Around the League / UNT Opponents

[Censored by Laurie]

figure one main thread to keep track of how our opponents are faring. the AAC is off to a pretty strong start...overall record of 29-7. plus currently Oregon State, High Point and Utah State / St. Bonaventure are all 3-0

 - Memphis (2-0) with two quality wins v. Mizzou and UNLV. they should be undefeated (though San Francisco isn't a gimmie) heading into a 11/25 game with UCONN. 
 - UAB (2-1)...I thought their loss to Vermont wouldn't look too bad, but UV has two pretty ugly losses now. really intriguing game tomorrow 11/15 v. High Point
 - FAU (2-1) look tough...their loss was by 6 to UCF who already beat then 13th A&M. 
 - the other undefeated teams, ECU (3-0), Temple (3-0), Tulane (3-0), Tulsa (3-0), Wichita St. (2-0) collectively really haven't played much of a schedule...best win is probably WSU over WKU...but they've made pretty light work of what's in front of them. 

Games of interest over the next week or so:
11/14 - Northern Iowa @ Wichita State
11/15 - UAB @ HighPoint ; Temple @ Boston College ; FAU v. Charlston and Liberty (11/16)
11/21 - Memphis @ San Francisco ; FAU v. Oklahoma State (3 day tourney...would play Miami or Drake next)

[GMG_Dallas]

Good thread, thank you. 

[CMJ]

Shockers with a six point win.

 

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/401715914

[Censored by Laurie]

11/16...not a good night for the league...3 tough loses all by 3 points

 - UAB loses to High Point (UNT opponent on 12/6...they're now 4-0) 68-65. Butter Johnson showed up 21 off the bench...looks like he'd been struggling and responded with a reserve role...Lendeborg had 17-15, but UAB didn't have anyone else in double-figures. 

- FAU lost on a 3-pt buzzer beater to Charleston 119-116 in double OT. looks like not a lick of defense was played in this game...would've been fun to watch...both teams shot north of 50% from the floor and from three...FAU put six dudes in double figures lead by Louisville transfer Kaleb Green, but got done in by the leading scorer in the country Ante Brzovic who had 39 including the winner

- Temple lost to Boston College 72-69. Temple were down as many as 14 in the first half, took a second half lead, but couldn't hang on. Jamal Mashburn Jr. looks to be a problem, but Temple doesn't seem to have much beyond him.

 - Memphis and USF won games they should have...Tulane lost to a 4-0 Furman. 

[Censored by Laurie]

5 conference games today, the most interesting being FAU having to come right back after a 2OT loss to play 3-0 Liberty. 

Minnesota hosts Yale, who already gave 13 ranked Purdue a hell of a game...so their board might be in full meltdown later this evening. 

[CMJ]

High Point looks to be a real tough (under the radar) test.  We should be prepared for that.

[Censored by Laurie]

7 hours ago, CMJ said:

High Point looks to be a real tough (under the radar) test.  We should be prepared for that.

no doubt. I think we could end up with a sneaky tough non-con...though not contributing that will be this current Minnesota team as Yale is currently doing the exact same thing we did

[UNTLifer]

Today:

Tulsa loses to Missouri St in 3 OT’s

Rice beats Northwestern St in OT

UALR stomps utsa by 17

Liberty beating FAU

ECU going to OT vs George Mason

 

 

[UNTLifer]

1 hour ago, Censored by Laurie said:

no doubt. I think we could end up with a sneaky tough non-con...though not contributing that will be this current Minnesota team as Yale is currently doing the exact same thing we did

MN won by 3. 

[GMG_Dallas]

12 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

MN won by 3. 

Some are arguing on their board about who's better between Yale and UNT. They really can't get past the UNT loss. I really want to get poporn and make an account just to let them know we've finished higher than MN in NET every year since 2020.

[Matt from A700]

On 11/16/2024 at 5:14 PM, UNTLifer said:

Rice beats Northwestern St in OT

UALR stomps utsa by 17

I would really enjoy sweeping the Texas teams this year to confirm our dominance in them in basketball.

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5 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

I would really enjoy sweeping the Texas teams this year to confirm our dominance in them in basketball.

hmm...that made me wonder what a Texas college ranking would look like. kinda cool there's actually 25 schools. per KenPom's current ranking:

2. Houston
9. Texas Tech
13. Baylor
15. Texas A&M
24.Texas
61. TCU
68. North Texas
72. SMU
109. Sam Houston State
153. Texas State
171. UTA
183. SFA
197. Abilene Christian
212. Texas A&M - CC
219. UTEP
227. Rice
235. UT - Rio Grande Valley
271. UTSA
281. Texas Southern
288. Incarnate Word
289. Lamar
302. Tarelton State
346. Prairie View A&M
352. Texas A&M - Commerce
357. Houston Christian