1st Round - Thursday, March 8
Game 1: No. 9 SMU vs. No. 8 UConn
11 a.m. CT TV ESPNU

Game 2: No. 12 USF vs. No. 5 Memphis
1 p.m. CT TV ESPNU

Game 3: No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 Temple
6 p.m. CT TV ESPNU

Game 4: No. 11 ECU vs. No. 6 UCF
8 p.m. CT TV ESPNU


Quarterfinals - Friday, March 9
Game 5: SMU/UConn vs. No. 1 Cincinnati
11 a.m. CT TV ESPN2

Game 6: USF/Memphis vs. No. 4 Tulsa
1 p.m. CT TV ESPN2

Game 7: Tulane/Temple vs. No. 2 Wichita State
6 p.m. CT TV ESPNU

Game 8: ECU/UCF vs. No. 3 Houston
8 p.m. CT TV ESPNU


Semifinals - Saturday, March 10
Game 9: Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6
12 p.m. CT TV CBS

Game 10: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8
2:30 p.m. CT TV CBS


Final - Sunday, March 11
Game 11: Winner of Game 9 vs Winner of Game 10
2:30 p.m. CT TV CBS

Wow. This setup really favors the one seed.

(03-04-2018 09:33 PM)shock Wrote:  Wow. This setup really favors the one seed.

As it should ... It's about as fair as you can set it up .

I would rather play Tulane. I just don’t know if more quality wins would do anything at this point.

(03-05-2018 10:40 AM)shock Wrote:  I would rather play Tulane. I just don’t know if more quality wins would do anything at this point.

Temple would be a Q2 win at this point (they slid slightly over the RPI 50 line for a Neutral Q1 win). Tulane would be Q3. Unless Temple moves back to Top 50 .. I don't think Q2 vs Q3 matters much at this point.

Though Temple winning their first game then playing us would be them at ~49 RPI. So Temple, Houston, Cincy would be 3 potential Q1 wins

Temple scares me. They seem to have us figured out, or maybe we haven't figured them out. At any rate, they're obviously a bad matchup for us.

While we didn't play well against Tulane either, I'll take the lesser of the two evils.

I voted Tulane.

They only way they are a threat at all is if the entire team catches fire and they rain three's in...but that isn't really going to happen 99 out of 100 times.

Temple has some legit players and they are capable of beating NCAA quality teams.

Ollie defeated both Temple and Tulane. They are both awful.

(03-05-2018 08:08 PM)shock Wrote:  

20% Warning for Flaming.

We are capable of losing to either.

I'd rather lose to Temple if we were gonna lose.


On the flip side, a Temple win adds another Q2 win to the resume. Definitely better for RPI purposes.


Temple is a no-brainer IMO.

agree