(05-16-2017 11:18 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 11:10 AM)Wudizzle Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 11:05 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I just noticed that all 8 teams for the Cayman Islands Classic have been announced. I thought this was going to be a 4+4 type of tournament where the lower seeded teams play two games on the road vs. the higher seeded teams. But it looks like it is a true 8-team tournament, with each team playing 3 games at the neutral site. Here is the field along with last year's RPI rankings:

Cincinnati - 12
Richmond - 80
Iowa - 81
UL Lafayette - 115
Buffalo - 146
Wyoming - 151
South Dakota State - 155
UAB - 200

I'm kind of bummed there are no other sure-fire tournament teams in the field, but at least we don't have to play any terrible buy games. Additionally, playing a 3-game tournament has opened us up for the Never Forget Tribute Classic in New Jersey vs. Florida. So if we can get 2 top-150 games and a top 100 game out of this Cayman Islands thing, plus Florida, UCLA, Xavier, and Mississippi State, our non-conference schedule is shaping up very nicely.

Woof. You guys need to get on the Top Tier MTE cycle.

If we could, I'm sure we would. For some reason, it seems like Maui and Battle 4 Atlantis want nothing to do with us. Last year we played in a tournament where we would have played Duke if we had gotten past Rhode Island. I'm not worried about it this coming season since Florida, UCLA, and Xavier should all be top 25 teams.

The last few years Memphis has done the Old Spice Classic, the Emerald Coast Classic, and will do the Gotham Classic this season (Louisville, Memphis, Albany, and Siena will take part in that event)

(05-15-2017 09:30 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(05-15-2017 08:32 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(05-13-2017 04:22 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  Nobody in this league travels to a fellow P6 school's gym without a return game do they?

T

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Wait until you see a game at Tulane.....

ECU fan talking basketball smack? At least Tulane is working to get better

Yep. The only thing "strong" about ECU's schedule will be the stench.

(05-16-2017 11:10 AM)Wudizzle Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 11:05 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I just noticed that all 8 teams for the Cayman Islands Classic have been announced. I thought this was going to be a 4+4 type of tournament where the lower seeded teams play two games on the road vs. the higher seeded teams. But it looks like it is a true 8-team tournament, with each team playing 3 games at the neutral site. Here is the field along with last year's RPI rankings:

Cincinnati - 12
Richmond - 80
Iowa - 81
UL Lafayette - 115
Buffalo - 146
Wyoming - 151
South Dakota State - 155
UAB - 200

I'm kind of bummed there are no other sure-fire tournament teams in the field, but at least we don't have to play any terrible buy games. Additionally, playing a 3-game tournament has opened us up for the Never Forget Tribute Classic in New Jersey vs. Florida. So if we can get 2 top-150 games and a top 100 game out of this Cayman Islands thing, plus Florida, UCLA, Xavier, and Mississippi State, our non-conference schedule is shaping up very nicely.

Woof. You guys need to get on the Top Tier MTE cycle.

Mick Had mentioned that the year they were in the Maui, they were a fill in for another team and thus were added super late to the touranment. UC was able to get packages set up for fans and even much advertising, so UC attendance was poor.

He said that affected them and now they haven't been invited back since.

OOC Univ of Tulsa Schedule
so far..........

Tire Pros Puerto Rico Tip Off Classic:
Boise State Broncos (MW), Florida State Seminoles (ACC)
Illinois State Redbirds (MVC), Iowa State Cyclones (Big 12)
South Carolina Gamecocks (SEC), Tulsa Golden Hurricane (AAC)
UTEP Miners (C-USA), Western Michigan Broncos (MAC)

HOME
Oral Roberts
Univ Ark Little Rock (UALR)

AWAY
Okie Dokie St
K-St (in Wichita)

(Possible other road games)
Jack St
Ill St

(05-16-2017 12:29 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(05-15-2017 09:30 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  

(05-15-2017 08:32 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(05-13-2017 04:22 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  Nobody in this league travels to a fellow P6 school's gym without a return game do they?

Wait until you see a game at Tulane.....

ECU fan talking basketball smack? At least Tulane is working to get better

We hosted UNC last year.

Did UNC have someone from New Orleans on the team?

