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Games of Interest (3.5.20)

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ITs a Great day to be a Golden Hurricane fan!!!! Got a good road win, ugly, but it was a 10 pointer so its good and its on the road so its also good. Colorado State decided to suck and their season is now over. Unfortunately they dropped to a NET 106, which puts them as a Q3. That is where they will stay unless some people lose big games and get dropped below them.

We do have some good games on the slate for today. The game we all should be watching is Houston at UConn. If UConn wins this then we are alone in first place. Either way when we play Sunday it will be for the regular season Conference Title. THIS IS SO EXCITING!!!!!!!

There are a couple of other games as well lmao.

Since the Conference Tourneys are in full effect now, if a GOI team has been eliminated and their season is over (not including the NCAA Tourney) then they will have a " * " in front of the team. Colorado State is already marked

Todays Games

AAC Games

Houston (19) at Connecticut (63)
Wichita State (44) at Memphis (65)

Conference Tournament Games

Boise State (93) vs UNLV (107) Mountian West Conference Tourney
Eastern Illinois (237) vs Austin Peay (158) OVC Tournament

NET Rankings Through March 4

Houston (19) Down 1
Wichita St (44) Down 1
Cincinnati (50) Up 1
UConn (63) Up 1
Memphis (65) Down 2
Tulsa (75) Up 7
SMU (90) Down 2
Temple (115) Down 3
South FL. (128) No Change
UCF (131) No Change
Tulane (174) Down 2
ECU (202) Up 4

Quadrant Tracker

Q1

Win

UConn (A) - W (63)
Houston (H) - W (19)
Loss
Arkansas (A) - L (43)
Cincinnati (A) - L (50)
Houston (A) - L (19)

Q2

Win

Memphis (H) - W (65)
Wichita State (H) - W (44)
USF (A) - W (128)
Temple (A) - W (115)

Loss

UT Arlington (A) - L (127)
Kansas State (A) - L (100)
UConn (H) - L (63)
UCF (A) - L (131)

Q3

Win

Vanderbilt (A) - W (148)
Boise State (H) - W (93)
Temple (H) - W (115)
ECU (A) - W (202)
Tulane (A) - W (174)
SMU (H) - W (90)
Oral Roberts (H) - W (149)
UCF (H) - W (131)
Austin Peay (H) - W (158)

Loss

* Colorado State (N) - L (106)

Q4

Wins

Houston Baptist (H) - W (344)
Southeastern LA (H) - W (340)
South Carolina State (H) - W (325)
Arkansas Pine Bluff (H) - W (348)
ECU (H) - W (202)
Tulane (H) - W (174)

Loss

Arkansas State (H) - L (204)
 
We are currently sitting in the 12 seed position and went from a 32 percent chance to win the conference to a 64 percent chance to win the conference. WE HAVE EVERYTHING TO LOSE!!!
 
loca2874 said:
UConn (63) Up 1
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Could UCONN actually make their way into Lunardi's conversation of a bubble team with a win tonight? Man that would suck a$$ as much as I want them to beat Houston. An outright league title would be special...especially considering the media, including probably Tulsa's own Scoop and Crazy Cat Lady probably thought 9th or 10th was the ceiling. This is why the media shouldn't release polls before mid-season.

Then again...we played with that preseason 10th place chip on our shoulder all season. That seemed to be a good thing.
 
TU_BLA said:
Could UCONN actually make their way into Lunardi's conversation of a bubble team with a win tonight? Man that would suck a$$ as much as I want them to beat Houston. An outright league title would be special...especially considering the media, including probably Tulsa's own Scoop and Crazy Cat Lady probably thought 9th or 10th was the ceiling. This is why the media shouldn't release polls before mid-season.

Then again...we played with that preseason 10th place chip on our shoulder all season. That seemed to be a good thing.
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probably not with so many Q2 and Q3 losses they have.If they were playing for a conference title them maybe but they aren't and WE ARE!!!!!
 
I think we can see a road to an at large now, we just need to travel that road. A Q2 road win (as well as some former opponent wins) jumped us into the mid-70s so a Q1 road win should jump us into the 60s. If we could then win 2 neutral site games, one of which would probably be Q1 or Q2 then I think we’re right there.
 
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nevadanatural said:
I think we can see a road to an at large now, we just need to travel that road. A Q2 road win (as well as some former opponent wins) jumped us into the mid-70s so a Q1 road win should jump us into the 60s. If we could then win 2 neutral site games, one of which would probably be Q1 or Q2 then I think we’re right there.
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24-10 would be awfully hard to leave out (one way to get there would be impossible to leave us out)
 
astonmartin708 said:
Rooting for Houston to drop one at UConn and Wichita State to beat Memphis tonight. I think Wichita dropping Memphis would end any at-large hopes for them.
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There are some pundits who will push for an at-large for Memphis even if they lose out every game left. They want to see the nations best coach and best recruiter.....slobbering...............
 
24-10
NET: ~60
Q1: 3-4
Q2: 6-4
Q3: 9-1
Q4: 6-1

Arguments to keep us out would include a poor NCSOS and no OOC Q1 or Q2 wins. Arguments to put us in would include a good SOR and 9 total Q1/Q2 wins.
 
ctt8410 said:
24-10
NET: ~60
Q1: 3-4
Q2: 6-4
Q3: 9-1
Q4: 6-1

Arguments to keep us out would include a poor NCSOS and no OOC Q1 or Q2 wins. Arguments to put us in would include a good SOR and 9 total Q1/Q2 wins.
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The talking heads are more focused on the NCSOS. Comparing it to when NC State was left out last year with a 22-11 record
 
ctt8410 said:
Arguments to keep us out would include a poor NCSOS
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This is harsh thought. Colorado State has been solid and they ended up not being great this year. Kansas St is coming off 2 great seasons and they tanked this year. Vanderbilt-SEC- they ended up being terrible. Coming into the season no one thought the OOC schedule was all that bad actually. (It doesn't help we lost to 2 out of 3 of those bad teams, nor does it help that we sucked against 2 lower tier OOC teams). In the past we could make the argument to fit the "What have you done for me lately" crowd.

