Just saying that after today, McNeese is going to be two wins up on us in the conference race. Who saw that coming?
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Yessir. McNeese is 2-0 and we're 0-1. The SLC in a nutshell.
Edit: 7:20pm
Still 13 minutes left but Nicholls drubbing UIW by 20 at this point. Another 2-0 team.
Edit: 8:00pm
Nicholls now 2-0; UIW 0-2.
Edit: 9:30pm
Lamer and UNO join the 2-0 club.
Edit: 7:20pm
Still 13 minutes left but Nicholls drubbing UIW by 20 at this point. Another 2-0 team.
Edit: 8:00pm
Nicholls now 2-0; UIW 0-2.
Edit: 9:30pm
Lamer and UNO join the 2-0 club.
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SELA takes care of UCA and Howard in Arkansas to go to 2-0 as well. Lions should take top power ranking knocking off two top 4 teams despite Nicholls convincing wins.
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UNO 3-0
So close McNeese. They had the lead in Abilene and let it go in the last minute....
So close McNeese. They had the lead in Abilene and let it go in the last minute....
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The SLU loss sucks because we don't play them again, but there's no way they don't drop a few games so we'll still control our own destiny this early.
UNO at SFA next week is a big one.
UNO at SFA next week is a big one.
UNO is 4-0, SLU is 3-0. Almighty Lamar is 2-2 after being downed by UCA at home in 2OT. So far, every home team has lost today (waiting on the Nicholls/HBU result).
Wednesday's game is going to be big.
Wednesday's game is going to be big.
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Tonight:
Abilene Christian @ Houston Baptist - ACU should win this one
Incarnate Word @ Central Arkansas - UCA cofmortably
New Orleans @ SFA - Hands down the best game of the night. I'll take the Jacks at home thank you...
Sam Houston @ TAMU-CC - Sam should win, but I feel the Islanders pull the upset
Southeastern @ Lamar - Lamar has been struggling and SELA hasn't. I want to call the upset but I'm not sure the Cardinals can do it.
McNeese @ Nicholls - Nicholls is back home and I'm sure they are frustrated from last week. Wonder what if they rally or just keep playing frustrated...
Abilene Christian @ Houston Baptist - ACU should win this one
Incarnate Word @ Central Arkansas - UCA cofmortably
New Orleans @ SFA - Hands down the best game of the night. I'll take the Jacks at home thank you...
Sam Houston @ TAMU-CC - Sam should win, but I feel the Islanders pull the upset
Southeastern @ Lamar - Lamar has been struggling and SELA hasn't. I want to call the upset but I'm not sure the Cardinals can do it.
McNeese @ Nicholls - Nicholls is back home and I'm sure they are frustrated from last week. Wonder what if they rally or just keep playing frustrated...
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I'll take every home team but HBU.
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That's the way I'm leaning, but I'm having trouble pulling more confidence in Lamar. Southeastern is playing above their heads right now and are due to come back to earth, but Lamar has hit their annual funk. Lamar has the talent to win, but I don't know if the mental aspect is there right now...INiedrauer said:
I'll take every home team but HBU.
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I'll take every home team but HBU.
I'll do the same but substitute SLU instead of ACU.
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SLU down by 15 at the half, but hold Lamar to 16(!) points in the second to come back and win by five. Amazing.
ACU 82 - HBU 74
UIW 76 - UCA 92
UNO 68 - SFA 78
SHSU 82 - TAMU-CC 50
SELA 63 - Lamar 58
McNeese 80 - Nicholls 85
Thoughts:
Sam Houston has found whatever they were lacking early...Southeastern is some kind of lucky, and Lamar is doing Lamar things...Not sure if McNeese is better, or Nicholls is still lost mentally.
Saturday:
Abilene Christian @ Northwestern
UCA @ Nicholls
TAMU-CC @ New Orleans
McNeese @ Southeastern
UIW @ SFA
HBU @ Sam Houston
Nothing huge except for a game in Thibodaux where the first to 150 wins....
UIW 76 - UCA 92
UNO 68 - SFA 78
SHSU 82 - TAMU-CC 50
SELA 63 - Lamar 58
McNeese 80 - Nicholls 85
Thoughts:
Sam Houston has found whatever they were lacking early...Southeastern is some kind of lucky, and Lamar is doing Lamar things...Not sure if McNeese is better, or Nicholls is still lost mentally.
Saturday:
Abilene Christian @ Northwestern
UCA @ Nicholls
TAMU-CC @ New Orleans
McNeese @ Southeastern
UIW @ SFA
HBU @ Sam Houston
Nothing huge except for a game in Thibodaux where the first to 150 wins....
I hate to admit that I actually bought in to the Lamar hype train, even though I knew better...They do this every yearnacluth said:
SLU down by 15 at the half, but hold Lamar to 16(!) points in the second to come back and win by five. Amazing.
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I'm not fully buying SLU right now, but they're doing all they need to do...win.
I don't see it lasting all 18 games. They are bound to slip somewhere...They still have two against Nicholls, two against UNO (I can see UNO sweeping), Abilene again, UCA, and a trip to Sam. A lot of games there for them to falter...
