Season tips off tomorrow night

[mcane]

Do we know anything about Jacksonville State? It's weird but true that the next game is @ Wichita State - a tough challenge for a young team.

 

[Barlass]

They went 8-23 last year in the OVC. Fired their head coach in the off season and hired Ray Harper (former Oklahoma City U and Western Kentucky head coach).
Harper may be good enough to turn this program around but I've got a feeling it will take a while.

 

[TulsaCane12]

I was going to ask the same thing! Looking forward to seeing what this team is capable of. There will be quite a few bumps early on but I think we will be better then most are predicting

 

[nevadanatural]

I'm glad somebody started a thread, I thought BB season was going to go by unnoticed. I know that team building will be taking place for the entire season but we should have a good idea of what we're going to see by the end of this month. If we are 5-0 or 4-1 we should be cheering hard and watching ratings come March. If we are 3-2 we should still be looking at a respectable season and middle of the pack in the AAC. 2-3 or worse and it's definitely "wait until next year" time. I'm hoping for scenario A and expecting scenario B.

 

[cmullinsTU]

I'm hoping for 4-1 through the first 5 games; from what I've seen I think 3-2 is an almost certainty - although I didn't think there was any chance we'd lose to ORU last year or the year before that.

 

[tufan56]

Honestly, my expectations cover the entire spectrum. We could be 5-0 or 0-5 and I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest either way.

 

[cmullinsTU]

I would be surprised if we are worse than 2-3. I have no clue what to expect from our guards against D1 competition, however our bigs are far too talented for us to lose to New Orleans or Jacksonville State.

 

[mcane]

dannysheridan posted Vegas odds last night - opening at TU by 13. My guess is that is just last year's Sagarin, with adjustments up and down.

 

[Gold*]

Nobody knows much about either team tonight. We have mostly new players and they have a new coach.

 

[cmullinsTU]

My guess on TU starting 5:

Taplin
Atson
Birt
Etou
Edogi

 

[Gmoney4WW]

My guess on TU starting 5:

Taplin
Atson
Birt
Etou
Edogi

That was the starting lineup they had in the paper.

 

[cmullinsTU]

Well I missed that but makes me more confident in my guess

 

[lawpoke87]

dannysheridan posted Vegas odds last night - opening at TU by 13. My guess is that is just last year's Sagarin, with adjustments up and down.

Jacksonville State was 8-24 last season and last in the East Division of the Ohio Conference. No idea what they have returning. Should be a fairly easy opening as long as we show up.