WBB: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry's defense was smothering against CTX!

[CUAfan]

No kidding. It was the best defensive performance of the day, and will probably be the best performance of the week. Very painful to follow online at work on Thursday.

[CUAfan]

Top Performances of the Week

Best Offense: 1.21, Texas Lutheran vs. Sul Ross State, 1/21
Best Defense: 0.52, McMurry vs. Concordia-Texas, 1/19
Most Dominating Win: +0.55, Schreiner vs. Sul Ross State, 1/19
Closest Win: +0.03, Mississippi College vs. Texas-Dallas, 1/19
Biggest Offensive Shootout: Texas Lutheran (1.21) vs. Sul Ross State (0.83), 1/21
Biggest Defensive Struggle: Mississippi College (0.60) vs. Texas-Dallas (0.57), 1/19

[CUAfan]

Updated Rankings

ASC West
# Team (W-L) - Off/Def/Net/Pace
1. Howard Payne (11-2) - 1.01/0.80/+0.21/74.6
2. McMurry (9-3) - 0.91/0.76/+0.16/70.6
3. Concordia-Texas (11-2) - 0.87/0.72/+0.15/75.5
4. Hardin-Simmons (5-7) - 0.92/0.87/+0.05/72.8
5. Schreiner (4-9) - 0.82/0.92/-0.10/65.5
6. Texas Lutheran (3-10) - 0.81/0.93/-0.12/71.0
7. Mary Hardin-Baylor (1-12) - 0.76/0.93/-0.17/70.4
8. Sul Ross State (1-12) - 0.70/1.12/-0.42/71.7

ASC East
# Team (W-L) - Off/Def/Net/Pace
1. Louisiana College (11-1) - 1.00/0.76/+0.24/88.9
2. Texas-Dallas (11-3) - 0.88/0.73/+0.15/68.9
3. Mississippi College (8-4) - 0.80/0.75/+0.05/70.9
4. Texas-Tyler (6-7) - 0.91/0.90/+0.01/71.4
5. LeTourneau (6-7) - 0.81/0.86/-0.05/70.8
6. Ozarks (6-8) - 0.87/0.94/-0.07/69.7
7. East Texas Baptist (3-9) - 0.79/0.92/-0.13/76.7

Centenary currently stands at -0.05 against ASC competition, which would be good for the 5/6 spot if they were eligible.

[CUAfan]

Predictions for this week:

January 26
McMurry 63 vs. Schreiner 53 (68 poss.)
McMurry 65 vs. Schreiner 41 (59 poss.)
LeTourneau 56 vs. Mississippi College 58 (71 poss.)
LeTourneau 61 vs. Mississippi College 54 (77 poss.)
East Texas Baptist 64 vs. Ozarks 65 (73 poss.)
East Texas Baptist 55 vs. Ozarks 54 (74 poss.)
Texas-Tyler 68 vs. Louisiana College 75 (80 poss.)
Texas-Tyler 70 vs. Louisiana College 79 (78 poss.)
Concordia-Texas 74 vs. Sul Ross State 51 (74 poss.)
Concordia-Texas 93 vs. Sul Ross State 66 (85 poss.)
Mary Hardin-Baylor 58 vs. Howard Payne 69 (73 poss.)
Mary Hardin-Baylor 55 vs. Howard Payne 76 (78 poss.)
Hardin-Simmons 68 vs. Texas Lutheran 59 (72 poss.)
Hardin-Simmons 78 vs. Texas Lutheran 67 (71 poss.)

January 28
Texas-Tyler 60 vs. Mississippi College 60 (71 poss.)
Texas-Tyler 57 vs. Mississippi College 59 (65 poss.)
Concordia-Texas 64 vs. Howard Payne 64 (75 poss.)
Concordia-Texas 60 vs. Howard Payne 56 (74 poss.)
Hardin-Simmons 65 vs. Schreiner 57 (69 poss.)
Hardin-Simmons 54 vs. Schreiner 42 (61 poss.)
Mary Hardin-Baylor 68 vs. Sul Ross State 57 (71 poss.)
Mary Hardin-Baylor 86 vs. Sul Ross State 61 (80 poss.)
LeTourneau 64 vs. Louisiana College 73 (80 poss.)
LeTourneau 55 vs. Louisiana College 88 (89 poss.)
McMurry 66 vs. Texas Lutheran 55 (71 poss.)
McMurry 57 vs. Texas Lutheran 55 (62 poss.)
East Texas Baptist 57 vs. Texas-Dallas 65 (73 poss.)
East Texas Baptist 47 vs. Texas-Dallas 59 (69 poss.)

[CUAfan]

Concordia downs Howard Payne 60-56 in Austin. Can't wait for the rematch in Brownwood.

[JACKET84]

I'm sure the Lady Jackets will be ready.  Hard to win a game with 30+ turnovers  and poor FT shooting today.

[CUAfan]

I fully expect HPU will win in Brownwood. The teams are so close that home-court matters quite a bit. I just hope it's also a close game.

