Tennessee Tech

[mcdadenets50]

The Golden Eagles drill Oregon State 90 - 62
www.ttusports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1173&Itemid=47
This is going to be a tough road game.

[teddyp00]

I still dont know. Tenn Tech got crushed by 21 by Dayton in Dayton and now wins by 28 at home. Both games were against teams in 'major' conferences picked to finish in the middle of their conference. This means either Dayton was undervalued and OSU was over valued by experts or Tenn Tech is might damn good at home. And if that is the case then yes this will be a tough game. After looking at their roster this is one thing that does scare me, their size. They have several guys 6'7 or bigger.

Hey Jeter, can you get us some size next year?

[dylanrocks]

At the beginning of last season, several games were seen as potentially very tough and ultimately valuable raod wins, including Purdue, Manhattan, St. Louis and the Bracket Buster that turned out to be Hawai'i. Obviously, it didn't pan out when all of these teams at one time or another took a tumble. It's still so early in the season, but it's quite possible that UWM's luck is changing. Perhaps neither Tennessee Tech nor Hawai'i (nor St. Louis) are what many observers thought them to be. In other words, potentially very tough but ultimately very valuable opponents.

[JimmyLemke]

Looking over Tennessee Tech's schedule, I'm surprised. This team is taking no prisoners in its lineup, playing UWM, Michigan State, and Cincinnati. Whether they can stack up against any of the three remains to be seen.

[PANTHERfan]

the paper today said Tenn Tech's home record over recent years is 77-5, 13-0 last year. we'll be very fortunate to come away with a win, especially the way we've been playing thus far.

[aknowsense]

Oregon State is not that good, last year was their first winning season in 13 years; they have very high expectations but as far as talent is concerned questionable.

Tennessee Tech shot lights out in this game they should be a very good non-conference opponent especially w/all the teams they are playing.

Sunday, November 20th) Final Score: Tennessee Tech 90, Oregon State 62

Cookeville, TN (Sports Network) - Belton Rivers came off the bench to score a game-high 22 points, leading six players in double figures, as the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles defeated the Oregon State Beavers by a final of 90-62 in non-conference action from the Eblen Center.

Anthony Fisher contributed 16 points and six assists in a reserve role for the Golden Eagles (1-1), while Amadi McKenzie chipped in 15 points. Derek Stribling and Keyon Boyd both tallied 11 points and Milone Clark posted 10 in the win as well.

The Beavers (0-1) had just one player score in double figures as Sasa Cuic put up 11 points thanks mostly to 6-of-6 shooting at the free-throw line.

Running out to a 16-8 lead at the 12:20 mark of the first half, Tech cruised to a 41-24 edge at the break as it held Oregon State to only 33.3 percent shooting from the field.

In the second half the Golden Eagles bumped up their shooting percentage from 55.2 percent in the first to an outstanding 66.7 percent and also knocked down 5-of-6 behind the three-point line to take the 28-point win at home.

The Golden Eagles made all but one of their 10 three-point tries and made 13- of-14 at the charity stripe as well.

[Rambler63]

Loyola played at Tennessee Tech a few years ago, and lost a close one after trailing 41-20 at the half. It's a tough place to play-- Loyola's loss was their 17th home win in a row. Of course, that was when Jeff Lebo (now at Auburn) was their coach.

Tennessee Tech is also famous for being the school that Loyola beat 111-42 in the 1963 NCAA Tournament, a record margin that still stands.

[PANTHERfan]

anyone know if we get a return home game next year for this one? i'm still a little confused as to why we'd play a good, but not really known, mid-major in a difficult environment. we all know here it would be a very good win, but i'm not sure just how respected it would be nationally.

[ArtVandelay]

I hope that we get a return game next season. I think a very good strategy for us would be to play solid mid-major programs. I would love to see us beat up on those MAC and MVC teams...

Also...

