This is interesting, and all of that, but we all know CUSA is a one-bid league and that to the auto-bid winner of the conference tournament in March.

But, keep it coming. I like stats and numbers!

Data as of 1.3.26
https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ranking...ties/47272

CUSA
New Mexico St. 70
Sam Houston 78
Western Ky. 95
Middle Tenn. 124
Liberty 125
Kennesaw St. 209
Louisiana Tech 237
FIU 251
Delaware 266
Jacksonville St. 273
Missouri St. 297
UTEP 312
Average 195 - average is 179 EXCLUDING departing UTEP & LaTech

Conference Rankings and average conference comps
6-Mountain West 139
7-Atlantic 10 144
9-MVC 156
11-American 178
**12-CUSA 179 EXCLUDING departing LaTech and UTEP**
15-WAC 189
16-MAC 192
17-CUSA 195
20-Sun Belt 227

Below shows the number of Quad 1 wins and the number of Quad 4 losses (AKA good wins vs bad losses).
CUSA
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 5

SBC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 17

MAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 9

MWC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 7

Atlantic 10
Quad 1 wins - 2
Quad 4 losses - 7

American
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 11

WAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 5

MVC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 8

(01-02-2026 05:50 PM)Tech80 Wrote:  This is interesting, and all of that, but we all know CUSA is a one-bid league and that to the auto-bid winner of the conference tournament in March.

But, keep it coming. I like stats and numbers!

NET still matters--even though you might get just one bid.

--affects the NCAA tourney seed; higher seed= better win opportunity

--determines whether or not you get into the NIT; home game possibilities and seeding

--a school with a high enough seed who loses in the conf. champ. game could get an at-large

for games thru 1/4/26


Middle Tennessee 101
SHSU 106
Liberty 111
wku 139
nmsu 143
FIU 159
Kennesaw St 198
Missouri St 203
Jax State 239
Latech 249
Delaware 281
UTEP 294

Data as of 1.10.26
https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ranking...ties/47272

CUSA
Liberty 93
Middle Tenn. 106
Sam Houston 118
New Mexico St. 138
Western Ky. 146
FIU 172
Kennesaw St. 181
Missouri St. 206
Jacksonville St. 231
Louisiana Tech 268
Delaware 272
UTEP 277
Average 184 - average is 166 EXCLUDING departing UTEP & LaTech

Conference Rankings and average conference comps
6-Mountain West 122
8-Atlantic 10 141
9-MVC 144
10-American 161
**11-CUSA 166 EXCLUDING departing LaTech and UTEP**
11-WAC 175
12-CUSA 184
15-MAC 191
20-Sun Belt 228

Below shows the number of Quad 1 wins and the number of Quad 4 losses (AKA good wins vs bad losses).
CUSA
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 18

SBC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 42

MAC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 24

MWC
Quad 1 wins - 4
Quad 4 losses - 11

Atlantic 10
Quad 1 wins - 2
Quad 4 losses - 16

American
Quad 1 wins - 3
Quad 4 losses - 17

WAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 8

MVC
Quad 1 wins - 2
Quad 4 losses - 10

Data as of 1.18.26
https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ranking...ties/47272

CUSA
Liberty 91
Sam Houston 103
Middle Tenn. 112
New Mexico St. 126
Western Ky. 157
Kennesaw St. 158
FIU 186
Missouri St. 208
Jacksonville St. 246
Louisiana Tech 260
UTEP 282
Delaware 294
Average 185 - average is 168 EXCLUDING departing UTEP & LaTech

Conference Rankings and average conference comps
6-Mountain West 118
8-Atlantic 10 141
9-MVC 143
10-American 162
**11-CUSA 168 EXCLUDING departing LaTech and UTEP**
11-WAC 180
12-CUSA 185
15-MAC 191
20-Sun Belt 231

Below shows the number of Quad 1 wins and the number of Quad 4 losses (AKA good wins vs bad losses).
CUSA
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 25

SBC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 41

MAC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 26

MWC
Quad 1 wins - 6
Quad 4 losses - 11

Atlantic 10
Quad 1 wins - 5
Quad 4 losses - 18

American
Quad 1 wins - 4
Quad 4 losses - 19

WAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 11

MVC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 12

Data as of 1.25.26
https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ranking...ties/47272

