Debate and share your own.
1) Wichita State (6-1, KenPom #5)
---Best win: #29 Baylor (away)
---Worst loss: #14 Notre Dame (neutral)
Analysis: Far and away the league's top team at the moment. Should be expected to enter 2018 with only one very respectable loss.
2) Cincinnati (7-1, KenPom #11)
---Best win:#100 Wyoming (neutral)
---Worst loss: #17 Xavier (away)
Analysis: Yesterday's loss was humbling for a team that had been dominant through a cupcake month of November. They'll have a chance to re-establish themselves next weekend against #8 Florida in New Jersey.
3) SMU (7-2, KenPom #21)
---Best win: #18 Arizona (neutral)
---Worst loss: #117 Western Kentucky (neutral)
Analysis: SMU boasts the best pair of OOC wins out of any team in the league but is held back by two losses to mid-major squads. Tuesday's game @ #22 TCU will be their first and only chance at an OOC road win.
4) Temple (4-1, KenPom #39)
---Best win: #42 Auburn (neutral)
---Worst loss: #136 LaSalle (away)
Analysis: Temple's OOC schedule has been salivating so far with 4 Top 75 neutral site wins under their belt already. With opportunities for several more Top 100 wins coming up (Villanova, Wisconsin, Georgia), Temple may have the league's best OOC resume come January.
5) Houston (6-1, KenPom #52)
---Best win: #38 Arkansas (home)
---Worst loss: #223 Drexel (neutral)
Analysis: Last night's win cemented Houston as one of the league's Top 5 best. Houston will have further chances to impress with winnable road games coming up over the next two weeks (@ #92 LSU and @ #200 St. Louis).
6) UCF (4-3, KenPom #76)
---Best win: #96 Mercer (home)
---Worst loss: #54 Missouri (home)
Analysis: A few close losses to good competition keep UCF from jumping into the Top 5 but today's game @ #30 Alabama could help them make up some ground. This team has competed well without star guard BJ Taylor thus far.
7) UConn (6-2, KenPom #86)
---Best win: #51 Oregon (neutral)
---Worst loss: #38 Arkansas (neutral)
Analysis: The good news for UConn is that they have yet to lose to a "bad" team. The bad news is that with a tough month of December ahead of them (Syracuse, @Arizona, @Auburn, Wichita), they will have to step it up tremendously to produce more "good" wins.
8) Tulane (6-1, KenPom #131)
---Best win: #159 Colorado St (neutral)
---Worst loss: #125 Georgia State (away)
Analysis: Facing one of the league's softest OOC schedules thus far, Tulane will face their biggest test today @ #10 UNC. Regardless of today's outcome, they have been one of the league's biggest surprises to date.
9) Tulsa (4-4, KenPom #121)
---Best win: #132 Western Michigan (neutral)
---Worst loss: #177 Lamar (home)
Analysis: It's certainly been an underwhelming start for Tulsa but they can turn things around with a win against #43 Kansas St next Saturday. They'll also get a shot at a big OOC win @ #46 Oklahoma St this month.
10) Memphis (4-2, KenPom #153)
---Best win: #93 Northern Kentucky (home)
---Worst loss: #133 UAB (away)
Analysis: Memphis is on track to finish their OOC with a winning record but their young team has taken some lumps away from home. Their marquee game will be against #23 Louisville two weekends from now.
11) East Carolina (4-4, KenPom #253)
---Best win: #185 UNC Wilmington
---Worst loss: #329 North Carolina A&T (home)
Analysis: The biggest jump in quality in this league appears to be from 10th to 11th place as ECU already has two losses to teams with KenPom rankings of 300+. There's hope that ECU can build on their two game winning streak and finish their OOC with a winning record.
12) USF (4-5, KenPom, KenPom #274)
---Best win: #237 Arkansas State (home)
---Worst loss: #293 Morgan State (home)
Analysis: After a "hot" 4-2 start, USF has lost 3 straight games, with only one of them being competitive. With their last 4 OOC games coming at home, and 3 of those being against KenPom 300+ teams, a winning OOC record actually seems likely for the league's basement squad.
Would be great if we can get 7 or 8 top 75 and 10 top 100 will help with seeding and bids, hopefully Memphis can get going, UConn can figure out a way to just keep winning. If Tulsane can get a couple key wins they'll hold up. Would be nice if Usf and ECU can sneak in the top 200, not sure how possible that is.