From Greg Doyel's Monday Knee-Jerk Article:

"Best wishes: To Tennessee Tech coach Mike Sutton, who isn't expected back this season after his near-fatal off season battle with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Sutton missed the Golden Eagles' games against Dayton and Oregon State, though he is improving to the point of using a wheelchair. Best of luck."

www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9055476

This team must have some talent if they are getting their name in a national article. If this team stays hot, I don't see us winning this game. On the road, Tennessee Tech fired up, UWM still struggling to find its' self.... hmmmm

[fan]

I would love to see us beat them up to, but fact is that we will split with them at best. If they aren't coming here in a one-one then there is absolutely no reason to play them. Play against the other two extremes of bottom-feeders for stats and Majors for credibility (mid majors don't accomplish this, they just make for closer games). As I and others have continually pointed out, none of the regular season matters in the HL. Our focus is and should be preparation for the HL tourney. In the event that we don't win it, the selection committee won't give 2 sh*ts that we split against a couple mid-majors. Rather, if we beat up on some small schools and beat or scome close to a major then we might be tourney worthy.

[Pantherholic]

pantherfan said:

anyone know if we get a return home game next year for this one? i'm still a little confused as to why we'd play a good, but not really known, mid-major in a difficult environment. we all know here it would be a very good win, but i'm not sure just how respected it would be nationally.

2006-07 Non-League Opponents (as of Sept. 27)

Wyoming (H)

Tennessee Tech (H)

South Dakota State (H)

Wisconsin (A)

Northern Iowa (A)

Oakland (A)

Bracket Buster return game (A)

Bracket Buster (TBA)

uwmpanthers.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092705aab.html

[ArtVandelay]

I really think that its a misconception that we should just play low-major and high-majors, and hope to win the conference tournament. I like the idea of playing 2 big name teams each year, but then to just schedule NorthSouthEastern Alaska State would be stupid of us. If you look at conferences like the MVC and MAC you see that they play very few high major teams and then play teams from other mid-major conferences. By playing Mid-majors and winning you increase your SOS much more than by getting your ass handed to you (Memphis, Wisconsin(last year)) and then playing weak teams. Last season we were on the edge of At Large consideration and I think Bruce did great work with our schedule. Quality wins are important to the selection committee, and beating solid mid-major teams are Quality wins. Take a look at Southern Illinois from last season

Southern Illinois(Non-Conference):
Wins
Augustana, Tennessee St., Vanderbilt, Texas El Paso, Murray St., Wright St., Southeastern Missouri St., St. Louis, Wyoming
Loses
Hawaii, Arkansas Little Rock, Louisiana Lafeyette

Their biggest non-conference game was against Vanderbilt and they won otherwise they played average mid-major teams with RPI's around 150. Our conference situation is worse, so the only way for us to offset our own conferences horrible RPI is to play teams during the non-conference season that don't have 319 RPI's like Prairie View A&M.

A team like Wichita State from the MVC missed because they lost two games to Manhattan (RPI of 187) and Indiana State (RPI 202) and scheduled too much competition with RPI's over 200. Yet Wichita State was a bubble team last year. You can see by Rob scheduling teams like Wyoming(RPI 76), Tennessee Tech(RPI 129), South Dakota St. (RPI 64), Northern Iowa(RPI 65), and Oakland (RPI 125) that he gets it.

[Rambler63]

Another strategy is to play some God-awful bottom feeders on the road that play in better conferences, like St. Bonaventure, Towson, New Mexico State, Duquesne, and Baylor. UWM would benefit from the opponent's opponents record part of the RPI, and get extra credit for an almost automatic road win.

[aknowsense]

It's never automatic.

If UWM wanted to play cupcakes every year why don't they hold their own tourney similar to that other Milwaukee school's classic in which they set themselves up to win it every year by having high school teams come and play.

[JimmyLemke]

yeah, except the West Tobacco Road High School J.V. squad beat the Marqueers this time around.