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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 5, 2010 2:28:46 GMT -5
I'm hoping for a 7 seed and the Final 4, but... NIT= 1. Miners are pissed off and ready to kick ass next year. Nobody will be safe. This years juniors will become a team full of monster seniors with something to prove. Final 4 here we come. 2. UTEP probably wins NIT. 3. Barbee, Caracter and everybody else stays home. If we keep winning and get to the the Elite 8, Final 4 or Championship game, some team members may find better jobs next year. If we make the finals, we could have a completely different team next year. This is an unlikely scenario. Every NCAA bracket prediction model that I've seen has UTEP as the only C-USA team at the dance. After UAB's loss to Memphis on Wednesday, the landscape has changed. The only way there will be 2 C-USA teams at the dance, IMO, is if someone else wins the championship. I remember that the Bear turned down an NIT bid once because he was confident that his team has earned a berth at the dance. The team stayed home that year without a post-season. So, if UTEP gets beat early in the C-USA championship and gets ignored by the NCAA and get stuck with the NIT? Would that be a good thing? Sorry going to the NIT in most cases is not a good thing. With the current status of the team, it would fall under the not category. NCAA is in our sights.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 3, 2010 15:33:17 GMT -5
rumor has it (and it is strong) that caracter will test the waters of the nba after this season...a former nba player told me today that he should stay in school next season, lose another 15 pounds and improve his jumping ability...because right now the bigger centers are blocking many of his shots... moultrie...barbee doesn't work with him or teach him...he is sulking because last year he was the big-man...he needs to play hard and return to last years form...my source has nba championship ring I think Caracter might leave. If UTEP wins a game or two in the tournament and Derrick plays well, I could see him leaving. Moultrie should stay in school. He might be a 2nd round pick and that's a maybe. I hope they both come back as well as Coach Barbee.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 2, 2010 17:01:41 GMT -5
Men's Schedule (BOK Center)
Game Matchup Time (MT) Wednesday, March 10 - First Round 1 Game 1 #10 East Carolina vs #7 Houston 11:00 a.m. 2 Game 2 #11 Tulane vs #6 Southern Miss 1:30 p.m. 3 Game 3 #12 Rice vs #5 Tulsa 5:00 p.m. 4 Game 4 #9 UCF vs #8 SMU 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 11 - Quarterfinals 5 Game 5 (CBS C) #2 Memphis vs #7 Houston 11:00 a.m. 6 Game 6 (CBS C) #3 UAB vs #6 Southern Miss 1:30 p.m. 7 Game 7 (CBS C) #4 Marshall vs #5 Tulsa 5:30 p.m. 8 Game 8 (CBS C) #1 UTEP vs #9 UCF 8:00 p.m.
Friday, March 12 - Semifinals 9 Game 9 (CBS C) #1 UTEP vs #5 Tulsa 2:00 p.m. 10 Game 10 (CBS C) #6 Southern Miss vs #7 Houston 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13 - Championship 11 Game 11 (CBS) #1 UTEP vs #7 Houston 9:30 a.m.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 2, 2010 16:28:50 GMT -5
Marshall is currently at #59 in the RPI, UTEP at #50. Shouldn't drop too much if we lose.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 2, 2010 12:58:26 GMT -5
Expected I guess, isn't the home court advantage 3 points? This is be a tough game, hope the Miners can win it.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 1, 2010 20:49:57 GMT -5
Need some help with CUSA's tournament format. Does UTEP get a first round bye if they are the first seed? Why wouldn't they play Rice or Tulane or ECU first? Thanks... Yeah first four teams get a bye. 5 vs 12 - winner vs 4 seed 6 vs 11 - winner vs 3 seed 7 vs 10 - winner vs 2 seed 8 vs 9 - winner vs 1 seed Some conferences re-seed their tournaments after the first round, CUSA does not.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 1, 2010 13:35:18 GMT -5
That really sucks that Texas is still ranked. They are playing some bad basketball. They'll probably screw up my bracket this year and make the Final Four.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 1, 2010 13:33:42 GMT -5
Criticism of Mike Price? MinerMan, you are a troll! I call for a coup!!! Feel free to post at the Nazi board. Oh that's right most of us can't.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Mar 1, 2010 13:15:25 GMT -5
UTEP 70 Marshall 68
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 28, 2010 22:35:24 GMT -5
Since UTEP won the regular season conference championship (a tie at least), they earn an automatic berth to the NIT if they do not make the NCAAs. See this is called progress. Improve every year, more victories, etc. Pretty much the opposite of CMP and the football program.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 28, 2010 14:12:34 GMT -5
Texas lost to Texas A&M last night and is playing really crappy over the last month. They should drop out of the Top 25. Richmond is currently losing at Xavier. Hope the Miners can keep the momentum going.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 28, 2010 13:43:21 GMT -5
1. UTEP 13-1 (@marshall (TUES) and hosts UAB) 2. Memphis 11-3 (@ UAB and hosts Tulsa) 3. UAB 11-3 (hosts Memphis and @utep) 4. Marshall 10-4 (hosts UTEP (tues) and @smu) 5. Tulsa 9-5 (hosts SMU and @memphis) 6. SMU 7-7 (@ Tulsa and hosts Marshall) 7. Southern Miss 6-8 (hosts Tulane and @ ECU) 7. Houston 6-8 (Rice and @ Tulane) 9. UCF 5-9 (hosts ECU and @ Rice) 10. ECU 3-11 (@ucf and hosts Southern Miss) 11. Tulane 2-12 (@ Southern Miss and hosts Houston) 12. Rice 1-13 (@houston and hosts Tulane)
Right now UTEP would play the winner of Houston/UCF. USM has the tie-breaker over UH. I really don't want to play USM or Houston. Go UCF!
