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Don't think it's been officially announced, but Keller mentioned tonight that there would be no tournament this season for these guys.

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I guess we got the approval from the NCAA. Maybe 2-3 of the seniors will play one more year just to experience WAC competition and a chance to make the Big Dance then.

BTW, where did you hear Keller say that? On the radio, or are there post-game video interviews?

Do we know how close the seniors are to graduation? Many take five years to graduate so is it too much to think they will all be back? That's if they are really here for the education!

Prison Tech beat ACU in a low scoring game. Is PT the real deal this year or is Hooten just dreaming?

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Prison Tech beat ACU in a low scoring game. Is PT the real deal this year or is Hooten just dreaming?

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Hooten is always dreaming.

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No-look said:

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Post game zoom video. SFA athletics

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Yeah, make sure you follow them on Facebook. They have a quick Q&A with Keller after each game.

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I follow them on FB and watch most of their Tuesday coaches interviews, but I didn't know about the post-gamers there.

Southland vs. WAC currently. Both are NET bottom dwellers.



And then the WAC:

Yep the road to a SLC title goes through us. It always has.

nacluth said:

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Southland vs. WAC currently. Both are NET bottom dwellers.



And then the WAC:

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All the more reason to ditch the Southland. Not that the WAC is a huge improvement, at least today. Subtract Chicago State while adding #Texas4 should get the WAC up to 15th - 19th in a couple years.

Regarding the move to the WAC, that would have been great years ago when it consisted of highly competitive basketball programs. Now, as at least one person has mentioned, it's not much different in status from the Southland. I obviously have no leverage whatsoever in what the school does, but a much better match would be Conference USA. It would be a step up. This is just a personal opinion.

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Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?

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With the current membership, there has never been an at-large berth. Only three current WAC teams have been to the NCAA's: NMST 26 times, Cal Baptist once in 2016, and Seattle 11 times but the last was in 1969.

There's work to be done, but as far as basketball goes, we're really getting to play New Mexico St. and our other rivals. GCU is a great place to play, but they have been lackluster historically. Cal Baptist has been solid in the short term. Expect the SLC teams to be at the top with NMSU.

It's not a powerhouse basketball league yet despite the hype. It has a better potential than the Southland, but our main competitors are still going to be local.

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Agreed. The bright side is that all of these current WAC programs have a much higher ceiling, better facilities and trajectory compared to middle and low end SLC teams. Just in case you haven't seen some of these places:

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These pics make me wish, even more, that we would do away with the purple barrier surrounding the court. It's a seriously antiquated design that you don't see anymore, for good reason.

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So are you saying everyone should do away with it because almost all have their school colors surrounding the court?

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Lol, no I don't have an issue with anything being in our school colors. Though now that you've mentioned it, SFA switching to Carolina blue, , might not be a bad idea.

My issue is with the cement divider (the purple wall) encircling the court. It's an old design that elevated the stands off of the playing floor to improve viewing angles and enhance "player security". IMO, removing them completely would open up the court, giving the gym more modern look and putting the fans a little closer to the action.

I totally agree!

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Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?

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With the current membership, there has never been an at-large berth. Only three current WAC teams have been to the NCAA's: NMST 26 times, Cal Baptist once in 2016, and Seattle 11 times but the last was in 1969.

There's work to be done, but as far as basketball goes, we're really getting to play New Mexico St. and our other rivals. GCU is a great place to play, but they have been lackluster historically. Cal Baptist has been solid in the short term. Expect the SLC teams to be at the top with NMSU.

It's not a powerhouse basketball league yet despite the hype. It has a better potential than the Southland, but our main competitors are still going to be local.

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Agreed. The bright side is that all of these current WAC programs have a much higher ceiling, better facilities and trajectory compared to middle and low end SLC teams. Just in case you haven't seen some of these places:

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These pics make me wish, even more, that we would do away with the purple barrier surrounding the court. It's a seriously antiquated design that you don't see anymore, for good reason.

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So are you saying everyone should do away with it because almost all have their school colors surrounding the court?

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Lol, no I don't have an issue with anything being in our school colors. Though now that you've mentioned it, SFA switching to Carolina blue, , might not be a bad idea.

My issue is with the cement divider (the purple wall) encircling the court. It's an old design that elevated the stands off of the playing floor to improve viewing angles and enhance "player security". IMO, removing them completely would open up the court, giving the gym more modern look and putting the fans a little closer to the action.

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I'd rather die than go everywhere dressed like an overgrown toddler.


On the wall though, I looked at it the other day and I'm not sure you could revamp WRJ to exclude the wall without significant costs.

Where the wall is, if you added another front row of seats there instead, it seems like you'd largely be looking at the back of the scoring teams head instead of the game.

Now you could perhaps remove it on the goal ends, but that would likely mean removing the dance teams from the floor.

