2017 CUSA football snap hunches

Weak #CUSAEast and room for regime change in #CUSAWest
Ganes to watch: Oct 7 #usm /#utsa . Nov 18 #fau /#fiu  Nov 25 #utsa /#louisianatech


EAST
W. Kentucky-  A ton of changes but the East appears weak
M. Tenn. St.- If Stocksill stays healthy , they topple #wku.
Old Dominion- Monarchs slide back a little
FIU-Butch Davis will rile these lads up
FAU- Kiffin has ex FSU QB Singletary
Marshall- #herd lines need shoring up
Charlotte- 49ers need to find a little gold.

WEST
Louisiana Tech- Holtz' guys should prevail but #utsa may turn the tables this season
UTSA- Solid recruiting will finally reap some rewards
Southern Miss- Consistency ?????
North Texas- #meangreen did go bowling last season-keep your eyes on them
UTEP opens at #oklahoma- brutal
Rice- new logo
UAB- slow recovery from no football in two years

Aug 17, 2017 : #DaltonSturm - #utsa is betting a lot on his improvement. just six interceptions over his 13 starts last season.
Aug 25, 2017:#kiffin  hired #briles son, and #butchdavis wants #jimmyjohnson to visit his squad. #FAU and #FIU are getting plenty of ink

2017 AAC football snap hunches

The pre-season #AAC division favorites , #usf , #memphis do not match up during the regular season, but Memphis visits #UCF on Sept 9. I'm intrigued by two matchups on Sept 30. #navy visits #tulsa and a cool regional matchup as #marshall (CUSA) goes to #cincy. #navy and #temple face #notredame this season

EAST
South Florida- Coach Strong will attempt to recover his rep after un- hooking the Horns in Texas. QB #quintonflowers is  a star  but the D needs help.
UCF has enough O to cover D deficiencies
Cincinnati- Fickel moves the Bearcats up a notch
Temple will miss Rhule. Boo birds will be out in Philly.
East Carolina-Where's the D?
Connecticut The edsal is back
WEST
Memphis- Nice squad returning , particularly on O.
Navy- Never under-estimate the lads from Annapolis.
Tulsa Hurricanes aren't so golden on O
Houston- Going to miss Herman big time
Tulane- Green Wave crest a little
SMU- Can Coach Morris keep the Mustang opponents under 30 points a game?

Aug 20: #cincy hasn't played one game for #Fickel and the Joining the #big12 winds are whirling. Chill folks!

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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O5 NIT

#uta plays at #byu- #hervey and crew upset  the Cougars
#fresnost at #tcu- Fresno has been playing better, but TCU beat Kansas last week.
#akron at #houston - Toss up. Zips just missed the Dance. Houston is erratic
#ucf hosts #Colorado- Buffs have a solid guard #derekwhite. UCF has been playing well led by the backcourt duo of B.J. Taylor and Matt Williams.

March 16

Maybe I should 've picked an NIT bracket?
Called the @uta 105 upset of #byu 89. Big game for D Charles
Fresno fell. akron survived Houston
B Taylor led #ucf over Colorado
And on March 14 both#MWC teams won.  #coloradost  beat Charleston. Nice night for Clavell. C. Hutchison BOISE (34 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST) beat Utah.
UCF faces Illinois St next. Boise vs Illinois. Colordo St/Bakersfield Akron /UTA

March 20

Illinois State vs. UCF (AAC), 7 p.m..#bjtaylor will keep the suprising UCF late season run going.

