O5 title games, etc

MWC- Fresno St will make it two wins in two weeks  over #boisest.  FSU 23 BSU 20
AAC- #memphis O is in high gear but those Knights will remain undefeated. UCF 30 Memphis 28
CUSA: Its cool to see NTx in the final but FAU outlasts them 35-34. #Fine will sling a few TDs in a losing effort. BTW, #fiu plays a weather-make against #umass, too.
MAC-  I'm leaning to Woodside .#toledo 25 #akron 17
Sunbelt- No title game yet. Troy will edger ArkSt while App St will handles ULL leaving Troy  & App St as co-champs
Troy 6-1
Arkansas State 6-1
Appalachian State 6-1

Dec 3 wrap up

BSU 17 FSU 14- No scoring the second half until Wolpin rushed for the winning Boise TD late in the fourth quarter.
UCF  62  Memphis 55 - Mckenzie & Ferguson each threw 4 tds
FAU 41 NT 17 -  Devin Singletary ( 26 CAR, 164 YDS, 3 TD)  and the Owls were too much for the Mean Green

TOL 45 Akron 28 -  Woodside tossed 4 TDs early.

Troy scored the winning TD  over ArkSt with 32 seconds left and App St pounded ULL to become Sunbelt co-champs.

5-1 for the weekend with Fresno and as my sole incorrect pick.

MWC 2017-18 hoop predictions

MWC has only eleven teams since Hawaii plays hoops in the Big West.
Nevada-  Musselman's Pack led by #jordancaroline should repeat as league champs.
Fresno State: D Taylor leads a solid backcourt
UNLV: Brandon McCoy will keep the Rebels near the top.
Boise State: Hutchinson suffered a concussion against ISU last night, and the Broncos  cant afford to lose him for too many games
Wyoming: Hatden Dalton is the key Cowboy
San Diego State- Its now Coach Dutcher's team and theyll need big play from Malik Pope
New Mexico: McNeal and the Lobos will be erratic.
Colorado State: Rams  will need big time scoring from Prentiss Nixon.
San Jose State: Ryan Welage is the main Spartan.
Utah State: Rough season for Merrill and the Ags
Air Force: Manning & Lyons are the key players.
Jan 7 spot check on the #mwc : I can't adjust to the #csu floor but #fresno st with a huge effort from
#deshontaylor won in OT. Big night for Dalton in Wyoming's OT win over Boise St.
Nevada, the conference leader, struggled a bit with AFA, MWC cellar dweller, before strong shoooting
from Martin & Stephens led them to victory.USU needed a late run to survive UNLV.UNM crushed SJST

Nevada 4-0 Boise State 3-1 Utah State 3-1 San Diego State 2-1 Wyoming 2-1 Fresno State 2-2 New Mexico 2-2 UNLV 1-2 Colorado State 1-3 Air Force 0-3 San Jose State 0-4
Jan 11- The middle of the MWC standings is getting tight. Nixon scored 26 points for
#CSU in a win over Utah State 84-75. Joe Furstinger #UNM (17 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST in a win
over.Wyoming.UNLV beat AFA.
Jan 18- #nevada moves to 7-0 . #unm is on the move. Impressive final minute rally #AnthonyMathis
scored 14 points, including a 4-point play and a 3-pointer in the final 77 seconds in a win over UNLV.

Nevada	6-0	-
Boise State	6-1
Fresno State	4-3
New Mexico	4-3

jan25

The Muss Bus got it's first conference dent. #JustinJames (33 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST) led #Wyoming to a 104-103 win over #nevada. Sengfelder scored 31as Boise St rolled SJST to stay on the conference race. SDST blew out CSU and Utah St beat AFA.
Nevada         7-1
Boise State 7-2
Fresno State 5-3
New Mexico 5-3
Wyoming 4-3

