Games of interest (3.2.24 - 3.8.24) @Temple

[loca2874]

I am flying back today from Vegas ending my vacation. I will in the air when this game starts so I will be watching on replay. Don’t have the bells and whistles today but I will tomorrow.

Todays games

All games are on ESPN+ except one

Tulsa at Temple, 12:00 pm
Tulane at FAU, 11:00 am, ESPNU
UTSA at SMU, 2:00 pm
USF at Charlotte, 3:00
Rice at Wichita St, 6:00 pm

 

[t.town]

We shouldn't forget our #1 ACC Women's basketball team😄

First-Place Tulsa Hosts SMU in Home Finale Saturday at 2 pm - Tulsa

Tulsa

tulsahurricane.com

 

[I.I.]

The Charlotte/USF game should be a really good one. We will see for sure if USF is for real.

 

[loca2874]

Kentucky beat Arkansas like 111-102. There was absolutely zero defense in that game

 

[nevadanatural]

UTSA beats SMU on the road. Honestly I think any team in this conference can beat any other team on a given night. The tournament should be wide open.

 

[nevadanatural]

So far it’s been a road warrior day with three of the four visiting teams winning including USF winning their 15th straight game at Charlotte.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

We hold advantages over Temple, Rice, & UTSA(record vs Charlotte) in tie breakers. There are two teams that have an advantage over us in tie breakers. They are Tulane and Wichita St. Even if they won today, which they didn't, Tulane is probably not going to tie us, so that is neither here nor there. Wichita St is the one team that holds an advantage, that they could take advantage of, if they tie us.

So them beating Rice is not a good thing for us, if we want the highest seed possible. If we beat USF it doesn't matter, we get the #9 seed. If we lose to USF which is more likely, the better thing for us is Rice beating USF with Rice's remaining schedule.

So suffice it to say, Wichita St beating Rice by 23 with 5m remaining, is not a good thing. We'll live another day with a chance at the #9 seed though. The midweek game when we are off, will be important to our chances at a higher seed.

 

[nevadanatural]

I just want to play Thursday on TV rather than Wednesday on the +. If we have three or more of our players scoring we have a good chance to advance. If we have only one player besides PJ scoring we‘ll be watching from the sidelines Friday.

 

[loca2874]

Great win on the road in Philly yesterday. That is the Men’s second Road win of the season. I believe they played well overall from start to finish. There were some WTF moments but overall it was a good win. The women beat down the SMOO as well to remain in a first-place tie for first in the American. They hold the Tie Breaker over North Texas. Currently The Tulsa Men are in the 9th Seed. If we beat USF we will remain the 9th Seed. If We lose and Rice wins both remaining games and Wichita State wins their last game then we are 11th. If Rice or Wichita state lose one game, even if we lose to USF we will stay out of the bottom 4 as we hold the tie breaker over Rice and we are one game ahead of the Shockers. South Florida is the only team that has locked in their seed.

Today’s games

UAB at Memphis
ECU at North Texas

Full Schedule is below

AND ONE

Current Standings and AAC Tournament projections

2024 American Men's Basketball Championship Schedule
Wednesday, March 13

Game 1 – Tulane vs. UTSA – 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT | ESPN+
Game 2 – Temple vs. Wichita St. – 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT | ESPN+

Thursday, March 14
Game 3 – Tulsa vs. East Carolina – 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. CT | ESPNU
Game 4 – Game 1 winner vs. SMU– 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. CT | ESPNU
Game 5 – Rice vs. North Texas – 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT | ESPNU
Game 6 – Game 2 winner vs. Memphis – 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT | ESPNU

Friday, March 15
Game 7 – Game 3 winner vs. USF – 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT | ESPN2
Game 8 – Game 4 winner vs. UAB – 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT | ESPN2
Game 9 – Game 5 winner vs. FAU – 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT | ESPNU
Game 10 – Game 6 winner vs. Charlotte – 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT | ESPNU

Saturday, March 16
Game 11 – Semifinal 1, Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner – 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT | ESPN2
Game 12 – Semifinal 2, Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner – 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT | ESPN2