I kind of like the wall. When we have a full house it looks like fans are spilling over the edge and make it a little more intimidating.

Recently there was some news about Kevon getting drafted in the G League. Has there been any news about TJ and if he will be playing professionally overseas or domestically?

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Recently there was some news about Kevon getting drafted in the G League. Has there been any news about TJ and if he will be playing professionally overseas or domestically?

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https://sfasawmill.com/forums/8/topics/1880

Thank you

Sucks. Transferring to Tech may have looked appealing but was probably the worst decision of his career.
Had he stayed at SFA we likely would have had a better team, he would've been a star and probably a national icon like Walkup was, and probably on an nba roster.

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Sucks. Transferring to Tech may have looked appealing but was probably the worst decision of his career.
Had he stayed at SFA we likely would have had a better team, he would've been a star and probably a national icon like Walkup was, and probably on an nba roster.

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Frankly our team probably maxed out how good we would be with or without TJ. 28-3 with a win over #1 Duke. But with no postseason, Kevon's struggling.

TJ was always a solid role player inside. He had a chance to step up and be the man in his junior year, but he never really did. Kevon and Bogues both overshadowed him. His stats were very consistent through his career - even at Tech. Tech had gone to the Elite 8, and then the National Championships. Who knows what they would have done last year? European ball is probably a good place for him.

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SFA_03 said:

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Sucks. Transferring to Tech may have looked appealing but was probably the worst decision of his career.
Had he stayed at SFA we likely would have had a better team, he would've been a star and probably a national icon like Walkup was, and probably on an nba roster.

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Frankly our team probably maxed out how good we would be with or without TJ. 28-3 with a win over #1 Duke. But with no postseason, Kevon's struggling.

TJ was always a solid role player inside. He had a chance to step up and be the man in his junior year, but he never really did. Kevon and Bogues both overshadowed him. His stats were very consistent through his career - even at Tech. Tech had gone to the Elite 8, and then the National Championships. Who knows what they would have done last year? European ball is probably a good place for him.

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Agree. And, he got his masters degree from Tech to go with his bachelors from SFA.

Refresh my memory on why the Sam weekend is not a doubleheader?

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Refresh my memory on why the Sam weekend is not a doubleheader?

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They moved the men's game to Sunday to be on ESPNU. However, they did not move the women's game. Sucks we don't get a double header but I like that the men are on ESPNU.

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jboy93 said:

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Refresh my memory on why the Sam weekend is not a doubleheader?

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They moved the men's game to Sunday to be on ESPNU. However, they did not move the women's game. Sucks we don't get a double header but I like that the men are on ESPNU.

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I wish our #25 (NET) Ladyjacks were on ESPNU as well

Correction: #24, as of today.

Agreed but unless you are UConn or a power conference your probably not getting on TV. Schools like Tennessee tend to be a bigger draw since they are power five and have a long history in Women's basketball. They do normally put the Women's southland conference final in Katy on ESPN 2.

We have a NET of 24 but we are not getting votes in the polls unfortunately.

ESPN's Women's bracketology has SFA projected as an 11 seed. The loss to Houston is going to hurt our seeding. I do think we can do some damage as an 11 seed.

http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology

So looking at the schedule for SAM, ACU, Nicholls and us. Thinking that there may be a good chance this year to have another famous SLC 3 way tie. Head to Head should always matter but not in the SLC. Anyone know what the WAC's rules are on 3 way ties?

I normally don't like to root against teams especially since most of my immediate family went to schools in the SLC. But because of the commissioner's comments about Nicholls being his prime example of competitiveness in the SLC, I really hope Nicholls does not win either the regular season or the tourney in Katy. This season was stacked in their favor due to the awesome scheduling of the SLC.

You have the top 4 schools from last year that are picked as the top 4 schools in the preseason poll and you don't schedule them to all play each other. Ridiculous. You should always try and get your top teams playing each other so that they have better NET/Kenpom rankings which will help your conference winner's seeding in the NCAA. Men's basketball SLC scheduling continues to show a complete lack of understanding on how the NCAA tourney seeding process works.

CA98. SLC scheduling is the worst. Your point about scheduling strength to strength is a horse I've killed for years. Nicholls co-championship a couple years back was only due to scheduling.

SFA won't be involved in any tiebreaker, so it's at least something we don't have to worry about, but I definitely could see ACU and Sam tied at the end of the year - though I think ACU will actually prevail. Nicholls will get knocked down in the next month.

They have two options...

Go back to divisions. It is simple, and effortless. Play the teams in your division twice, with annually alternating h/a games against teams from the other division.

Performance based. Finished in the bottom half of the league? You play the bottom half next year for your home/away and play one game against top half teams. Give room for improvement and parity in records. Finish in the top half? You play the rest of the top teams for your home/away and then get one game against a weaker opponent...

Wasn't so hard now, was it...