And Charlotte answers with a goal with 11:06 left. 3-2

Good chance for the 49ers at the 8 minute mark is just deflected away after the initial attempt goes off the Owl goalie.

3-2 final. Owls are in the AAC tournament.

Owls win 3-2!

We’re going to the conference tournament! Nice last couple of games!!

Rice becomes the 4th team to clinch a spot in Bradenton with a 3-2 win vs CLT to close out their regular season (Rice has a bye next Tuesday).

As we await most teams to play two more games, we can end up anywhere between the 4 seed and the 8 seed.

standings thru Friday afternoon :
20 Memphis
16 CLT
15 UAB
14 Rice
12 FAU
11 Temple UTSA
10 ECU
————
6 Tulsa, USF
5 UNT

Top 8 qualify for conference tournament
Win=3 points, Draw=1 point.

Par for the course with this coaching staff

(10-23-2026 10:54 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Our defense this year has been really bad. And our offense is inconsistent. It's been a disappointing season to say the least.

We have put together our first two game win streak of the season since my criticism. Maybe I’ll try to motivate them further right before the conference tournament.

Other Friday results:

UAB 1 - @USF 0
@Temple 3 - Tulsa 0
@UNT 2 - UTSA 1
@Memphis 3 - ECU 0

Standings thru Friday afternoon :

23 - Memphis
18 - UAB
16 - CLT
14 - Rice
14 - Temple
12 - FAU
11 - UTSA
10 - ECU
————
8 - UNT
6 Tulsa, USF

Top 8 qualify for conference tournament
Win=3 points, Draw=1 point.

https://theamerican.org/standings.aspx?path=wsoc

Final regular season matches on Wednesday, Nov. 3:

Temple @Charlotte
USF @ECU
FAU @UTSA
Memphis @UAB
UNT @Tulsa

Looks like Tulsa and AC tournament hosts USF are now both eliminated from the tournament.

Yesterday’s results also combine to clinch a berth for winners Rice and Temple, plus idle FAU. Great day for #OwlNation as all three Owls clinch a spot!

UNT stayed alive with their win against bubble team UTSA. ECU is also squarely on the bubble after their loss.

Memphis clinched the 1-seed and has successfully defended their regular season conference championship…

Rice can finish with anywhere from the 4-seed (which we have now on a tiebreaker with Temple) to the 7-seed.

Clinching scenarios for next Tuesday:

UNT
Needs a win at Tulsa, plus either:
- a UTSA loss, or
- an ECU loss or tie

ECU
can clinch with a win hosting USF,
OR a UNT loss/tie
OR a tie plus a UTSA loss
(OR maybe a tie regardless*)

UTSA
can clinch with a win or tie hosting FAU,
OR an ECU loss
OR a UNT loss/tie
(OR maybe an ECU tie*)


UTSA would lose out on any two- or three-way ties with the other two, due to head to head losses

* I haven’t seen or figured out yet the 2-way tiebreaker in the case where ECU and UNT finished tied, as they tied head-to-head in the regular season meeting.

Sunday’s first round of the Conference Tournament from Lakewood Ranch, FL

11am Temple-UAB
1:30pm FaU-clt
5pm UTSA-Rice (rematch of last year’s shootout final)
7:30pm UNT-Memphis

RPI:
29 Memphis
39 CLT
75 UAB
106 Rice


Memphis is probably a safe at-large (as long as they win their quarterfinal tomorrow)
CLT will need a break, but reaching the finals could put them on the at large bubble.

For Rice, obviously, winning the conference tournament is our only path to the NCAAs