Just got curbstomped at home by UCF

I hope that is an omen.
But as far as our match up, there is no need to read too much into it. (imho)

FAU shoots a lot of threes and makes quite a number of them. Of all their FG attempts, 43.9% are from three and they hit 37.2% of them. By comparison, 28.8% of the Tigers FG attempts are from three and we hit 35.6% while holding opponents to 30.8%.

Mitigating FAU's three point conversion is the key to victory, IMO.

Go UAB and North Texas!!!

garbage

(03-16-2023 08:40 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  FAU shoots a lot of threes and makes quite a number of them. Of all their FG attempts, 43.9% are from three and they hit 37.2% of them. By comparison, 28.8% of the Tigers FG attempts are from three and we hit 35.6% while holding opponents to 30.8%.

Mitigating FAU's three point conversion is the key to victory, IMO.

Play a 3-2 zone defense then

They seem to be a good team

They are very good. Don’t fall prey to the schedule thing. We get accused of the same thing by the SEC/P5 crowd. No need for us to be hypocrites. I’ll leave that to the Ned’s of the world

We need our guards to get the long rebounds and turn those into points.

(03-16-2023 04:00 AM)Alcalde2 Wrote:  Just got curbstomped at home by UCF

They did not play UCF this year. Not sure what you are looking at.

Here are two out of conference games and their three losses.

Old Miss beat them 80-67
FAU beat Florida 76-74
UAB beat them 86-77
Middle Tennessee beat them 74-70

He is referring to UCF beating the snot out of UofF at UofF. And comparing that to FAU's beating UofF by 2.

Their best net wins are two close wins over UNT, and a close win and a big win over UAB.

If I had to guess, and thats all I can do, is that they are likely on a level similar to SMU. A game we should win 4 times out of 5 on a neutral court.

We will be the best team, by several orders of magnitude, they have played this year.

In the end, if they hit 40% from 3, it will be a close game. If they hit 30% from 3, it wont be nearly as close.

(03-16-2023 11:35 AM)bbqtiger Wrote:  He is referring to UCF beating the snot out of UofF at UofF. And comparing that to FAU's beating UofF by 2.

Its unfortunate that UCF lost by 2 to Miami, by 2 to Missouri, and lost in 2OT against UNC Ashville. They may have been in the dance if those 3 games went the other way. They are a really good team (probably have the best freshman in the nation) and simply screwed the pooch too many times.

I don't really put any weight on the NIT results. You can tell some of these named teams are mailing it in.

(03-16-2023 01:24 PM)fsquid Wrote:  I don't really put any weight on the NIT results. You can tell some of these named teams are mailing it in.

Kinda looked like the same ole Florida we've seen all year though.

(03-16-2023 11:30 AM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(03-16-2023 04:00 AM)Alcalde2 Wrote:  Just got curbstomped at home by UCF

They did not play UCF this year. Not sure what you are looking at.

Here are two out of conference games and their three losses.

Old Miss beat them 80-67
FAU beat Florida 76-74
UAB beat them 86-77
Middle Tennessee beat them 74-70

He is saying UCF just beat Florida in the NIT by a large amount, while FAU beat Florida by two points.

You have to read the thread title in conjunction with his comment.

Memphis.

(03-16-2023 02:23 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(03-16-2023 11:30 AM)DallasTiger Wrote:  

(03-16-2023 04:00 AM)Alcalde2 Wrote:  Just got curbstomped at home by UCF

They did not play UCF this year. Not sure what you are looking at.

Here are two out of conference games and their three losses.

Old Miss beat them 80-67
FAU beat Florida 76-74
UAB beat them 86-77
Middle Tennessee beat them 74-70

He is saying UCF just beat Florida in the NIT by a large amount, while FAU beat Florida by two points.

You have to read the thread title in conjunction with his comment.

IMO, FAU’s team is not as talented as UCF’s. They are not as talented as we are. But we played like a deer in headlights at the end of the game and FAU didn’t.