feb 4

Muss Bus   stalled at times against CSU but  Caleb Martin had 26 points and Lindsey Drew added 16 and eight rebounds in a #nevada victory.
These guys , Brandon McCoy UNLV - 24 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST and Justinian Jessup BSU -  18 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, put on a good show  for their respective teams as #boisest outlasted #UNLV to remain 1GB behind Nevada
.Jalen McDaniels SDSU 16 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST led the Aztecs to an easy 81-50 win over AFA.
#fresnost remain a hard team to gauge.  Nate Grimes had 20 points, 12 rebounds in a  Fresno State in an 80-62 win over SJSU
feb 12 update: #mussbus ran over sdst 83-58 . Boise st was upset by utah st. #unlv  keeps climbing : #ShakurJuiston scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in  #UNLV win over Wyoming 85-70
San jose St remains winless . #afa upset new mexico
feb 15: Are we headed for an all Nevada showdown in #MWC . #nevada edged  Boise St.  UNLV beat AFA.

feb 20, 2018

#nevada looks good to win the regular season, and should make the Dance but the MWC is , at best, a a two Dance tickets conference. Nevada #Mussbus stars: #calebmartin  19.6 ppg and #jordancarolina 17.0 ppg
Nevada 12-2   23-5
Boise St. 11-4  21-6
Fresno St. 9-5  19-8

feb 22

Top #mwc three won last night. : Kendall Stephens (30 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST) led NEV  over SJST. Chandler Hutchison (27 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST) led Boise St over Col. St.  Deshon Taylor (22 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST) led #fresno over UNLV. Boise has two MWC games left while Nevada and Fresno each have three.
feb26 update-  #Mussbus won the MWC regular season title yesterday. #nevada deserves a Dance ticket regardless of  how they perform in the MWCT. #boise ain't getting much love from the pundits.
march 8 update. RD1 today UNLV/AFA CSU/UtahSt  SJST/Wyoming.  Unless someone upsets #nevada later  this week it's probably one dance ticket for the #MWC.
march 10 update: Wow, #DevinWatson scored 20 points to lead San Diego State to a 90-73 blowout over Nevada. They 'll fae #newmexico  who beat Utah St. Nevada should still get a Dance ticket
march 12 update: I'm not sure why but the #MWC is one the few  non-power conferences that didn't get royally screwed over by the Dance Committee. #nevada is a 7th seed  despite not winning its conference tourney  and plays texas in rd1 . #sdst is an eleven seed and faces houston in rd 1 .
march 17 update: #mussbus needed OT to roll by Texas  on their way to a game with Cincy. K Stephens scored 22 and Caleb Martin had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolfpack.. J McDaniels had eighteeen points as SDST hung tough but fell to Houston.
March 18: #Mussbus screwed up my bracket with big comeback win over Cincy. Cody Martin 
NEV  (25 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST) J Hall had a nice game of the bench with  (14 pts, 6 Reb)

july 8 , 2018

It's not often I can post local hoops news about the #MWC. #Zane Martin  a second-team All-CAA selection last season for #towsonU, a school a few minute north of Baltimore City, is tranferring to New Mexico.  He put up 19.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

july 29, 2018

#sandiegost (MWC) will square off against Duke in the #maui 2018 opening game

2017 MWC football snap hunches

MOUNTAIN

Wyoming- Josh Allen tosses the Cowboys to another division title.

Boise St.- Coach Harsin will need an instant upgrade on D

Colorado St.- Stevens to Gallop and pray for some D

Air Force- That ground attack keeps them competitive

New Mexico- Lobos went bowling last season and will need some D miracles to do it again

Utah St-Ags open with Wisky and may not recover..

WEST

San Diego St.- Coach Long's Aztecs D will power them to the division title.

UNLV- Armani to Keys suits the Rebs fine

Fresno St- Coach Tedford  wants to get back to the power 5- look for better Bulldogs' football

Hawaii-#drubrown and the O can score but Warriors secondary is porous.

Nevada- Look for Bama transfer #davidcornwell to do a decent job at QB

San Jose St.-Spartans OL is bad

Must see games: #sandiegost @ #unlv on Oct 7, #wyoming @ #boisest on Oct 21

Aug 14,2017

Three Aztecs football players have chickenpox. #sandiegost needs  to play contain .:wink:.