Sunday, March 17
Game 13 – Championship, Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner – 3:15 p.m. ET/2:15 p.m. CT | ESPN

Standings

Team	Conference Record	Overall Record
South Florida	15-1	22-5
Florida Atlantic	12-4	22-7
Charlotte	11-5	17-11
UAB	10-5	18-10
SMU	10-6	19-10
Memphis	10-6	21-8
North Texas	8-7	15-12
East Carolina	7-8	14-14
Tulsa	6-11	15-14
Rice	5-11	11-18
Wichita State	5-12	13-17
UTSA	5-12	11-19
Tulane	4-12	13-15
Temple	4-12	11-18

GO TU!!!

Today’s games

AAC Games

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
East Carolina	182	at	North Texas	88	2:00 p.m.	ESPN+
UAB	123	at	Memphis	74	4:30 p.m.	ESPN2

Other Games of Interest (TU Women)

Team	Rating		Team	Rating	Time	TV
UIC	179	at	Missouri St.	158	1:00 p.m.	ESPN+

Rankings

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
35	Even	Fla. Atlantic	22-7	4-5	6-1	12-1	1-2	6-3	9-1	6-1
50	Down 6	SMU	18-10	5-6	1-1	12-3	0-4	2-4	9-1	7-1
74	Down 1	Memphis	21-8	7-5	2-1	12-2	3-2	3-3	10-2	5-1
79	Up 6	South Fla.	22-5	7-3	1-0	14-2	1-0	5-3	7-0	9-2
88	Down 1	North Texas	13-12	4-5	1-4	8-3	0-5	2-3	8-3	3-1
110	Down 6	Charlotte	16-11	4-7	1-2	11-2	0-4	2-2	6-5	8-0
123	Even	UAB	17-10	6-4	1-1	10-5	0-3	5-3	7-2	5-2
140	Up 1	Tulane	12-15	2-7	1-2	9-6	0-4	1-5	4-5	7-1
150	Up 8	Wichita St.	12-17	2-9	1-3	9-5	0-4	3-4	3-7	6-2
182	Up 1	East Carolina	13-14	3-5	0-1	10-8	0-2	0-6	5-3	8-3
196	Up 12	Tulsa	14-14	2-9	0-1	12-4	0-2	0-3	6-7	8-2
214	Down 7	Temple	10-18	4-7	2-3	4-8	0-4	1-4	3-5	6-5
234	Down 12	Rice	10-18	5-6	0-3	5-9	1-4	1-4	1-6	7-4
260	Up 11	UTSA	10-19	4-11	0-0	6-8	1-1	1-4	2-10	6-4

Rest of GOI Teams

Rank	Trend	School	Record	Road	Neutral	Home	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
91	Up 2	Loyola Chicago	20-8	6-4	1-2	13-2	1-4	3-2	9-1	7-1
115	Down 3	Oklahoma St.	12-17	1-8	1-2	10-7	2-10	1-5	2-1	7-1
158	Down 3	Missouri St.	15-15	4-10	3-0	8-5	1-4	2-3	3-6	9-2
188	Up 14	Little Rock	20-11	6-6	0-1	14-4	0-0	0-0	3-3	17-8
271	Up 1	Oral Roberts	8-17	2-13	0-0	6-4	0-3	0-1	1-7	7-6
286	Up 9	New Mexico St.	8-18	1-13	0-2	7-3	0-3	0-3	3-8	5-4
287	Down 2	Jackson St.	12-16	6-13	2-1	4-2	0-4	0-0	2-4	10-8
289	Up 7	South Carolina St.	11-16	4-12	0-0	7-4	0-2	0-3	0-6	11-5
341	Down 2	UIW	6-21	3-13	0-1	3-7	0-2	0-1	1-4	5-14
342	Up 1	Central Ark.	7-23	4-13	0-0	3-10	0-2	0-0	1-8	6-13
362	Even	Mississippi Val.	1-28	0-20	0-0	1-8	0-6	0-4	0-2	1-16

