Wow, a sweep!!
2025-26 NET RANKINGS - 12/22
41 Tulsa
63 USF
88 Wichita State
104 FAU
118 UAB
120 Memphis
171 Temple
178 North Texas
180 CHARLOTTE
225 Tulane
243 Rice
288 ECU
307 UTSA
American remains #10 among conferences.
Tulsa finishes OOC with a 12-1 record after beating Denver this afternoon.
https://x.com/TUMBasketball/status/2003233094283984930
And since that tweet mentions “Tulsa Time,” here’s a live cover of that country music classic made popular first by Don Williams and then later by Eric Clapton.
Yep, it’s just before Christmas and school’s out, but that’s still a pretty sparse “crowd” in FedEx Forum for Penny & Co. Box score lists attendance as 9,673. Yeah, sure! 
Must be 6000 or so at the concession stands or in the bathroom !
Just now seeing that Devin Vanterpool didn’t play vs UCF. Like Bradford for the Niners, the former is having a breakout season for FAU after limited minutes as a freshman last year. Boca Owls leading scorer, rebounder, and ball thief.
BTW, FAU jumped out to a 14 pt lead vs the Knights but were unable to hold on in the end.
• Another mid-major to watch for that’s quietly getting it done is Tulsa. Eric Konkol’s group finished non-con at 12-1, its lone loss by one point at Kansas State. This is the best team in the American, and a big year is overdue; Tulsa hasn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 2003.
Bulls win this season’s penultimate OOC matchup vs the D2 Bobcats of Milledgeville.
BTW, Memphis will close out non-con play vs Utah State on Valentine’s Day.
2025-26 NET RANKINGS - 12/29
45 Tulsa
66 USF
87 Wichita State
104 FAU
111 Memphis
115 UAB
171 Temple
174 North Texas
183 CHARLOTTE
224 Tulane
241 Rice
301 ECU
303 UTSA
American still #10 among conferences.
Dauster going with USF to win the American while Goodman thinks Tulsa will continue its winning ways in league play.