CSNbbs

Here are the current standings after tonights Conference games. But first scores

ECU 74 UAB 61
Marshall 71 Rice 70
USM 71 Tulane 60
Memphis 93 UCF 71
Houston 79 UTEP 61

all home teams will win.

Standings after tonight
1. Memphis 10-0
2. USM 8-2
UCF 8-3 (ineligible for postseason)
3. UTEP 6-4
4. Tulsa 5-5
4. ECU 5-5
6. Tulane 4-6
6. Houston 4-6
6. Marshall 4-6
9. UAB 3-7
9. SMU 3-7
11. Rice 1-9

With UCF ineligible the tournament will have 11 teams and the format will change with 5 teams getting byes.
First day will be 8-9, 7-10 and 6-11.
2nd day will be 1 vs (8-9), 2 vs. (6-11), 3 vs (7-10) and 4-5

As it stands now (tiebreakers are incomplete since not all teams have played)

First day
8. Houston vs. 9 SMU
7. Marshall vs. 10. UAB
6. Tulane vs. 11. Rice

Second day.
1. Memphis vs. Houston-SMU winner
2. USM vs. Marshall - UAB winner
3. UTEP vs. Tulane - Rice winner
4. Tulsa vs. ECU

To break ties when teams havent' played, I looked at records verses the top teams. For example SMU won the tiebreaker over UAB because they are 0-1 vs. USM and we are 0-2.

It sucks that we lost ground last night...Houston beat UTEP to hand the Miners their 4th loss. We are only 2 games out of a 1st round bye with 6 games to go. Finishing the season 5-1 to get to .500 in conference play and a winning record overall would be a major win at this point...and that's going to be a tall order. But it's not impossible.