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(12-19-2022 04:06 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  

(12-19-2022 01:24 PM)FNblazer Wrote:  Correcto--moving to 20 league games this year so we can have a proper round robin. And yes, Answer, this should actually help our metrics. AK did some light politicking yesterday in the postgame for a multi-bid CUSA, with the conference being 10th in KenPom at the moment.

The conference has the highest chance of having 2 bids it's had in a long time. Several teams in the top ~60-70 with chances to get into at large range, and maybe a couple of others who could get in the conversation with a big run..

We really need one team to separate itself and then lose in the conference tournament for things to work out. While we have some nice OOC wind as a whole, there is nothing tremendous. West Virginia would have been so big for us and the conference this season.

Snow Thursday?

(12-20-2022 01:43 PM)notnow Wrote:  Snow Thursday?

Latest from the NWS -

Thursday…A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 54. South wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night…Rain likely before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday…Sunny and cold, with a high near 21.

Probably the most excited I've been for a regular season CUSA matchup since Charlotte returned to CUSA.

(12-20-2022 01:43 PM)notnow Wrote:  Snow Thursday?

big snow storm rolling in, lots of snow here over tomorrow and Thursday...but I guess that's not likely to affect Bartow Arena

(12-20-2022 04:51 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Probably the most excited I've been for a regular season CUSA matchup since Charlotte returned to CUSA.

no offense...but I hope you're very disappointed when it's over

Updated NWS Forecast -

Thursday…A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Thursday Night…Rain likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday…Sunny and cold, with a high near 21.

Temperatures Thursday evening:
6 pm…51
7 pm…50
8 pm…49
9 pm…48
10 pm…43

Goes below 32 after midnight and keeps dropping like a rock!

Any chance of ice postgame? When are temps expected to begin falling off the cliff?

(12-20-2022 05:38 PM)DuelingDragon Wrote:  Any chance of ice postgame? When are temps expected to begin falling off the cliff?

Temperatures will plummet after 9 p.m., going below freezing around midnight or 1 a.m. Expected below 20 after 4 a.m.

When the winds start howling with gusts above 30 mph, probably around 9 p.m., you will know the arctic front has arrived. Jeepers!

We should be fine.

Thursdays high is -2 here…get out and watch basketball

(12-20-2022 04:55 PM)LairDweller Wrote:  

(12-20-2022 04:51 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Probably the most excited I've been for a regular season CUSA matchup since Charlotte returned to CUSA.

no offense...but I hope you're very disappointed when it's over

And I feel the same about you

We’ve had good games with Charlotte since I was in undergrad and they had the white guy that would launch threes from near half court but shot around 50% from the free throw line.. I’m pretty sure they were part of the 5-6 way tie at the top of the conference in 2003-2004

I'll always remember them for winning the CUSA tournament in Bhm in 99. of that whole tournament, I missed 1 game and had a phenomenal time

The style of play combined with their size and shooting scare me. It's all about who can impose their style on the other.

(12-20-2022 07:25 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  We’ve had good games with Charlotte since I was in undergrad and they had the white guy that would launch threes from near half court but shot around 50% from the free throw line.. I’m pretty sure they were part of the 5-6 way tie at the top of the conference in 2003-2004

Brendan Plavich?

(12-20-2022 09:01 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  

(12-20-2022 07:25 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  We’ve had good games with Charlotte since I was in undergrad and they had the white guy that would launch threes from near half court but shot around 50% from the free throw line.. I’m pretty sure they were part of the 5-6 way tie at the top of the conference in 2003-2004

Brendan Plavich?

Yeah pretty sure that was him.

Mike Davis's son is currently leading the NCAA in PPG - 24.8 to Jelly's 24.6 coming in at number two.

We haven't done a great job of forcing our tempo on other teams a lot of times, especially against teams that are as good as, or better than us.

UNT, USC, WVU, USF, SLU, the losses to bottom feeders all come to mind from last year. We were maddeningly content with playing at UNT's snail's pace last year, and really made very little attempts to speed up those games (Especially the game at home). We've done a better job at that this year, but I also think our schedule has been weaker overall..

Our half court offense isn't great. We are very mediocre when we just dribble the ball up, run a set, drain the block, and play Mike Davis ball. We have to be better at forcing the other team to play to our strengths..

If we let Charlotte slow the game down, we may very well lose this game. This will be the best team we've played at home by a good margin I think. We could've easily lost to USA at home. That was just a couple of weeks ago...

(12-20-2022 09:31 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  We haven't done a great job of forcing our tempo on other teams a lot of times, especially against teams that are as good as, or better than us.

UNT, USC, WVU, USF, SLU, the losses to bottom feeders all come to mind from last year. We were maddeningly content with playing at UNT's snail's pace last year, and really made very little attempts to speed up those games (Especially the game at home). We've done a better job at that this year, but I also think our schedule has been weaker overall..

Our half court offense isn't great. We are very mediocre when we just dribble the ball up, run a set, drain the block, and play Mike Davis ball. We have to be better at forcing the other team to play to our strengths..

If we let Charlotte slow the game down, we may very well lose this game. This will be the best team we've played at home by a good margin I think. We could've easily lost to USA at home. That was just a couple of weeks ago...

Will you be present in Bartow to cheer us on to victory Thursday?

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