Sunbelt 2/19/09

[CMJ]

FIU 87

Troy 86

[CMJ]

New Orleans 73

ASU 63

[CMJ]

USA 63

MTSU 57

[CMJ]

WKU 78

UALR 69

[filmerj]

WKU 78

UALR 69

where does that leave us? bball guru? too lazy to do the math myself.

[Keith7]

What do you guys think our chances are of getting a 4 or 5 seed?? I want to go to hot springs but with how the brackets are set up, I could only make it if we were a 4 or 5 seed...

[CMJ]

where does that leave us? bball guru? too lazy to do the math myself.

Honestly, that game probably doesn't matter to us much. The big game was USA beating MTSU. We moved up the the #4 seed with that one and our win.

[bstnsportsfan3]

where does that leave us? bball guru? too lazy to do the math myself.

were 3 behind UALR with 3 to go, including our game sat against them. so we have to win out and them lose out for us to get the division, doubt it would happen but you never know!

[CMJ]

were 3 behind UALR with 3 to go, including our game sat against them. so we have to win out and them lose out for us to get the division, doubt it would happen but you never know!

Even if that were to happen, I think they would own the tiebreaker over us.

[bstnsportsfan3]

Even if that were to happen, I think they would own the tiebreaker over us.

it would be 1-1 head to head...not sure whats after that.

[CMJ]

it would be 1-1 head to head...not sure whats after that.

It's records versus the other top teams in the league.

[CMJ]

Denver 55

ULL 51

[CMJ]

Current Standings:

EAST

Western Kentucky 12-3 18-8

Troy 12-4 17-11

South Alabama 9-7 16-11

MTSU 8-7 15-12

FIU 6-9 11-17

FAU 2-13 6-22

WEST

UALR 12-3 19-7

North Texas 9-6 16-10

Denver 7-8 12-14

ULL 6-9 9-17

New Orleans 6-10 11-16

Arkansas State 5-10 13-13

ULM 5-10 9-17

[Censored by Laurie]

It's records versus the other top teams in the league.

Well...they do have 2 losses to Western Kentucky now

[CMJ]

Well...they do have 2 losses to Western Kentucky now

True, but I'm not sure how they would deal with that since we'd have lost our only time against WKU as well. I mean is 0-1 really better than 0-2? I bet they go by winning percentage in that case, which is 0.00 for both squads. I figure they'd move down the list to Troy. We're both 0-1 against Troy, so we'd move to SOUTH ALABAMA. We lost against USA, and UALR won.

If i read the tiebreak literature correctly, that's the way it lays out.

[Censored by Laurie]

FIU 87

Troy 86

Umm...this might be something to pay attention to...we'll find out if its a fluke, but FIU is getting health and they now have wins, both at home albeit, over the top 2 teams in the conference. Soto, Galindo, Hicks and Aspirilla all played last night, I believe for the first time together this season. Hicks and Aspirilla are both probably the closest thing to true centers this conference has...the combined for 26 and 12 last night. I won't issue a Jub-esque "woo-hoo" but its noteworthy and a team to watch the rest of the way, especially b/c the play MTSU next Thursday in Miami

True, but I'm not sure how they would deal with that since we'd have lost our only time against WKU as well. I mean is 0-1 really better than 0-2? I bet they go by winning percentage in that case, which is 0.00 for both squads. I figure they'd move down the list to Troy. We're both 0-1 against Troy, so we'd move to SOUTH ALABAMA. We lost against USA, and UALR won.

If i read the tiebreak literature correctly, that's the way it lays out.

Stop hurting the program with your negativity

[CMJ]

I also noticed that FIU score. I'm not saying it doesn't count because they beat both WKU and Troy at home since that is still very impressive(and we couldn't beat Troy at home), but I'm not totally sold on the Panthers yet. If they finish up the regular season strong, they'll definitely be a team to watch. FIU certainly has the talent to make a run at the title(which would be a 16 seed waiting to happen given their record).

[Censored by Laurie]

I also noticed that FIU score. I'm not saying it doesn't count because they beat both WKU and Troy at home since that is still very impressive(and we couldn't beat Troy at home), but I'm not totally sold on the Panthers yet. If they finish up the regular season strong, they'll definitely be a team to watch. FIU certainly has the talent to make a run at the title(which would be a 16 seed waiting to happen given their record).

Wright Waters would probably be hoping for the play in game...more ESPN coverage

[Green Lantern]

Wright Waters would probably be hoping for the play in game...more ESPN coverage

Let's not joke about things like this.

[CMJ]

Updated RPI:

58 WKU

105 UALR

134 Troy

143 North Texas

174 South Alabama

182 MTSU

208 Arkansas St.

218 FIU

242 Denver

259 LA Lafayette

273 LA Monroe

276 New Orleans

308 Florida Atlantic

***We lost 4 spots after the win, damn ULM bringing us down.