 

[loca2874]

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)
South Florida (A)
Memphis (H)
Q3
Win
Missouri State (H)
Loyola Chicago (H)
Wichita State (H)
Rice (A)
Charlotte (H)
Temple (A)
Loss
Oklahoma St. (N)
East Carolina (A)
Tulane (H)
UAB (H)
Little Rock (A)
North Texas (H)
Wichita St. (A)
Q4
Wins
Central Ark. (H)
UIW (H)
Jackson St. (H)
South Carolina St. (H)
New Mexico St (H)
Mississippi Val St. (H)
UTSA (H)
Rice (H)
Loss
Oral Roberts (A)
UTSA (A)

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Great win on the road in Philly yesterday. That is the Men’s second Road win of the season. I believe they played well overall from start to finish. There were some WTF moments but overall it was a good win. The women beat down the SMOO as well to remain in a first-place tie for first in the American. They hold the Tie Breaker over North Texas. Currently The Tulsa Men are in the 9th Seed. If we beat USF we will remain the 9th Seed. If We lose and Rice wins both remaining games and Wichita State wins their last game then we are 11th. If Rice or Wichita state lose one game, even if we lose to USF we will stay out of the bottom 4 as we hold the tie breaker over Rice and we are one game ahead of the Shockers. South Florida is the only team that has locked in their seed.

Rice ain't goin' ta beat Charlotte & North Texas. We aren't going to be the 11th seed. My worry is Wichita St. They could knock us down from the 9th seed to the 10th. But playing the 9th seed compared to playing as the 10th is not that much of a difference. In fact playing as the 10th seed might even keep us in it for longer. All in all we probably will lose to E Carolina and/or N Texas in the first game.(pessimism: i'll try it on today) We'll see who has the inside track to the 7th/8th seed today with N Texas v E Carolina.

 

[dougheffking]

I think we beat ECU if we play them again

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I think we beat ECU if we play them again

Don't know who to root for today with E Carolina & N Texas, seeing how it will be musical chairs with us and them for seeds 7-10. I think we have a better chance at beating E Carolina.

 

[loca2874]

Charlotte ain't goin' beat Charlotte & North Texas. We aren't going to be the 11th seed. My worry is Wichita St. They could knock us down from the 9th seed to the 10th. But playing the 9th seed compared to playing as the 10th is not that much of a difference. In fact playing as the 10th seed might even keep us in it for longer. All in all we probably will lose to E Carolina and/or N Texas in the first game.(pessimism: i'll try it on today) We'll see who has the inside track to the 7th/8th seed today with N Texas v E Carolina.

Well Charlotte definitely can't beat themselves but Rice on the other hand, you just don't know right now as they have been looking decent lately. I do believe that Rice will lose one of those games but not positive on that. We do need Tulane to Beat Wichita State. It is in New Orleans so I think we have a good shot at Tulane winning that game.

Don't know who to root for today with E Carolina & N Texas, seeing how it will be musical chairs with us and them for seeds 7-10. I think we have a better chance at beating E Carolina.

I would rather play East Carolina or Memphis in our first game then I would North Texas or the SMOOO. I think we match up better against both of those teams that we should have beaten earlier in the season.

 

[I.I.]

Well Charlotte definitely can't beat themselves but Rice on the other hand, you just don't know right now as they have been looking decent lately. I do believe that Rice will lose one of those games but not positive on that. We do need Tulane to Beat Wichita State. It is in New Orleans so I think we have a good shot at Tulane winning that game.


I would rather play East Carolina or Memphis in our first game then I would North Texas or the SMOOO. I think we match up better against both of those teams that we should have beaten earlier in the season.

The teams mentioned that no one wants to play the way they are playing currently are Memphis and UTSA. I hope Memphis doesn't win it all but they are better (talent-wise) than any other team and now playing like it. If they beat FAU at FAU, we might as well mail them the Tourney trophy. But there's always Penny who will find a way to blow it and the Dockery Finch board will explode with no NCAA again.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Well Charlotte definitely can't beat themselves but Rice on the other hand, you just don't know right now as they have been looking decent lately. I do believe that Rice will lose one of those games but not positive on that. We do need Tulane to Beat Wichita State. It is in New Orleans so I think we have a good shot at Tulane winning that game.


