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greenminer · Friday at 04:48 AM

If you look at Memphis' winningest, most impactful coaches, it looks like winning their conference mattered.

I look at Calipari: he dominated CUSA for at least 3 or 4 years, winning both regular season and tournament titles in that incredible run 2 E8s, a S16, and a national-runner up. I believe it was absolutely important to him that they take every game seriously.

That's going to be a big reason why Cal and the Tigers did what they did from 2005-2009, and why Penny and Co isn't going to get there.

UNTLifer · Friday at 06:25 AM

I said it last year and still believe that Hardaway coaches a NBA style game. Lots of one-on-one isolation on offense. I disagree with the X member that states they are an elite defensive team.

greenminer · 2025-01-26T04:18:53Z

So sorry I didn't get to my usual "Today In The American" post. I've been driving across Texas.

Here are today's finals. 1/25/2025

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NT80 · 2025-01-26T05:23:31Z

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

So sorry I didn't get to my usual "Today In The American" post. I've been driving across Texas.

Here are today's finals. 1/25/2025

Surprised Temple fell to UTSA.

We must have really messed up their confidence.

greenminer · 2025-01-26T16:39:55Z

11 hours ago, NT80 said:

Surprised Temple fell to UTSA.

We must have really messed up their confidence.

Same.

Might be that we exploited a weakness and Adam Fisher hasn't figured out how to fix it yet? Could be a lot of things.

greenminer · 2025-01-26T16:41:36Z

Today in the American, 1/26/2025

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greenminer · 2025-01-26T16:43:35Z

Think we can hit a NET of 40 if we win out?

I've always played the part of skeptical when it comes to our at-large hopes, but I know once you hit that 40 mark, you are being watched by a lot of people for a bid. If we can manage closer to 35 (big IF), then people will question why you were left out.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-01-26T17:09:53Z

39 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Think we can hit a NET of 40 if we win out?

I've always played the part of skeptical when it comes to our at-large hopes, but I know once you hit that 40 mark, you are being watched by a lot of people for a bid. If we can manage closer to 35 (big IF), then people will question why you were left out.

Yes. If we win out we will be 29-4 reg and tourney champs. All of our losses will likely be to tournament teams and we will have some decent wins, around 9-3 Q2 and 1-1 Q1, 2-1 Q1 if Minnesota keeps winning and sneaks into top75. We'd be t25 in NET, imo. We'd be impossible to leave out.

But my mind isn't honestly on winning out. It's about getting to 20 wins. Good programs stack 20-win seasons. We missed that mark last year by 1 game, and I think it's important to hit that watermark. From there, we can start prognosticating with a little more clarity.

Edited 23 hours ago by NorthTexasWeLove

GMG_Dallas · 2025-01-26T17:23:46Z

39 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Think we can hit a NET of 40 if we win out?

I've always played the part of skeptical when it comes to our at-large hopes, but I know once you hit that 40 mark, you are being watched by a lot of people for a bid. If we can manage closer to 35 (big IF), then people will question why you were left out.

I think we can hit 40 if we win the next few games. Need to win big and leave no doubt, though. Show we are clearly a class above our competition and not just skating by.

NT80 · 2025-01-26T18:04:43Z

38 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I think we can hit 40 if we win the next few games. Need to win big and leave no doubt, though. Show we are clearly a class above our competition and not just skating by.

Winning big is by 15-20 points. Hard for us to win big with our style of play and limited possessions. We rarely score above 70, which means holding an opponent to 55 or less. Not likely in the AAC.

GMG_Dallas · 2025-01-26T18:19:10Z

31 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Winning big is by 15-20 points. Hard for us to win big with our style of play and limited possessions. We rarely score above 70, which means holding an opponent to 55 or less. Not likely in the AAC.

I'm looking for 10+ point wins so that if a committee is looking at us in a couple months, they're not seeing a bunch of wins against iffy competition that came down to the wire. We've done well at avoiding that so far.