[CUAfan]

Top Performances of the Week

Best Offense: 1.10, Hardin-Simmons vs. Texas Lutheran, 1/26*
Best Defense: 0.62, Louisiana College at LeTourneau, 1/28
Most Dominating Win: +0.40, McMurry (1.10) vs. Schreiner (0.69), 1/26
Closest Win: +0.01, East Texas Baptist (0.74) vs. Ozarks (0.73), 1/26
Most Combined Offense: Hardin-Simmons (1.10) vs. Texas Lutheran (0.95), 1/26
Most Combined Defense: East Texas Baptist (0.74) vs. Ozarks (0.73), 1/26

* - Two other teams (McMurry vs. Schreiner & Concordia vs. Sul Ross State) posted 1.10 offensive ratings this week. However, when extended to three decimal places, Hardin-Simmons had the best mark by a very slight margin:

HSU - 1.103
CTX - 1.099
MCM - 1.096

[CUAfan]

Updated Rankings

ASC West
# Team (W-L) - Off/Def/Net/Pace
1. Howard Payne (12-3) - 0.99/0.79/+0.20/74.8
2. McMurry (11-3) - 0.92/0.76/+0.16/69.2
3. Concordia-Texas (13-2) - 0.89/0.73/+0.16/76.0
4. Hardin-Simmons (7-7) - 0.93/0.86/+0.07/71.8
5. Texas Lutheran (3-12) - 0.83/0.94/-0.12/70.4
6. Schreiner (4-11) - 0.80/0.93/-0.13/64.8
7. Mary Hardin-Baylor (2-13) - 0.78/0.92/-0.14/71.5
8. Sul Ross State (1-14) - 0.71/1.12/-0.41/73.1

ASC East
# Team (W-L) - Off/Def/Net/Pace
1. Louisiana College (13-1) - 1.00/0.76/+0.24/88.1
2. Texas-Dallas (12-3) - 0.88/0.73/+0.15/68.9
3. Mississippi College (9-5) - 0.80/0.76/+0.04/70.9
4. Texas-Tyler (6-9) - 0.91/0.91/+0.00/71.4
5. Ozarks (6-9) - 0.86/0.93/-0.06/70.0
6. LeTourneau (7-8) - 0.80/0.86/-0.07/72.4
7. East Texas Baptist (4-10) - 0.78/0.90/-0.12/75.9

For reference, league average offense/defense is at 0.86 currently, with the average pace at 72.6.

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

ASC fans... make sure you tune into Hoopsville tonight. Louisiana College women's basketball coach Jason Tinsley will join us to talk about his team's #23 ranking and how the Wildcats are doing in their conference and region.

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[CUAfan]

Projections for the week to come:

January 30
Hardin-Simmons 61 vs. McMurry 62 (70 poss.)
Hardin-Simmons 59 vs. McMurry 62 (65 poss.)

February 2
Texas Lutheran 61 vs. Hardin-Simmons 66 (71 poss.)
Texas Lutheran 42 vs. Hardin-Simmons 62 (73 poss.)
Ozarks 65 vs. East Texas Baptist 61 (73 poss.)
Ozarks 75 vs. East Texas Baptist 61 (74 poss.)
Mississippi College 60 vs. LeTourneau 55 (72 poss.)
Mississippi College 52 vs. LeTourneau 49 (62 poss.)
Schreiner 53 vs. McMurry 61 (67 poss.)
Schreiner 53 vs. McMurry 61 (60 poss.)
Louisiana College 77 vs. Texas-Tyler 65 (80 poss.)
Louisiana College 90 vs. Texas-Tyler 82 (91 poss.)
Sul Ross State 55 vs. Concordia-Texas 74 (75 poss.)
Sul Ross State 52 vs. Concordia-Texas 72 (79 poss.)
Howard Payne 71 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor 56 (73 poss.)
Howard Payne 77 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor 57 (78 poss.)

February 4
Howard Payne 66 vs. Concordia-Texas 62 (75 poss.)
Howard Payne 79 vs. Concordia-Texas 64 (86 poss.)
Texas Lutheran 56 vs. McMurry 64 (70 poss.)
Texas Lutheran 73 vs. McMurry 58 (71 poss.)
Louisiana College 76 vs. LeTourneau 61 (80 poss.)
Louisiana College 95 vs. LeTourneau 55 (90 poss.)
Schreiner 58 vs. Hardin-Simmons 63 (68 poss.)
Schreiner 50 vs. Hardin-Simmons 66 (60 poss.)
Sul Ross State 60 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor 68 (72 poss.)
Sul Ross State 57 vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor 75 (71 poss.)
Texas-Dallas 66 vs. East Texas Baptist 54 (72 poss.)
Texas-Dallas 84 vs. East Texas Baptist 66 (71 poss.)
Mississippi College 62 vs. Texas-Tyler 58 (71 poss.)
Mississippi College 62 vs. Texas-Tyler 49 (75 poss.)

[Ralph Turner]

CUAfan, what is your winning percentage on your predictions this year?

(Not posessions, but W-L?)

Thanks.

[CUAfan]

Not a clue. I really do need to go back and see how they've done in that regard though. I have a feeling that I'm getting the winners right over 50% of the time, but that might just be personal bias.

Maybe I can start on that if I have time tonight at work, though I'm not betting on it.

[CUAfan]

I'm picking the winner correctly 84% of the time for the women's games, ignoring the ones which came out a tie in the original prediction. Not sure yet for the men's games, though I think it's going to be lower since there is more parity on that side of things.