Tulsa (12-13, 6-7 American) at #18 Cincinnati (23-3, 12-1 American)
11:00 AM Central
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USF (7-18, 1-13 American) at Tulane (4-21, 1-12 American)
1:00 PM Central
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UCF (16-10, 7-7 American) at ECU (12-14, 4-9 American)
4:00 PM Eastern
ESPNN


#19 SMU (23-4, 13-1 American) at Houston (18-7, 9-4 American)
5:00 PM Central
ESPN2


UCONN (13-12, 8-5 American) at Temple (14-13, 5-9 American)
3:00 PM Central
ESPN

Step 1 to getting an at-large bid for Houston is tomorrow night against SMU. Best of luck Coogs.

ESPN Bubble Watch 2/17/17


Teams that should be in: Cincinnati, SMU
Work left to do: Houston

Cincinnati hangs tight, SMU hangs on, and Houston joins the fun -- but for how long?

Cincinnati [23-3 (12-1), RPI: 15, SOS: 87] Four of Cincinnati's last five regular-season games come against teams with RPIs between 102 and 122 (as of Thursday's RPI update). Such is life in the American, where most of the league isn't terrible and most of the league isn't very good. Cincinnati is very close to lock status as is; as long as it takes care of Tulsa on Saturday (and maybe Memphis next week, though we'll see), the Bearcats will move up.

SMU [23-4 (13-1), RPI: 21, SOS: 109] On Sunday, SMU beat Cincinnati, avenging its only conference loss, notching its first marquee win, and fully announcing its previously ignored presence to a national audience. On Wednesday, at home against a 4-20 Tulane team with a sub-250 RPI, SMU trailed 42-27 at the half. Yeah. Gulp. Then Semi Ojeleye scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half, and SMU crawled away from what would have been an unmitigated disaster. Meanwhile, did you know that Mike Dunleavy Sr. -- the longtime NBA coach last seen during his seven seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers -- is in his first year at Tulane? True story! And so it was that "Thunder Dan" Majerle and Grand Canyon University were unseated from the "Most Random Combination of Div. I School and Former NBA Personality" throne. The king is dead; long live the king.

Houston [18-7 (9-4), RPI: 59, SOS: 116] A warm Bubble Watch welcome to the Cougars, who have been on our wait-and-see radar for a minute. Houston's resume lacks top-end wins -- its best is either a neutral-court victory over Vermont or a home win against Rhode Island -- and is weighed down by four sub-100 losses. If the bracket was seeded today, Houston wouldn't have much of a chance of getting in. The Cougars are worth noting for two reasons: After five wins in a row, they boast the American's second-best per-trip offense behind SMU and slightly ahead of Cincinnati. What's more, SMU visits Saturday, and a win would at least keep Houston in the Georgetown/Texas Tech/Providence/Utah faction of bubble long shots that can get in with a big push over the next two weeks.


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Up to 15 people I know with zero connection to Houston or SMU coming to the game tomorrow. They just want to see a good game and are coming because of the affordable tickets

Those Tulsa fans travel well

Quote:USF (7-18, 1-13 American) at Tulane (4-21, 1-12 American)
1:00 PM Central
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If any game could justifiably be called "Must See TV".... uh, never mind.

Serious question: if two AAC teams end the reg-season tied in conference standings, and split 1-1 against each other, how is the tournament seeding decided?

Quote:Houston [18-7 (9-4), RPI: 59, SOS: 116] A warm Bubble Watch welcome to the Cougars, who have been on our wait-and-see radar for a minute. Houston's resume lacks top-end wins -- its best is either a neutral-court victory over Vermont or a home win against Rhode Island -- and is weighed down by four sub-100 losses. If the bracket was seeded today, Houston wouldn't have much of a chance of getting in.

If UH turns out to be one of the first four out, that 1-point loss to Harvard (57-56, IIRC) will have made the difference.

Tulsa @ Cincy is a sell out

(02-17-2017 06:21 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Up to 15 people I know with zero connection to Houston or SMU coming to the game tomorrow. They just want to see a good game and are coming because of the affordable tickets

This is why Houston fans are. They just want to see a good game doesn't matter the teams.

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Tulane hitting 71% from Field leading USF 37-18-what's gotten into these guys. Don't look like 4 win team

(02-18-2017 02:40 PM)Stallion Wrote:  Tulane hitting 71% from Field leading USF 37-18-what's gotten into these guys

after watching Tulane last 2 games I think they have some tools to work with in Cameron Reynolds, Melvin Frazier, Kain Harris and Ona Embo-combined for 67 points today. Do they have any good prospects coming in?

Tulane 94-71 Final

(02-18-2017 03:54 PM)Stallion Wrote:  after watching Tulane last 2 games I think they have some tools to work with in Cameron Reynolds, Melvin Frazier, Kain Harris and Ona Embo. Do they have any good prospects coming in?

They are going to give this league fits very soon. As in now.

Ya. That's one team to avoid in the conference tourney.

(02-18-2017 03:56 PM)gostangs Wrote:  They are going to give this league fits very soon. As in now.

(02-18-2017 04:19 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  Ya. That's one team to avoid in the conference tourney.

Interesting that 2 of our next 4 games are against Temple and Tulsa, and odds are we will play one of them in the first round @XL Center.

The jury is still out on Tulane's experiment with Mike Dunleavy, although overall I feel cautiously optimistic about it. But at least for right now, we can say this is the first time since the Perry Clark era (1989-2000) that we have a HC that is clearly respected by professional media and other teams' fans.

Forgot how much I hate Houston traffic

SMU beats Cincy and it appears they thought the season was over.

(02-18-2017 06:28 PM)payday Wrote:  SMU beats Cincy and it appears they thought the season was over.

Super Bowl