Texas-Arlington (Sunbelt) vs. Akron (MAC), 8 p.m. Look for #hervey to come big for #uta

Boise State(MWC) vs. Illinois, 9 p.m. Hutchinson will play well but #boise loses a close on on #Illinois home court


CS Bakersfield vs. Colorado State (MWC), 11 p.m. #Omogobo and the Rams will take advantage of home court and win by 7

March 21

Great comeback by #UCF. Coach #johnnydawkins did a great job and how about B.J. Taylor  22 points,including a pair of free throws with 1.3 seconds left .
Texas-Arlington handled Akron with a solid game from Erick Neal (13 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST)
#boisest fell to Illinois, but got a good effort from Chandler Hutchison (17 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST).
I was wrong on #csu as #csb handled the Rams easily.
Next rd: #ucf vs #illinois and #uta vs Bakersfield

March 23

UCF (AAC) had a great first half and held off beat Illinois  to be the only O5 team to advance.
#hervey and #neal lead the Mavs on a second half comeback, but #UTA fell to CS Bakersfield.
UCF faces TCU  and will need another strong game from BJ Taylor.  CSB faces Georgia Tech.

March 29

#ucf, the last O5 team in the NIT, lost to #TCU. UCF had a two point lead at halftime but had a poor shooting second half and lost  by 15. Matt Williams led the UCF with 15 points.  TCU faces Georgia Tech , a winner over #ucsb, in the final.

April 11, 2017

#MWC:  After 18 season  at #sdsu , #stevefisher  retired and by his long time assistant #briandutcher was promoted. Perhaps his recruitment of Kawhi Leonard explains his success at #sdsu. The big programs thought he was "tweener". "We said, ‘This kid could be a nightmare for the opposition.’”
#AAC: The Lawson brothers are transferring from #memphis to #kansas. Former Memphis Coach Pasternak made their dad an asst coach , but Tubby Smith  moved him to a non-coaching role.

April 12

More MWC coaching news. #NewMexico has hired Paul Weir, who spent eleven season at #newmexicost, ten as an assistant, and last year as head coach he took the Aggies to the Dance.. This should make future intrastate battles more interesting.

O5 baseball 2017 quick peeks

Conference play starts in abut ten days except for the MWC which is led by #newmexico at 3-0 and scored 59 runs in its three game sweep of Air Force
Sunbelt- Reigning national champ #coastalcarolina opens its debut Sunbelt season at #TXst. #kevinwoodall and pitcher #alexcunningham are off to nice starts for the Chanticleers.
AAC: #usf and #ucf are off to strong starts. #ecu woke up
CUSA- Louisiana tech knocked off #MissSt which is a good sign.
MAC- #ohio is doing okay C. #Ibarra looks decent.
Definitely could use baseball bloggers on these O5 conferences: AAC CUSA MAC MWC SUNBELT
NCAA Other 5 Conferences

March 12

AAC- USF  14-1 before conference play while Tulane is a disappointing 3-11.
CUSA: Lousiana Tech (13-1) remians hot
MAC: #kentst has been improving
MWC: How about those Lobos (13-5) and 5-0 in conference play.
SunBelt: #coastalcarolina is 11-7 and may have tough road to repeating as national champs

March 22

#ULL 11-7 (2-1 Sun Belt)  is in the top 25. Pinero, Edwards, and Abbott are batting above .300. Gruner and Lee are each 4-1.
#rice (CUSA) is having a terrible season

March 26

#cajuns are crumbling- lost five of their last eight games including yesterday's loss to #troy.  #AustinCrook struck out 14 ULL batters, tossed 158 pitches, and allowed four runs (two earned) on four hits and five walks over 8.2 innings,  

Crook is 4-0, 2.15 in four starts.

March 27

ODU (19-4, 5-0) has won nine straight. #Bainbridge (5-1) lowered his ERA to 1.62 in the #odu win over #utsa yesterday. Three way tie at 5-1 in the CUSA Standings . #fau , #odu , #usm

April 2

Southern Miss 7-1 has won five straight including two over #wku
Florida Atlantic 6-2 need to beat Rice today today to in the series

Old Dominion         6-2  need to beat Charlotte today to win the series
In the Sunbelt #ULL gets most of the ink but #txst  is up by half of a game. keep your eyes on Bobcats outfielder #DerekScheible

April 8

What kind of squad will #wichitast bring to the AAC in 2017?  some Mid season stars at blog
OF #MattWallner, Southern Miss 333avg 9HR 24rbi 2sb
RP#Nate Harris, Louisiana Tech 3-0 0.76ERA  seven saves

April 12

#houston demoted then suspended ace lefthander #SethRomero, a possible round 1 pick in the MLB draft,  and then swept #ecu in #AAC play . No specific reasons were given for Romero's suspension.