Early O5 jabs for 2017 football season

Sometimes, colleges need to heed the warning signs: #KevinOlsen began his career with Miami was suspended three times  and transferrred Towson (1AA) then to #charlotte (CUSA) and is now facing indictments on three counts of rape, and other charges.
#UAB returns to #Cusa play after two year hiatus
#AAC wants to make themselves known as part of the Power 6. Losing coaches to the O5 won't help. Ask Temple, Memphis, and Houston
#MWC football. Lotta love out there for Colorado St. Has any 1A school fallen faster than Fresno St?
June 10 notes: 11/18/17 Football at #FenwayPark #Uconn of the AAC  @ BC. Regional rivalry in its infancy.  Boston College  holds the all-time series lead 11-0-2.Game willbe televisedon CBSSN.
June 11 #AAC 2017 season notes:Interesting out of conference games-  #memphis visits #ucla, temple and #navy each visit #notredame, #smu visits #tcu, #ecu travels to #westvirginia and #virginiatech.. Can #newmexico win the MWC after losing nine startewrs on D?
June 14: #wku  lost Coach Brohn to #Purdue. The Hilltoppers toughest OOC matchup is probably Illinois. Coach Sanford has a strong  offensive mind and a #wku background. The transition shouldn't be too painful. Also look for big strides from #utsa.
June 16: #Sunbelt week 1 OOC play #appst visits #georgia , #arkst goes to #nebraska, #georgiasouthern goes to #auburn. I don't see an upset brewing, but maybe #troy gives #boisest a tough game.
June 17: Here's a week 1 matchup #wyoming (MWC) led by QB #joshallen  visit #iowa (big ten) and its big time rushing attack. Iowa won both games played between the teams . Iowa won 21-7 in Iowa City in 1953, and eked out a 20-19 Holiday Bowl  in 1987.

June 19

#MAC teams face some powerhouses in week 1: #WesternMichigan at USC ,  #Akron at Penn State, Kent State at Clemson. Then in a  a more competitve OOC matchup #miamiohio visits the Marshall #herd

June 21

#CUSA : Can ex-Fresno State Bulldog QB,  Zack#Greenlee displace #RyanMetz’sas #utep starting QB ?

june 24

 Kansas State receiver # CoreySutton, a native of Charlotte, NC,  plans to transfer to #AppState, but still has to sit out the 2017 season.

june 27

#tulsa, was 10-3 in 2016 and won its bowl game but  opens at #okst in aninteresting intrastate matchup. On paper it looks like a high scoring Tulsa loss. Oklahoma State leads in the series, 40–27–5

july 3

#wmu still has a solid rushing attack,Jarvion Franklin and LaVante Bellamy , but #toledo led by QB #woodside may take the MACW. #niu will return to the pack.

July 4

  MAC flash : #davidmcmichael, #kent st special teams coach suddenly  retired on June 30

july 7

#CUSA news: #MTSU has an excellent QB #stocksill, but can hiring former Syracuse head coach Scott Shafer as DC improve their D.

july 9

 Can #LukeFickell, new Cincy HC and former Buckeyes' DC,  go .500 in the #AAC this season?

july 10

and this year #Hawaii  #MWC has to travel #Umass. That's some serious travel.

july 12

Big question for #ecu is defense. Will they find any?

July 15

Working toward my other 5 predictions, I don't see any O5 team crashiing the power 5 party on New Years Day.  No #western michigan meeting Wisky 1/1/16, or #houston beating #fsu on 1/1/17

july17

MAC kicking game:  Punter  Joe Davidson, Sr. @  #Bowling Green has averaged 44.5 yards a punt..He's 6'7 234lbs

july 18

Checking in with the Aztecs! Is #RashaadPenny the man who can replace #pumphrey (Philadelphia Eagles) in #sandiegost backfield. He's been a top notch kick returner for three seasons.

july 20

#newmexicost (going Independent) and #idaho (downgrading) were voted out of the Sunbelt  and will they  pay their Sunbelt opponents back on the field  this season. Maybe the possibility of joining the MWC will get NMST  in gear? Also see rumors that the MWCis looking at #UTEP of the #CUSA.

