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#15 South Florida @ Central Florida - 3/04/21

Who will win this game?


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I think UCF gets revenge here. If Tuesday's game had been a couple of minutes longer, they might have prevailed. They just got down by too much too quickly to make it all up.
 

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Ah...I see Christy Thomaskutty doing the color commentary. I like her. She's up near the top on my list of basketball analysts.
 

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I think UCF gets revenge here. If Tuesday's game had been a couple of minutes longer, they might have prevailed. They just got down by too much too quickly to make it all up.
Agreed. It's tough enough to beat someone back to back, and it's even tougher when game 2 is a true road game.

UCF has one of the better home court records in the country over the past few years: 32-3 in the past 3 seasons, and 2 of those losses were to UConn (the 3rd was to FGCU this season).

South Florida hasn't beaten UCF in Orlando since February 2018, and that was in overtime.
 

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First scrum. 2 minutes into the game. Like Coach Abe's bedazzled mask.
 

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Coach Abe with yet another chippy team. The times UCONN played them in the American there were always chippy plays. The announcer says he like that they play with a "chip". That's fine up to a point but they go too far.
 

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So much for Jose's Naismith COY. USF turning the ball over again and again and UCF capitalizing.
 
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UCF up 9 at the half. I missed the scrum as I had an appointment and was driving home.
 
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UCF gets a statement win for the resume 58-45. Hopefully that gets them on the right side of the bubble
 

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UCF making a case why they should be in the LETTERL BY Top 25 (they were two spots out on Monday's) with a 58-45 victory.
 

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UCF making a case why they should be in the LETTERL BY Top 25 (they were two spots out on Monday's) with a 58-45 victory.
They are not to be underestimated when playing at home. One of those teams that plays much better in home vs. away games. The fact that they’ve lost only 1 game at home to a team not named UConn in the past 3 years is pretty amazing to me.
 
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UCF moves up to 39 in NET after the win. Creme has them as the last team in now which seems kind of harsh, I'd think they're pretty safe after last night.
 

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UCF moves up to 39 in NET after the win. Creme has them as the last team in now which seems kind of harsh, I'd think they're pretty safe after last night.
I wouldn't consider them safe. The resume still isn't all that good, and a NET of 39 guarantees them nothing except consideration. I think they're likely in, but I wouldn't bet the house on it.
 
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I wouldn't consider them safe. The resume still isn't all that good, and a NET of 39 guarantees them nothing except consideration. I think they're likely in, but I wouldn't bet the house on it.
Russel Steinberg had them as a 9 before this week. Pretty big difference between him and Creme.
 

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Russel Steinberg had them as a 9 before this week. Pretty big difference between him and Creme.
I haven't followed Steinberg's work closely, but from what little I've seen, not quite as meticulous as Creme and sometimes neglects to consider bracketing principles.

A #9 seed before the win over USF seems highly optimistic to me, considering UCF had not yet beaten anyone in the NET top 50.

UCF now has the valuable win over NET #24 USF, but their next-best wins are just outside the top 50: twice each over #53 Houston and #57 Tulane, and the road win at #64 LSU. (On that note, UCF is really benefitting from LSU's emergence as a somewhat decent team, in stark contrast to the complete basket case they started the season as.)

For a resume this thin on quality wins, the loss to Quadrant 3 Temple is hurtful.

Like I said, they're probably in for now, but not a sure thing.
 
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Interesting:

UCF is 4-1 in Q1 and USF is 1-3. UCF has a bad Q3 loss at Temple but USF's Miss St win isn't looking as valuable any more.
 

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