RE: CUSA is going full swing!

[Mike Denman]

I say watch SLU closely...

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Johnson [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:33 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] CUSA is going full swing!


I think Maquette misses PF Robert Jackson almost as -
IF NOT AS - much as Wade.

I think UAB is better than a "no-matter" team,
although I agree about ECU.

Finally, as for Memphis, their "up-and-down" play has
been amid a tremendous lack of depth, kind of like the
first Huggs team at UC who suited only 7 or 8.  I
remember wins vs. Minnesota and Louisville that
season, plus losses to Coastal Carolina and Arkansas
State of all teams.

Great night of hoops.  You mentioned UH/Marquette,
UL/USM, ECU/UAB, and TCU/SLU.  Hmmmmmm... who else is
playing tonight?  I forgot ;-)

Good summary, Jon.

--- jon breiner <address@hidden> wrote:
> Great night in bball tonight (Jan 7th) with the
> conference getting in full swing.  Is UH's homecourt
> turnaround for real?  They beat Washington, Texas
> A&M, and LSU in their past three home games and host
> Marquette tonight.  On the road, they are the same
> as ever though which is why they are 6-4.  Marquette
> is much more beatable this year, but still pretty
> good.  PG Travis Diener with 17 points and 6.5
> assists per game ahs really become their go to guy. 
> The lack of inside play and a Dwyane Wade type
> player to take over may hurt them in games against
> top teams as it did against Arizona and Wisconsin.
>
> Among the other "top" CUSA teams in action tonight,
> UL hosts Southern Miss and we are well aware of the
> UC game.  Louisville is ranked below the Bearcats,
> but has beaten two #1 teams this year in Florida and
> UK.  The UC game at Freedom Hall in 2 weeks is
> looming large!  Among the "will have little to no
> matter at the end of the year" games are ECU hosting
> UAB and TCU hosting St. Louis.  Actually, if SLU can
> win these type of games and steal a few at home (and
> they have played very well at home so far this
> year), they may stay in contention for awhile.  I
> just do not think they have the horses to win it
> all.
>
> Last night there were two games to kick off the
> conference season.  Don't look now but Memphis is
> 9-2 with a win over Missouri recently and last night
> blew out Villanova at Villanova (now 8-4) 75-57. 
> Memphis at times has been playing to the level of
> competition (squeakers over Belmont and Oakland for
> example), but the cardiac kids have been prevailing.
>  The two losses are at Wake Forest and at Illinois,
> both tough places and teams.
>
> Charlotte got an early leg up by going into Chicago
> and beating DePaul 75-70.  Demon Brown scored 34
> including 27 and a 3-point bank shot (not called!)
> in the second half.  Coach Lutz is excellent at
> stealing a few of these type games every year to get
> and keep Charlotte in the race.  DePaul has
> struggled to win these games for way to many years
> first under Joey Meyer and now Dave Leiato, who I
> still think will bring DePaul "back" at some point.
>
> Jon


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