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Winnable games?

Postby Pony_Fan » Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:47 am

Only games with hope of winning --

ECU at home
So Miss at home
Tulane at home

I'm looking at maybe 3 or 4 conference wins - unless Pats lights it up all of the sudden after late Jan.
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby CalallenStang » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:19 pm

Houston has been wildly inconsistent (including dropping a game to Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, which has not been a good program since Ronnie Arrow left). Think we've probably got a shot at taking them down at least once.
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby spacepony » Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:19 pm

CalallenStang wrote:Houston has been wildly inconsistent (including dropping a game to Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, which has not been a good program since Ronnie Arrow left). Think we've probably got a shot at taking them down at least once.


Yeah but Houston just beat a tough 19th ranked UCF this week which makes me think that UH has so much more talented players than SMU, even if they are inconsistant. They do have a new Head Coach this year and additional assistant coaches which takes some time to level out.
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby tristatecoog » Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:11 pm

Any given Saturday.

http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_220_Men.html

UH is 2-3 in the last five games and has a 200 RPI overall. The team has beaten a top 20 UCF team but also lost to #256 UTSA at home a month ago. Another way to look at it is that UH is 1-5 on the road.

http://www.realtimerpi.com/rpi_423_Men.html

On the flip side, SMU's best win has been against #254 Portland State and the Ponies just lost by nine at #191 Tulane, a similar ranking to Houston. Put that game at home and it's a lot closer and potentially an SMU win. It should be a good game.
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby b_caesar » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:28 pm

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Re: Winnable games?

Postby EastStang » Mon Jan 10, 2011 10:38 am

I'll go with the under on that.
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby MustangIcon » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:41 pm

Last night should be evidence that any game on our schedule is winnable, even if highly unlikley.
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby PonyDoh » Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:33 pm

Defend well, limit possessions, show patience, control tempo, shoot well. Beat UH
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby RGV Pony » Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:44 pm

PonyDoh wrote:Defend well, limit possessions, show patience, control tempo, shoot well. Beat UH


last night I think we saw a glimpse of what this O and D can do, something that you alluded to last year, saying that it is a touch matchup for CUSA teams.

I really would like to see that O/D executed well by the Fab 5
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby RGV Pony » Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:47 pm

in typing the post above, I realized something.

Nyakundi will be back next year, and will compliment the Fab 5 nicely.

So that will give us "Rob and Fab"
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby NickSMU17 » Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:48 pm

Did we recruit the right guys for that system. The incoming class seems to be more athletic and will want to run with some of these teams...
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby Pony_Fan » Thu Jan 13, 2011 5:49 pm

ok, so I missed one, hope it continues :P
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby RunningStang » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:22 pm

All of them!
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Re: Winnable games?

Postby b_caesar » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:27 pm

Pony_Fan wrote:ok, so I missed one, hope it continues :P


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