(05-16-2017 03:29 PM)justinhub2003 Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 11:10 AM)Wudizzle Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 11:05 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I just noticed that all 8 teams for the Cayman Islands Classic have been announced. I thought this was going to be a 4+4 type of tournament where the lower seeded teams play two games on the road vs. the higher seeded teams. But it looks like it is a true 8-team tournament, with each team playing 3 games at the neutral site. Here is the field along with last year's RPI rankings:

Cincinnati - 12
Richmond - 80
Iowa - 81
UL Lafayette - 115
Buffalo - 146
Wyoming - 151
South Dakota State - 155
UAB - 200

I'm kind of bummed there are no other sure-fire tournament teams in the field, but at least we don't have to play any terrible buy games. Additionally, playing a 3-game tournament has opened us up for the Never Forget Tribute Classic in New Jersey vs. Florida. So if we can get 2 top-150 games and a top 100 game out of this Cayman Islands thing, plus Florida, UCLA, Xavier, and Mississippi State, our non-conference schedule is shaping up very nicely.

Woof. You guys need to get on the Top Tier MTE cycle.

Mick Had mentioned that the year they were in the Maui, they were a fill in for another team and thus were added super late to the touranment. UC was able to get packages set up for fans and even much advertising, so UC attendance was poor.

He said that affected them and now they haven't been invited back since.

Which is incredibly lame because UC made the Maui finals and had a great championship game against Gonzaga over there. If UC is as good this year as I expect them to be, I think the big time invites will start coming more frequently.

Apparently ECU is doing a home and home with 300+ RPI USM

(05-23-2017 09:28 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  Apparently ECU is doing a home and home with 300+ RPI USM

Yeah, Lebo has a knack for sniffing out putrid opponents.

(05-23-2017 09:28 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  Apparently ECU is doing a home and home with 300+ RPI USM

They had an RPI of 33 3 years ago. Hopefully it won't be over 300 this coming year.

I'd rather play USM (or any C-USA team) than all these HBCU's we've been facing.

(05-23-2017 09:41 AM)Chappy Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 09:28 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  Apparently ECU is doing a home and home with 300+ RPI USM

They had an RPI of 33 3 years ago. Hopefully it won't be over 300 this coming year.

I'd rather play USM (or any C-USA team) than all these HBCU's we've been facing.

True, at least your fans will know who they are

(05-23-2017 09:41 AM)Chappy Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 09:28 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  Apparently ECU is doing a home and home with 300+ RPI USM

They had an RPI of 33 3 years ago. Hopefully it won't be over 300 this coming year.

I'd rather play USM (or any C-USA team) than all these HBCU's we've been facing.

that comes across as very, well, you know...I'd rather ECU have a good hoops program over scheduling down.

IS Memphis really working on a h&h with Arkansas? That's one I want

(05-23-2017 10:21 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  IS Memphis really working on a h&h with Arkansas? That's one I want

I know Tubby is old friends with Rick Barnes so I'm about 99% sure UT will be back on the schedule soon. (probably 2018-19...we play @LSU that season so I'd love to get UT at FeExForum)

my opinion on SEC hoops games is simple. Wanna play us in hoops? offer us a home-home football contract.

Mizzou and Miss State have agreed to home-home football series with Memphis...we should offer them a home-home hoops series. JMHO

(05-23-2017 10:29 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 10:21 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  IS Memphis really working on a h&h with Arkansas? That's one I want

I know Tubby is old friends with Rick Barnes so I'm about 99% sure UT will be back on the schedule soon. (probably 2018-19...we play @LSU that season so I'd love to get UT at FeExForum)

my opinion on SEC hoops games is simple. Wanna play us in hoops? offer us a home-home football contract.

Mizzou and Miss State have agreed to home-home football series with Memphis...we should offer them a home-home hoops series. JMHO

Since we are starting a basketball series with Mississippi State, I wonder if our AD brought up the possibility of a home-and-home football series.

(05-23-2017 10:21 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  IS Memphis really working on a h&h with Arkansas? That's one I want

We shouldnt play them in anything until they give us the home football game they owe us from the 90s.

(05-23-2017 01:01 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 10:21 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  IS Memphis really working on a h&h with Arkansas? That's one I want

We shouldnt play them in anything until they give us the home football game they owe us from the 90s.

