[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

NT 58 ---------- FAU 58

 

5:24 to go

 

 

Hold on everyone...crunch time

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

NT 55 ---------- FAU 53

 

7:02 to go

 

 

Hitting some big shots, but having trouble keeping Davis out of the lane.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

NT 50 ---------- FAU 47

 

10:43 to go

 

 

Great effort out there by both squads.  We're keeping our nose in front.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

NT 42 ---------- FAU 41

 

15:46 to go

 

 

What a start to the half...both teams trading haymakers.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

FAU 35 ---------- NT 30

 

Halftime

 

 

Last minute was a bit rough, but I'll take it.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

FAU 25 ---------- NT 23

 

3:27 to go

 

 

Great run by the good guys!

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

FAU 23 ---------- NT 14

 

7:04 to go

 

 

Noland has been our offense the last couple of minutes.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

FAU 12 ---------- NT 6

 

11:53 to go

 

 

If we can really make this ugly, we may be able to win - but we're definitely not gonna score a lot tonight.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

FAU 12 ---------- NT 4

 

13:33 to go

 

 

Owls on a 9-0 run.  Their defense is frustrating us.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

FAU 7 ---------- NT 4

 

15:54 to go

 

 

Some sloppy plays on offense so far.  Need to clean it up against these guys.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]

I guess we'll see on TV shortly, but how's the crowd looking?

[AAC Tourney]

WSU was hanging right with UAB until the Blazers went on an 8-0 run in less than 30 seconds and it was never really in too much doubt afterward.

 

Blazers vs Bulls in the first semi tomorrow.

[2024 March Madness Thread]

I have too many memories of some of our old conference mates not to pay attention to the CUSA Tournament.  UTEP vs WKU in the finals.  The Toppers destroyed MTSU in the semis today.

[AAC Tourney]

All season I thought WSU had too much talent to be at the bottom of the standings.  Win or lose today, it looks like they're finally figuring it out.

[AAC Tourney]

USF defeats ECU 81-59 and it wasn't that close.  Bulls led by over 25 for a large part of the second half....the Pirates ended the game on a run to make it look "better."

[AAC Tourney]

Bulls are annihilating ECU.

[AAC Tourney]

USF looking good early.

[2024 March Madness Thread]

12 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Is there any coach in the country that has flown under the radar the last 20 years more than JJ?

He's underrated, but I wouldn't go that far.  Unfortunately his stint at LSU probably affects the way he's perceived as well.

[AAC Tourney]

15 minutes ago, keith said:

Are Byes overrated in these tournaments?  Is it better to play your first game against another team that is also playing its first game (and all the first-game jitters that may go with it on both sides) as opposed to playing your first game against another team that has a win (or two) under its belt, has some momentum going and has those first-game jitters out of the way?

I think the first round byes might be a bit detrimental in the first game, but work to your benefit later on.  For example, Charlotte could have rust at the beginning of today's game, while Temple will be loose since they've played already.  But if Charlotte gets through today, having that first bye helps.  By the same token not having it helps you in the 2nd game, at least for the first half or so.  But the longer the tournament goes on, the more it works against you.  I've seen some Cinderella conference tournament runs go where a team manages to make the Final and then have little left in the tank.

[2024 March Madness Thread]

Yesterday had some crazy stuff go on.  The complete meltdown of the A-10 tournament was something not often seen - ALL of the lower seeded teams won.  Plenty of OT games throughout the country.

 

Of tangential interest to us, the CUSA had old conference mates MTSU, WKU, and UTEP all make the semis.  Sorta made me happy to see some of those long time rivals names again.  I'd love to play WKU OOC every now and again.

 

Also JJ is still alive in the SWAC.  

[AAC Tourney]

Not counting our game, the quarters are....

 

ECU vs. USF

Wichita State vs UAB

Temple vs Charlotte

[Any good games on tonight?]

I know this was ripping SMU, but there have been a lot of crazy good games tonight.  Overtimes all over the place.

[Tulane (3/14/24)]

I'm not criticizing the team as much as I'm pointing the finger at us.

[Tulane (3/14/24)]

We struggled so much down the stretch, this is the first game thread that's gotten over 100 posts in awhile.

[Florida Atlantic (3/15/24)]