RPI at 49, MU and TU are both Top 75 teams; hopefully we can win them both.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 28, 2010 13:33:36 GMT -5
That sucks! They didn't offer up some "nose bleeders" for your troubles?
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 28, 2010 13:31:57 GMT -5
Actually that would be today, since UTEP plays at Marshall on Tuesday.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 26, 2010 15:54:32 GMT -5
In a fair scenario, CUSA is a three bid conference this year. Things aren't fair though. Conference tournaments aside, the best 65 teams don't go to the dance. I don't know about that Binks. Two would be fair to CUSA. Who is your third team, Memphis? Their two best non-conference wins are over Oakland and IUPUI. They did play Kansas tough though, but they also lost to SMU and Houston. There is no way CUSA will get or deserves 3.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 26, 2010 14:05:05 GMT -5
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 26, 2010 13:57:39 GMT -5
Game will sell out today. Rice is horrible, UTEP should beat them by 20+.
Rice 60 UTEP 95
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 26, 2010 13:52:18 GMT -5
I think if UTEP wins the regular season crown outright and they make the championship game, they should be in the NCAAs. Making the CUSA Championship game would be nice because it is televised on CBS, even though its at 930am (MST). Rice will be demolished, but Marshall and UAB will be tough.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 25, 2010 16:03:03 GMT -5
just checked out minerdigs.net...a site evidently controlled by utep's sports information department...I need to say this right now--price is over the hill and needs to go spend sports illustrated's money...bob stull sucks and jon teicher is a cheerleader who is afraid to say anything negative about utep sports...other than that I am having a nice day I think Jon Teicher is a great play by play guy, but MinerTalk is the worst show in the country. Doesn't answer any "tough" questions and lets morons ramble on instead of letting smart callers talk.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 25, 2010 13:55:31 GMT -5
No way. Supposedly, some of Randy Culpeppers groupies had an altercation or something. Big crowd at the game last night. Thought I was watching a game at the University of Houston.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 25, 2010 13:24:01 GMT -5
Miners at #46. Starting to look good, too bad we play Rice on Saturday.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 25, 2010 13:13:34 GMT -5
Olympic hockey semis set: USA vs. Finland, Canada vs. Slovakia. Games on Friday. If you guys aren't hockey fans, I suggest you give Olympic Hockey a try. It's a lot faster than a regular NHL game.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 25, 2010 12:53:07 GMT -5
That is a good question, I don't know what happened on any bannings. I never understood the constant bashing on UTEP, why waste your time doing something so negative? I've ranted about the Miners. but I never fealt that I had to always do it... that is the ONE aspect I don't get on some posters. well for the record Doug, we write something every tues, and fri night, when there is a game. By the way, I think you guys are doing a good job over here. different tone, than when some of you posted in Digs. It wasn't constant bashing on UTEP. The reason why posts are "negative" is because the football team sucks and their coach is past his prime. The football team sucks and the program just continues to suffer with CMP at the helm. Season tickets are not going to sell this year. 4 straight losing seasons and a poor home schedule are not going to make UTEP any money. I have constantly bashed the football program over the last 4 years, not because I hate Mike Price, I just hate the way he coaches and runs the program. UTEP football can't even compete in CUSA and CUSA is barely above the MAC and SBC. MinerDigs sucks. Who wants to read stories by 2 amateur writers and have to pay for it? At least back in the day, Darren Hunt ran the site and he wrote for the EP Times. That is, until the UTEP Athletic Department had him taken off for being "too negative"
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 25, 2010 12:48:07 GMT -5
Miners RPI should crack the top 50 later today... If Tulsa can somehow beat Duke, oh boy! That would be wonderful for the conference. Especially bubble teams, UTEP and UAB. Yeah, but Tulsa has ZERO shot of beating Duke.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 25, 2010 3:10:12 GMT -5
I agree. If we were still allowed to post there, we wouldn't be bitching about the basketball team. They are pussies that want to suck up to UTEP and Bob Stull. The football team still sucks and CMP is a fucking bonafied loser.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 24, 2010 14:11:52 GMT -5
Hopefully UTEP doesn't blow this game, should be a win.
UTEP 75 USM 66
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 23, 2010 13:55:34 GMT -5
It's like utepcips said "Every game is meaningful".
There could be dire consequences if we lose even ONE GAME !!
We're definitely going to need FOCUS to help get us into the NCAAs
Realm... Up to #52 now. A win on Wednesday and the Duke-Tulsa game on Thursday should help our drop when we play Rice on Saturday.
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 22, 2010 18:30:17 GMT -5
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 22, 2010 14:28:06 GMT -5
Nice to see the Miners ranked! They need to keep winning, or the ranking will be in vain. Yawn!
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Post by MinerMan2010 on Feb 22, 2010 13:02:48 GMT -5
I have a source, VERY close to the Athletics Dept. who says UTEP cracked the Coaches poll. Says they'll be 24 or 25, poll will be out in the next hour. Tried posting on Digs, but surprise surprise my latest account was blacklisted after 3 posts (BillyFloyd) That's bullshit, he didn't even post any "garbage". I guess that's how Fat Eddie and GayMiner69 are running things over there.
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