Remaining UCONN OOC Schedule:
Villanova (1)
@ Arizona (18)
@ Auburn (42)
Syracuse @ MSG (58)
Coppin State (347)
The Cuse game up next is make or break. Need a win in NYC. I think we beat Coppin (with no OT needed). Then if we can steal a win at Arizona or at Auburn, we'd end up 9-4 OOC with some decent wins and no bad losses.
That's the only way this season doesn't become a complete failure.
Also...
Ollebo Gotta Go.
(12-03-2017 01:07 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ]Would be great if we can get 7 or 8 top 75 and 10 top 100 will help with seeding and bids, hopefully Memphis can get going, UConn can figure out a way to just keep winning. If Tulsane can get a couple key wins they'll hold up. Would be nice if Usf and ECU can sneak in the top 200, not sure how possible that is.
My more pessimistic guess would be 6 Top 75 and 8 Top 100. Hopefully UConn can stay top 100 and I think Tulsa probably has the best chance of joining them as the season goes on.
(12-03-2017 01:17 PM)HuskyU Wrote: [ -> ]Remaining UCONN OOC Schedule:
Villanova (1)
@ Arizona (18)
@ Auburn (42)
Syracuse @ MSG (58)
Coppin State (347)
The Cuse game up next is make or break. Need a win in NYC. I think we beat Coppin (with no OT needed). Then if we can steal a win at Arizona or at Auburn, we'd end up 9-4 OOC with some decent wins and no bad losses.
That's the only way this season doesn't become a complete failure.
Also...
Ollebo Gotta Go.
Beating Cuse and one of the away games would be huge for the conference. Hopefully Vital steps it up in Gilbert's absence.
I think with the road win at Alabama, UCF jumps Houston and Temple, as the Owls suffer a disappointing loss to GW.
That was a big one for UCF.
I think 4 bids with an outside shot at 5 is still the most realistic scenario at the moment.
IN:
WSU
Cincinnati
SMU
BUBBLE:
Temple
UCF
Houston
WORK TO DO:
UCONN
Tulane
OUT:
Memphis
Tulsa
USF
ECU
switch memphis and tulsa. better win, better loss and better record..
memphis has a ton of new players will get better as the season goes along, tulsa is essential the same parts that regressed badly
ecu and usf are disappointments, at this point the rest of their ooc are so bad its almost inevitable they are at best are rpi teams, and that if they arent upset by the horrible teams they play
(12-03-2017 03:22 PM)BrooklynRocket Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 01:07 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ]Would be great if we can get 7 or 8 top 75 and 10 top 100 will help with seeding and bids, hopefully Memphis can get going, UConn can figure out a way to just keep winning. If Tulsane can get a couple key wins they'll hold up. Would be nice if Usf and ECU can sneak in the top 200, not sure how possible that is.
My more pessimistic guess would be 6 Top 75 and 8 Top 100. Hopefully UConn can stay top 100 and I think Tulsa probably has the best chance of joining them as the season goes on.
Well we have 5 top 75 right now, with ucf moving up to make 6, UConn should be able to climb in there from #86, for 7. Tulsa and Memphis should make top 100 winning the games they are suppose to. If Tulane can keep it up I can see them getting there for 10 top 100 teams.
Tulsa will be lucky to stay on the right side of Top 150 barring a sharp trend reversal. Whereas Memphis is at least young and inexperienced, Tulsa is both old and seasoned, but unfortunately horrible as well. Fortunately half their fans will expire in hospice this winter and won't have to witness the real carnage kick in next season.
UConn is trending poorly but has maintained minimally acceptable results so far. I hope they can steal a dub at MSG against the Cuse.
Memphis should see some improvement as the season wears on but I would be surprised if they finish better than 125 in the RPI or KenPom. This year's minutes will at least pay dividends in the future (unlike Tulsa above), whether with Tubby or another coach.
(12-03-2017 04:57 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ]Tulsa will be lucky to stay on the right side of Top 150 barring a sharp trend reversal. Whereas Memphis is at least young and inexperienced, Tulsa is both old and seasoned, but unfortunately horrible as well. Fortunately half their fans will expire in hospice this winter and won't have to witness the real carnage kick in next season.
UConn is trending poorly but has maintained minimally acceptable results so far. I hope they can steal a dub at MSG against the Cuse.
Memphis should see some improvement as the season wears on but I would be surprised if they finish better than 125 in the RPI or KenPom. This year's minutes will at least pay dividends in the future (unlike Tulsa above), whether with Tubby or another coach.