I would rather play East Carolina or Memphis in our first game then I would North Texas or the SMOOO. I think we match up better against both of those teams that we should have beaten earlier in the season.

Oops on the Rice fan typo. Rice also just lost to Temple and Wichita St in their last two games. They are up and down. I don't think they are capable of putting it together, and beating them both.

 

[loca2874]

North Texas defeats East Carolina 84-69. With that loss East Carolina is locked into the 8 seed

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Thats what I figured was gonna happen. Makes getting the 9th seed a little more important.

 

[I.I.]

Memphis was behind by over 20 points to UAB with 30 seconds to go in the half and now up by 15. ( 35 point turnaround with Kennedy ejected). I think Memphis easily wins the tournament though I wish otherwise.

 

[dougheffking]

Memphis was behind by over 20 points to UAB with 30 seconds to go in the half and now up by 15. ( 35 point turnaround with Kennedy ejected). I think Memphis easily wins the tournament though I wish otherwise.

I don’t think anything is going to be easy for Memphis. Respectfully disagree

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Memphis was behind by over 20 points to UAB with 30 seconds to go in the half and now up by 15. ( 35 point turnaround with Kennedy ejected). I think Memphis easily wins the tournament though I wish otherwise.

Hopefully FAU will beat them at home, showing that that top dogs like USF & FAU will have a chance on a neutral court. They only beat FAU by 4 at home. So I don't think it will be so easy on the road. I have confidence that the tourney will not see Memphis running slipshod over everyone. They might win, they might not.

 

[loca2874]

Memphis beats UAB 106-87. Moves Memphis to the 4 and UAB to the 6. All of those seedings are still up for grabs.

Missouri State beats UIC 69-59

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Memphis beats UAB 106-87. Moves Memphis to the 4 and UAB to the 6. All of those seedings are still up for grabs.

Missouri State beats UIC 69-59

Yea, SMU or UAB has a chance of dislodging Memphis from that top 4. They have a game against each other in the last game of the season, in Birmingham. So it would be one or the other possibly taking that 4 seed away from Memphis.(They both have two games remaining, unlike Memphis.)

 

[Gmoney4WW]

Memphis beats UAB 106-87. Moves Memphis to the 4 and UAB to the 6. All of those seedings are still up for grabs.

Missouri State beats UIC 69-59

Are we getting any closer to that at large bid? 😜

 

[loca2874]

Are we getting any closer to that at large bid? 😜

It’s gonna be close 😂

 

[TU 1978]

meanwhile, in the women's tournament we have byes already.

 

[I.I.]

It’s gonna be close 😂

If our opponents had just done better we would be considered right there with Iowa, Kansas State and Texas A&M. If only Mississippi Valley State had beaten LSU, OU, and UCONN, our big win against them might have made the difference.

 

[TU_BLA]

So far it’s been a road warrior day with three of the four visiting teams winning including USF winning their 15th straight game at Charlotte.

USF is playing really well right now. Scary to think if they don't win the conference tourney they may be left out of postseason play altogether now that the NIT is a for profit entity run entirely by the P5 conferences.

 

[I.I.]

USF has Tulane beat. Youngblood 29 points. 16-1 in AAC. Coming to Reynolds Saturday afternoon. 15,wins in a row and #23 in country. Lunardi says no way they deserve to be in NCAA Tournament. 23-5.

 

[lawpoke87]

USF has Tulane beat. Youngblood 29 points. 16-1 in AAC. Coming to Reynolds Saturday afternoon. 15,wins in a row and #23 in country. Lunardi says no way they deserve to be in NCAA Tournament. 23-5.

No one will be a bigger TU fan on Saturday than Joe

 

[I.I.]

I think I would like to play ECU in Fort Worth.