july 25

#mwc getting a lot of scheduling  interest. #vanderbit adds #unlv to a home  & home  list that includes #coloradost, #nevada, and #hawaii in the next eight years. This season Vandy plays two #cusa teams, #mtsu and #wku.     
#sdst Aztecs' current contract with Qualcomm Stadium - ends in 2019. and they may have to move to Petco Park, Negotiations are on-going

july 28

#SOUTHFLORIDA  @ #SANJOSESTATE  AAC vs MWC in an Aug 26 matchup w/o much of a history.

aug 1

Can #troy of the Sunbelt pull off a mild upset @#boisest in week 1 ?

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A peak of 2016 MWC football

MOUNTAIN
Colorado St. Coach Bobo turns the corner this season and guides an explosive offense led by QB Nick Stevens.
Boise St. is the pundits darling, but I'm not sold. QB Rypien will get his numbers.
New Mexico Coach Davie got the Lobos to a bowl game behind some exciting play by a versatile QB, Lamar Jordan.
Utah St.: If the Aggies had a better D, I'd pick them to grab the division title.
Air Force  won't repeat it's surprising 2015 division title run
Wyoming  Cowboys will struggle again

WEST
San Diego St. Coach Long D and a solid rushing attack will help the Aztecs repeats as MWC champs.
UNLV- Sanchez Rebels were a bit of a surprise and should be in contention most of the season
San Jose St: QB Kenny Potterhad the highest MWC completing % in 2015. Spartans may be turning the corner.
Nevada visits Notre Dame on Sept 10, a good test for the Wolfpack and the MWC
Fresno St.- New coordinators won't be enough
Hawaii- No pot of gold over the Rainbow this season.

SD St edges Colorado St in the MWC title game.

Aug 26

Long plane ride for Hawaii/Cal game in Australia today, then Hawaii plays Michigan at Ann Arbor, MI on Sept 3, Who made this schedule?

Aug 27

Cal  51 Hawaii  31 . David Webb, a transfer from Texas Tech, didn't miss a beat (4 passing TDs, one rushing TD) replacing Jared Goff, 1st round pick of the LA Rams. It's going to be a long season for Hawaii's D

9/3/16

Colorado St, my pick to win the MWC Mountain division  , got crushed by Colorado in the intrastate rivalry game . Rams Coach Bobo nailed it 

"It's embarrassing. Totally embarrassed our name," 

9/3/16 

2016 Week 1 can O5 take down Big 5 teams

   SunBelt: Appalachian St  went to and won it's first bowl game last season and the Mountaineers march into Knoxville as a 22 point dog. Maybe Marcus Cox, a tailback on the Doak Walker watchlist, can keep them in the game I don't see them  duplicating their  2007 upset of Michigan @ Ann Arbor.
MWC: Hawaii  host Cal in August then travels to Michigan where the Rainbows will be lucky to score ten points. Fresno St may put a scare in the slow starting Nebraska Cornhuskers
MAC: Bowling Green Linebacker Austin Valdez may need to make ten tackles in the first half half to keep the Falcons competitive  @ Ohio St. Miami (Ohio) decent D-Line will keep them in the game until the third quarter @ Iowa. Western Michigan won the MAC West last season  and has Corey Davis a great WR. Look for a  mild upset @Northwestern.
AAC: Houston hosts Oklahoma- now this could be a good game between two pre-season top 10 teams. Two transfers , Duke Catalon, an RB from Texas, and Ra'Shaad Samples, WR from OK St, could help the Cougars pull off an upset of the Sooners.
CUSA- Louisiana Tech will struggle against the rising Arkansas Razorbacks. I'm curious if Southern Miss has improved enough to give Kentucky a hard time. Charlotte will be overwhelmed at Louisville

8/7/16

 Louisiana Tech starting quarterback Ryan Higgins was arrested early Friday in Ruston on a DWI charge. If Holtz suspends him for Game 1 , Arkansas  should cruise.

