win this with one of their instant semester transfers if they get enough of them.

 

[loca2874]

Memphis wins it again with a fade away jumper from the left with a couple of seconds left

 

[nevadanatural]

That was disappointing. I would have loved to see the Tigers lose two straight home games to the bottom 2 teams in the conference. The Shockers gave them a scare though.

 

[loca2874]

That was disappointing. I would have loved to see the Tigers lose two straight home games to the bottom 2 teams in the conference. The Shockers gave them a scare though.

Memphis hasn’t looked good against anyone in the conference except for one game at Wichita State and they are building like we are. They won the game but this wasn’t a good look for them

 

[loca2874]

Grambling just beat Jackson state 70-62 in the HBCU Legacy game in TNT

 

[loca2874]

In the second half

Oklahoma State is up on Kansas State 32-29 with 19 minutes remaining

Charlotte and ECU tied at 31 with 17 min remaining

Missouri state up on Belmont 60-47 with 13 remaining

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Memphis had a Wichita St sandwich. Wichita St in last place got beat both home & away, and Memphis lost to everybody in between. Poor Wichita St.

 

[I.I.]

The Wichita kid who missed two consecutive layups and missed the last free throw basically lost the game. Memphis would have been down 13 if he makes either I think. And why not foul someone other than Jones or Quinnerly and make the bad free throw shooters beat you at the end with a one and one with 12 seconds to go when you are a huge underdog and at least have a chance to tie or win?

 

[Gmoney4WW]

South Florida is gonna get brought down a notch pretty quickly. North Texas & Charlotte are probably winners in the next two games. Just like North Texas got dropped from the top recently, so will USF.

 

[loca2874]

ITS PANDEMONIUM

 

[nevadanatural]

Looking at our upcoming schedule it’s a lot tougher than we originally thought it would be. We’re missing home games against some of the bottom 6 due to the 14 team conference.

 

[loca2874]

Oklahoma state over Kansas State 75-72
Charlotte over ECU 67-52
Missouri State over Belmont 87-80
Rice over UTSA 80-76

 

[loca2874]

South Carolina state is up on Morgan state 41-33 at half

Little Rock up on Eastern Illinois 34-24 starting second half

Central Arkansas up on Stetson 33-31 with 18 min remaining in the game

 

[Gmoney4WW]

North Texas up 31-26 at half. I expect N Texas to close this one out at home in the 2nd.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Switched over N Texas Usf when it got embarssing. Didn't expect USF to do this!

 

[I.I.]

Three teams at 8-1 and Lunardi hates two of them in his bracketology. Charlotte and USF are good teams.

 

[loca2874]

Three teams at 8-1 and Lunardi hates two of them in his bracketology. Charlotte and USF are good teams.

Charlotte has been listed lately as the AQ.

 

[TU 1978]

Meanwhile the women will battle for first place tomorrow.

 

[loca2874]

Yesterday was rough man but that is why they are a ranked team. We have a young team that is still working it out but they must get better with the ball handling and lazy passes. Our turnover rate wasn’t bad but when you are going against a top 25 team you have to play at the top of your A game.

The TU Women are in action this afternoon taking on North Texas at the Reynolds Center. Go out and support the women.

Today’s games

Temple at Tulane
UAB at SMU

Full Schedule is below

AND ONE

So, if you have not heard already New Mexico State Forward Robert Carpenter decked Liberty Flames Shiloh Robinson in the early minutes of their game. Watching the video it was egregious. Carpenter was issued a Flagrant 2 and kicked out of the game. New Mexico State still won the game in overtime. NCAA rules state that he has to serve a 1 game suspension but NMSU said that his actions “do not align” with the school standards and have suspended him indefinitely. Good for the school because there is no place for that garbage.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Temple	252	at	Tulane	115	3:00 p.m.	ESPNU
UAB	131	at	SMU	46	5:00 p.m.	ESPN2

Other Games of Interest (TU Women)