CUSA
Liberty 81
Sam Houston 100
Middle Tenn. 130
New Mexico St. 149
Kennesaw St. 166
Western Ky. 170
FIU 183
Missouri St. 195
Jacksonville St. 225
Louisiana Tech 257
UTEP 277
Delaware 303
Average 186 - average is 170 EXCLUDING departing UTEP & LaTech

Conference Rankings and average conference comps
6-Mountain West 116
8-Atlantic 10 138
9-MVC 141
10-American 162
**11-CUSA 170 EXCLUDING departing LaTech and UTEP**
11-WAC 180
12-CUSA 186
15-MAC 193
20-Sun Belt 230

Below shows the number of Quad 1 wins and the number of Quad 4 losses (AKA good wins vs bad losses).
CUSA
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 28

SBC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 46

MAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 28

MWC
Quad 1 wins - 10
Quad 4 losses - 11

Atlantic 10
Quad 1 wins - 6
Quad 4 losses - 17

American
Quad 1 wins - 4
Quad 4 losses - 21

WAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 12

MVC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 8

Data as of 1.31.26
https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ranking...ties/47272

CUSA
Liberty 74
Sam Houston 96
Middle Tenn. 148
Kennesaw St. 149
Western Ky. 165
New Mexico St. 189
FIU 193
Missouri St. 198
Jacksonville St. 219
Louisiana Tech 247
UTEP 280
Delaware 293
Average 188 - average is 172 EXCLUDING departing UTEP & LaTech

Conference Rankings and average conference comps
6-Mountain West 117
7-Atlantic 10 134
9-MVC 141
10-American 161
**11-CUSA 172 EXCLUDING departing LaTech and UTEP**
11-WAC 182
13-CUSA 188
16-MAC 193
20-Sun Belt 230

Below shows the number of Quad 1 wins and the number of Quad 4 losses (AKA good wins vs bad losses).
CUSA
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 26

SBC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 63

MAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 37

MWC
Quad 1 wins - 9
Quad 4 losses - 11

Atlantic 10
Quad 1 wins - 5
Quad 4 losses - 17

American
Quad 1 wins - 4
Quad 4 losses - 18

WAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 16

MVC
Quad 1 wins - 2
Quad 4 losses - 12

Data as of 2.7.26
https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ranking...ties/47272

CUSA
Liberty 79
Sam Houston 108
Middle Tenn. 166
Kennesaw St. 167
Western Ky. 170
New Mexico St. 185
Missouri St. 191
FIU 192
Jacksonville St. 198
Louisiana Tech 251
UTEP 273
Delaware 288
Average 189 - average is 174 EXCLUDING departing UTEP & LaTech

Conference Rankings and average conference comps
6-Mountain West 115
7-Atlantic 10 133
9-MVC 142
10-American 161
**11-CUSA 174 EXCLUDING departing LaTech and UTEP**
11-WAC 181
13-CUSA 189
16-MAC 200
20-Sun Belt 225

Below shows the number of Quad 1 wins and the number of Quad 4 losses (AKA good wins vs bad losses).
CUSA
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 33

SBC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 62

MAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 39

MWC
Quad 1 wins - 13
Quad 4 losses - 11

Atlantic 10
Quad 1 wins - 5
Quad 4 losses - 17

American
Quad 1 wins - 6
Quad 4 losses - 18

WAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 16

MVC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 14

In around 35 days, the Aggies have gone from 70 to 185.

Pathetic.

I’m envisioning a big crimson colored ballon that was all blown up nice and big, and instead of tying it off, it was let go, and it flailed around the room until it sputtered out and landed somewhere in a corner.

Just happy to be above 200.

(02-09-2026 08:05 AM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  Just happy to be above 200.

Same.

And so far, this season is going according to the prediction I made when we were at our worst back in November or December.

We'll suck until conference season, then start winning games we shouldn't, and end up contending.

