Saturday, 6 teams in the top 10 lost despite 3 of them playing at home.
That let our Wed opponent, Cincinnati, catapult to 11th and SMU to reach #25 (26 in coach's poll).
Meanwhile, UCF and 4 other AAC schools are within a game and a half of each other.
Only 3 of these 5 will win a first round bye in the conference tournament in March.
Unfortunately, because of conference parity, these five schools are knocking each other off.
We beat Houston and Memphis but also lost to them. Tulsa beat UCF and Memphis but lost to UConn and lowly ECU. Tulsa beat UConn and Houston but lost to Houston. We all have 4 or 5 conference losses, too many for a non-P5. Meanwhile, ACC likely to get 10 invites, even their 9 loss schools.
Only way AAC gets 3 invites to the NCAAs is if someone other than SMU and Cincy win AAC tourney.
But without a bye, that's an impossible 4 win in 4 days.
That let our Wed opponent, Cincinnati, catapult to 11th and SMU to reach #25 (26 in coach's poll).
Meanwhile, UCF and 4 other AAC schools are within a game and a half of each other.
Only 3 of these 5 will win a first round bye in the conference tournament in March.
Unfortunately, because of conference parity, these five schools are knocking each other off.
We beat Houston and Memphis but also lost to them. Tulsa beat UCF and Memphis but lost to UConn and lowly ECU. Tulsa beat UConn and Houston but lost to Houston. We all have 4 or 5 conference losses, too many for a non-P5. Meanwhile, ACC likely to get 10 invites, even their 9 loss schools.
Only way AAC gets 3 invites to the NCAAs is if someone other than SMU and Cincy win AAC tourney.
But without a bye, that's an impossible 4 win in 4 days.