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Davidson	121	at	Loyola Chicago	118	12:00 p.m.	CBSSN
Tulsa Women
North Texas	82	at	Tulsa	114	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
25	Up 3	Fla. Atlantic	18-4	3-2	6-1	9-1	3-1	3-1	7-1	5-1
46	Down 4	SMU	13-7	3-4	1-1	9-2	0-2	1-4	5-1	7-0
80	Down 3	Memphis	16-6	5-3	2-1	9-2	1-1	4-3	6-1	5-1
82	Down 3	North Texas	10-9	2-3	1-4	7-2	0-4	1-2	5-3	4-0
95	Up 1	Charlotte	13-7	3-4	1-2	9-1	1-3	2-1	3-3	7-0
106	Up 7	South Fla.	15-5	4-3	1-0	10-2	0-0	3-2	4-1	8-2
115	Even	Tulane	11-9	2-4	1-2	8-3	0-3	0-3	5-2	6-1
131	Up 1	UAB	13-7	4-3	1-1	8-3	0-2	3-3	5-1	5-1
153	Up 5	Wichita St.	8-13	1-7	1-3	6-3	0-2	2-3	2-6	4-2
180	Down 7	Tulsa	11-9	1-6	0-1	10-2	0-2	0-1	4-5	7-1
197	Down 2	East Carolina	10-12	2-4	0-1	8-7	0-2	0-5	2-2	8-3
211	Up 11	Rice	8-13	4-4	0-3	4-6	0-5	1-3	0-2	7-3
252	Even	Temple	7-13	2-5	2-3	3-5	0-1	1-6	1-2	5-4
279	Up 1	UTSA	7-14	2-8	0-0	5-6	0-1	0-3	2-5	5-5

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
118	Even	Loyola Chicago	13-7	3-3	1-2	9-2	0-2	2-3	3-1	8-1
133	Up 1	Missouri St.	14-9	4-6	3-0	7-3	1-3	2-0	2-4	9-2
138	Up 8	Oklahoma St.	10-12	0-5	1-2	9-5	0-6	0-4	3-1	7-1
217	Up 4	Oral Roberts	8-11	2-9	0-0	6-2	0-2	0-2	2-4	6-3
253	Up 7	New Mexico St.	7-12	0-9	0-2	7-1	0-5	0-0	3-5	4-2
268	Up 13	Little Rock	12-11	3-6	0-1	9-4	0-0	0-0	1-3	11-8
281	Down 8	Jackson St.	8-13	4-11	2-1	2-1	0-3	0-1	2-5	6-4
320	Down 5	South Carolina St.	5-15	2-11	0-0	3-4	0-3	0-2	0-5	5-5
333	Up 3	UIW	5-14	3-9	0-1	2-4	0-1	0-1	1-4	4-8
346	Down 3	Central Ark.	6-17	3-10	0-0	3-7	0-1	0-1	1-6	5-9
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-22	0-17	0-0	0-5	0-6	0-4	0-3	0-9

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
SMU (A)
Florida Atlantic (A)
Q2
Win
None
Loss
Charlotte (A)
Q3
Win
Missouri State (H)
Loyola Chicago (H)
Rice (A)
Wichita State (H)
Loss
Oklahoma St. (N)
Oral Roberts (A)
East Carolina (A)
Tulane (H)
Memphis (H)
Q4
Wins
Central Ark. (H)
UIW (H)
Jackson St. (H)
South Carolina St. (H)
New Mexico St (H)
Mississippi Val St. (H)
UTSA (H)
Loss
Little Rock (A)

 

[nevadanatural]

Wow, just looked up that punch and NMSU did the right thing, you just can’t have that kind of thing in college sports.

 

[loca2874]

Loyola Chicago beat Davidson 76-63

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Wow, just looked up that punch and NMSU did the right thing, you just can’t have that kind of thing in college sports.

I definitely think NMSU did the right thing, especially with their ongoing problems with discipline and the shooting. But the player he punched put a hand hard in his face, right before he punched him, maybe intentionally. Did they call that foul?

