CMJ

Where do we go from here? One way ticket to the AAC champs. May out at FAU? USF was great this season, but I need another year before I'm convinced. No one else scares me.

We played with them for basically a half, but once they got the lead up to 13 -15, it felt like we were mentally broken. Still, even if it wasn't the season we'd hoped for, I still give us a B. On to October!

SHU 72 -------- NT 58 Final

SHU 70 -------- NT 46 4:24 to go Not that we probably would have won anyway, but we never seemed to have recovered from the massive run right before halftime. If not for that.....maybe?

SHU 61 -------- NT 42 7:44 to go Things have just completely gotten away from us now.

SHU 53 -------- NT 38 10:27 to go If we could have hit some of those layups, this would still be a game. As it things are very grim.

SHU 41 -------- NT 32 14:29 to go Just can't buy a bucket right now....

USF too.

SHU 39 -------- NT 32 16:52 to go Edwards heating up. We really need to keep them off the offensive glass - it seems like they've gotten half their points off of missed shot put backs.

SHU 33 -------- NT 24 Halftime We keep missing shots inside of five feet from the hoop. It's killing us. Catastrophic way to end the half.

SHU 21 -------- NT 19 4:00 to go It might be 23....their last basket is under review. Our offense seems to have gotten back on track after being locked down awhile.

SHU 16 -------- NT 14 7:34 to go We look all out of sorts. Gotta regroup.

NT 14 -------- SHU 8 11:50 to go Allen comes in and shores things up down low. Looking solid so far.

NT 8 -------- SHU 5 15:39 to go Pretty good start. Playing solid defense, but we have to work on the glass, because they're dominating there right now.

In Las Vegas because my wife has a work thing. They had a convention room with about 30 TV and projectors with games going yesterday when we got in that I only left when we went out for dinner. Pretty sweet set up. They won't have the NIT, so I'll be watching that from our room.

Biggest story of the day was Kentucky going down. Actually other than Tennessee, the SEC struggled.

I mean, SDSU did make the title game last year. I'd say the A-10 is pretty underrated too.

Dayton down 17, ends the game on a 24-4 run to win by 3.

I would be stunned if SMU went after Hodge. Even if he wins the NIT, he will be a 1st year D1 coach. They're gonna try and get a name.

Well, usually the better seeded teams hosts (unless they have a venue scheduling issue) in the NIT At least since the NCAA took it over about 15-20 years ago. When they began seeding they seeded the whole tourney, so the issue never came up like this. However, two years back they began only seeding the top 4 in each bracket, rather than all 8. So when two unseeded schools are against each other, I'm unsure of the current procedure.

In sumo culture, he'd be considered a promising up and comer.

I would hope we'd get it. I'm honestly not sure how they decide in a situation where two unseeded schools play each other.

Duquesne University in their first NCAA tourney in 47 years wins their first game in 55. Awesome stuff.

That's what can happen in the NIT though. Seems like every year someone can't host, or has to host in an off gym because most places don't set aside building use JUST IN CASE for NIT games.

LSU had a massive size advantage which they exploited the first time we played them. Not so much on Tuesday though.