12/2/2024

UT Arlington (Away)
ULM (Home)
6:30 P.M. CT Monroe, LA
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12/3/2024

Park University (MO) (Away)
Southern Utah (Home)
6:30 P.M. MT Cedar City, UT
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Utah Valley (Away)
Stanford (Home)
7:00 P.M. PT Stanford, CA
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Utah Tech (Away)
Boise State University (Home)
7:00 P.M. MT Boise, ID
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Dallas Christian (Away)
Tarleton State (Home)
7:00 P.M. CT Stephenville, TX
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Hawaii (Away)
Grand Canyon (Home)
7:00 P.M. MST Phoenix, AZ
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12/4/2024

Abilene Christian (Away)
New Mexico State (Home)
7:00 P.M. MT Las Cruces, NM
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Portland State (Away)
Seattle U (Home)
7:00 P.M. PT Seattle, WA
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12/7/2024

Southern Utah (Away)
Arizona (Home)
12:00 P.M. MST Tucson, AZ
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Seattle U (Away)
UTEP (Home)
2:00 P.M. MT El Paso, TX
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Utah Valley (Away)
James Madison (Home)
4:00 P.M. ET Harrisonburg, VA
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Life Pacific (Away)
Grand Canyon (Home)
6:00 P.M. MST Phoenix, AZ
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Utah Tech (Away)
Utah State (Home)
7:00 P.M. MT Logan, UT
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12/8/2024

Tarleton State (Away)
UCF (Home)
12:00 P.M. ET Orlando, FL
ESPN+

UTA wins 84-70 at ULM. Everybody got to play. Shot 45.5%, including 15 three pointers. I'm optimistic that our portal ringers are starting to play well together.

(12-02-2024 09:29 PM)wewererebels Wrote:  UTA wins 84-70 at ULM. Everybody got to play. Shot 45.5%, including 15 three pointers. I'm optimistic that our portal ringers are starting to play well together.

I still havent seen the big 6-11 guy Onuoho and a couple others listed on the roster, did we lose a few

This is a tough week for the Cats. I think this will be about lessons learned and strengthening ourselves for conference play. I just hope we don't get any early season injuries.

Keitenn Bristow, highly recruited freshman from Holiday, is playing tonight for the Texans.

So far, looks like he hasn’t played basketball in awhile.

Freddie Hicks on interviewed on the post game and he stated he should be back in a week or two.

GREAT to see Bristow, BuBu and Harrison on the floor at the same time! Haven't seen that much size on the floor since the Lonn days. Bristow looks more like 6'9". The Kid was gassed but to be expected in first game back. Nice handles and 3-range stroke for a big man. You can see why he was Texas Mr. Basketball finalist. Hope he sticks around and we get to watch him grow into that frame. He could terrorize the WAC!

Within two weeks, we could have a front court of Hicks, Harrison, Bristow and Mpaka. Backcourt will be at least, Miles, Benjamin and the two Krass brothers. Only issue is no PG

I think this is a very competitive lineup for WAC play.

We could still have some combination with the return of PG’s Archie and Elgizawy. Could also see the 6’9” Frenchman Sigiscar.

(12-04-2024 01:00 PM)TexanFan Wrote:  Within two weeks, we could have a front court of Hicks, Harrison, Bristow and Mpaka. Backcourt will be at least, Miles, Benjamin and the two Krass brothers. Only issue is no PG

I think this is a very competitive lineup for WAC play.

We could a still some combination of the return of PG’s Archie and Elgizawy. Could also see the 6’9” Frenchman Sigiscar.

Eligzawy is a true PG and BuBu runs point beautifully for a 6'8" guy. I love a big PG.

Have to say, this "fingers crossed" lineup by league play looks pretty damn good!:

1 Eligzawy/BuBu/Miles
2. Krass Brothers
3. Harrison/BuBu
4. Hicks/Bristow
5. Mpaka/Sigiscar

Congrats ACU making easy work of CUSA bottom feeder nmsu in Las Excuses. Well done.

It's another night of trying to figure out who our guys really are. They played well tonight against a bigger Aggie team. They controlled them early on. When NM St. got a little ahead of them in the middle of the game, ACU just kept pressuring them and never looked back. Cats end up winning 78-70. I know the Aggies aren't having a great year, but are the Cats getting more consistent?

It was a well-played game and Hunter Jack Madden showed why he is our best. But there were many fine performances, including our big Italian! Is it two CUSA teams we have beaten now?

(12-04-2024 11:23 PM)RCI Wrote:  It was a well-played game and Hunter Jack Madden showed why he is our best. But there were many fine performances, including our big Italian! Is it two CUSA teams we have beaten now?

No

(12-04-2024 11:23 PM)RCI Wrote:  It was a well-played game and Hunter Jack Madden showed why he is our best. But there were many fine performances, including our big Italian! Is it two CUSA teams we have beaten now?

It has been fun to watch Madden, Bettiol and Tanner mature on this squad as the new transfers are gelling with them and finding their roles.

(12-05-2024 01:41 AM)WestTexas409 Wrote:  

(12-04-2024 11:23 PM)RCI Wrote:  It was a well-played game and Hunter Jack Madden showed why he is our best. But there were many fine performances, including our big Italian! Is it two CUSA teams we have beaten now?

No

You are right! I was thinking about FIU, but that was our ladies that have beaten them twice.

(12-05-2024 02:13 PM)RCI Wrote:  

(12-05-2024 01:41 AM)WestTexas409 Wrote:  

(12-04-2024 11:23 PM)RCI Wrote:  It was a well-played game and Hunter Jack Madden showed why he is our best. But there were many fine performances, including our big Italian! Is it two CUSA teams we have beaten now?

No

You are right! I was thinking about FIU, but that was our ladies that have beaten them twice.

We have beaten to Sunbelt teams though!

I was in Orlando this weekend and caught the Tarleton - UCF game. Got to sit right behind Tarleton's bench and let me tell you, when we get Freddy and that Frenchman back it's gonna be GAME ON. The Frenchman is every bit of 6'9", more like 6'10" and built like Freddy. What I was most impressed with is just how "together" this team is and how respectful they are to the one another, the coaches, refs, etc. They definitely represent Tarleton well and gave UCF all they could handle for *most* of the game. If/when we get everybody back we are going to be a fairly big team, believe it or not, with outstanding athleticism and range. I see us making a title run, if, and it's a big IF, we can get everybody healthy and start gelling by mid-January.

I hope we are stronger this year as well. It comes down to how well teams create opportunities on one side of the ball and how intensely they play defense on the other side. ACU sometimes struggles against aggressive defensive teams. And when we shoot terrible percentiles, the offense suffers. Modern basketball almost requires having serious three-point shooters and that means outside players with height or set plays to create space. ACU needs improvement in this aspect of the game.