MWC baseball March 31

MWC baseball has a few less teams than football and basketball. For example, Boise St, Wyoming, Utah St, & Colorado St have club baseball.which are  not fully university-sponsored and do not compete in NCAA CWS. Hawaii plays hoops and baseball in the Big West conference.
Conference standings

New Mexico 7-2  : Chris Devito is batting .404 in 99 at bats

Fresno State 6-3 : Brody Russell 3HR, 26 RBI, .390 AVG

Air Force 4-1" Griffin Jax has a  5-1 record with 41 strikeouts.

Nevada 4-4:  TJ Friedl has five stolen bases.

UNLV 3-6  : Payton Squier is batting .366

San Diego State 2-5 : Tyler Addison has four stolen bases.

San Jose State 3-8 : Shane Timmons is batting .370

April 22, 2016

Three weeks later and the standings  are the same. UNM and Fresno have won more than they lost, but  the Lobos swept the Bulldogs two weeks ago.. Devito has improved his AVG to .419 with 11HR, 49RBI. Luis Gonzalez has 10HR 38RBI .368 AVG.

May 1 , 2016

Nevada has moved to within a game in the loss column of Fresno for second place
New Mexico16-5 Fresno St  16-7 Nevada 12-8. 
Nevada has a three game series  against UNM May 13-15 , and will need  it's three players, Friedl, Bridgman, and Mastrobuoni, with 9 stolen bases each to get  more active. Friedl is batting .404

May 9, 2016

NM Lobos and FresnoBulldogs still 1-2 in the MWC. NM and AFA have the leaders in offense.
Bradley Haslem  AFA               .423 avg
Carl Stajduhar New Mexico       14HR
Chris Devito New Mexico          54 RBI
Adam Groesback    AFA                     16 SB

May 13, 2016

Nevada has won 13 straight and starts a three game series at UNM tomorrow. Fresno is at UNLV.
Fresno State 19-8 0.
New Mexico 17-7 

Nevada 16-8 

May 23

Fresno St and UNM get a RD1 bye. Winner of 6 seed SD ST/ 7 SJ ST play-in game faces  the hot #3 seed Nevada. That winner faces #2 UNM. #1 Fresno gets the winner of #4 AFA/#5 UNLV

May 27

SD St  beat SJ St in the play-in game then  eliminated UNLV. Today: they face #3 Nevada then the winner of that game faces #1 Fresno. Tonight AFA plays UNM

May 29

Chris DeVito, one of the top hitters in the MWC, doubled and drilled one of four UNM homers in a 14-4 rout of Nevada in the MWC final yesterday . #2 seed New Mexico  gets the automatic bid. Nevada bounced  #1 seed  Fresno and upstart San Diego St from the MWCT on friday before losing yesterday.

Other 5 roundups/letdowns

SunBelt: (1)Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans have had plenty of rest and  start their battle for the SunBelt Dance ticket against (4)ULL. They beat ULL twice this season and will focus on stopping the long distance Cajun shoooter, Shawn Long.  (2) ULM/(3)UTA is the other semi-final . UTA is one of the most  perplexing squads . Drew Charles treys saved them last night but Kevin Hervey has been their anchor. Roberson and Deng are the ULM anchors.

MWC- I'm going with (2) Bulldogs behind Marvelle Harris to beat top seed SD St n the final. Both teams are dancing.

MAC- Buffalo is another perplexing team and they 've had a nice run, but Isaiah Johnson and Akron will secure the MAC ticket.

CUSA: It's March and ODU is chasing a dance ticket- same old story. Trey Freeman scored 42 yesterday in the win over WKU, but MTSU, a winner over Herd yesterday, will slow him down and get the CUSA ticket.

AAC= crazy tournament. Tulane was about to fire their head coach before they upset Houston to face Memphis on one side of the bracket. Temple, who should be in  the Dance, faces  another March bloomer UConn today. I wouldn't hazard a guess as to what other AAC squads go Dancing.