Lol Tulsa has 6 sophomore or freshman and 3 seniors. 2 of our five starters are new to the team. Not even a good troll attempt
(12-03-2017 06:43 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 04:57 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ]Tulsa will be lucky to stay on the right side of Top 150 barring a sharp trend reversal. Whereas Memphis is at least young and inexperienced, Tulsa is both old and seasoned, but unfortunately horrible as well. Fortunately half their fans will expire in hospice this winter and won't have to witness the real carnage kick in next season.
UConn is trending poorly but has maintained minimally acceptable results so far. I hope they can steal a dub at MSG against the Cuse.
Memphis should see some improvement as the season wears on but I would be surprised if they finish better than 125 in the RPI or KenPom. This year's minutes will at least pay dividends in the future (unlike Tulsa above), whether with Tubby or another coach.
Lol Tulsa has 6 sophomore or freshman and 3 seniors. 2 of our five starters are new to the team. Not even a good troll attempt
~63% of Tulsa's scoring is supplied by upperclassmen.
I don't believe the balance of the oxygen tank crew shares your optimism for Haith's development of the youngsters based on butts in seats. With Etou gone next year, those young guards will provide a useful 5 fouls apiece trying to slow down the big man dunkathons your opponents will be running in the paint each game.
Tulsa used to be such a stressful environment to play in. The state of that program has devolved, however, from 40 minutes of hell under Richardson to a 40 minute Swedish massage for opponents under Haith.
Worse yet, nobody cares as the blue hairs who yelled so loud in the 80s and 90s are being fed to the incinerators at the local crematorium at a rate far faster than replacement.
I hope TU can find its footing soon but if this is how things are after a couple recent appearances in the Dance and "above average but not great" performance for most of the last decade and a half, I grimace for the depths the Urine Storm will plumb in the coming seasons as they faceplant into the soggy diaper of the bottom half of D1.
(12-03-2017 07:03 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 06:43 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 04:57 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ]Tulsa will be lucky to stay on the right side of Top 150 barring a sharp trend reversal. Whereas Memphis is at least young and inexperienced, Tulsa is both old and seasoned, but unfortunately horrible as well. Fortunately half their fans will expire in hospice this winter and won't have to witness the real carnage kick in next season.
UConn is trending poorly but has maintained minimally acceptable results so far. I hope they can steal a dub at MSG against the Cuse.
Memphis should see some improvement as the season wears on but I would be surprised if they finish better than 125 in the RPI or KenPom. This year's minutes will at least pay dividends in the future (unlike Tulsa above), whether with Tubby or another coach.
Lol Tulsa has 6 sophomore or freshman and 3 seniors. 2 of our five starters are new to the team. Not even a good troll attempt
~63% of Tulsa's scoring is supplied by upperclassmen.
I don't believe the balance of the oxygen tank crew shares your optimism for Haith's development of the youngsters based on butts in seats. With Etou gone next year, those young guards will provide a useful 5 fouls apiece trying to slow down the big man dunkathons your opponents will be running in the paint each game.
Tulsa used to be such a stressful environment to play in. The state of that program has devolved, however, from 40 minutes of hell under Richardson to a 40 minute Swedish massage for opponents under Haith.
Worse yet, nobody cares as the blue hairs who yelled so loud in the 80s and 90s are being fed to the incinerators at the local crematorium at a rate far faster than replacement.
I hope TU can find its footing soon but if this is how things are after a couple recent appearances in the Dance and "above average but not great" performance for most of the last decade and a half, I grimace for the depths the Urine Storm will plumb in the coming seasons as they faceplant into the soggy diaper of the bottom half of D1.
Awwww, you're cute with your urine storm. . . 3 seniors, 6 freshman or sophomores, 40% transfer starting line-up. Etou is the only significant scorer we lose. We lost a big man to the pros early September. A quality juco big man will be required next year.
Stay lil man syndrome angry my friend.
You have to admire the grit of some old folks, believing in the proven Haith system of success following the earliest years of each of his stints. I tip my hat to the 1900 venerable old farts who will continue to show up at the Reynolds Center until they are summoned home, may your faith in peerless floor general Haith pay off.
The rest of us will enjoy postseason dreams that do not involve the CIT over the coming half decade.
