2) North Texas Mean Green hit 19 treys in win over Ark-LR. Mohamed and Draper are over 50% in 3P%
3) Southern Miss Golden Eagles. Harper-Baker has played well. Eagles will be hanging around the CUSA top 4
4) Charlotte 49ers upset Wake Forest. Freshman guard Jahmir Young led the way with 24 points.
5) Louisiana Tech Bulldogs: Amorie Archibald and the Bulldogs are going to be in the hunt. Nice win over Miss St.
6) Florida International Golden Panthers: Andrews will be top scorer
7) Marshall Thundering Herd played FLA tough in a loss on Xmas eve but have looked ragged in most games. Kinsey and West are averaging 14 PPG
8) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders has had a rough start. They'll need a ton of treys from Antonio Green the rest of the season.
9) UAB Blazers played UK, Memphis, and Texas tough in losses. They'll need more points from Jalen Benjamin in CUSA play
10) UTEP Miners: Bryson Williams has played well and they look a little better than last season
11) Old Dominion Monarchs-Xavier Green will need to get to a 20 PPG for them to get in to the middle of the CUSA pack. Stith graduated.
12) UTSA Roadrunners- J Jackson will need to hit a lot of treys again this season
13) Florida Atlantic Owls- Scoring has been low. Maybe Cornelius Taylor will get into gear
14) Rice Owls will be hanging on a cellar limb again. TJ Atwood score about 20 PPG
Jan 10, 2020
#usm (0-3) stands out as my worst prediction so far . Eagles lost 76-64 to UTEP (1-2) last night. Iran Bennett (17 points , 11 rebounds) led Marshall(2-1) to a 79-75 win over MTSU(0-3). Tavin Lovan scored 16 points for UAB(1-2) in a 72-62 mild upset of WKU(2-1).UTSA (1-2) blew out La Tech (2-1). Fau(3-0) beat Rice(0-3) 81-76 NTX(2-1) blew out FIU(2-1) 74-56.
Jan 17
It's getting crowded at the top. Charlotte (4-0) edged Marshall 77-75. Taevion Kinsey had 29 points and 11 rebounds for the losing Herd. FAU(4-1) beat MTSU. La Tech (4-1) beat Rice. WKU (4-1) beat ODU. NTX(4-1) beat USM.
Jan 21
In rare Monday night CUSA action Charlotte(4-2) fell to ODU(3-3) led by Jason Wade's 23 points, and Javion Hamlet scored 24 for NTX in a win over Rice, That's NTX sixth win in a row and puts them alone atop the CUSA with half game lead on WKU(5-1)
Jan 24
I thought MTSU, a loser to La Tech(5-2) last night, would struggle but not still be winless in CUSA play. NTX is up to 7-1 with its 98-73 blowout of UTSA(3-4). #JamirYoung scored 24 points for Charlotte(5-2) in its 70-68 win over FAU. .Eric Lovett hit six treys for FIU(5-2) in its narrow win over ODU.
Jan 28
I'm not doing too bad on my pre-season top 4 in the CUSA.1)NTX(8-1) I picked them second. 2)WKU (7-1) I had them first. La Tech and Charlotte are tied for 3rd at 6-2. I had Charlotte fourth and La Tech fifth. NTX has won eight in a row and it's last defeat was to WKU who has a five game winning streak and it's last loss was to UAB.
Jan 31-
LaTech got a big win over Charlotte while WKU lost to FIU and the #herd (4-5) is hanging around after a win over FIU . NTX 8-1, WKU and La Tech are 7-2. Charlotte is 8-3
Feb 9
Hamlet and Gibson each scored 13 points for NTX(10-2) in a win over UAB that kept them in first place, one game ahead of WKU(9-3) a winner over USM.
Feb 16
The top three teams NTX(12-2) , WKU(11-3), and La Tech(10-4) won yesterday. I was stunned to see Rice(5-9) beat Charlotte(8-6) and took note of Marshall(7-7) reaching .500 with it's win over UTEP(4-10).
feb 24
The top three teams NTX(12-3) , WKU(11-4), and La Tech(11-4). La Tech's narrow win over NTX tightened up the standings and #wku 's loss to Charlotte added to the tension. WKU faces La Tech on Thursday.
feb 28
Taveion Hollingsworth (43 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST) led WKU to a big win over LATech to keep them within a game of NTX who beat FIU. NTX(13-3) , WKU(12-4), and La Tech(11-5).
March 2
Javion Hamlet (25 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST) led NTX(14-3) to a win over WKU(12-5) and the CUSA regular season crown with one CUSA game left.
March 8
Mikel Beyers (20 PTS, 5 REB, 1 BLK) helped Marshall(16-15, 10-8 C-USA) to an 82-77 win over UTSA while Charlotte(10-8) lost to LA Tech which leaves them tied with Marshall for fourth in the CUSA after NTX,WKU, and La tech. Top four get a round 1 bye.
March 12
Taevion Kinsey had 26 points as sixth-seeded Marshall beat No. 11 seed UTEP 86-78 in the first round of the CUSAT and will play third-seeded Louisiana Tech on Thursday. FAU beat ODU. UAB beat UTSA. FIU beat Rice
