March 13, 2021
Conference USA Championship
(3) Memphis (19-13) vs. (1) Tulsa (19-11)
This is a huge, huge game, as we should be extending our season regardless, but a win here would put us back in the NCAA Tournament. We split with them, each winning on the road (go figure). A lot of pressure in this one, they've got a couple guards that we'll be focusing on defensively, so far all the marbles, here we go!
Unfortunately, their athleticism on the boards was just too much to overcome. We hung with them throughout but they've got some big bodies, and they had 11 offensive rebounds. It was a gallant effort, and a heck of an improvement over last season, but we fell short 83-72, and now our fate is in the hands of all the selection committees.
Code:
Tulsa 83, Memphis 72
Memphis (19-14, 10-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Troy Tomblin C 20 4-5 1-3 0 3 0 3 9
Monte Donofrio PF 36 3-5 0-1 2 7 3 2 6
John Breland SF 18 5-12 1-3 0 3 0 4 12
Antione Cantwell SF 34 2-8 2-3 0 3 5 4 8
Mario Albertini PG 30 5-9 1-1 0 0 2 1 13
Michael Higgins SG 25 5-10 1-2 0 1 5 1 13
Gerald Sena SF 11 0-3 0-0 0 1 0 2 0
Justin Bouldin SF 6 2-5 0-0 0 2 1 0 5
Eldridge Boyd C 17 1-2 1-2 4 7 2 2 3
Jerry Robertson SG 2 1-1 1-2 0 1 0 0 3
Stan Martin PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 18 (M.Donofrio 2, J.Breland 2, A.Cantwell 6,
M.Albertini 2, M.Higgins 4, E.Boyd 1, S.Martin 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Breland 2, M.Higgins 1)
Steals: 2 (A.Cantwell 1, M.Albertini 1)
3P FGs: 8-23 (J.Breland 1-3, A.Cantwell 2-6,
M.Albertini 2-3, M.Higgins 2-6, G.Sena 0-2, J.Bouldin
1-3)
Tulsa (20-11, 11-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Ricky Braziel C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Dewey Rasmussen C 25 3-6 5-6 1 6 0 1 11
D. Ghesquier SF 29 5-13 0-0 3 5 0 0 12
Lamar Coble SG 20 5-10 2-4 1 3 4 4 13
Jere Salter PG 35 4-8 5-6 2 4 12 2 14
Paul Porter SG 23 7-13 2-2 0 6 0 3 18
Eckbert Hornick PG 10 1-1 0-1 0 2 2 0 2
Abraham Hillard PF 36 6-10 1-3 4 11 1 4 13
B. Marroquin SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Charles Marino C 19 0-1 0-0 0 6 1 3 0
Chris Fiske SG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Leonard Blair C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 16 (D.Ghesquier 3, L.Coble 4, J.Salter 3,
P.Porter 4, E.Hornick 1, A.Hillard 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Salter 1, P.Porter 1, C.Marino 2)
Steals: 7 (D.Ghesquier 3, L.Coble 1, J.Salter 2,
P.Porter 1)
3P FGs: 6-23 (D.Rasmussen 0-1, D.Ghesquier 2-8, L.Coble
1-4, J.Salter 1-4, P.Porter 2-6)
Player of Game: PG Jere Salter (TLSA)
2021 Selection Sunday
We knew there was no chance of making the NCAA Tournament, and a very, very slim chance to make the NIT Tournament, so we held out hope for a call from the CBI or CIT. We got the call from the CBI, but I gotta tell ya, I've never been more ticked off in my life. I have no idea what kind of code FBCB has for postseason tournaments, but we drew the 15 seed, which irks me in itself. But our opponent? UA frikkin B. Yea, FBCB and the CBI have matched up 2 C-USA opponents in the First Round! I'm beyond ticked right now!!!!
Tulsa got the auto bid to the NCAA Tournament and will be the C-USA's lone representative. They drew the 12th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and will take on 5th seeded DePaul.
Tulane got the 4th seed in the NIT Midwest Region and will host 5th seeded Idaho in the Second Round.
Rice got the 8th seed in the NIT Midwest Region and will host 9th seeded Citadel in a First Round game.
Houston got the 6th seed in the NIT South Region and will travel to 3rd seed San Diego in the Second Round.
And of course, there is us and UAB playing each other (go F yourself FBCB) in the CBI. What a joke.