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5 hours ago, Bull Matrix said:

Tampa has the better Cuban sandwich due to the salami so maybe that will be enough to keep him. However it is the fishing part that is worrisome. Tampa Bay has great fishing spots but the east coast you can catch more huge gaming fish in the Atlantic. Bucs almost lost Tom Brady to the Dolphins because of this I believe. 

I think he's done all he can do in the AAC.  If his ambition is to take the next step, he'll have to move on to a better conference which attracts better recruits.  

1 hour ago, theman123 said:

I wonder if Mike Kelly has thought of that brilliant idea. 

At times, it seems some think he has the "get out of jail free" card in his back pocket and chooses not to use it....

1 hour ago, bcgruber said:

He did mention that Daniel T was doing great things and he expected alot from him next year....for whatever that means

It sounds like if he hits the weight room during the off-season and continues to improve, he'll get some meaningful playing time next season.  

22 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

 

Didn't our WBB turn down the WNIT invite?

I had to do research on this one, you have to pay to play in the WNIT and the WBIT, but unlike the mens NIT, it's not run by the NCAA.     

4 minutes ago, belgianbull said:

Just hope we would never go that route. the NIT journey albeit brief was fun, and would always be worthy of playing.

For a school that is in one of the bigger conferences and goes to the NCAA tourney on a regular basis, it's probably easier to turn down the NIT because they feel it is beneath them and it's rewarding mediocrity.  With our history, we're just happy to still be playing in March, no matter where it is.  

I should have known they wouldn't sell that fast probably slowly releasing to encourage FOMO....

3 minutes ago, 79 Bull said:

I watched everything sell out in 4 minutes.  There must be 3rd level available that are not showing.

I would bet the ticket brokers probably bought some of those to re-sell.  

wow, did they just sell all 200's that quick?  I'm sure the 300's haven't been opened yet....I was able to grab a pair quickly, but there were only about 6 left when I got mine.  

I have to wait until 2pm to buy peasant seats, but I'm sure they won't sell out by then... 

15 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

Fixed that for you

Not to dig up skeletons, but didn't that involve the illegally propelled ball call?  

1 hour ago, Triple B said:

Here's a good article about the changes, with the above further explained:

In September, The Messenger reported that Fox was negotiating a new postseason tournament to be played in Las Vegas involving teams strictly from the Power 6 conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, SEC and Pac-12). The catch in that proposal: The top two teams from each league that do not make the NCAA Tournament would be required to play in the Fox deal. That would leave the NIT picking over the carcass of what is left behind;

 

 

I'm guessing the casual basketball fan only watches the NCAA tourney and that alternative tourney is just lipstick on a pig...they still weren't good enough for the NCAA tourney.  Maybe fans of the team watch it....but I'd have no interest....only reason I'll be watching an NIT game is because USF is playing.  

3 hours ago, CousinRicky said:

How do you explain UAB?  

and pretty sure losing to them twice invalidates the statement they were a team we should have beaten.  

4 hours ago, BULLSHTR said:

Can someone explain to me how a team that finished 12th in their conference goes to any post-season tournament, let alone get the home game over a regular season conference champion?

College basketball is even worse than football! ESPN doesn't even have an area on their NCAAM site for the NIT. Embarassing.

(Short answer because of NIT revised selection guidelines) 

NIT took the 2 highest ranked NET teams from the Big 12 not taken by the NCAA tourney.  Those would have been Cincy and Oklahoma.  With Oklahoma opting out, the next highest net team was UCF.  They took Kansas St. as an at-large team which had a lower NET than UCF.  So if Oklahoma didn't opt out, UCF would have taken K-State's place and had the matchup against #3 Iowa and we'd probably be playing Oklahoma.

Can a mod edit the title to the correct day?  I know most know it's Tuesday, but would hate for someone to not go to the game thinking it was Wednesday......

15 minutes ago, Dave_Glaser said:

Where they’ve played really well this season - beating three ranked teams - while they’re 3-7 on the road. If we aren’t able to beat them, what a horrible end to a wonderful season.

and the way things have been going for us the last few years makes me very paranoid.....

5 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

Yeah, being on the plus is kind of adding insult to injury.   

Is there a big Cornhole tourney on that night or something?

At this point, my expectation of ESPN are pretty low.  I can't wait for the season to end so I can stop paying for this garbage station.

This situation is hot garbage, but all we had to do was beat UAB to avoid the clown show. 

I love this place....

I think Tulsa only has 2 real scorers.  If we can keep Haggerty at his average of 21 points or below, we win.  Easier said than done, I know.

On 3/10/2024 at 12:58 PM, sparkybull said:

what's his GRIT score?

Although a failed regime, I think Byrum was close to the top in GRIT score and he didn't turn out too bad.  

At least we don't have to discuss why NET shouldn't be a factor in the decision process anymore....

It would be great if it happens, but my money is on Kentucky so he can get national exposure.

You can tell he really cares about his players, I doubt he leaves after one year and screws over the guys who came with him from Kennesaw State.  Yes, they could transfer, but hopping to a new school is still a hassle.  After they have graduated, maybe he moves on, but I don't see him leaving after one season.

Isn't that just one writer's opinion at ESPN?  It's not like they polled the AP writers or a group of head coaches.

I'm sure future seasons will have more difficult OOC opponents.  Coach set up the schedule for a team playing together for the first time and predicted to finish 9th in the conference.  We lost to weaker OOC teams earlier in the season so scheduling tougher teams would have still resulted in a loss.