 

[loca2874]

Tulane beat temple in overtime 92-80

 

[loca2874]

I definitely think NMSU did the right thing, especially with their ongoing problems with discipline and the shooting. But the player he punched put a hand hard in his face, right before he punched him, maybe intentionally. Did they call that foul?

I’m sure they didn’t as that hand didn’t knock the guy to the ground

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I’m sure they didn’t as that hand didn’t knock the guy to the ground

It looked to me like they should have at least called a regular foul against the player that got put down, and a flagrant 2 against the guy from NMSU. That foul shouldn"t be ecxused because of the flagrant.

 

[loca2874]

It looked to me like they should have at least called a regular foul against the player that got put down, and a flagrant 2 against the guy from NMSU. That foul shouldn"t be ecxused because of the flagrant.

But as we saw during our game since that foul wasn’t called they can’t call a late common foul they would have to call it a flagrant and those two fouls do not equal each other

 

[loca2874]

SMU beat UAB 72-69

 

[Gmoney4WW]

But as we saw during our game since that foul wasn’t called they can’t call a late common foul they would have to call it a flagrant and those two fouls do not equal each other

Yeah, they would have to have called that foul during the game and give flagrant 2. But they could have called it when they called the flagrant and said that it was a slam bam thank you maam set of fouls and that it was a late whistle on the first foul and a concurrent whistle on the flagrant. They would have had to have called both fouls before the review though, right after the whistle. I'm sure they just missed that common foul unintentionally, until the review though.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

SMU beat UAB 72-69

So to the board in general, who thinks UAB or N Texas will be the tougher match? I think it will be Yaxel Lendebourg and UAB. I see N Texas as being the easier shot at a win. Not because they are a win better in the standings, but because they are more dominant on the interior with Lendebourg. We will have problems matching up with them. They score more points, they get more rebounds in general, and get more OR as well.

 

[loca2874]

So to the board in general, who thinks UAB or N Texas will be the tougher match? I think it will be Yaxel Lendebourg and UAB. I see N Texas as being the easier shot at a win. Not because they are a win better in the standings, but because they are more dominant on the interior with Lendebourg. We will have problems matching up with them. They score more points, they get more rebounds in general, and get more OR as well.

I say North Texas will be tougher. They have a lot of grit and they play tough.

 

[loca2874]

Last Night Southeast Louisiana beat Incarnate word 76-64 and Southern beat Jackson State 72-63. Tomorrow the Men host North Texas at the Reynolds Center with a 7 p.m. tip. Charlotte vs South Florida and Oklahoma State vs Houston will be back-to-back tonight on ESPN2. So, some good GOI ball on ESPN2 tonight.

Today’s games

Charlotte at South Florida
Oklahoma State at Houston

Full Schedule is below

AND ONE

This is a somber And One today. If you were not told and being from Oklahoma, I am sure this is top news but, Toby Keith Passed away yesterday at age 62. Keith was diagnosed with Stomach cancer in 2021. He leaves behind a Wife and Three children

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Charlotte	95	at	South Fla.	105	8:00 p.m.	ESPN2

Other Games of Interest (TU Women)

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
Oklahoma St.	139	at	Houston	1	6:00 p.m.	ESPN2
UT Martin	210	at	Little Rock	268	7:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
25	Even	Fla. Atlantic	18-4	3-2	6-1	9-1	3-1	3-1	7-1	5-1
49	Down 1	SMU	14-7	3-4	1-1	10-2	0-2	1-4	6-1	7-0
81	Down 1	Memphis	16-6	5-3	2-1	9-2	1-2	4-2	6-1	5-1
83	Down 1	North Texas	10-9	2-3	1-4	7-2	0-4	1-2	5-3	4-0
95	Even	Charlotte	13-7	3-4	1-2	9-1	1-3	2-1	3-3	7-0
105	Even	South Fla.	15-5	4-3	1-0	10-2	0-0	3-2	4-1	8-2
116	Down 1	Tulane	12-9	2-4	1-2	9-3	0-3	0-3	5-2	7-1
130	Down 1	UAB	13-8	4-4	1-1	8-3	0-3	3-3	5-1	5-1
154	Even	Wichita St.	8-13	1-7	1-3	6-3	0-2	2-3	2-6	4-2
179	Up 1	Tulsa	11-9	1-6	0-1	10-2	0-2	0-1	4-5	7-1
196	Even	East Carolina	10-12	2-4	0-1	8-7	0-2	0-5	2-2	8-3
212	Down 1	Rice	8-13	4-4	0-3	4-6	0-5	1-3	0-2	7-3
252	Up 3	Temple	7-14	2-6	2-3	3-5	0-1	1-7	1-2	5-4
279	Even	UTSA	7-14	2-8	0-0	5-6	0-1	0-3	2-5	5-5