I can easily see them ending the season with five losses (Nicholls, UNO x2, UCA, Sam)
I can easily see them ending the season with five losses (Nicholls, UNO x2, UCA, Sam)
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We should be favored every game out, but that doesn't mean we won't slip up. In fact I think we probably will. I expect UNO to continue to play well, but we'll now have a tie breaker over them, as well as Nicholls who is 4-1.
We have a rough six-game stretch coming up where we will have to bear down on the road. HBU at home is the only "layup" we have. Make it through there and we are golden...
@ Abilene
@ UCA
vs. Sam
vs. HBU
@ Lamar
@ McNeese
@ Abilene
@ UCA
vs. Sam
vs. HBU
@ Lamar
@ McNeese
Who saw HBU 0-5? I know there were a lot of people that thought Ibarra was going to be a shoo-in first team all-SLC, but they have been terrible. My underdog team McNeese keeps rolling though.
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McNeese is a bigger surprise (in a positive way) than HBU. I figured HBU was due to be down. They've lost a number of key guys over the last two seasons.
Axe 'Em Jacks - Class of 85'
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HBU hasn't had Ibarra for awhile. They don't have much without him.
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I wish that Abilene game was on a Saturday, I'm like 2 hours away from there.
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Nicholls destroyed Corpus tonight. Almost as many total points as people in attendance (152 vs 213).
Seriously. 213 people at a conference basketball game. And they're actually a decent team.
Seriously. 213 people at a conference basketball game. And they're actually a decent team.
Shouldn't Nichols, NO, and SELA start beating each other up fairly soon?
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Yep, all three teams have yet to play against the others (and they play each twice).No-look said:
Shouldn't Nichols, NO, and SELA start beating each other up fairly soon?
We've really got to get into a better conference. I bet we could get 213 Jacks fans at a road game.PurpleOut said:
Nicholls destroyed Corpus tonight. Almost as many total points as people in attendance (152 vs 213).
Seriously. 213 people at a conference basketball game. And they're actually a decent team.
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Probably had more than that at Northwestern State. We'll have probably triple that in Huntsville.TallTexan said:We've really got to get into a better conference. I bet we could get 213 Jacks fans at a road game.PurpleOut said:
Nicholls destroyed Corpus tonight. Almost as many total points as people in attendance (152 vs 213).
Seriously. 213 people at a conference basketball game. And they're actually a decent team.
The last Huntsville trip I made (3 years ago) we had about 1400/1500 The total crowd was 2700.PurpleOut said:Probably had more than that at Northwestern State. We'll have probably triple that in Huntsville.TallTexan said:We've really got to get into a better conference. I bet we could get 213 Jacks fans at a road game.PurpleOut said:
Nicholls destroyed Corpus tonight. Almost as many total points as people in attendance (152 vs 213).
Seriously. 213 people at a conference basketball game. And they're actually a decent team.
Axe 'Em Jacks - Class of 85'
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UCA absolutely destroyed UNO in New Orleans tonight. They're playing well right now.
Sam's looking decent by playing through a schedule of winless teams. Ha!
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Agreed. Hard to argue against what they're doing, they're beating who's in front of them. But, their conference wins are against teams with a combined record of 4-26, including three 0-6 teams.nacluth said:
Sam's looking decent by playing through a schedule of winless teams. Ha!
We'll see where they are in 2 weeks. They have @Lamar, SLU, @SFA, @McNeese and ACU up next.
A third of the way into the season, Lamar is tied with McNeese for 8th in the SLC. Wow.
Questions about the middle third:
1.) Which 0-6 team is the first to find a win? Right now none of them seem to want one.
2.) Which team makes a strong move in the next six games to become a contender?
3.) Which team drops over the next six?
Questions about the middle third:
1.) Which 0-6 team is the first to find a win? Right now none of them seem to want one.
2.) Which team makes a strong move in the next six games to become a contender?
3.) Which team drops over the next six?
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We are in a pretty good position right now. 0 concern from me about Nicholls since we own a tiebreaker there, same with New Orleans. And we get 2 games with Sam. SLU is really the main team we need to drop another game or two since they have the head to head over us.
Still a lot of games left, but we control our own destiny. As we should.
Still a lot of games left, but we control our own destiny. As we should.
1. Woof...They are all bad. HBU gets their first win next week when they host UIW.
2. Tricky one. I think there is a solid line in the ground between pretenders and contenders. If I had to say anyone, that isn't currently in contention I would say Lamar, but I think what you see is what you will get this year. Your top 4 going into the tourney will likely be SFA, Nicholls, SELA, and UNO...
3. Sam Houston - They have feasted on the weak and the level of difficulty is about to pick up
2. Tricky one. I think there is a solid line in the ground between pretenders and contenders. If I had to say anyone, that isn't currently in contention I would say Lamar, but I think what you see is what you will get this year. Your top 4 going into the tourney will likely be SFA, Nicholls, SELA, and UNO...
3. Sam Houston - They have feasted on the weak and the level of difficulty is about to pick up
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I think it's important to remember the handful of teams every single year who start out hot and then the bottom falls out in the last month. Think Sam Houston State last year. The list of contenders is going to shorten dramatically.
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We should attempt to sell out Sam's stadium one day & fill it with 5k Lumberjack fans in Purple. Just for the fun of it & how much they would hate it.BigJack85 said:
The last Huntsville trip I made (3 years ago) we had about 1400/1500 The total crowd was 2700.
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