April 13

Time to focus on the MAC. #cmu is 6-0 in conference play. #danieljipping is one of the reasons 5HR, 29RBI, .294avg

April 16

CUSA focus. #USM and #FAU are 11-3 and tied for first , one game up on #odu. TJ Nichting of #charlotte is one the top offensive players with 4HR, 31RBI, 9SB, & a  .390avg.. Nate Harris of La Tech  is 4-0 with 8 saves and a .60 ERA

April 20

#charlotte (CUSA)  upset Wake Forest . How about #tjnichting
#southalabama (SunBelt) ,  with a strong start from #seantrimble ,  upset Miss St.  UT Arlington (sunbelt) beat Texas A&M

April 22

#coastalcarolina has recovered from a slow March and sits atop the Sunbelt East
#newmexico and #sandiegost in a two team race for the #mwc title.
 on the rise: #Fau #tulane

April 25

#cmu remains atop the #mac west and will face #kentst , the leader the in the East, this weekend.
#joeymurray has beeen stellar for Kent St. Five wins , 66ks , 2.40 ERA.

April 27

Does this catcher have an MLB future  Travis Watkins #EastCarolina .324avg, 5 HR, 32 RBI
O5 upsets the SEC. #tulane beat LSU and #troy beat Auburn

April 30

#tjnichting of #charlotte leads the #cusa in batting avg  (.406)  slugging avg  (.689) and runs scored .(49) and Hits (71). #finfer of the #herd leads in HR (13) and Total bases (106)

May 4

MAC Leaders Kent St (East) Central Michigan (West)
BRETTELL, Michael, CMU.....    6 Wins
ROEHN, Jake, OHIO..........   10 saves

BURCH, Luke, Kent St  .384 AVG

ALLISON, Tanner, WMU.......   55 RBIs

ROBINSON, Daniel, CMU......   19 stolen bases

May 5

Flash on the SunBelt: #connorleonard ,  #appst  1B, has improved his batting average from .156 to .224 . He had 14 hits and two multi-hit games in his first 32 appearances this season but turned it around with  16 hits and five multi-hit games in his last 11 games.

May 7

#usf and #houston   are tied for first in the AAC. Houston:  #jakescheiner 13 hr, 42 rbis .363 AVG and #treyCUMBIE ,   2.61 era   6-1. #ryanVALDES #USF  2.70era   9-0

may9

#sunbelt: Hardy Dylan is batting .349 for #southbama  which tops the East.  #uta tops the West.. Trae Peterson is 6-3 for UTA.

may 13

#usm (21-5) can  clinch the #cusa regular season with a win over #uab  today. #odu (17-9) crushed #fiu 21-1 last night to stay in the race another day . Four CUSA games left.
#AAC is tight
UCF 13-7  #fau (1)  then three against #usf
Houston 13-7 #tulane (1)then three against Cincy
USF         13-8  three against #ucf
UConn 12-9 three against #ecu

may 17

Three way tie with #usf,  #houston, #ucf at 13-8
#usm captures #cusa regular season title
#coastalcarolina is within a half game of #southalabama in the Sunbelt East

may 20 2017

Yes, #USM is a scorching team and the 1seed in CUSAT, but props to #odu for clinching the 2 seed. #TurnerBishop hit a tying three-run homer in the ninth inning and #JaredYoung hit the go-ahead RBI single in the Monarchs comeback win over #fau.
#MWC: #sandiegost has turned its season around and will likely clinch the regular season title.
MWC leaders
Adam Groesbeck Air Force .411avg
Brett Seeburger San Diego State 9 wins

May 23, 2017

Cheers to the MWC, who gives the highest seed host status for the conference tournament.