For new readers Other 5= AAC, CUSA,MAC, MWC,  and SunBelt

March13 review
SunBelt- Ark LR/ULM for the ticket today/ ULL scored 25 but that was enough again st Little Rock.
MWC- Fresno punched its ticket and I still think SD St gets an at large.
MAC-  Massinburg was solid in Buffalo's win. I can't see Akron getting and at large.
CUSA:MTSU held Freeman under 20 points and got the W.
AAC: UConn /Memphis in the final- the bubble grows.

March 17: Tulsa (AAC) made a run but Michigan held them off in the play -in game. Tulsa (20-12) got 23 points from Shaquille Harrison, There were five ties and 12 lead changes in the  second half. 

July 13, 2016
Dropping  an off-season note: SMU must've had enough of Larry Brown when he pushed for a contract extension. Tim Jankovich, who  has been in head coach in waiting at SMU since 2012 and had a 104-64  record as HC at Illinois St, takes over. SMU was 9-0 under Jankovich  during Brown's suspension last season. Jankovich promises more treys and hopesto take advantage of SMU being the only 1A hoops team in the Dallas area.
Brown (2012-16)guided the Mustangs to their first dance ticket since 1993 in 2015, but that feels lile steep price. 

MWCT - how about Fresno

#1 seed San Diego St should get a Dance ticket regardless of how they do in the MWCT and they should get by the winner #8 Wyoming/#9 Utah St easily. Only one other Dance ticket is likely available for the MWC.
#2  Fresno St  led by Marvelle Harris is a very hot team,   and I see them getting  by the winner of #7 UNLV/#10 Air Force and eventually facing SD St in the final.
#3  Boise St 's lost to SJSU which cost them the 2 seed and their only chance at a Dance ticket is winning the tourney. They face the winner of #6 Colorado St/#11 San Jose St
#4 New Mexico plays #5 Nevada. The Lobos beat Nevada  yesterday behind solid play from Cullen/Neal, but it's  anyone's guess who wins the turn around  re-match Thursday. Maybe Criswell scores 40 and Nevada wins.

March10
UNLV needed three OTs to get by AFA. Fresno should take  handle the Rebs.
Boise St will have a tough one against Colorado St who  stomped SJSU
Aztecs should handle Utah St easily.
March 11
Fresno rolls on . SD ST outlasts USU.

West to east feb 28

MWC: While most  MWC fans were focused  Boise St big win over San Diego St, I 'm kept my vision on Marbvelle Harris (32 points, 10 assists) over New Mexico who got a monster game from Elijah Brown (41 PTS, 11 REB, 6 AST). Three Dance tickets are back on the MWC table .
San Diego State14-2 21-8
Fresno State 11-5         20-9
Boise State 10-6         19-10

Nevada           9-6         17-10.

AAC: Temple fans must be nervous wrecks as their Owls needed DeCosey's last second trey to surviveUCF. Meanwhile Capuain's 27 ponts  helped Cincy fend off ECU's second half rally. Two key games today Houston @  UConn and Tulsa @ Memphis. 




Temple 12-4 18-10
SMU         11-4 23-4
Cincinnati 11-5 21-8
Tulsa 11-5 19-9
Connecticut 10-5 20-8

Houston 10-6 20-8

Feb 29: Crazy Sunday in the AAC .: what a scramble now Houston ( 

Damyean Dotson 22 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST)beat UConn . while memphis  Dedric Lawson

27 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST beat Tulsa

SMU	12-4	24-4
Temple	12-4	18-10
Cincinnati	11-5	21-8
Houston	11-6	21-8
Tulsa	11-6	19-10
Connecticut	10-6	20-9

March 4: #smu crushed UConn and put them back on the bubble

Mining the CUSA, MWC, AAC Feb 21

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CUSA: UTEP has won six straight  is getting into solid shape to win the CUSAT . Moore and Winn led the Miners to a win over La Tech yesterday. Meanwhile Marshall got another big game  from Ryan Taylor (23 pts, 12 reb) in a win over ODU and kept the pressure on first place UAB.  CUSA is a decent hoops conference , but I  don't foresee a scenario in which they get two dance tickets.

