2) North Texas Mean Green- A couple of dudes named Simmons and a CBI 2018 title. Mean Green will be in the CUSA top five.
3) Marshall Thundering Herd- I was going to take the #herd higher, but they crumbled against the Terps last night. I suspect #jonelmore will get "hawked" until the Herd adjust.
4) Charlotte 49ers upset OK ST. I'm bumping them up.
5) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs: Amorie Archibald and the Bulldogs are going to be in the hunt.
6) Florida International Golden Panthers: Andrews and beard are their top scorers.
7) Southern Miss Golden Eagles. T Griffin and crew continue the slow climb out of the CUSA cellar
8) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders have lost to some good teams, UVA and Stanford, in pre-conference play and should finish in the middle of the CUSA.
9) Florida Atlantic Owls- Seabrees is a freshman to watch
10) UAB Blazers- Zack Bryant has been solid, so far
11) Old Dominion Monarchs- BJ Stith will need a lot of 20+ nights
12) UTEP Miners got a way to go to see the light
13) UTSA Roadrunners- J Jackson will need to hit a lot of treys
14) Rice Owls will be hanging on a cellar limb
Dec 6, 2018: Checking in the CUSA OOC play last night: Taveion Hollingsworth
WKU (24 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST) lost 84-78 to Missouri St (MVC)led by
Tulio Da Silva (18 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST). Ryan Woolridge's triple-double led North Texas past Indiana St (MVC) 80-69. CJ Burks scored 26 but that wasn't enough for the #herd in a 93-82 loss to Duquesne (A-10). MTSU got crushed by Vandy (SEC). FAU edged Mercer (Southern).
dec 16, 2018
BJ Stith (18pts, 10reb) led ODU to a big road win over Cuse. Maybe I under-estimated the Monarchs? #JonElmore totaled 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists in the Marshall road 75-74 win at Akron . #herd was0-2 against MAC schools with recent loss to Ohio and Toledo.dec 30
Hollingsworth (22 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST) and Banton with a triple double led #wku (7-6) over Wisconsin (B10) 83-76. It's been a strange first two months for the Hilltoppers including losses to Missouri St and Indiana St
jan 4, 2019
#usm hoops had a rough #Cusa start in a loss to Rice. #herd get 20 points and 10 assists from Elmore in a win over ODU. NTX beat La Tech and is now 2-0 in the CUSA and 14-1 overall. #wku rolled charlotte. UTSA beat UTEP. UAB beat FAU. Beard and Jacob combined to hit eleven treys and score 48 points in #FIU 's win over MTSU.
jan 6, 2019
Wow, Rice won again- this time over LA Tech. Herd squeak by Charlotte thanks to Burks. #wku fell to ODU. FAU over mtsu, ntx edged usm, uab over fiu. And this is some goofy scheduling: #JhivvanJackson scored 24 points to help UTSA beat UTEP for the second time in three days.
jan 11, 2019
NTX beat Utep moving to 4-0 in CUSA play. Rice cooled off in a loss to UTSA. MTSU stumbled further in a loss to USM. FAU, FIU, and LA tech beat respectively, ODU, Charlotte, and UAB. jan13: How about the #herd knocking off #wku 70-69. Nice night from Hollingsworth ( 20 PTS, 4 REB, 1 STL). Also NTX lost to UTSA) ???
jan 18, 2019
Burks and Elmore led the #herd by FAU 96-84 last night, and MTSU edged UTSA for it's first CUSA win. Other winners: ODU, uab, fiu, and usm.JAN 20 , 2019
jan 22, 2019
Josh Anderson(25 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST) was a big factor in WKU 68-59 victory over the #herd. B.J. Stith scored 22 points and Ahmad Caver added 20 in ODU's second half comeback win over Charlotte.
