BREAKING - According to sources,
@GCU_MBB
forward Oscar Frayer has passed away from injuries sustained in a car accident.
More details to come but horrible news to receive on this Tuesday night.
I know the talk of the night is about
@NMStateMBB
as it should be…but please, PLEASE give a ton of credit to
@ACU_MBB
for what it did this week.
Beat two of the three regular season champs and a 20-win Utah Valley squad.
Undersized, and underdogs all week.
Helluva run!
Disclaimer - not paid for this tweet...
But, New Mexico State fans shouldn't cancel their trip to WAC Vegas.
You still have a team to root for.
@NMStateWBB
is pretty darn good under first-year head coach
@coachjodyadams
.
Could use all the support they can get.
Now that
@NMStateMBB
has its new head coach, the CBB season winding down, and the Aggies heading to Conference USA in July, I wanted to share a little something with Aggie Nation.
With
@NMStateMBB
getting a 12-seed, kudos needs to go out to the rest of the teams in the WAC. Without the high quality of basketball played in 2021-22, a 12-seed probably doesn’t happen.
Big time for
@GCU_MBB
Tyon Grant-Foster was electric. Gabe McGlothan was his usual self.
Collin Moore and Lök Wur played their roles to perfection.
And Ray Harrison had some clutch buckets down the stretch.
First-ever win in the NCAA Tourney for the Lopes.
Isn’t this the same governor that forced NMSU to not play a true home game last year, and made it so they couldn’t practice fully as a team and forced them to relocate to Phoenix?
Asking for a friend.
Do you ever get somewhat emotional watching players who are playing their final college basketball games leave the floor for the final time?
Especially when they are the heart and soul of a team, community and campus?
A little under 3 hours before it’s official, but wanted to thank
@NMStateAggies
&
@BearkatSports
fans for following along.
Aggie fans have been on the
#WAChoops
bandwagon from the start and Bearkat fans the past 2 seasons.
Good luck to both schools in CUSA!
Texas Tech fans better enjoy Big Maple as much as they can.
@FardawsAimaq
is a baller but also one of the nicest guys around. Very blessed to have covered him while playing for
@UVUmbb
the past two seasons.
🏀𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲: Fardaws Aimaq (
@FardawsAimaq
)
➖Averaged 18.9 points and 13.6 rebounds per game last season✅
➖Won both WAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year (X2) Awards✅
Retweet and follow Fardaws to welcome him to Lubbock‼️
Here is your seeding for
#WACVegas
1 - NMSU
2 - Seattle U
3 - SFA
4 - GCU
5 - Sam Houston
6 - ACU
7 - UVU
8 - CBU
9 - UTRGV
10 - Chicago State
It's Set! FINALLY!
FINAL |
@UVUmbb
74, Cincinnati 68
Wolverines are heading to Las Vegas...AGAIN.
Trey Woodbury and Justin Harmon each had 17 points to lead the Wolverines into the NIT Semifinals.
#NIT
Sources:
@SFA_Athletics
has officially submitted its letter to the WAC that the Lumberjacks will be leaving the WAC following the end of the 2023-24 fiscal year.
Official announcement comes on Wednesday.
#WACVegas
is officially over.
18 games in 5 days!
I got it right this time. Pleasure meeting fans and followers. Was a helluva week!
#MarchMadness2022
is next!
Gonna miss
@GabeMcGlothan5
. Been fun watching/covering his journey at GCU. Three trips to the NCAA Tournament, two regular season titles, and significant personal growth. Big things in store for the big fella!
Let the debating begin. Here is my early 2021-22
@WACsports
men’s basketball rankings.
1. NMSU
2. SFA
3. GCU
4. ACU
5. Seattle
6. Utah Valley
7. Sam Houston State
8. CBU
9. Dixie State
10. Lamar
11. UTRGV
12. Tarleton State
13. Chicago State
I love social media. For some, GCU winning was a huge accomplishment. For others, GCU winning was a way to bash a school for its educational and financial connections to a publicly traded company.