All I know, and the AAC coaches would affirm this, no one wants to see Tulsa on the bracket pairing with them in a couple of weeks.
 
TU_BLA said:
This is harsh thought. Colorado State has been solid and they ended up not being great this year. Kansas St is coming off 2 great seasons and they tanked this year. Vanderbilt-SEC- they ended up being terrible. Coming into the season no one thought the OOC schedule was all that bad actually. (It doesn't help we lost to 2 out of 3 of those bad teams, nor does it help that we sucked against 2 lower tier OOC teams). In the past we could make the argument to fit the "What have you done for me lately" crowd.

All I know, and the AAC coaches would affirm this, no one wants to see Tulsa on the bracket pairing with them in a couple of weeks.
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I'm not sure I agree with this sentiment. We knew that Vandy was terrible last season. We also knew KState lost a ton of people this offseason. Colorado State and Boise are about where they would normally be expected in terms of strength, maybe a little weaker. The only saving graces of our schedule were supposed to be UTA and Arkansas being highly valued away games and we blew both of those. We certainly could have scheduled better / been more prepared early in the season. If we miss out on the tourney even though we make a run at the end of the season, it will tell us that we should have focused more on winning games earlier in the year.

Back in our last tournament surprise with Shaq Harrison, the committee said we got in based on the number of victories we had over tournament teams beat smaller conference programs like WSU / Iona who ended up making it to the dance. Those are the games we need to schedule and win in the non-conference.
 
astonmartin708 said:
I'm not sure I agree with this sentiment. We knew that Vandy was terrible last season. We also knew KState lost a ton of people this offseason. Colorado State and Boise are about where they would normally be expected in terms of strength, maybe a little weaker. The only saving graces of our schedule were supposed to be UTA and Arkansas being highly valued away games and we blew both of those. We certainly could have scheduled better / been more prepared early in the season. If we miss out on the tourney even though we make a run at the end of the season, it will tell us that we should have focused more on winning games earlier in the year.

Back in our last tournament surprise with Shaq Harrison, the committee said we got in based on the number of victories we had over tournament teams beat smaller conference programs like WSU / Iona who ended up making it to the dance. Those are the games we need to schedule and win in the non-conference.
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I agree to an extent, but the only game on the schedule that was a late add really was the Vandy game and no one blames Gragg or Haith for scheduling Vandy, especially if we're getting a return game. I think most of the others have been on the books for a couple of years.
 
I would like to see us restart series with Creighton and SLU. We've played them more times than we've played ORU, and they're both programs with the potential to make the dance and make us look good.
 
I'm just wondering who the first bid stealer is going to be. We all know there will be at least one. Just in case we are in conversation for an at large, that will be a huge ball buster. We desperately need San Diego st, Dayton, Gonzaga...possibly Liberty?..To all win their tournaments. San Diego struggled today in the quarters
 
The best outcome we can hope for is a Wichita win at Memphis, a Houston win at UConn, followed by a Memphis upset of Houston at home.

That would keep UConn quad 1 away, boost up Wichita a bit and then probably give Memphis an at large berth and a boost. Best chance for the conference to get five in that way. It also makes it awful hard to keep Tulsa out while winning a four at large bid league.
 
TU4ever2 said:
The best outcome we can hope for is a Wichita win at Memphis, a Houston win at UConn, followed by a Memphis upset of Houston at home.

That would keep UConn quad 1 away, boost up Wichita a bit and then probably give Memphis an at large berth and a boost. Best chance for the conference to get five in that way. It also makes it awful hard to keep Tulsa out while winning a four at large bid league.
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Interesting take...
 
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The best outcome we can hope for is a Wichita win at Memphis, a Houston win at UConn, followed by a Memphis upset of Houston at home.

That would keep UConn quad 1 away, boost up Wichita a bit and then probably give Memphis an at large berth and a boost. Best chance for the conference to get five in that way. It also makes it awful hard to keep Tulsa out while winning a four at large bid league.
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I am more concerned with getting a certain team in and I believe a UConn win today and a TU win Sunday makes this possible
 
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Boise State will be playing San Diego State tomorrow. If the Aztecs play like they did today this will be a huge win for Boise and Tulsa
 
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UCONN is proving dogs are better than cats.
 
I just dont know if Boise winning is of best interest of we want a chance at an at large. Them winning would eliminate one at large spot as San Diego St will take it
 
UCONN is now playing like the UCONN we know.
 
Memphis State up 12 with about 14 min. left. Wichita State looks pretty disinterested in this game. And Memphis is actually wearing jerseys with “Memphis State” on them. And their floor is ugly.

Of course this is about the point in the game where WSU turned it on against SMU the other day.
 
There seems to be a trend with some schools to crap up their floor. TCU gives me a headache to look at, I believe it is Oregon that is bad as well.
 
TU_BLA said:
Memphis State up 12 with about 14 min. left. Wichita State looks pretty disinterested in this game. And Memphis is actually wearing jerseys with “Memphis State” on them. And their floor is ugly.

Of course this is about the point in the game where WSU turned it on against SMU the other day.
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Yes the Keith Lee era retro jerseys are cool. The floor is reminding me of a bad acid trip.
 
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