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
114	Even	Loyola Chicago	14-7	3-3	1-2	10-2	0-2	2-3	4-1	8-1
133	Even	Missouri St.	14-9	4-6	3-0	7-3	1-3	2-0	2-4	9-2
139	Even	Oklahoma St.	10-12	0-5	1-2	9-5	0-6	0-4	3-1	7-1
213	Up 2	Oral Roberts	8-11	2-9	0-0	6-2	0-2	0-2	2-4	6-3
250	Up 2	New Mexico St.	7-12	0-9	0-2	7-1	0-5	0-0	3-5	4-2
268	Up 1	Little Rock	12-11	3-6	0-1	9-4	0-0	0-0	1-3	11-8
291	Down 10	Jackson St.	8-14	4-11	2-1	2-2	0-3	0-1	2-5	6-5
318	Up 2	South Carolina St.	6-15	2-11	0-0	4-4	0-3	0-2	0-5	6-5
335	Down 2	UIW	5-15	3-10	0-1	2-4	0-1	0-1	1-4	4-9
344	Up 2	Central Ark.	6-17	3-10	0-0	3-7	0-1	0-1	1-6	5-9
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	0-22	0-17	0-0	0-5	0-6	0-4	0-3	0-9

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
SMU (A)
Florida Atlantic (A)
Q2
Win
None
Loss
Charlotte (A)
Q3
Win
Missouri State (H)
Loyola Chicago (H)
Rice (A)
Wichita State (H)
Loss
Oklahoma St. (N)
Oral Roberts (A)
East Carolina (A)
Tulane (H)
Memphis (H)
Q4
Wins
Central Ark. (H)
UIW (H)
Jackson St. (H)
South Carolina St. (H)
New Mexico St (H)
Mississippi Val St. (H)
UTSA (H)
Loss
Little Rock (A)

 

[Weatherdemon]

I think the UNT game will be tough but certainly winnable at home.

 

[nevadanatural]

Right now we’re looking like a one bid conference if FAU wins the conference tournament. Assuming they will lose at least one more game I think Memphis is too low in the NET despite the gaudy Q1/Q2 record and while SMU is in the borderline NET area for an at-large they have a dismal Q1/Q2 record.

 

[I.I.]

Right now we’re looking like a one bid conference if FAU wins the conference tournament. Assuming they will lose at least one more game I think Memphis is too low in the NET despite the gaudy Q1/Q2 record and while SMU is in the borderline NET area for an at-large they have a dismal Q1/Q2 record.

Have to win those OOC games... or win nearly all conference games. Somehow the Mountain West has discovered the formula.

 

[loca2874]

MWC

 

[TU_BLA]

Yeah, they would have to have called that foul during the game and give flagrant 2. But they could have called it when they called the flagrant and said that it was a slam bam thank you maam set of fouls and that it was a late whistle on the first foul and a concurrent whistle on the flagrant. They would have had to have called both fouls before the review though, right after the whistle. I'm sure they just missed that common foul unintentionally, until the review though.

I believe they could have gone back and assessed double personal fouls via replay and then assessed the 2nd as a F2.

 

[nevadanatural]

I believe they could have gone back and assessed double personal fouls via replay and then assessed the 2nd as a F2.

A common foul cannot be called using replay. Replay can only be used in instances like this to determine whether a flagrant foul has been committed.