Either way, love or hate them, GCU is playing today for a trip to the Sweet 16.
Aggie fans should be excited about
@NMStateWBB
.
@coachjodyadams
led the Aggies to 18 wins in her first year with a roster of players that won just 10 games in 2021-22.
‘Big Belief’ culture is a big thing heading into Conference USA.
21-6 overall
12-2 in conference play
Won 18 of las 20 games
Have a rim protector
Really good guards
1 of 3 teams to beat GCU in Phoenix
Wins at BYU, Oregon
Yeah, it might be time to give some recognition where it’s rightfully due.
@UVUmbb
is legit.
Johnny McCants, Clayton Henry and Donnie Tillman came back to
@NMStateMBB
for redemption after the 2020-21 season.
They go out as:
- regular season co-champs
- WAC Tourney champs
- Part of 1st Aggie squad to win NCAA Tourney game in 30 years.
Pretty good decision.
Well, 22 games in 6 days. Buzzer beaters, late-game heroics, 23-point comebacks, and more.
#WACVegas
had it all this week! Thank you
@WACsports
for letting me be a part of it!
Thank you everyone for following along in 2022-23!
It's been a helluva ride. The WAC was pretty darn good this season.
What were some of your favorite moments from a wild and crazy year? Would love to hear from you.
#WAChoops
"The greatest compliment I can give him is that Lew Hill was a great human being and you can’t say that about everybody nowadays."
A life of
#PeaceandLove
was what
@UTRGVmbb
HC Lew Hill was all about.
#RIPLewHill
FINAL |
@SFA_MBB
73,
@NMStateMBB
71
First WAC loss at the Pan Am Center since 2017.
And now, Seattle, SFA and NMSU are all tied for the WAC regular season title.
Feb. 17
@ACU_MBB
at
@GCU_MBB
will be on ESPNU
Feb. 26
@CBUmbb
at
@SFA_MBB
will be on ESPNU
First time in a decade the WAC will have multiple games on ESPN linear channels.
Hey guys, just taking a break from Twitter for a little while. I’ll be back June 1 when we kick things into high gear with content, podcast episodes and so much more as we get ready for a new season of
#WAChoops
.
Second best win in the WAC of the 2021-22 season goes to
@GCU_MBB
who beat undefeated San Francisco who had a Net ranking of 27 and KenPom ranking of 32.
Big, big win for the Lopes.
FINAL |
@NMStateMBB
70,
@UCONN
63
Teddy Allen with a massive 37 points as the Aggies win an NCAA tourney game for the first time in 29 years!
#MarchMadness
.
@UVUmbb
is now 27-8 overall.
27 wins is the most-ever in program history.
With its win at Colorado on Sunday night, Utah Valley now has 13 true road wins in 2022-23.
Wolverines are 13-1 at the UCCU Center.
14 sends the Wolverines to Las Vegas for the NIT semifinals.
Basically what’s being said here is “fuck the little guys.”
Man, this is bad optics here. Is this an NCAA decision? I mean three of the final four teams in the 2023 NIT were mid-majors who had beat Power Conference teams to get there.
Excuse my language by the way.
It such poor, poor timing regarding the news of Mark Madsen and the Cal job.
Just AWFUL. A special team has the opportunity to finish a special season but instead will be inundated with notifications that their head coach may be on his way out.
Just AWFUL!
No offense but it’s not necessarily a good look to bash a team playing in the NCAA Tournament after your team didn’t even finish the season due to some major personnel issues.
Crazy thought.
Both
@NMStateMBB
&
@GCU_MBB
lost on the same night, by the exact same score and each in a place called Johnson Coliseum.
Talk about irony.
1st, they have over 25k on campus students so that answers that question.
2nd, they put money into marketing.
3rd, only the Havocs leaders are paid a stipend. No other students get paid or gets credit for attending games.
