About five weeks until Dance tickets are issued, and I'm focusing on teams looking to shake things up.
MWC: Utah St(14-9, 5-5) has won four straight conference games, and their head coach Odom was the UMBC HC who upset UVA at the Dance a few years ago. Justin Bean leads the Ags in points, rebounds, and steals.
CUSA: Yes, first place NTX is the hottest team with seven straight wins, but UTEP(13-8, 6-3) with five straight wins is climbing. Boum is averaging nearly 20 ppg.
SunBelt: No long streaks in conference play, but I'll roll the dice on TX St(14-6, 5-3). Asberry 14 ppg leads a balanced scoring Bobcats' squad.
MAC: If anyone can catch Ohio, it's Akron(14-6, 7-3) HC Cooper, who once coached at Ohio. Ali Ali leads the team with 13.8 ppg.
AAC: Houston and SMU look like locks now so I'll roll the dice on those hooting Owls of Temple(12-7, 5-3). Damiam Dunn leads the team with a 15.9 PPG.
Feb 6, 2022
Did I curse anybody? Nope! Isiah Small had 15 points and nine rebounds for Texas State in a 69-64 win over Coastal Carolina 69-64.
Temple beat Tulsa, UTEP edged Rice, Utah St rolled UNLV.
Akron plays Miami (OH) today.
Feb 7, 2022
Ali Ali(AKR - F 21 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST) had his usual night for the Zips in a 71-59 win over MO.
BTW Houston pounded Cincy 80-58 in AAC play.
Feb 10, 2022
Houston started the game on fire and was up by 15 in the second half but couldn't stop SMU's rally and lost 85-83. Kendric Davis scored 22 points to lead SMU. In other AAC news Memphis beat Tulane and Cincy beat USF. 
San Diego St got a much needed MWC win over SJST
Feb 11, 2022
South Bama crush Ark-LR 77-46. Mason Harrell had 20 points as Texas State topped ULL 82-73 and inched closer to App St, the top team in the SunBelt.
Feb 13, 2022
AAC tightened up with Memphis beating Houston, SMU beating ECU, Temple losing to Tulane and Cincy falling to Tulsa.
TX St beat ULM to take over first in the SunBelt from App St who lost to GA St.
How about those Cowboys of Wyoming(21-3, 10-1 Mountain West) who romped over SJST 74-52. Graham Ike had 25 points and 18 rebounds in the victory.
Feb 14, 2022
CUSA Sunday; ODU 81 UAB 72- Bad loss for the Blazers
MTSU 78 CHAR 63 Big game for Josh Jefferson (30 pts) for the Blue Raiders
Goran Miladinovic had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Herd in a road win. MU 88 UTEP 79
Feb 16, 2022
Akron lost in OT to WMU.
The Wyoming Cowboys were gunned down by New Mexico. Did Pittino Jr figure something out?
Memphis keeps rolling, this time they beat Cincy. Tulane beat USF to stay relevant in the AAC.
How about this MAC score? 
Feb 17, 2022
Temple kept its small AAC hopes alive with a win over SMU , which also pushed the Mustangs back a game behind Houston.
Boise flew by Air Force, and Bryce Hamilton (
17 PTS 7 REB 4 AST ) led UNLV over Fresno St in MWC action. Rebs are in the middle of the pack and may be a team to watch in the MWCT.
17 PTS 7 REB 4 AST ) led UNLV over Fresno St in MWC action. Rebs are in the middle of the pack and may be a team to watch in the MWCT.
Feb 18
I scanned the Tv for some CUSA action and watched parts of WKU 77-67 won over Charlotte and noticed ALY KHALIFA Charlotte 49ers a 6'11" center from Egypt moves well for a big man. Elsewhere, Marshall beat ODU but remains in the East basement. MTSU(9-3) beat FIU and is two games up on FAU in the East.
NTX (12-1) edged FAU(8-5) to remain two games ahead in the West of UAB(10-3), who crushed Rice.
Feb 20, 2022
Khalifa scored for CHA in 99-84 win over the Herd.
Tylor Perry made a 3-pointer with two seconds remaining to lift North Texas to a 58-57 win over UAB in a matchup of top dogs.
Feb 21, 2022
Mustangs are charging hard to catch Houston in the AAC. Marcus Weathers(20 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST) led SMU to an impressive 73-57 win over Memphis, while Houston barely survived 2 OTs in a win over Wichita St. Temple beat Cincy and those Owls are hanging around to steal a Dance ticket.
Feb 23, 2022
Checking in with the MAC: Buffalo edged Miami O last night and have not lost this month.
In the MWC Boise St(13-2) edged SDST and has a slim lead over WYO(11-2) in the standings.
Feb 24, 2022
TX St edged South Bama 55-52 and remains ahead of second place App St, who beat Ark-LR last night in Sunbelt action.
Wyoming lost to Colorado St 61-55 in MWC action.
Feb 26, 2022
TX St Bobcats(12-3) keep winning in the Sunbelt. Ga St(9-5) beat ULL and may be the team with the best shot to slow down TX St in the SBCT. Other winners last night were App ST, USA, CCU, and Georgia Southern
Ali Ali scored 22 points for Akron in a 91-83 defeat of Ohio(14-4) who fell out of first place in the MAC. Toledo (14-3) plays Miami O today.
Feb 27, 2022
Toledo(14-3) beat M(O) and faces Buffalo(13-4), a winner over NIU yesterday, in Tuesday MAC action.
NTX, MTSU , and UAB, the top three CUSA teams, won, however UAB struggled to get by UTEP in a 69-66 win.
Boise State(14-2) and Wyoming(12-3) each won yesterday to keep things tight in the MWC entering the final week of regular season play.
Feb 28, 2022
There wasn't much Sunday O5 action except for the AAC. Houston handled SMU. Neither team looked sharp. Memphis held Wichita St to 17 points in the first half in an 81-57 win. Temple beat Tulane both of those teams a faint pulse for making the Dance.
