Just taking a snap shot of the the RPI so far:

16 MTSU
27 Western Kentucky
80 Marshall
101 ODU
171 Florida Atlantic
175 Louisiana Tech
203 Charlotte
217 UTSA
222 Southern Miss
253 UAB
265 UTEP
275 Rice
319 Florida International
335 North Texas

Looks like MTSU and WKY are looking pretty solid with at-large chances. Very disappointing start for ODU and looking at probably another WNIT.

Gonna be tough for MT to get an at-large this year.

We, at this time, have the #1 schedule in the nation (or did yesterday). But we haven't beaten any Top 50 programs.

Probably cannot lose more than 1 in-conference to get an at-large. We shall see.

We'll have to win at WKU, which seemingly will be a difficult task this year.

FIVE teams over 250 is a real killer for conference RPI.

(12-22-2014 01:19 AM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote:  FIVE teams over 250 is a real killer for conference RPI.

And only four teams in the top-170 is just as much a killer. My gosh the SOS of this league SUCKS! Even playing horrible teams our league is still a combined 56-57. Piss poor. The Sun Belt was better than this.

The conference's "best" win of the season is W Ky's win over Tulane. THAT says all you need to know about any comfortable hopes for an at-large bid. MT certainly didn't get it done against Arkansas, SDSU or ASU.

The only real chance the league gets two teams in is that MT and WKy rip through the league with only one loss each. They would then need to face each other in the tournament final with the loser holding their breath on Selection Monday.

1-18 vs. Top 50

I'm hopeful things will change for the better once our coach gets some experiance and some recruits.

Marshall set a school record with 127 points. Old record was 126.