4th, I’m a UVU guy. And super jealous of the Havocs.
Marketing. It is a FOR PROFIT online school with mainly just adjunct staff. They get these kids on TV at the game to look like a real school to get more kids to come. This is just to boost shareholder profit.
.
@NMStateMBB
G Teddy Allen is the WAC Player of the Year.
Allen led the league in scoring in WAC play at 20.6 points per game, the only player to average better than 20-plus points in league play.
Allen also averaged 6.9 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game.
Per Todd Phillips on 97.5 FM, WAC Defensive Player of the Year Aziz Bandaogo will return to Utah Valley for the 2023-24 season.
Bandaogo set the single-season record for blocks with 105. Also averaged 11.5 points and 10.4 rebounds.
Big news for WAC regular season champs.
Alright, I’m done talking SFA, conference realignment and all the other 💩that comes with it.
Time for the good old 10th anniversary dinner.
Wife lobster tail, I got the tomahawk ribeye. Wish me luck!
"People don't want to leave Abilene Christian."
@Dt1me
&
@Cameron11Tobias
didn't leave West Texas, playing their entire collegiate careers at ACU.
Combined with Joe Pleasant, the trio played in over 400 games in the same uniform.
According to sources, former
#BYU
SG/SF Connor Harding is transferring to
@UVUmbb
.
Harding averaged 5.4 points and 2.6 rebounds for the Cougars in 2020-21.
Just booked my trip to Las Cruces for the final regular season game of the 2021-22 season when
@NMStateMBB
hosts
@UVUmbb
.
Never been to the Pan Am so looking forward to it.
It was a great week at WAC Vegas. Seeing everyone, visiting and meeting new fans, always a pleasure bringing you coverage of the WACkiness that is
#WAChoops
Great way to end my first trip to Dallas.
Sat next to a former
@dallasmavs
legend and current
@utahjazz
assistant Jason Terry while waiting for our flight back to SLC.
Sam Houston - 6-0 with 2 P6 road wins, pair of 30-point blowout wins over DI competition on a neutral floor, and one of the top RPI's in the country.
And some fans of other schools are talking 💩.
That's kind of wild to me.
FINAL |
@SUUBasketball
79,
@NMStateMBB
75
T-Birds go into the Pan Am Center and hand the Aggies just their second WAC home loss since February, 2012.
Welcome to the WAC, T-Birds.
#WAChoops
People are blasting Brad Underwood for saying this but I’d bet every coach in America has this similar mindset.
He’s not saying it’s wrong to transfer or the portal is a bad thing. Even admitted it’s been good to Illinois.
He’s saying the timing of it opening is absurd.
"It's the most absurd thing in the history of sport"
#Illini
coach Brad Underwood on transfer portal open during NCAA tourney
"This is ridiculous. I've got 1 coach scouting and 2 just living in the portal. I'm making recruiting calls...as we're preparing for an Elite 8 game"
Before I get on the road to head to the UCCU Center for
@UtahTechMBB
at
@UVUmbb
...I just want to say THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
Your support has been unreal this year. We just hit the 100K view mark on the site and it is because of you, the fans, reading and sharing our content...
APPRECIATION tweet
March Madness is upon us and just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who follows along, who has been on the podcast, who we interact with on social media and so much more. And to the coaches, SID's and student-athletes.
Truly grateful for the support.
Four starters back, including the WAC Player of the Year with Tyon Grant-Foster returning, plus a bevy of portal gets…if
@GCU_MBB
isn’t in the top-25 at some point or in even the at-large convo at some point, I’d be surprised.
Team is loaded in final year in the WAC.
My All-WAC 1st Team with POY in all caps….
Fardaws Aimaq - Utah Valley
TEDDY ALLEN - NMSU
Gavin Kensmil - SFA
Savion Flagg - Sam Houston
Darrion Trammell - Seattle