SunBelt: Arkansas -Little Rock has the regular season crown locked up but the question is who can upset them in the conference tourney and get the Dance ticket.. ULL has been playing well and got a monster night (29 points, 20 reb) from Shawn Long last night.. ULM has a balanced squad who've won six straight.
CUSA
Dirk Williams hit four treys in UAB(13-2,23-5) win over Marshall (11-4,15-13)
Louisiana Tech(10-5,21-7) beat North Texas
Middle Tennessee(10-5,18-9) collapsed in the final minute and lost to WKU.
Charlotte(11-17,7-8) may be the most improved team in the CUSA, and got 21 points each from Uchebo & Davis in a high scoring 114-108 win over UTSA.
Aug 15, 2023
While leafing through some stat books I discovered that John Matusak(Oilers rd1-1973) played at Tampa U, which played 4 years(1971-74). as a 1a Independent. Freddy Solomon was also on those teams. December 29, 1972 Tangerine Bowl TU 21– Kent St 18. Head coaches in the game : Earle Bruce (TU). Don James (Kent St).BTW, Jack Lambert was on the Kent St team that lost to Tampa U and Tooz in the Tangerine Bowl.
The school ended football in 1974 due to an overall enrollment of only 1300 students.
It's had a highly successful 1AA baseball team for a long time.
August 17, 2023
Completely forgot that Noah Jackson (Tampa U) was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1975 and played 8 seasons with the Bears.
March 10, 2024
Cecil Howell Travis played his entire career in MLB as a shortstop and third baseman for the Washington Senators from 1933 to 1947, The frostbite he suffered during his stint as a soldier WW2 weakened him on his return to the MLB. He led the AL in hits in 1941 and his career BA of .314 ranks third among all shortstops behind Honus Wagner (.327) and Arky Vaughan (.318).
He declined a scholarship to Georgia Tech to attend a baseball training school. I can't find much info on this.
May 11, 2024
Missouri St moves up to 1A football to CUSA on July 1, 2025. In 2024 they face only one 1A team, Ball St(MAC). Bobby Petrino was the HC there from 2020 to 2022.
Of course, I'd love to see Missouri St get Mizzou on the schedule, and Delaware get Maryland on its schedule.
Famous Missouri St sports alumni: Clay Harbor, TE for Eagles (NFL), Curtis Perry (NBA) played with Lew Alcindor(Bucks).
Famous baseball player: Ryan Howard. Also, Keith Guttin is in his 42nd season as head baseball Coach
May 19, 2024
Missouri St upset Drake(1/24/24), who made the Dance last season. Let's see if they can gain some hoops steam in their final MVC season. MVC to CUSA is likely a lateral move in mens hoops.
May 22, 2024
Missouri State's final chance at extending retiring Coach Keith Guttin's career is today's match up against Belmont. Bears lost to UIC yesterday. UIC's Jack Snyder hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the eighth inning to give the Flames the lead and eventually a 9-8 victory.
Guttin, the 42-year head coach, has led the Bears to 21 regular-season or conference tournament championships since 1983.
June 22, 2024
Lou Pinella and Tino Martinez are two well known baseball players from Tampa U. I forgot Tino was a coach for the Miami Marlins (2013)
July 2, 2024
Steve Alford (1995–1999 HC )when Missouri St was known as SW Missouri St. Sweet 16 in 1999.
July 20, 2024
Freddie Solomon(Tampa U grad) was Joe Montana's primary target on Dwight Clark's "Catch", but slipped coming out of his cut.
"The Catch", Dwight Clark's famous leaping grab that helped the 49ers beat the Cowboys in the 1982 NFC Playoffs.