Edited 22 hours ago by GMG_Dallas

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-01-26T18:30:29Z

10 minutes ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I'm looking for 10+ point wins so that if a committee is looking at us in a couple months, they're not seeing a bunch of wins against iffy competition that came down to the wire. We've down well at avoiding that so far.

48th in NET as of today.

GMG_Dallas · 2025-01-26T18:46:26Z

12 minutes ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

48th in NET as of today.

Yeah Northern Iowa jumped up to 100 which turned them into a Quad 2 win for us since it was a neutral site game. They just need to stay in the top 100. Currently makes us 3-1 in Quad 2 games.

UNTLifer · 2025-01-26T19:38:45Z

2 hours ago, greenminer said:

Today in the American, 1/26/2025

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Memphis running UAB off the court leading 72-52 right now.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-01-26T19:43:34Z

4 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Memphis running UAB off the court leading 72-52 right now.

This is sort of separation Sunday. They're making a statement. We are flailing.

greenminer · 2025-01-26T22:45:35Z

3 hours ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

This is sort of separation Sunday. They're making a statement. We are flailing.

50 point 2H. We’re fine.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-01-26T22:48:47Z

2 minutes ago, greenminer said:

50 point 2H. We’re fine.

Yes. In hindsight, we're great.

greenminer · 2025-01-26T23:53:15Z

1 hour ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

Yes. In hindsight, we're great.

You're allowed foresight, though. "Hey, we're down in the 1H but there's a ton of time." Not NTWL. PIck the most emotionally charged descriptions we can think of. Stuff that initiates urgency and, if possible, panic and anger.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-01-26T23:55:20Z

1 minute ago, greenminer said:

You're allowed foresight, though. "Hey, we're down in the 1H but there's a ton of time." Not NTWL. PIck the most emotionally charged descriptions we can think of. Stuff that initiates urgency and, if possible, panic and anger.

Sure. I wasn't posting burn it all down type of stuff, though. Just get your S together type stuff.

greenminer · 2025-01-27T02:45:02Z

1/26/2025 games final

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Matt from A700 · 2025-01-27T04:07:17Z

On 1/22/2025 at 9:35 PM, CMJ said:

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

I certainly did not think Charlotte was going to be the school we had to wait on.

Matt from A700 · 2025-01-27T04:11:37Z

1 hour ago, greenminer said:

1/26/2025 games final

Memphis does not play until Thursday night, meaning we have another opportunity of being sole possessors of first place for a night if we win in Wichita Wednesday.

It'd be cool to chase down that #1 seed but personally would rather take the 2 seed and the more attendance-friendly 6 pm start for that first tournament game at Dickies. The #1 seed would have to play at 12pm on Thursday.

Also not a fan of the inevitable banner and possibly rings our social media/AD will parade around for being "conference (regular season? champions."

greenminer · 2025-01-27T04:17:18Z

3 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Also not a fan of the inevitable banner and possibly rings our social media/AD will parade around for being "conference (regular season? champions."

If it gets fans pumped and boosts attendance numbers, I'm all for it. In fact, probably not a good look to a lot of fans if you win out the regular season and don't celebrate it.

Matt from A700 · 2025-01-27T04:27:52Z

9 minutes ago, greenminer said:

If it gets fans pumped and boosts attendance numbers, I'm all for it. In fact, probably not a good look to a lot of fans if you win out the regular season and don't celebrate it.

I definitely understand why you should do it. I'm just too honest of a guy... at this level regular season championships mean zero. I still get a bad taste when every time we refer to last year's women's teams as conference champions when we were the 2 seed in the tournament.

NorthTexasWeLove · 2025-01-27T05:19:08Z

50 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

I definitely understand why you should do it. I'm just too honest of a guy... at this level regular season championships mean zero. I still get a bad taste when every time we refer to last year's women's teams as conference champions when we were the 2 seed in the tournament.

It means another year tacked on. It's important, and doesn't come around as often or as easily as we'd like.