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Post by InTheKnow on Jan 1, 2022 10:03:39 GMT -5
WELCOME 2022
This will be the final season for 3 AAC teams: HOUSTON. UCF. and. CINCiNNATI.
This year promises to be a shootout with several great story lines. Can anyone knock off UCF? Who does Tulane get for a new head coach after Jim Barnes has taken off to the Big 10? Can Houston put the whole year together and break through to the NCAA’s? (Yes). Does Wichita, SMU, Cinci emerge? Someone new step up? Who does Temple hire?
COME ON 2022. Let’s get our $&@!? straight and have a somewhat normal year full of great stories and competition!!
🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
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Post by trojansc on Jan 1, 2022 13:16:47 GMT -5
reserved in case i make some pretty post here.. don't bank on it
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Post by trojansc on Jan 1, 2022 13:18:41 GMT -5
Some conference goals:
-UCF/McKenna Melville need to break through to the Sweet 16. They were so close this year.
-Houston has got to make the NCAA Tournament and they MUST schedule tougher in the non-conference.
-Temple needs to schedule the absolute easiest non-conference they can imagine.
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Post by friendlybanter on Jan 1, 2022 14:37:13 GMT -5
Houston returns everyone but their DS. They didn’t really put anything up for their incoming freshmen so I don’t know much, but this should be a talented, veteran team. They should build on a pretty good season and hopefully enter the tournament next year.
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Post by PostPrime on Feb 17, 2022 21:23:56 GMT -5
UCF adding some players.
I guess the question is who gets second.
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Post by staticb on Feb 17, 2022 22:40:55 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to watching UCF this season. I do think they get Sweet 16 this year and they'll be a trendy Cinderella pick to go deeper depending on their draw.
Has the AAC given up on their P6 dreams as a result of the defections?
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Post by hammer on Feb 17, 2022 23:18:37 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to watching UCF this season. I do think they get Sweet 16 this year and they'll be a trendy Cinderella pick to go deeper depending on their draw. Has the AAC given up on their P6 dreams as a result of the defections? P6 dreams ...  |
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Post by InTheKnow on Feb 25, 2022 7:59:15 GMT -5
This will be the last year the AAC has a chance to make some P5 noise. And I think they will. UCF and Houston will be top 25 Cinci, Wichita, and some others will have a good year. Couple of new coaches in the league. Either way I’m looking forward to a full, no Covid, season.
And I pray we aren’t at war!
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Post by InTheKnow on Mar 11, 2022 11:49:15 GMT -5
New SMU staff getting busy with transfers.
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Post by InTheKnow on Mar 18, 2022 9:22:26 GMT -5
Very happy to see asst coach Gerwig from Houston get the HC job at Ark St. Back where he was with Rehr.
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Post by InTheKnow on Apr 18, 2022 19:33:22 GMT -5
Any news from the AAC teams?
Haven’t heard anything that happened out of Houston.
A few teams adding players lately.
Any spring scrimmage news??
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Post by volleyballer8992 on May 1, 2022 22:39:23 GMT -5
Still haven’t heard any update on the UH situation. Unclear how nothing could happen from what went public by the players, but I’m no administrator so….
Excited for this upcoming season, it can’t come soon enough. I think it’s hard to nail down all the updates between coaching changes, the transfer portal mayhem, and the incoming classes to determine where everyone falls.
Other than UCF basically bringing back their entire roster minus Watson, but adding a few big transfers, where do we feel teams will end up? As schedules come out and rosters begin to finalize I’ll definitely take a deeper dive into our beloved P6 conference 🙃
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Post by bbg95 on May 2, 2022 10:51:32 GMT -5
Has the AAC given up on their P6 dreams as a result of the defections? I don't think true power status was ever a possibility for the AAC. They were kind of like the Mountain West circa 2009 before TCU, Utah and BYU left. In both cases, it was always much more likely that the top schools would leave at some point rather than the entire conference being recognized at that level. |
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Post by stevehorn on May 2, 2022 12:39:07 GMT -5
Has the AAC given up on their P6 dreams as a result of the defections? I don't think true power status was ever a possibility for the AAC. They were kind of like the Mountain West circa 2009 before TCU, Utah and BYU left. In both cases, it was always much more likely that the top schools would leave at some point rather than the entire conference being recognized at that level. Power 5 is not an official term. What is offical is "autonomy" conferences. The five "P5" conferences were granted "autonomy" to set their own rules in several areas, primarily related to football. IIRC initially it was six conferences given this autonomy, but the Big East lost that right when they became a non-football conference. P5 or Power 5 evolved as the commonly used term for these five conferences, primarily based on the fact that these were considered the five strongest football conferences and have also become the five conference receiving the very large TV contracts. |
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Post by bbg95 on May 2, 2022 12:41:03 GMT -5
I don't think true power status was ever a possibility for the AAC. They were kind of like the Mountain West circa 2009 before TCU, Utah and BYU left. In both cases, it was always much more likely that the top schools would leave at some point rather than the entire conference being recognized at that level. Power 5 is not an official term. What is offical is "autonomy" conferences. The five "P5" conferences were granted "autonomy" to set their own rules in several areas, primarily related to football. IIRC initially it was six conferences given this autonomy, but the Big East lost that right when they became a non-football conference. P5 or Power 5 evolved as the commonly used term for these five conferences, primarily based on the fact that these were considered the five strongest football conferences and have also become the five conference receiving the very large TV contracts. Sure, Power 5 (or Power 6 before it or in reference to men's basketball) is colloquial. |
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