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Future CUSA opponents
USM - 25-9 - #1 seed NIT
MTSU - 28-5 - NCAA play-in game
La Tech - 26-6 - #5 seed NIT
Charlotte - 21-11 - #5 seed NIT
FIU 18-14
FAU 14-18
North Texas 12-20
Texas San Antonio 10-22

Out of conference opponents
North Carolina - 24-10 - #8 seed NCAA
Rutgers 15-16
South Alabama 17-12
Troy 12-21

Possible opponents in Charleston Classic tournament
New Mexico - 29-5 - #3 seed NCAA
Temple - 23-9 - #9 seed NCAA
Clemson 13-18
Georgia 15-17
Nebraska 15-18

Wonder how many returning starters Charlotte, La Tech and MTSU have?

(03-18-2013 06:16 AM)mobileblazer Wrote: [ -> ]Wonder how many returning starters Charlotte, La Tech and MTSU have?

Before some smart ass directs you to Google:

La Tech appears to have 2 seniors on the roster who played significant minutes. They had 11 guys averaging 9.8 minutes+ per game, so there should be a good bit of experience on that roster.

Charlotte has 2 seniors on the roster as well. One was a significant contributor, but overall, that is a young roster.

MTSU has a roster loaded with seniors. I counted 6 who played significant minutes, and all the other contributors were juniors. They may take a step back next season.

(I looked on ESPN.com for all of this, so it is possible that I made an error)

It looks like Charlotte should improve, and La Tech should be a pretty good team again. MTSU does have 4 guys who will still be around next year, so it really just depends on how their new class gels. It appears to be a decent one though:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basket...class/2013

I expect these to be 3 of the better teams in the conference next season. I also expect ODU to be much better than they were this year, I never thought I'd see ODU with such a terrible team.

Thanks for the info. Didnt have time to look up stats, am on the road all week.

Quote:I never thought I'd see ODU with such a terrible team.

You'd think one drunk guy could only inflict so much damage, until you see it happen.

(03-18-2013 08:01 AM)58-56 Wrote: [ -> ]

Quote:I never thought I'd see ODU with such a terrible team.

You'd think one drunk guy could only inflict so much damage, until you see it happen.

I think "drunk" may have merely been a symptom and not the actual disease. The disease was much worse.

We also play @ Northeastern and @ an SEC school. Can't release the name yet but it is a home and home.

Not sure about USA. I thought that contract was up. That said I hope we continue to play them every year. Always enjoy Mobile.

(03-18-2013 09:11 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: [ -> ]We also play @ Northeastern and @ an SEC school. Can't release the name yet but it is a home and home.

Not sure about USA. I thought that contract was up. That said I hope we continue to play them every year. Always enjoy Mobile.

Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Ole Miss Mississippi St Missouri South Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt

My money is on Miss State. We scrimmaged against them and they have given us a home and home before. Second guess is Vanderbilt.

(03-18-2013 09:21 AM)ICB Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-18-2013 09:11 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote: [ -> ]We also play @ Northeastern and @ an SEC school. Can't release the name yet but it is a home and home.

Not sure about USA. I thought that contract was up. That said I hope we continue to play them every year. Always enjoy Mobile.

Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Georgia Kentucky LSU Ole Miss Mississippi St Missouri South Carolina Tennessee Texas A&M Vanderbilt

I think you can scratch off Florida and Missouri as well. I would guess Mississippi State, Georgia, or Vandy.

(03-18-2013 09:34 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]My money is on Miss State. We scrimmaged against them and they have given us a home and home before. Second guess is Vanderbilt.

If so, what an RPI hit.

UGA has given us H&H before, too.

(03-18-2013 10:03 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote: [ -> ]UGA has given us H&H before, too.

Yeah, but unlike MSU, they lost when they came to Bartow

Rkansas.

(03-18-2013 06:16 AM)mobileblazer Wrote: [ -> ]Wonder how many returning starters Charlotte, La Tech and MTSU have?

You know, in the good old days a fan from another team that is on CSNBBs would answer that question before one of us said google it.

Why is Ole Miss eliminated from consideration?

Final RPI of current league:

12 Memphis
31 Southern Miss
96 UTEP
102 UCF
104 ECU
128 Tulsa
197 Houston
145 UAB
178 Tulane
208 Marshall
219 SMU
324 Rice

Average: 145 (Yay! We're average!)

2013 final RPI of 2014 league if Tulsa, ECU, and Tulane are in:

28 MT
31 Southern Miss
53 LT
68 Charlotte
96 UTEP
104 ECU
111 FIU
128 Tulsa
145 UAB
178 Tulane
208 Marshall
218 FAU
247 North Texas
260 UTSA
318 ODU
324 Rice

Average: 157

Now, one more look at the new league minus ECU, Tulane and Tulsa (with WKU replacing Tulsa):

28 MT
31 Southern Miss
53 LT
68 Charlotte
96 UTEP
111 FIU
145 UAB
150 WKU
208 Marshall
218 FAU
247 North Texas
260 UTSA
318 ODU
324 Rice

Average: 161

So, as you can see, the overall strength of the conference will be largely unchanged. Memphis will be gone, but there will also be more teams capable of finishing in the Top 100 (at least as of late).

(03-18-2013 09:34 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: [ -> ]My money is on Miss State. We scrimmaged against them and they have given us a home and home before. Second guess is Vanderbilt.

My second guess wold be Ole Miss because of AK

So if Old Dominion's season truly is a one-year aberration, CUSA could be better sans memphis?