May 25

Wild one in AACT: #memphis edged Cincy 15-14. They combined for 29 runs on 32 hits and neither team committed an error in the game.
#coastalcarolina  is the # seed- quite a climb from the middle of the pack in their first #sunbelt season.

may 29, 2017

At Large  bids will be announced today,but these teams are in.

AAC - Houston
CUSA- Rice
MAC-Ohio
MWC  San Diego St
SunBelt- South Alabama
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Special props to UMBC (America East), my alma mater for qualifying.

May 30

At O5 large bids
AAC- UCF and USF
CUSA- Southern Miss
#coastalcarolina goes from national champ to no invitation, SunBelt sting.

June 3

How about #southalabama  beating #mississippist . props to  #TravisSwaggerty of #usa  on the three-run homer
June 4
Tough day for three. O5 teams:  #ohio (MAC) pounded by the Hoosiers.. #UCF (CUSA) lost to Florida St  #usf (AAC) lost to florida  However three other O5 teams won.. #houston (AAC) crushed 17-3,  #rice (CUSA)  beat texas southern 13-6, #sandiegost (MWC)  edged #Ucla 3-2.
june 6
All o5 teams eliminated.

june 30

props to #houston of the #aac and #southernmiss #cusa for making the top 25 in most post season baseball polls.

july 21 

Just thought I'd mention some  #mwc players shining in the #MLB
#Aaron Judge, New York Yankees Fresno State
#StephenStrasburg, Washington Nationals San Diego State
and #JoshHarrison, Pittsburgh Pirates Cincinnati of the #AAC

May 26, 2020

 The first College World Series  was played in 1947 at Hyames Field on the campus of Western Michigan University(now in the MAC) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Mississippi River was the dividing line between  the eight teams competing in the Eastern and Western Playoff. The Eastern Playoff featured Clemson, Illinois, #NYU and Yale, while the Western Playoff included California, Denver, Oklahoma and Texas.
Denver U baseball is played at the club level and NYU is moving  up from club level  to D3

George Bush Sr was on the Yale team that lost to Cal in 1947 CWS championship final.

Dance nears, O5 report

AAC: Cincy and SMU should get in  w/o winning the AACT. Houston and UConn must win the AACT TO GO DANCING.
CUSA:  #mtsu has clinched the regular season title and should Dance regardless of how they do in the CUSAT. Two wins over the SEC teams, Vandy and Ole Miss, might help their resume
MACT winner will get the only Dance ticket Akron won the Eastand  Ball St and Western Michigan are tied atop the West.
MWC- Colorado St struggled to beat SDST last night and remain in a tie for first with Nevada. It appears the MWCT winner gets their only dance ticket.
SunBelt: UTA handled South Bama to keep a one game lead over  Georgia St and Georgia Southern . Tough to see the SunBelt getting more than one entry into the Dance.

feb 27

 UCF  has been improving under Coach Johnny Dawkins, but still stunned they beat #cincy

feb 28

Coastal Carolina (15-15, 10-7 ) is having a decent debut season in Sunbelt hoops. Last night Shivaughn Wiggins scored 18 points and Colton Ray-St Cyr scored 16in the CCU win over ULM.
#uta remains strong and a player with a great name #faithpope scored 14 in the Mavs win over Troy.
Georgia schools have had a rough February
UT Arlington       13-3 23-6
Arkansas State 11-5 20-9
Georgia State        11-6 18-11
Georgia Southern 11-6 18-12
Texas State       10-6 17-11
Coastal Carolina 10-7 15-15

March 1

MWC: Big night for #prentissnixon  as #coloradost survived Wyoming and is a half game up on idle #nevada.. #boisest lost to #fresno.
MAC: #akron lost to cellar dweller Miami of Ohio but still has the East wrapped up. In the West #wmu and #ballst remain tied for first. #taylerpersons hit 6 3s, scored 29 in #BallSt win over Toledo  while #wmu beat #niu

March 2

AAC- If #uconn was on the bumble, they've fallen way off . #CWhite 
(28 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST) led #ecu to a win over  the Huskies last night.

