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ECU 12 -------- NT 9 11:16 to go Turnovers are killing us with easy transition buckets.

NT 4 -------- ECU 3 15:13 to go Both defenses controlling the game.

I think Duke is still a real threat to win it all. I think Tennessee is probably better. I could see Memphis making the Final Four, and I can see them losing in the round of 64. They're probably more like a Sweet 16 team though. A couple of weeks ago I thought UCLA was a Final Four threat. Now they're in freefall.

I know we've had some questionable additions, but Coach Jones definitely deserves to be in our HOF. He resurrected a program that hadn't won much in about 15 years and made it a routine contender in the league we were in, getting to two NCAA tournaments and nearly making it a couple of other times. For many programs that would not be HOF worthy, but for us? Hell yes it is - otherwise we'd have about 30 total people in the HOF.

Yeah, did not see that one coming.

The Orange Bowl was a helluva game.

I realize that brutal cold was about to settle in, but the low attendance was very disappointing.

Classy move IMHO. https://theamerican.org/news/2025/1/7/american-athletic-conference-to-honor-the-legacy-of-south-florida-mens-basketball-coach-amir-abdur-rahim.aspx

NT 81 -------- Rice 59 Final

NT 77 -------- Rice 54 3:08 to go Finishing strong, shooting nearly 60% from behind the arc.

NT 70 -------- Rice 50 6:27 to go Time to start thinking about the next one.

NT 64 -------- Rice 46 8:44 to go Still rolling.

NT 62 -------- Rice 42 11:00 to go Right now, the biggest negative is the crowd size for a TV game. Otherwise this is a tremendous night.

NT 53 -------- Rice 34 15:20 to go We've really taken control now.

NT 42 -------- Rice 28 Halftime Great close to the half.

NT 31 -------- Rice 24 3:50 to go Wright is really playing unreal right now.

NT 24 -------- Rice 19 6:17 to go Wright is playing in All-American mode right now.

NT 16 -------- Rice 14 11:53 to go The Owls really working over our defense right now. At some point you'd think both squads will cool off on offense.

NT 12 -------- Rice 9 14:40 to go A lot more offense from both teams than was to be expected.

I feel like that's only been in the last handful of years. Didn't it used to be in the Spring sometime?

I started to do "official" game threads almost 20 years ago for the men's games to try and create some order, but I don't mind when others do.

We're probably waiting until he can attend the induction ceremony some year.

Thought I'd mention that Utah State broke into the Top 25 today.

Memphis 68 ---------- NT 64 Final

Memphis 59 ---------- NT 56 3:26 to go We're right there...just haven't been able to get the big bucket when we need to.