Thank you Houston

[joober jones]

I think we've all just breathed a collective sigh of relief.

 

[Rico444]

Now they just need to knock off the OTHER team that's beaten us twice.

 

[NotADimeBack]

not really. now louisville is practically cakewalking to the final

 

[pj]

Why? I'd rather face tough competition. SMU would have been a good warmup for the NCAAs, if we were to meet them in the championship game.

 

[joober jones]

not really. now louisville is practically cakewalking to the final

True, but a 3rd loss to them hurts our seeding less than dropping 3 to SMU.

 

[babysheep]

SMU close to the bubble now. A&M just forced 2OT on Mizzou, which will certainly knock them out and leave on more spot for SMU to hang on to

 

[Brownie]

not really. now louisville is practically cakewalking to the final

My first thought as well

 

[amory]

True, but a 3rd loss to them hurts our seeding less than dropping 3 to SMU.

Well we could....you know....like, win or something.

 

[metsfan2323]

SMU close to the bubble now. A&M just forced 2OT on Mizzou, which will certainly knock them out and leave on more spot for SMU to hang on to

I could see SMU falling to a play in game off this loss.

 

[Fishy]

I would have zero fear of UConn meeting SMU a third time - our chances against SMU in a third game are better than our chances tonight against Memphis.

 

[Mots010]

I would have zero fear of UConn meeting SMU a third time - our chances against SMU in a third game are better than our chances tonight against Memphis.

I kind of agree. Tonight's match-up against Memphis tonight is a total disaster. If we manage to win this one I would be VERY impressed with the toughness of this team. On the flip side, I'm not sure a loss would mean much, unless we get toasted like last Saturday.

 

[Jerry1714]

I think we've all just breathed a collective sigh of relief.

I think, and hope, you were the only one who breathed a sigh of relief.

 

[blackbird]

I would have zero fear of UConn meeting SMU a third time - our chances against SMU in a third game are better than our chances tonight against Memphis.

I think they are too big for Uconn. Terrible matchup.

 

[freescooter]

Given we have to get by Memphis and most likely Cincinnati, two pretty good basketball teams, before we ever had to worry about SMU, I hadn't even given them a thought. If we win this thing, it will be a pretty impressive performance in fact.

 

[patrick]

One game at a time!

 

[OkaForPrez]

One game at a time!

LOL @ your avatar Pat. Well done.

 

[CL82]

One game at a time!

Damn, Patrick! I think your new avatar has scarred me for life.

 

[Marat]

Is there even a small chance Houston has against LVille?

LVill is up 30+ points on Rutgers in the 1st half.

Make that .... up 42 points at end of 1st half !

 

[cohenzone]

Damn, Patrick! I think your new avatar has scarred me for life.

Knocked himself clear out of running for public office unless he holds dual citizenship in France.

 

[ASweet3781]

I would have zero fear of UConn meeting SMU a third time - our chances against SMU in a third game are better than our chances tonight against Memphis.

Pretty much, especially seeing it's obvious by now UConn has no business losing to them at Gampel.

 

[Danpisco12]

Houston winning was the worst possible outcome. Not sure how anyone could think otherwise.

 

[patrick]

Knocked himself clear out of running for public office unless he holds dual citizenship in France.

Not France but I do have dual citizenship in Ireland

 

[DogMania]

Why? I'd rather face tough competition. SMU would have been a good warmup for the NCAAs, if we were to meet them in the championship game.

Not that I would want to face then again, they are a tough matchup for us, but their lost to Houston just makes our two losses to them look all that much worse. We really wanted the top AAC teams to advance deep in the tournament to help the NCAA seedings for us and the other AAC programs. Maybe the silver lining to this is we will get a higher seed than SMU will if we advance past Memphis tonight.

 

[joober jones]

Everyone is entitled to make stupid posts. I just happen to exercise that right more often than others.

 

[David 76]

Our does Houston winning make our loss to Houston a little less horrible?

I liked the sentiment of the post but I would rather play SMU than 'Ville for the title,