March 3

AAC : Cincy rocked third place Houston and #Smu cruised by Tulsa and the AAC may only get these two teams in the Dance. Cincy coach #Cronin spices up pre Dance talk "ticket sales, not wins or losses, are primarily behind how teams get seeded in the NCAA tournament."
CUSA: screw #lunardi , #mtsu should be dancing w/o winning the #cusat.
SunBelt: #uta is riding high but has to win the conference tourney to Dance

March 4

MAC : Ball St and   Western Michigan are tied for first in the West , but #Ballst had the tiebreaker to join #akron ,  #ohio , #buffalo with first round MACT byes.

March 5

CUSA- If the #herd  played some D it could have been a different season.They scored 61 in the second half of a 106-104 win over Northtexas. #louisianatech finished strong pounding USM. It's going to be difficult for the CUSA to get dance tickets when bracketologists are going nine deep with Big 10 teams.

march 6

MAC starts today
#5 Western Michigan vs. #12 Miami 
#6 Kent State vs. #11 Central Michigan 
#7 Toledo vs. #10 Bowling Green 
#8 Eastern Michigan vs. #9 Northern Illinois 
Opening day CUSA
(8) WKU vs. (9) UTSA  - 11:30a
(12) Southern Miss vs. (5) Rice - 2:00p
(10) Charlotte vs. (7) UAB - 5:30p

(11) Florida Atlantic vs. (6) Marshall  - 8:00p

AAC
No. 9 East Carolina vs. No. 8 Temple - 3:30 p.m. ET
 No. 10 Tulane vs. No. 7 Tulsa - 6 p.m. ET 

 No. 11 USF vs. No. 6 UConn - 8 p.m. ET

SUNBELT
CCU / SOUTH ALABAMA
ULM /ARK ST
APP ST /TROY
ARK LR/ULL

march 7

No MAC  surprises yesterday
#5 Western Michigan #6 Kent State  #7 Toledo  #8 Eastern Michigan  won. #JThompsonIV 
(21 PTS, 11 REB, 0 AST) and his #emu eagles were impressive

March 9

MWC
UTAH ST crushed SJ ST and faces Nevada today
AFU upset Wyoming and meeets Colorado St today.
SDST beat UNLV in OT and get Boise next. Can the Aztecs recover from a so-so season and win the MWCT?
New Mexico faces Fresno
SUNBELT
CCU , ULL , & Troy advance while ULM  behind  N. Coppola (15 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST) upset ARK ST.
CUSA: UTSA, Rice, UAB, and Marshall advance. S. Browning  (22 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST) of the #herd. M. Evans  (26 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST) of Rice had big games.

March 10

MAC: Akrn cruised to victory, while Ballst, Kent St and Ohi won close ones.
MWC: Aztecs  on a dance missin upset Boise..Fresno, Coloradost and Nevada advance. Not sure if the MWC is getting a second team in the Dance.
CUSA: UTEP keeps up their late season solid play. #herd survive. #mtsu and #latech win easily.
AAC:Tulsa, UConn and ECU advance

March 11

AAC: UCF has had a solid late season run and crushed Memphis on its way  matchup against #SMU
M. Williams UCF(19 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST) will need to duplicate this performance tonight. Olie's Huskies face Cincy. Can UCF r UConn steal a Dance ticket from a major conference?
CUSA: Special place for the #marshall #herd in the O5 Google+ community. J. Elmore (21 PTS, 1 REB, 4 AST) led the #herd in a huge win over La Tech. They'll face #mtsu, a winner over UTEP,  in the championship game tonight.#mtsu should be Dancing regardless of tonight's outcome.
MAC: GoldenFlashes  got a big night from J. Hall (22 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST) in a narrow win over #ohio and face top dog Akron, a win over Ball St in the final,
MWC: M. Marshall 28 PTS, 2 REB, 5 AST led #Nevada's big second half run to defeat #fresnst and a matchup against #coloradost in the final tnght. Both teams deserve Dance tickets regardless of the outcome.
SunBelt: #uta, #troy ,and Georgia St advanced but the big surprise is how #texasst keeps moving forward. Nijal Pearson had 16 points, six rebounds, five assists and five steals in the Texas State win over Louisiana-Monroe. Errratic Bobcats may get their paws trimmed again one seed Texas-Arlington tonight.