This. Same with Tennessee. They still owe us a home football game from 2004.

(05-16-2017 11:05 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I just noticed that all 8 teams for the Cayman Islands Classic have been announced. I thought this was going to be a 4+4 type of tournament where the lower seeded teams play two games on the road vs. the higher seeded teams. But it looks like it is a true 8-team tournament, with each team playing 3 games at the neutral site. Here is the field along with last year's RPI rankings:

Cincinnati - 12
Richmond - 80
Iowa - 81
UL Lafayette - 115
Buffalo - 146
Wyoming - 151
South Dakota State - 155
UAB - 200

I'm kind of bummed there are no other sure-fire tournament teams in the field, but at least we don't have to play any terrible buy games. Additionally, playing a 3-game tournament has opened us up for the Never Forget Tribute Classic in New Jersey vs. Florida. So if we can get 2 top-150 games and a top 100 game out of this Cayman Islands thing, plus Florida, UCLA, Xavier, and Mississippi State, our non-conference schedule is shaping up very nicely.

Florida is now confirmed for Dec. 9 in Brooklyn.

(05-23-2017 05:50 PM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 01:01 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 10:21 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  IS Memphis really working on a h&h with Arkansas? That's one I want

We shouldnt play them in anything until they give us the home football game they owe us from the 90s.

This. Same with Tennessee. They still owe us a home football game from 2004.

UTK does owe us a game. UA should owe us a game since they cancelled the last game of the series after we won 3 in a row but technically they don't, they paid the contractual fee instead of playing. But that's FB.

In MBB, no, Memphis has been on a several year slide related to OOC, especially at home. It's weak. No other way to describe it. Hoping for better & I express this to the admin, every chance I get. Maybe the UA negotiations to play H&H is part of improving the home OOC. Should have added, I think Miss St, UTK & Vandy are being discussed. I can only hope.

(06-06-2017 07:24 PM)CincyBro Wrote:  

(05-16-2017 11:05 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  I just noticed that all 8 teams for the Cayman Islands Classic have been announced. I thought this was going to be a 4+4 type of tournament where the lower seeded teams play two games on the road vs. the higher seeded teams. But it looks like it is a true 8-team tournament, with each team playing 3 games at the neutral site. Here is the field along with last year's RPI rankings:

Cincinnati - 12
Richmond - 80
Iowa - 81
UL Lafayette - 115
Buffalo - 146
Wyoming - 151
South Dakota State - 155
UAB - 200

I'm kind of bummed there are no other sure-fire tournament teams in the field, but at least we don't have to play any terrible buy games. Additionally, playing a 3-game tournament has opened us up for the Never Forget Tribute Classic in New Jersey vs. Florida. So if we can get 2 top-150 games and a top 100 game out of this Cayman Islands thing, plus Florida, UCLA, Xavier, and Mississippi State, our non-conference schedule is shaping up very nicely.

Florida is now confirmed for Dec. 9 in Brooklyn.

I'm so excited for next year. Xavier, UCLA, and Florida should all be really big games. Mississippi State and the Cayman Islands will be good as well. Then you throw in 18 games against an improved AAC with the addition of Wichita State... in terms of schedule strength, it may rival some of the Big East years. By math, we will easily have double digit games against top 50 RPI teams... maybe as many as 15 if things break right.

(06-06-2017 07:42 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 05:50 PM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 01:01 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(05-23-2017 10:21 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  IS Memphis really working on a h&h with Arkansas? That's one I want

We shouldnt play them in anything until they give us the home football game they owe us from the 90s.

This. Same with Tennessee. They still owe us a home football game from 2004.

UTK does owe us a game. UA should owe us a game since they cancelled the last game of the series after we won 3 in a row but technically they don't, they paid the contractual fee instead of playing. But that's FB.

In MBB, no, Memphis has been on a several year slide related to OOC, especially at home. It's weak. No other way to describe it. Hoping for better & I express this to the admin, every chance I get. Maybe the UA negotiations to play H&H is part of improving the home OOC. Should have added, I think Miss St, UTK & Vandy are being discussed. I can only hope.

some Memphis fans just aren't obsessed with playing SEC teams.

I support only playing SEC teams that offer home-home football contracts.