Discuss.

Memphis wins by double digits. This is their league until proven otherwise.

(02-06-2013 10:26 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Memphis wins by double digits. This is their league until proven otherwise.

I think it's going to be a close game. It could go either way, IMO.

(02-06-2013 10:26 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  Memphis wins by double digits. This is their league until proven otherwise.

Memphis could lose by double digits if we play the way we played tonight.

Shaq Goodwin will be out after ejection tonight.

UTEP fans would have been proud tonight because that game was UGLY.

(02-06-2013 10:31 PM)Tampa Bay Tiger Wrote:  Shaq Goodwin will be out after ejection tonight.

Still up for review. CUSA rep and head official at the game claim he shouldn't be.

for the good of LaTech, USM really needs to win

Memphis is already in 1st place. So Miss is in 2nd place. If we lose we are tied for 1st. If we win we have it all alone so it's not really a battle for 1st.

(02-06-2013 10:42 PM)mairving Wrote:  Memphis is already in 1st place. So Miss is in 2nd place. If we lose we are tied for 1st. If we win we have it all alone so it's not really a battle for 1st.

True, but both teams would be 8-1 if USM wins and we would have the tiebreaker.

(02-06-2013 10:43 PM)Beagleagle23 Wrote:  

(02-06-2013 10:42 PM)mairving Wrote:  Memphis is already in 1st place. So Miss is in 2nd place. If we lose we are tied for 1st. If we win we have it all alone so it's not really a battle for 1st.

True, but both teams would be 8-1 if USM wins and we would have the tiebreaker.

Tiebreakers only work at the end of the year. No such thing as a tiebreaker in the middle of the season.

(02-06-2013 10:45 PM)mairving Wrote:  

(02-06-2013 10:43 PM)Beagleagle23 Wrote:  

(02-06-2013 10:42 PM)mairving Wrote:  Memphis is already in 1st place. So Miss is in 2nd place. If we lose we are tied for 1st. If we win we have it all alone so it's not really a battle for 1st.

True, but both teams would be 8-1 if USM wins and we would have the tiebreaker.

Tiebreakers only work at the end of the year. No such thing as a tiebreaker in the middle of the season.

Well at least when the 2 teams play twice.

Cusa official rep and head official during game both said they will back no suspension for Shaq Goodwin for next game.

Southern Miss wins by 8....

(02-06-2013 11:22 PM)nastybunch Wrote:  Southern Miss wins by 8....

I like your confidence but I doubt either team wins by that much.

If a team from the East (besides Memphis) is going to be in first place, someone is going to have to knock Memphis off at home.

The last time Memphis lost at home to one of the 5 teams on its side of the CUSA geographic split (i.e., the teams we play twice each year: USM, UAB, UCF, Mashall or ECU) was last century. The only CUSA teams that have won in Memphis against Memphis this century are UTEP (twice), Tulsa and Houston.

(02-06-2013 11:15 PM)Mempho Brendo Wrote:  Cusa official rep and head official during game both said they will back no suspension for Shaq Goodwin for next game.

That's good to hear. I could see a flagrant 1 for that foul, but a flagrant 2 was excessive.

(02-07-2013 12:28 AM)iisaphd Wrote:  If a team from the East (besides Memphis) is going to be in first place, someone is going to have to knock Memphis off at home.

The last time Memphis lost at home to one of the 5 teams on its side of the CUSA geographic split (i.e., the teams we play twice each year: USM, UAB, UCF, Mashall or ECU) was last century. The only CUSA teams that have won in Memphis against Memphis this century are UTEP (twice), Tulsa and Houston.

I think I remember USM beating us in Memphis in Calipari's first year, which was 2000-2001. That game may have happened in December 2000 or January 2001, I can't remember for sure.

I had to think hard on the Houston loss, but I remember it. It was in Calipari's second year, the Dajuan Wagner year. The Cougar PG (I think it was Dominic Smith?) buried us with a huge 3 late in the game.

(02-07-2013 01:08 AM)JMSTiger Wrote:  

(02-06-2013 11:15 PM)Mempho Brendo Wrote:  Cusa official rep and head official during game both said they will back no suspension for Shaq Goodwin for next game.

That's good to hear. I could see a flagrant 1 for that foul, but a flagrant 2 was excessive.

FWIW, I know that Brendo is repeating what he's seen/heard and has good intentions in doing so, but I'm not sure that's exactly what was stated by the "CUSA official rep". Josh stated that "The officials said there's no way he should be (suspended for a game). They told me that." That seems to be a reference to the game officials. Courtney Morrison Archer, CUSA assistant commissioner, who attended the game said the foul would be reviewed by league officials today......per Commercial Appeal 2/7/2013

He may end up not being suspended, but I'm not sure that we can glean from the available comments the CUSA official rep (Archer) can be quoted as saying that they will back Goodwin not being suspended. There's no question that under NCAA rules he would not be suspended, but CUSA has different standards. "Sportsmanship lives here" :)

We should know today.

It was an ugly game where neither team seemed able to find the basket or control tempo from tip-off to final whistle

Basketball Eagle on BGN reporting the game has sold out. USM pretty much needs to win this game or you can say hello NIT