Jan 25, 2019
A lot of shake up in the standings in a week . Last night WKU survived a big second half from USM. UAB nipped NTX. ODU struggled but won over UTEP, and the #herd fell to La Tech despite a big effort from Burks. ODU (6-2). At 5-2 - Marshall, UAB, UTSA, NTX.. At 4-3: WKU , FIU
jan 27, 2019
I did a double take when I saw the #herd score USM 101 MU 51 scroll across the bottom of my TV screen.The 31-6 USM run at the start was a killer . UAB, UTSA, NTX are tied for first after win over respectively Rice, ODU, & MTSUfeb 1
What a night for Elmore(44 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST) in the #herd win over UTEP. Leonard Harper-Baker scored a career-high 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting for streaking USM in a win over FIU. FAU, ODU, and WKU defeated respectively LT, NTX, and UTSA.
feb 10
Great Saturday for the Texas CUSA schools. UTSA(9-3), UTEP, and Rice beat respectively, Fau, Marshall and FIU. USM, WKU (8-4), Charlotte, and ODU(10-3) were the other winners.
feb 15
Jared Savage tallied 16 points and 11 rebounds for #wku (9-4) in a win over MTSU. Cortez Edwards had 24 points, nine rebounds and five assists for USM(8-5) in its win over UTSA(9-4). NTX (8-5) lost to FAU. #herd lost to UAB.
feb17
wku(9-5) and utsa(9-5) losses to respectively La Tech and UAB helped the hot ODU(11-3) and USM(9-5) squads who won last night. #herd beat mtsu 98-93 in the no D special last night.
Feb 24
while the #herd (7-7) waits to play, ODU(12-3) beat wku (9-6) and and
UAB(9-6) beat USM). NTX fell to 8-7 with a loss to La Tech (8-7)
March 1
Elmore had 34 in the #herd win over La Tech. I caught the end of the
#odu hanging on at UTSA in a fierce final four minutes to clinch the
regular season title. WKU beat UAB. ODU, WKU, UTSA, and USM are
getting the rd1 byes at this moment.
March 4
C.J. Burks scored 21 points in Marshall's 85-82 win over NTX and has a slim chance to get a rd1 bye . WKU beat USM to take a half game lead over UTSA, a winner over UAB, for second place.| Old Dominion | 13-3 | ||
| Western Kentucky | 11-6 | ||
| UTSA | 10-6 | ||
| Florida International | 9-7 | ||
| Southern Miss | 9-7 | ||
| Marshall | 9-7 |
March 7
Another great night for Burks(21 points) in the #herd win over FIU. USM beat ODU while WKU lost to UTSA who got 29 points from J.Jackson. After ODU(13-4) UTSA is 11-6 and a win guarantees them a rd1 bye. USM and Marshall are 10-7 with a game to go.WKU finished at 11-7. FIU and UAB are 9-8.
march 10
USM beat UTSA and Marshall beat FAU moving to 11-7 creating a four way tie with WKU and UTSA for the three remaining byes after ODU (13-5). I'm not sure how this shakes out . Is it pod play?
march 14
Big game for Elmore (32 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST) in the #herd 82-65 win over Rice. La Tech in a squeaker over FAU.NTX beat FIU and UAB handled MTSU.
March 15
ODU needed a last second trey from Ahmad Carver's to eke out a 57-56 win over La Tech. Elmore had another solid game for Marshall but they fell to USM. UAB beat UTSA and WKU beat NTX.
March 17
#xaviergreen scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half to lead ODU to a 62-56 victory over #wku in the CUSAT, and will likely be the only CUSA team at the Dance. My pre-season rating of Old Dominion finishing 11th in the CUSA was pretty bad.
March 21
USM lost to Longwood and UAB fell to Brown in CBI action.
March 22
ODU only scored 19 in the first half and lost to Purdue 61-48 at the Dance.
April 5
I've been remiss in my #CUSA coverage. #herd got (28 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST)
from C.J. Burks to win the #CIT . Elmore added 17 points and 6 rebounds for Marshall in the 90-70 victory over Green Bay (Horizon Conference).
april 14
#docsadler , stepped down as USM HC after a 20-13 season and will become an assistant for Hoiberg at Nebraska
june 25
Ryan Woolridge, a grad transfer from #NorthTexas, announced he will play his final season of eligibility for #gonzaga. He was injured all of last season.