UAB	11-2	21-5
Marshall	11-3	15-12
Middle Tennessee	10-3	18-7
Louisiana Tech	9-5	20-7
UTEP	9-6	17-11
Old Dominion	8-6	15-12

MWC: San Diego St is dancing regardless of how they do in the MWCT,  and I'm staying on the Fresno St train   led by Marvelle Harris. to win the automatic ticket. WTH New Mexico - losing to AFA  yesterday?

AAC:  Cincy got a big win over UConn yesterday in the muddled AAC which gets three tickets. A fourth is iffy.

Temple	10-3	16-9
SMU	9-4	21-4
Cincinnati	10-5	20-8
Houston	9-5	19-7
Connecticut	9-5	19-8
Tulsa	9-5	17-9

 

feb 18 snap AAC MWC

Villanova handled Temple easily and may have hurt the AAC Dance ticket #. Houston got a big win to climb back in the AAC race. AAC might get three tickets.

Temple	10-3	16-9
SMU	9-3	21-3
Cincinnati	9-4	19-7
Connecticut	8-4	18-7
Houston	9-5	19-7
Tulsa	8-5	16-9

Fresno & New Mexico won and continue to make the MWC late season standing interesting. Marvelle Harris is Fresno player to watch. MWC might get two tickets

San Diego State	12-1	19-7
New Mexico	9-4	16-10
Fresno State	8-5	17-9
Nevada	8-5	16-9

Other 5 March madness chances

Time for a favorite american pasttime . If March Madness  started soon: Two conference leaders of of our five will make the Dance even if they lose their conference tournaments. San Diego St  11-1 in the MWC and  Temple 9-3 and tied  in the AAC with  SMU who's  not eligible for a Dance ticket..

CUSA (UAB 11-1), SunBelt (Arkansas Little Rock 11-2),  and MAC Akron (9-2  in the East) aren't considered strong enough to have guaranteed tickets for  their regular season winners. I'm sure one of our regulars is pushing for the Thundering Herd of Marshall. 

AAC could get four  tickets  but it will be scramble after Temple

Cincinnati	8-4	18-7
Tulsa	8-4	16-8
Connecticut	7-4	17-7
Houston	7-5	17-7
Memphis	5-6	14-10

MWC-  Fresno St is my dark horse candidate to get  a second ticket. Impressive 58-57 win giving SD St its first conference loss.

Note to new readers:

Other 5= AAC, CUSA,MAC, MWC, & the Sunbelt and is derived from College football, but I've  carried that thread over to hoops. More at https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104643398353248786505

Topsy-turvy CUSA , SunBelt, & MWC

CUSA: I've hinted that UTEP needed to get in the gear and they have. After scoring 100+ to beat  Marshall earlier in the week, UTEP behind   Earvin Morris roared back to beat WKU yesterday. The Miners will have to  win the CUSAT to go dancing,  La Tech's  stunning loss to North Texas put them  further out of the regular season race.

UAB	10-1
MTSU	9-2
Marshall	8-3

Top dogs held fast: UAB trounced FAU.  Potts last minute work earned MTSU a one point win over FIU, and  in the year of the trey, Jon Elmore hit seven in Marshall's  road win at UTSA.

SunBelt: It appears ULL (7-3) has the only chance of catching Ark LR (11-1) who sailed by S. Bama yesterday. These two face off on Feb 13.
 WTH happened to Ark St who lost to Troy, and just when I tossed in the cards on UTA, Bilboa  scored 18 and grabbed 11 rebounds in their blowout of Georgia St.

MWC:  Aztecs beat second place New Mexico in OT to remained undefeated and increase their lead to three games. No explanation  for Boise 's loss to AFA which allowed  the surging Fresno Bulldogs  to tie them for third place. Marvell Harris  scored 37 in Fresno 2OT win over UNLV . Maybe Fresno steals  the second MWCdance ticket?

Feb 12 update on the Sunbelt: ULL gets a big win over Ark St. and ULM surprises ARK LR.. And just for my sports bud Franz. South Bama  beat Ga St thx to 27 points from Ken Williams.