March 12

AAC: Top two teams, SMU  and Cincy,  advance to the AACT final . The winner should be a four seed.
CUSA: #mtsu saved the committee frm a tough choice.#herd made a nice run in the middle of the second half but the Blue Raiders were resilient.
MAC: Congrats to #kentst , the sixth seed in the MACT, for an impressive tourney run that ended with a win ver their nearby neighbors Akron.
MWC: #nevada roared back from a terrible first half to win the MWCT. Tough loss for#coloradost who may land in the NIT. Not much committee love for the MWC.
Sunbelt: Wow, I told you TXST was erratic but I didn't expect them to defeat 1 seed #uta by twenty one points. And #troy knocked off Georgia St.

March 13
TXST was a little sloppy in the final five minutes and couldn't vertake #troy in the Sunbelt final. Is ST Mary's  (WCC) better than Louisiana Tech (CUSA) or Colorado St (MWC). I doubt it.
AAC-No respect for the AAC. #SMU get providence/usc winner. #cincy gets Wake/Kst winner
CUSA- Last year #mtsu knocked off Sparty in rd1. This year I think they 'll  knock off another B10 team -Minnesota
MAC- don't see #kentst getting by #UCLA
MWC- #nevada will shock #iowast
SUNBELT:#troy gets Duke- no upset here

March 17

I've been touting #mtsu all season and they held off a late Gophers to defeat #minnesota in rd1.Upshaw and Williams were stellar Blue Raiders late in the game.  What does it take for the Committee to give the #CUSA some respect and a second team at the Dance. I was wrong on Nevada who couldn't recover from a bad  first half in their rd1 loss to Iowa St.
Also, I was wrong on St Marys who won in rd1.

March 18

Awesome dunk by #chuckperson  of #troy but #duke was too much for them. Stunned by the #smu loss to #usc and props to #cincy for moving forward. #kentst lost to #UCLA

March 19

#mtsu put up a good fight but lost to #butler.  #cincy faces #ucla today

March 20

Cincy gone.#ucla  shot 63% from the field in the second half

June 18, 2017

I didn't cover #cmu often this season, but #marcuskeene, their high scoring (30 ppg) 5'9 guard may get drafted late in round 2

july 26, 2017

sometimes I don't what these kids are thinking. #patrickGood, a 6-foot guard for #appst averaged 7.0 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game and shot 41% from treyland is transferring and will have to sit a year if he goes to a 1A school

Props to Cincy update on O5

Kyle Washington scored a career-high 27 points, and Gary Clark had his fifth double-double of the season on Saturday as No. 14 Cincinnati  beat UConn 82-68 and went to 10-0 in the AAC. SMU 10-1 trails by a half game.
CUSA: A hot UTEP squad gave #mtsu it's first #CUSA loss last night. Second place   La. Tech edges the crumbling #herd  94-90 behind McCree's 30 points .
MAC: #ohio gave #akron it's first conference loss behind a 38 point efffort from #Jaaronsimmons
MWC: #Boisest edged Utah St to stay one game ahead of Colorado ST
SunBelt:  Three way tie for first remains  with three 8-2 teams. #arkst survived #appst.  georgia southern beat ULM and georgia st  hit some late free throws in a close win over ULL

Feb 7

Three way Sunbelt tie for first remains.
Hollowell and Benlevi hit enough treys in the Ga St win over ULM.
#mikehughes hit three clutch baskets as Georgia Southern beat ULL.
#devinsimms (18pts, 9 rebs) helped Ark St defeat Coastal Carolina.