 

[loca2874]

R with rice losing to Charlotte yesterday we can no longer be in the bottom 4. Now if Wichita State loses to Tulane on Friday then we lock in the 9 seed even if we lose

 

[I.I.]

loca: Question: Now that UAB beat Temple, who will get that 3rd and 4th seed? Charlotte is 3 if they win at ECU, but SMU , Memphis, and UAB look tied. I just hope FAU beats Memphis this weekend. It will keep FAU as an at-large. Just hoping Memphis stumbles in tournament. Lunardi today says Memphis should win AAC tournament. If Tulsa can't win it, then I hope FAU and USF are our representatives in the big dance.

 

[loca2874]

loca: Question: Now that UAB beat Temple, who will get that 3rd and 4th seed? Charlotte is 3 if they win at ECU, but SMU , Memphis, and UAB look tied. I just hope FAU beats Memphis this weekend. It will keep FAU as an at-large. Just hoping Memphis stumbles in tournament. Lunardi today says Memphis should win AAC tournament. If Tulsa can't win it, then I hope FAU and USF are our representatives in the big dance.

So here are the scenarios

1 seed locked - USF

2 seed
FAU
FAU win or Charlotte loss

Charlotte
FAU loss and Charlotte win

3 seed
FAU
FAU loss and Charlotte win

Charlotte
Charlotte loss

SMU
Charlotte loss and SMU win

Memphis
Memphis win and Charlotte loss and SMU loss

UAB cannot get 3rd as Charlotte owns tie breaker

4 seed
Charlotte
Charlotte loss and SMU win and Memphis loss

SMU
SMU win and Charlotte win

Memphis
Memphis win and SMU loss and Charlotte win

UAB
UAB win and Memphis loss

5 seed
Memphis
Memphis win and SMU win and Charlotte win

UAB
UAB win and Memphis win

Charlotte
Charlotte loss and SMU win and Memphis win

6 seed
UAB
UAB loss

SMU
SMU loss and Memphis win

Memphis
Memphis loss and SMU loss

 

[Gmoney4WW]

R with rice losing to Charlotte yesterday we can no longer be in the bottom 4. Now if Wichita State loses to Tulane on Friday then we lock in the 9 seed even if we lose

There is three ways we can come out with a #9 seed:

1.) Wichita loses no matter what we do.
2.) We win no matter what Wichita does.

3.) Tulsa and UTSA lose/Wichita & Rice Win. Three way tie: Tulsa/Wichita/Rice.
Mini Conference records: Tulsa 3-1(.750)/ Wichita 2-1(.667)/ Rice 0-3(.000)


In a three way tie we need it to be Rice & not UTSA. In a 4 way tie we lose out to Wichita.
No matter what, we get the #9 or #10 seed. As you said, we can't drop to #11 now.(last four)

 

[loca2874]

There is three ways we can come out with a #9 seed:

1.) Wichita loses no matter what we do.
2.) We win no matter what Wichita does.

3.) Tulsa and UTSA lose/Wichita & Rice Win. Three way tie: Tulsa/Wichita/Rice.
Mini Conference records: Tulsa 3-1(.750)/ Wichita 2-1(.667)/ Rice 0-3(.000)


In a three way tie we need it to be Rice & not UTSA. In a 4 way tie we lose out to Wichita.
No matter what, we get the #9 or #10 seed. As you said, we can't drop to #11 now.(last four)

That said I would love to beat USF at home and have a two game winning streak going into Fort Worth

 

[Gmoney4WW]

That said I would love to beat USF at home and have a two game winning streak going into Fort Worth

I'm afraid that we're gonna lose and all three of those teams are going to win, which puts us in a four way tie. That gives it to Wichita. That's the way I see it happening.

 

[loca2874]

Tulane leads Wichita State with 5 min to go. Tulane wins and Tulsa secures the 9 seed

 

[I.I.]

Tulane inexplicably made a flagrant 2 with ejection and flagrant 1 within a 2 minute span when they had a 11 point lead. Dumb.

 

[I.I.]

I don’t think Wichita can play from behind though. They showed that at TU.