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BigWillie · Monday at 12:39 AM

Temple wins against Tulane. That was a big game for standings.

Makes Wednesday bigger too. Going to be a fun one!

CMJ · Monday at 01:10 AM

Four way tie for first.

greenminer · Monday at 01:34 AM

All games final.

FAU hangs in their and has a nice 2H to beat Rice.

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greenminer · Monday at 01:36 AM

24 minutes ago, CMJ said:

Four way tie for first.

Wednesday marks our 6th AAC game. That will be 1/3 of the way through the conference slate regular season.

Beating Temple would be tremendous, as we are starting to see some separation in the standings between the top teams and everyone else.

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greenminer · Monday at 06:04 PM

1/21/2025 in the American

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greenminer · Monday at 11:18 PM

I bet the UAB-UTSA game goes like ours did: Blazers will throttle them early, then hold off a Roadrunner comeback for a 15ish point win.

could be even bigger, since this is a UAB home game.

greenminer · Tuesday at 05:13 PM

Spreads are out and UAB is -12.5

greenminer · Wednesday at 03:35 AM

1/21 games final

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GMG_Dallas · Wednesday at 01:11 PM

Minnesota got another Quad 1 win by beating Iowa on the road. I believe NET updates around 8am. They get Oregon at home next.

NorthTexasWeLove · Wednesday at 03:25 PM

After watching several of our opponents play in conference play, we farted around too much as a league in OOC play. We are a much better league than our OOC record suggests. But, as the saying goes... You are what your record says you are.

GreenN'walinsVet · Wednesday at 05:54 PM

2 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

After watching several of our opponents play in conference play, we farted around too much as a league in OOC play. We are a much better league than our OOC record suggests. But, as the saying goes... You are what your record says you are.

Unfortunately, i think this is going to be the norm for awhile. You forget the league as a whole is basically brand new every year as all the top talents is transferring out. So it takes a few games for all the new faces to gel and become the teams that they are by conference time.

greenminer · Wednesday at 05:56 PM

1/22/2025 In The American

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4 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

Minnesota got another Quad 1 win by beating Iowa on the road. I believe NET updates around 8am. They get Oregon at home next.

we dropped a spot 😕

NorthTexasWeLove · Wednesday at 07:01 PM

1 hour ago, GreenN'walinsVet said:

Unfortunately, i think this is going to be the norm for awhile. You forget the league as a whole is basically brand new every year as all the top talents is transferring out. So it takes a few games for all the new faces to gel and become the teams that they are by conference time.

True. But the A10, MWC, and CUSA all have the same issues and are ranked above us in the NET conference rankings. If we want to be considered a competitive 2-bid league, we have to be NET ranked above the aforementioned.

NorthTexasWeLove · Wednesday at 07:03 PM

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

1/22/2025 In The American

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we dropped a spot 😕

We just have to get to 24 reg season wins and let the chips fall where they may. I think 24 is a good, realistic in-season goal. Then reset and see what we can accomplish in Ft. Worth.

greenminer · 2025-01-23T03:28:05Z

All games final.

We are 1/3 through the conference slate and we are starting to see some clarity.

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CMJ · 2025-01-23T03:35:25Z

Nice to see that no one is winless in league play now.

greenminer · 2025-01-23T18:26:39Z

1/23/2025 In The American

Shockers at Tigers tonight

greenminer · 2025-01-24T02:34:00Z

1/23/2025 Games final

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greenminer · 2025-01-24T02:36:44Z

If you watched today's game, Memphis hardly looked in command (IMO) until very late.

They still face UAB (twice), get Temple again at home. Shockers might be looking for revenge in round 2 after how they let this go.

Tigers are riding a slippery slope to the tournament.

greenminer · 2025-01-24T02:40:08Z

GMG_Dallas · 2025-01-24T03:04:48Z

26 minutes ago, greenminer said:

If you watched today's game, Memphis hardly looked in command (IMO) until very late.

They still face UAB (twice), get Temple again at home. Shockers might be looking for revenge in round 2 after how they let this go.

Tigers are riding a slippery slope to the tournament.

They did the same last season. Seems their guys, even though it's a new group, don't take the AAC seriously. They got the crowd going tonight after that 8-0 run in the 2nd half but they won't get that benefit on the road. It's a long season. You really have to dig deep to get up and play hard every game, especially when the pundits say you're already penciled in to play in March.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-01-24T03:10:23Z

1 minute ago, GMG_Dallas said:

They did the same last season. Seems their guys, even though it's a new group, don't take the AAC seriously. They got the crowd going tonight after that 8-0 run in the 2nd half but they won't get that benefit on the road. It's a long season. You really have to dig deep to get up and play hard every game, especially when the pundits say you're already penciled in to play in March.

It's deeper. I think Penny sucks. He's either elementary between in his ears in scheme/philosophy/sets OR he simply thinks he can roll the ball out and his team just out athlete the in-league competition. Since we have seen them struggle, I have to believe it's the former.

NT80 · 2025-01-24T03:38:14Z

25 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

It's deeper. I think Penny sucks. He's either elementary between in his ears in scheme/philosophy/sets OR he simply thinks he can roll the ball out and his team just out athlete the in-league competition. Since we have seen them struggle, I have to believe it's the former.

A Temple fan on their forum basically said the same. He said when they and Memphis play it's "no coach needed" games because of their elite athletes. But when faced with teams that are organized with defense and set offensive plays they struggle to adjust. They still just try to out-athlete their opponents.

greenminer · 2025-01-24T04:26:58Z

Memphis is still solid defensively. Just by virtue of their athleticism and length, they can get in lanes and alter shots. I've read that and I buy it.

Here's another angle on tonight. Probably not the best game to prove his point, but I always find it interesting to see how a different lens can change how you perceive things.

greenminer · 2025-01-24T04:34:33Z

Since the beginning of the American, there have been 21 opportunities for a championship. 11 regular seasons. 10 conference tournaments.

Tigers has been here since the beginning and won...1. The 22-23 tournament.