C-USA tiebreakers after Wednesday
To save you the effort in figuring them out … The 9-4 teams are 1. Memphis, 2. Southern Miss, 3. UAB. The 8-5 teams are 4. UTEP, 5. Tulsa, 6. SMU. Marshall is alone in 7th at 7-6. East Carolina is...
View Article2012 C-USA tourney to Memphis
ADs had voted on it a few weeks back; just needed to dot the i’s. The release follows. 2012 C-USA Basketball Championships Will Make Return to Memphis Games to be played at FedExForum and Elma Roane...
View ArticleC-USA projection entering March 2
Here is the main projection, including hunch picks. I am leaning heavily to the home teams, only picking Memphis to win at ECU and UTEP to win at SMU. I am picking Southern Miss to dump UAB on...
View ArticleUTEP items, UCF and Donnie Jones
First, my story this morning on what Marshall faces on its journey to Texas-El Paso. On the UTEP front: The semi-big news out of El Paso is the suspension of two freshmen, guard Michael Perez and...
View ArticleMU-UTEP previews
My 2 cents on the game tonight, in which the Herd will have to do a better job on Randy Culpepper and Julyan Stone. One little advisory tonight: With the late start tonight, we’ll be economical with...
View ArticleC-USA tiebreakers after Wednesday
The standings and current tiebreaker situation: 1. UAB 11-4 2. Tulsa 10-5, 3. UTEP 10-5 (Teams split, Tulsa buried UAB, UTEP lost to UAB in 3ot) 4. Memphis 9-6, 5. Southern Miss 9-6 (Memphis swept USM)...
View ArticleThe big Swede from Raceland …
… has his test score and shall sign his letter of intent today, or so it is expected… for Saturday’s game: 1,500 general admission tickets available, no chairbacks. (Don’t gripe now; you knew this was...
View ArticleDonnie Jones story coming
Some quotes from that January “chit-chat” will be used. I hope nobody thinks those were “off the comment” remarks. For one, he didn’t ask that they be and second, I would have refused. After his little...
View ArticleNIT watch 10 p.m. 3/3
Tracking the regular-season conference champions. Herd fans will want to root for them to with their tournaments, lest they snatch an NIT bid. Big South: Coastal Carolina at home, playing VMI in the...
View ArticleFirst NIT spot gone
Tennessee Tech has upended Murray State in the Ohio Valley semifinals, 64-59. One gone, 31 left in the NIT.
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