Feb 9

Cincy wasn't great last night but beat USF to go to 11-0 in the AAC

Feb 10

#MTSUgot back to winning  using treys to beat #ODU. La Tech survived #utep to remain two GB in the CUSA race.
#smu  beat Temple 66-50  so the stage is set for the AAC showdown with Cincy on Sunday.#Ojeleye (SMU) scored a career-high 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Feb 11

#Utomi was 5-5 from the three point line in #akron s victory of #emu which keeps the Zips four games ahead of #Ohio who eked out a win over Ball St.

Feb 13

AAC; #SMU gave #Cincy its first conference loss. #Memphis loss to #temple means they have to win the AACt to go dancing.
CUSA: #jacoreywilliams keptthe #MTSU train rolling in an easy win over #charlotte.
MAC: C. Michigan, Ball St.,N. Illinois, Toledo all 6-6  in he "who wants the West
MWC: #sandiegost is waking up but  has to win the MWCT. #boisest has a one game lead on Colorado St
SunBelt: UTA nipping at heels of the three teams tied for first

Feb 14

Top three lose in SunBelt last night allowing UTA to take the top spot. #TXST and #CoastalCarolina are lurking.

Georgia State(16-9) 29 35 64
Coastal Carolina(13-13) 25 40 65

Georgia Southern(16-10) 33 45 78
Appalachian State(8-16) 41 42 83

Arkansas State(18-8) 27 31 58
Texas State-San Marcos(15-9) 25 37 62

Feb 15

Akron seems safe in the East ,but the MAC West is wide open #weber was 7 for 11 from treyland in the #ballst win over #niu. MACT winner is likely getting the only dance ticket.
Ball St. 7-6
C. Michigan 6-7
N. Illinois 6-7
Toledo 6-7
W. Michigan 6-7
E. Michigan 5-8

feb 18

 #DeonEdwin scored 21 points to help #KentState snap #Akron 's (top of the MAC East) 30-game home winning streak with a 70-67 win last night. #akron is still in good shape for a first round bye, then a home game for the MACT.

feb 19

#uta stays atop the #Sunbelt thanks to Erick Neal's 35-footer with two seconds left  and #Kevin Hervey 's 17 points and 10 rebounds.
#smu rallkied against Houston to stay a half of a game upon #cincy in the #AAC
#Nevada #BoiseSt #ColoradoSt tied for first in the #MWC. BOISE - Paris Austin (Pts: 27, Reb: 6, Ast: 6) is putting up solid numbers.
#herd took too too long to wake up yesterday and lost to first place #mtsu led by JaCoreyWilliams again. #ErikMcCree had his 12th double-double of the season and led #latech to a win over FIU which keeps them 2gb of MTSU in the #cusa race 

feb 21

#georgiasouthern has lost five it's last eight SuNbelt games- just call them UVA-lite. Last night
#uta handled them and kept it's first place lead over #arkst. Watch out out for #coastalcarolina as a cinderella in the SunBelt tournament.

feb 22

#clavell scored 24  for #coloradost in their win over  #newmexico, which gives them a half game lead over #boisest and #nevada in the #MWC
MAC: #BALLST has a one game lead over #wmu in the West. And #ohio is within two games of #akron in the East

feb 23

Marcus Marshall and Cameron Oliver had big efforts as Nevada beat Boise State 85-77 to take sole possession of first in MWC..

feb 24

AAC : #cincy could be #4 seed at the Dance
CUSA : #utep got by #fau to stay
#LAtech won it;s seventh straight as Boykins came up big in a win over #northtexas
#herd continue to stumble falling to #odu
Middle Tennessee 14-1 Louisiana Tech 13-3
only Louisiana Tech has a shot at #mtsu- 18 conference games Old Dominion 10-5 UTEP 10-5

feb 25

Yes, I know the MAC is likely getting one Dance ticket, but #akron gOt a big win last night over #Buffalo last night and clinched a share of the #MAC title. As I stated earlier, byes and seedings have value in the MACT.