(12-03-2017 07:13 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:03 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 06:43 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 04:57 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ]Tulsa will be lucky to stay on the right side of Top 150 barring a sharp trend reversal. Whereas Memphis is at least young and inexperienced, Tulsa is both old and seasoned, but unfortunately horrible as well. Fortunately half their fans will expire in hospice this winter and won't have to witness the real carnage kick in next season.
UConn is trending poorly but has maintained minimally acceptable results so far. I hope they can steal a dub at MSG against the Cuse.
Memphis should see some improvement as the season wears on but I would be surprised if they finish better than 125 in the RPI or KenPom. This year's minutes will at least pay dividends in the future (unlike Tulsa above), whether with Tubby or another coach.
Lol Tulsa has 6 sophomore or freshman and 3 seniors. 2 of our five starters are new to the team. Not even a good troll attempt
~63% of Tulsa's scoring is supplied by upperclassmen.
I don't believe the balance of the oxygen tank crew shares your optimism for Haith's development of the youngsters based on butts in seats. With Etou gone next year, those young guards will provide a useful 5 fouls apiece trying to slow down the big man dunkathons your opponents will be running in the paint each game.
Tulsa used to be such a stressful environment to play in. The state of that program has devolved, however, from 40 minutes of hell under Richardson to a 40 minute Swedish massage for opponents under Haith.
Worse yet, nobody cares as the blue hairs who yelled so loud in the 80s and 90s are being fed to the incinerators at the local crematorium at a rate far faster than replacement.
I hope TU can find its footing soon but if this is how things are after a couple recent appearances in the Dance and "above average but not great" performance for most of the last decade and a half, I grimace for the depths the Urine Storm will plumb in the coming seasons as they faceplant into the soggy diaper of the bottom half of D1.
Awwww, you're cute with your urine storm. . . 3 seniors, 6 freshman or sophomores, 40% transfer starting line-up. Etou is the only significant scorer we lose. We lost a big man to the pros early September. A quality juco big man will be required next year.
Stay lil man syndrome angry my friend.
I think WSU fans are just upset with you for losing twice to their big brother.
Their two losses to KenPom #115/No NCAA Appearances this Millennium/Illinois State (however you prefer to address the future inmates of Joliet is up to you) is certainly a cape of sorrow and shame for our conference, no denying that.
(12-03-2017 06:43 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 04:57 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ]Tulsa will be lucky to stay on the right side of Top 150 barring a sharp trend reversal. Whereas Memphis is at least young and inexperienced, Tulsa is both old and seasoned, but unfortunately horrible as well. Fortunately half their fans will expire in hospice this winter and won't have to witness the real carnage kick in next season.
UConn is trending poorly but has maintained minimally acceptable results so far. I hope they can steal a dub at MSG against the Cuse.
Memphis should see some improvement as the season wears on but I would be surprised if they finish better than 125 in the RPI or KenPom. This year's minutes will at least pay dividends in the future (unlike Tulsa above), whether with Tubby or another coach.
Lol Tulsa has 6 sophomore or freshman and 3 seniors. 2 of our five starters are new to the team. Not even a good troll attempt
He did say "barring a sharp trend reversal". You may both be right. TU has had some bad losses so far but he did leave some room for a turn around. He may be a little pessimistic but right now, you are trending down, TU does have youth but Haiti hasn't proven to recruit and develop his own talent socould be overly optimistic. Haith's best teams still had Danny Manning's talent as his best players. Angry hardly is a "troll".
(12-03-2017 07:19 PM)HuskyU Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:13 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:03 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 06:43 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 04:57 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ]Tulsa will be lucky to stay on the right side of Top 150 barring a sharp trend reversal. Whereas Memphis is at least young and inexperienced, Tulsa is both old and seasoned, but unfortunately horrible as well. Fortunately half their fans will expire in hospice this winter and won't have to witness the real carnage kick in next season.
UConn is trending poorly but has maintained minimally acceptable results so far. I hope they can steal a dub at MSG against the Cuse.
Memphis should see some improvement as the season wears on but I would be surprised if they finish better than 125 in the RPI or KenPom. This year's minutes will at least pay dividends in the future (unlike Tulsa above), whether with Tubby or another coach.
Lol Tulsa has 6 sophomore or freshman and 3 seniors. 2 of our five starters are new to the team. Not even a good troll attempt
~63% of Tulsa's scoring is supplied by upperclassmen.
I don't believe the balance of the oxygen tank crew shares your optimism for Haith's development of the youngsters based on butts in seats. With Etou gone next year, those young guards will provide a useful 5 fouls apiece trying to slow down the big man dunkathons your opponents will be running in the paint each game.
