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greenminer · February 13

2/13/2025 Today in the American

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UNTLifer · February 13

Speaking of USF, was it ever determined what caused Amir Abdur-Rahim's death?

golfingomez · February 13

21 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Speaking of USF, was it ever determined what caused Amir Abdur-Rahim's death?

based on how he built up Kennesaw St. that dude was a hell of a coach

Matt from A700 · February 13

16 hours ago, greenminer said:

all games final

If the standings held up, we'd be playing the winner of Tulsa/Temple on Friday, 3/14 at 6 p.m. in the conference quarterfinals. Honestly I would like our chances against either opponent in that scenario.

Matt from A700 · February 13

17 hours ago, greenminer said:

We have some follow up here lol

He should have skipped to the second statement lmao.

97and03 · February 13

27 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

He should have skipped to the second statement lmao.

At least he got there.

golfingomez · February 13

1 hour ago, Matt from A700 said:

He should have skipped to the second statement lmao.

at least he got there

Matt from A700 · February 13

1 hour ago, Matt from A700 said:

He should have skipped to the second statement lmao.

At least he got there.

NorthTexasWeLove · Thursday at 10:04 PM

2 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

He should have skipped to the second statement lmao.

At least he got there.

greenminer · Thursday at 10:33 PM

3 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Speaking of USF, was it ever determined what caused Amir Abdur-Rahim's death?

He had an illness that required surgery, and passed due to complications from the surgery.

That was the initial release, and I have not read anything else since.

UNTLifer · Thursday at 11:04 PM

30 minutes ago, greenminer said:

He had an illness that required surgery, and passed due to complications from the surgery.

That was the initial release, and I have not read anything else since.

That's what I had read. Terrible considering how young he was.

Matt from A700 · Friday at 04:22 AM

Memphis with the easy dub to Tampa, improving to 11-1.

I am fine with the 2 seed. Give me a Friday 6pm start over 12pm game!

UNTLifer · Friday at 05:21 PM

12 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

Memphis with the easy dub to Tampa, improving to 11-1.

I am fine with the 2 seed. Give me a Friday 6pm start over 12pm game!

USF looked horrible.

greenminer · Saturday at 12:41 AM

GMG_Dallas · Saturday at 02:26 AM

On 2/13/2025 at 1:28 PM, Matt from A700 said:

If the standings held up, we'd be playing the winner of Tulsa/Temple on Friday, 3/14 at 6 p.m. in the conference quarterfinals. Honestly I would like our chances against either opponent in that scenario.

I may be alone here but Temple is just not a team I want to play in our first tourney game. They've got the country's second leading scorer in Mashburn and as we saw in Denton, have several guys who can score in a hurry. I'd like to avoid them early in the tournament if possible. That's upset potential right there.

greenminer · Saturday at 04:04 AM

I feel weird saying this because Temple has lost 3 in a row, but I feel like they are the strongest dark horse to make a deep run in the tournament.

BigWillie · Saturday at 07:34 AM

5 hours ago, GMG_Dallas said:

I may be alone here but Temple is just not a team I want to play in our first tourney game. They've got the country's second leading scorer in Mashburn and as we saw in Denton, have several guys who can score in a hurry. I'd like to avoid them early in the tournament if possible. That's upset potential right there.

3 hours ago, greenminer said:

I feel weird saying this because Temple has lost 3 in a row, but I feel like they are the strongest dark horse to make a deep run in the tournament.

I agree with both of these. When tournament time comes, I feel like we will see the Temple we saw flashes of in league play.

greenminer · Saturday at 04:56 PM

2/15/25 Today in The American

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NT80 · Saturday at 05:05 PM

9 hours ago, BigWillie said:

I agree with both of these. When tournament time comes, I feel like we will see the Temple we saw flashes of in league play.

Doubt it. Temple plays well at home, but they are only 2-7 on the road, including @Hofstra and a 3-point win @ Rice.

greenminer · Saturday at 05:20 PM

16 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Doubt it. Temple plays well at home, but they are only 2-7 on the road, including @Hofstra and a 3-point win @ Rice.

If I'm a fan that doesn't want to be bothered then, ya, you tell yourself "but they aren't getting it done on the road. plain and simple."

If I'm a coach, I'm telling my team that those losses were all very close, sometimes only extended closer to 10 (final score) because the other team took advantage of free throws.

My 0.02, they've given nearly every team in the conference problems, and they made it all the way to the finals last year, under a first year coach. Wilder things have happened.

Looks like they were 3-6 on the road last year in conference play, heading into tournament.

Edited Saturday at 05:22 PM by greenminer

GMG_Dallas · Saturday at 06:01 PM

48 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Doubt it. Temple plays well at home, but they are only 2-7 on the road, including @Hofstra and a 3-point win @ Rice.

I'm looking at path to a conference championship. I'd much rather face Tulsa knowing we likely get UAB after that and Memphis in the final game. At the same time, if Temple ends up facing Memphis on the other side of the bracket, I feel they're one of the few teams who can knock them off. Obviously they beat Memphis at home but they also played them tough at Memphis in what was a tie game at the half and a 6 point game with a minute to go in a game Mashburn Jr missed due to injury. I'd rather let Memphis deal with them.