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NJIT beat Seton Hall.
Texas Tech beat BC.
Bad day for the old Big East.
 
champs99and04 said:
I'm developing a hatred for the Houston program. You can pretty much bank on them embarrassing the AAC OOC and then rallying just in time to be January and February warriors.

They just lost to Drexel (sub-200 in KenPom prior to the game) and eked out a win over #170 Liberty today. Can't wait for them to shoot 15 of 20 from three in front of 1,500 fans against us later this year, sabotage the league by sprinkling in some upsets over possible tournament teams, and somehow wind up third in the standings by playing an unbalanced league schedule.

Nothing has ever embodied a motel like Houston basketball. Them and Tulsa. I feel gross talking about them. If you're gonna be irrelevant than just go full suck and stop bothering me with your existence you petulant stains of human waste. These programs are a complete distraction to the appreciation of the fighting human spirit and I propose that at once we expunge then from the archives of our species.
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Motel?
 
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Jimdish255 said:
Big game for USF @ Indiana tonight at 6pm alongside us. Hoosiers really need a win and the fans will be a big factor. Hopefully TSam and Co. can weather the storm and pull out a tough road win.

USF Travels to Indiana to Open Hoosier Tip-Off Classic

Later tonight Temple and Clemson. These games matter to the AAC.
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I think the USF/Indiana game matters to the AAC in the same way the UNH/Florida game matters to the America East. It technically matters, but it's not worth worrying about much since the outcome is basically a foregone conclusion. South Florida is going to be horrible and whether that means their RPI is 270 or 290 probably doesn't much matter.

Temple/Clemson is an entirely different story. These are the games that are enormous to a conference because they can be the difference between three or four bids in March. Similar caliber teams, the outcome won't do a lot to change that, but ten RPI slots or so could be at stake. This is where variance comes in and everybody holds their breath - with the committee assigning value to arbitrary cut-offs, these victories can mark the tenuous difference between us having eight games against top 50 competition or ten.
 
champs99and04 said:
I think the USF/Indiana game matters to the AAC in the same way the UNH/Florida game matters to the America East. It technically matters, but it's not worth worrying about much since the outcome is basically a foregone conclusion. South Florida is going to be horrible and whether that means their RPI is 270 or 290 probably doesn't much matter.

Temple/Clemson is an entirely different story. These are the games that are enormous to a conference because they can be the difference between three or four bids in March. Similar caliber teams, the outcome won't do a lot to change that, but ten RPI slots or so could be at stake. This is where variance comes in and everybody holds their breath - with the committee assigning value to arbitrary cut-offs, these victories can mark the tenuous difference between us having eight games against top 50 competition or ten.
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Since we play USF twice, and most of our opponents play them twice, increasing their RPI from 290 to 270 will raise ours and all the other AAC teams by 2 places, which is significant if you expect to be a bubble team.

Temple/Clemson is more important for Temple than the AAC. USF/Indiana is more important for the AAC than USF.
 
Houston was looking good but most calls going P5 now. Still hanging on up 4 2:30 and a 3 makes it up 7.
 
pj said:
Since we play USF twice, and most of our opponents play them twice, increasing their RPI from 290 to 270 will raise ours and all the other AAC teams by 2 places, which is significant if you expect to be a bubble team.

Temple/Clemson is more important for Temple than the AAC. USF/Indiana is more important for the AAC than USF.
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What I'm saying is that two slots in the RPI is not as important as having an extra two games on the schedule against a top 50 opponent. The conference at large having an additional quality victory is way more important than two slots in the RPI (the 290 vs. 270 is a hypothetical anyway; one game, especially on the road against Indiana, is not likely to have a negative effect on UConn's RPI).

Having more good teams increases the overall profile of the conference, sells more tickets, adds tournament shares, and potentially helps the TV deal. As far as optics is concerned, the difference between a third place Temple team with quality wins OOC and a third place Temple team with no quality wins OOC is enormous.
 
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Experienced mid majors who actual have achieved a semblance of team chemistry
are no push overs against inexperience teams with more talent.
 
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Illinois St pounding Tulsa early 26-7 11 mins left in the 1st.
 
Tulsa is a dumpster fire so far. There must be like 8 people there including the refs.
 
#10 USC in OT over Vandy

Texas Tech beats #20 Northwestern by 36 which included a 20-0 run in the second half. Game was at Mohegan Sun.

Temple 37 Clemson 31 at the half in the Final of the Charleston Classic.
 
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Temple up 11 but jacking up early shots getting nothing for it. Now up 9.
 
Good win for Temple. Feel like that team could be pretty good this year.

Also, Fran Dunphy has a serious mustache going.
 
Should be an awesome week with all the early-season tournaments. It'd be nice to see SMU put in a strong showing in Atlantis and I think the Shockers should win Maui. Quality chances for the conference to continue its good start to the year.
 
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Maui invitational starts today.

Big tournament for Wichita to make some noise. They play at 430-5
 
That will teach him for going to Bob Diaco for defense advice.
 
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Cal's lead over Wichita State back to 15 with 17:30 to go in 2nd half
 
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