Tulsa used to be such a stressful environment to play in. The state of that program has devolved, however, from 40 minutes of hell under Richardson to a 40 minute Swedish massage for opponents under Haith.
Worse yet, nobody cares as the blue hairs who yelled so loud in the 80s and 90s are being fed to the incinerators at the local crematorium at a rate far faster than replacement.
I hope TU can find its footing soon but if this is how things are after a couple recent appearances in the Dance and "above average but not great" performance for most of the last decade and a half, I grimace for the depths the Urine Storm will plumb in the coming seasons as they faceplant into the soggy diaper of the bottom half of D1.
Awwww, you're cute with your urine storm. . . 3 seniors, 6 freshman or sophomores, 40% transfer starting line-up. Etou is the only significant scorer we lose. We lost a big man to the pros early September. A quality juco big man will be required next year.
Stay lil man syndrome angry my friend.
I think WSU fans are just upset with you for losing twice to their big brother.
1/10
I'm sorry but these 3 Tulsa fans that post here deserve some of the crap flung into their face after their embarrassing **** storm they started a while back.
Take your crow in stride please.
(12-03-2017 08:30 PM)ShockerFever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:19 PM)HuskyU Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:13 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:03 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 06:43 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ]Lol Tulsa has 6 sophomore or freshman and 3 seniors. 2 of our five starters are new to the team. Not even a good troll attempt
~63% of Tulsa's scoring is supplied by upperclassmen.
I don't believe the balance of the oxygen tank crew shares your optimism for Haith's development of the youngsters based on butts in seats. With Etou gone next year, those young guards will provide a useful 5 fouls apiece trying to slow down the big man dunkathons your opponents will be running in the paint each game.
Tulsa used to be such a stressful environment to play in. The state of that program has devolved, however, from 40 minutes of hell under Richardson to a 40 minute Swedish massage for opponents under Haith.
Worse yet, nobody cares as the blue hairs who yelled so loud in the 80s and 90s are being fed to the incinerators at the local crematorium at a rate far faster than replacement.
I hope TU can find its footing soon but if this is how things are after a couple recent appearances in the Dance and "above average but not great" performance for most of the last decade and a half, I grimace for the depths the Urine Storm will plumb in the coming seasons as they faceplant into the soggy diaper of the bottom half of D1.
Awwww, you're cute with your urine storm. . . 3 seniors, 6 freshman or sophomores, 40% transfer starting line-up. Etou is the only significant scorer we lose. We lost a big man to the pros early September. A quality juco big man will be required next year.
Stay lil man syndrome angry my friend.
I think WSU fans are just upset with you for losing twice to their big brother.
1/10
Eh...
I thought it was so ridiculous that it was pretty funny...
(12-03-2017 08:33 PM)HuskyU Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 08:30 PM)ShockerFever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:19 PM)HuskyU Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:13 PM)TU4ever Wrote: [ -> ] (12-03-2017 07:03 PM)Play Angry Wrote: [ -> ]~63% of Tulsa's scoring is supplied by upperclassmen.
I don't believe the balance of the oxygen tank crew shares your optimism for Haith's development of the youngsters based on butts in seats. With Etou gone next year, those young guards will provide a useful 5 fouls apiece trying to slow down the big man dunkathons your opponents will be running in the paint each game.
Tulsa used to be such a stressful environment to play in. The state of that program has devolved, however, from 40 minutes of hell under Richardson to a 40 minute Swedish massage for opponents under Haith.
Worse yet, nobody cares as the blue hairs who yelled so loud in the 80s and 90s are being fed to the incinerators at the local crematorium at a rate far faster than replacement.
I hope TU can find its footing soon but if this is how things are after a couple recent appearances in the Dance and "above average but not great" performance for most of the last decade and a half, I grimace for the depths the Urine Storm will plumb in the coming seasons as they faceplant into the soggy diaper of the bottom half of D1.
Awwww, you're cute with your urine storm. . . 3 seniors, 6 freshman or sophomores, 40% transfer starting line-up. Etou is the only significant scorer we lose. We lost a big man to the pros early September. A quality juco big man will be required next year.
Stay lil man syndrome angry my friend.
I think WSU fans are just upset with you for losing twice to their big brother.
1/10
Eh...
I thought it was so ridiculous that it was pretty funny...
Ok, now that I think about it, it was pretty funny.
6/10