AAC Basketball

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

Tulsa will have more than 3 losses.

Not sure about that. They beat Temple on the road and crushed Memphis at home. They beat UConn at home by 8. Here are the teams left they play with a winning record which they haven't already beat on the road.

SMU home and away (pretty good team)
UC home (we must win against them)
UConn away (could lose this one)
Memphis away (already crushed them)

They would have to lose 4 of those games or another unexpected loss. If they lose twice to SMU...SMU will be hard pressed to find more than 3 losses and if they split with SMU...Tulsa will be hard pressed to find more than 3 losses.

[AZ BEARCAT]

Originally Posted by waterhead

Not sure about that. They beat Temple on the road and crushed Memphis at home. They beat UConn at home by 8. Here are the teams left they play with a winning record which they haven't already beat on the road.

SMU home and away (pretty good team)
UC home (we must win against them)
UConn away (could lose this one)
Memphis away (already crushed them)

They would have to lose 4 of those games or another unexpected loss. If they lose twice to SMU...SMU will be hard pressed to find more than 3 losses and if they split with SMU...Tulsa will be hard pressed to find more than 3 losses.

Unless they hit a wall like we did last year. They beat ECU by 2pts. Hope that wall starts tonight. Wishful thinking.

[jacobkdoyle]

Originally Posted by waterhead

Not sure about that. They beat Temple on the road and crushed Memphis at home. They beat UConn at home by 8. Here are the teams left they play with a winning record which they haven't already beat on the road.

SMU home and away (pretty good team)
UC home (we must win against them)
UConn away (could lose this one)
Memphis away (already crushed them)

They would have to lose 4 of those games or another unexpected loss. If they lose twice to SMU...SMU will be hard pressed to find more than 3 losses and if they split with SMU...Tulsa will be hard pressed to find more than 3 losses.

We'll see. I definitely don't think they're above losing a couple games they "should" win. Going 8-3 the rest of the way is no picnic. Shoot, we have to win 3 out of the next 4, on top of our current 3 game winning streak and 2-0 start to conference play, just to get to 8-3 ourselves.

[bearcat jeff]

Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle

We'll see. I definitely don't think they're above losing a couple games they "should" win. Going 8-3 the rest of the way is no picnic. Shoot, we have to win 3 out of the next 4, on top of our current 3 game winning streak and 2-0 start to conference play, just to get to 8-3 ourselves.

I agree. They lost at home to SE Oklahoma St.. Matter of fact, I think they will lose 3 of the next 4.

[UCalum08]

I had more people attend my high school bball games than the total people at this Tulane game. Woof.

[#BearcatNation]

Tulsa with the 62-55 win at Tulane. Now 8-0 in AAC play. Crazy.

[JasonS]

Originally Posted by #BearcatNation

Tulsa with the 62-55 win at Tulane. Now 8-0 in AAC play. Crazy.

The unbalanced schedule in the AAC is really helping Tulsa this year. I can't imagine their computer numbers look very good though. A couple losses could ultimately put them right on the bubble or out of the tourney.

[Eternal E]

Originally Posted by JasonS

The unbalanced schedule in the AAC is really helping Tulsa this year. I can't imagine their computer numbers look very good though. A couple losses could ultimately put them right on the bubble or out of the tourney.

Tulsa is only currently projected in most brackets because they are winning the conference. They are 0-3 vs RPI top 50 and just 3-3 vs RPI top 100. 10 of their 15 wins are against teams with sub 150 RPI's. They would not make it as an at-large if the tournament was today.

[AZ BEARCAT]

Think about this, does Tulsa hurt the AAC being in first place 8-0?

[Scheids21]

45 RPI, 127 sos...better keep winning.

And yes Tulsa leading the conference does hurt outside perception. Then again, it was already low to begin with. Based on last years committee, this year I'll take what seed we're projected to get and add two.