(11-08-2016 03:26 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Hope so, but most years the conference gets one invite.....until that changes we are a subpar conference. Obviously USM isn't helping things.

At least we aren't Memphis and the 11 midgets anymore. The top 3-4 programs in the conference I think could play with almost anyone. The conference for the most part is competitive night in and night out.

Heck even USM took Marshall to OT last year in Huntington. If not for a tip in by James Kelly with :04 to go in the game and a 3 at the buzzer in OT by Austin Loop USM would have left with a win.

Obviously getting schools into the NCAA is important but not a measuring of success of a conference over all. Last year 7 of the 14 teams had winning records, only 4 other conferences can say that. CUSA also had two teams in the top 10 in tempo with Marshall at #3 in the country and Charlotte at #7. Also last year Marshall scored 2,848 points or 85.2 points per game which was the #3 best points per game in the country.