American Tournament

[Chewbacca2099]

Houston starting to pull away now as expected

[Lobot]

ECU and Houston tied at 17 at the under 4:00 timeout in the 1st half. No one can make a shot in this game.

[GoBearcats31]

UC favored by 5 in today's game versus Temple

[Chewbacca2099]

Big ECU fan today at 1pm... but probably have better odds winning the lottery

[GoBearcats31]

Here are today's game (ET)... Would seem UC wouldn't start til closer to 3:30.


Quarterfinals -- Friday, March 10
Game 4: No. 1 Houston vs. No. 9 East Carolina | 1 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 5: No. 4 Cincinnati vs. No. 5 Temple | 3 p.m. on ESPN2
Game 6: No. 2 Memphis vs. No. 7 UCF | 7 p.m. on ESPNU
Game 7: No. 3 Tulane vs. No. 6 Wichita State | 9 p.m. on ESPNU

[Lobot]

Tulsa and Wichita tip off at 7:00 on both ESPNU and +

[Lobot]

UCF came back from a first half deficit to beat the Mustangs 76-70. They get Memphis tomorrow.

[swilsonsp4]

Final ECU 73-58. USF stunk.

SMU vs UCF now on.

[swilsonsp4]

ECU and USF tipped off short while ago in front of what is essentially a Covid-19 era crowd. Aside from the bands and cheer squads, there might be a few dozen people in the stands.

[GoBearcats31]

AAC awards

http://theamerican.org/news/2023/3/8/the-american-announces-mens-basketball-honors.aspx

https://gobearcats.com/news/2023/3/8/mens-basketball-nolley-dejulius-earn-all-aac-awards.aspx

2023 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Honors

Player of the Year
Marcus Sasser, Sr., G, Houston

Coach of the Year
Kelvin Sampson, Houston

Defensive Player of the Year
Jamal Shead, Jr., G, Houston

Freshman of the Year
Jarace Walker, F, Houston

Most Improved Player of the Year
J’Wan Roberts, R-Jr., F, Houston

Sixth Man of the Year
Reggie Chaney, Sr., F, Houston

Sportsmanship Award
Ludgy Debaut, Gr., C, East Carolina
Sion James, So., G, Tulane

First-Team All-Conference
Landers Nolley II, R-Sr., G, Cincinnati
Marcus Sasser, Sr., G, Houston*
Kendric Davis, Sr., G, Memphis*
DeAndre Williams, Sr., F, Memphis
Jalen Cook, So., G, Tulane

Second-Team All-Conference
Taylor Hendricks, Fr., F, UCF
Jamal Shead, Jr., G, Houston
J’Wan Roberts, R-Jr., F, Houston
Jarace Walker, Fr., F, Houston
Jaylen Forbes, Jr., G, Tulane

Third-Team All-Conference
David DeJulius, Gr., G, Cincinnati
Tyler Harris, Sr., G, South Florida
Damian Dunn, R-So., G, Temple
Kevin Cross, Jr., F, Tulane
Craig Porter Jr, Sr., G, Wichita State

All-Freshman Team
Taylor Hendricks, F, UCF*
Ezra Ausar, F, East Carolina*
Jarace Walker, F, Houston*
Terrance Arceneaux, G, Houston
Emanuel Sharp, G, Houston

* denotes unanimous selection

[Oldtimer_UC_fan]

Not an AAC topic, but it should be mentioned that NKU won the Horizon and is headed to the NCAA tournament.

[bearcatbret]

This is the latest and it says UC a 4 seed. You have to scroll down past the NCAA. Bracketology 2023 - NCAA Tournament / NIT Projections (dratings.com)

[GoBearcats31]

As of earlier this week, we were a lock for the NIT. There is a NIT bracketology.

There have already been a bunch (6) of #1 conf tourney seeds that have gone down in league tourneys and therefore get NIT auto bids

[bearcatbret]

As of earlier this week, we were a lock for the NIT. There is a NIT bracketology.

[Bearcat9796]

do we really get into NIT by beating temple?