But as I said then, the price for that is that our NET ranking will be in the toilet by the time we start winning games. It's easy to drop in the rankings during conference play. It's all but impossible to climb.

(Just ask Liberty.)

If the Gamecocks manage to pull an incredible upset and win the CUSA tourney, we'll be destined for a 16 seed or -- probably -- a play-in game.

The only positive in the latter is that play-in victories earn NCAA units just like games in the Round of 64, and a victory is at least marginally more likely.

Even if we win out and lose in the tournament finals a return to the NIT is unlikely. If we win the tournament a play-in game is a possibility depending on how bad some of the others are. But a chance to earn an extra tournament credit in Dayton is preferable to getting blown out in our first game.

(02-09-2026 04:47 PM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  Even if we win out and lose in the tournament finals a return to the NIT is unlikely. If we win the tournament a play-in game is a possibility depending on how bad some of the others are. But a chance to earn an extra tournament credit in Dayton is preferable to getting blown out in our first game.

Oh, I've accepted that much.

For pretty much all of us in CUSA this season, Flames included, we either win the conference tourney or we'll be watching March Madness from our comfy chairs.

Liberty is the only one with a prayer of getting any kind of at-large bid, and those chances are slim.

The Flames are also the only team with any chance of being higher than a 16 seed in the Dance.

I'm with you, though. Between #16 and play-in, I think I'd choose play-in. The money's better.

We would have to blow everyone out the rest of the season to have any kind of a chance for an at large bid. Even at that chances would be very slim. I think we’ve already blown that because even thought we won against Mo State we dropped in the rankings because we blew a 20 point lead. If we win the conference tournament we’d more than likely get a 12 seed. If someone else wins they will probably be a 13-15 seed. Depending on who it is. Whoever wins the conference tournament goes to the dance while all the rest of us stays home. If we don’t make the Dance it will be very disappointing considering how well we’ve played this season. But at the end of the day it all really boils down to who gets hot in Huntsville.

(02-09-2026 06:19 PM)3DogNight Wrote:  We would have to blow everyone out the rest of the season to have any kind of a chance for an at large bid. Even at that chances would be very slim. I think we’ve already blown that because even thought we won against Mo State we dropped in the rankings because we blew a 20 point lead. If we win the conference tournament we’d more than likely get a 12 seed. If someone else wins they will probably be a 13-15 seed. Depending on who it is. Whoever wins the conference tournament goes to the dance while all the rest of us stays home. If we don’t make the Dance it will be very disappointing considering how well we’ve played this season. But at the end of the day it all really boils down to who gets hot in Huntsville.

Yep, these last two games have ended any very remote chance we may have had at an at-large bid

Have to win the conference at this point

Live by the 3, die by the 3 is back, & I am very nervous that that will doom us in the tourney...

(02-09-2026 05:17 PM)whupemall Wrote:  

(02-09-2026 04:47 PM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  Even if we win out and lose in the tournament finals a return to the NIT is unlikely. If we win the tournament a play-in game is a possibility depending on how bad some of the others are. But a chance to earn an extra tournament credit in Dayton is preferable to getting blown out in our first game.

Oh, I've accepted that much.

For pretty much all of us in CUSA this season, Flames included, we either win the conference tourney or we'll be watching March Madness from our comfy chairs.

Liberty is the only one with a prayer of getting any kind of at-large bid, and those chances are slim.

The Flames are also the only team with any chance of being higher than a 16 seed in the Dance.

I'm with you, though. Between #16 and play-in, I think I'd choose play-in. The money's better.

I would change that to 15. There are some really low level conferences out there, and even if their best team wins their tourney, they will still likely get play in games. Add in a couple bad teams who get hot and win their conference tourneys and you can get the 16 spots filled up pretty quickly.

For example, I posted in the main discussion forum about some oddities of this basketball season. New Jersey Institute of Technology is currently first in the America East standings, and they are NET 305. Several others have league leaders deep into the 200’s in the NET rankings.

Yes, you are essentially right, but never underestimate how bad some other leagues are lol.

CUSA is currently the #13 conference out of 31 in America on Kenpom. We have 5 teams in the top half of D1 rankings - 180 or lower. As long as Delaware, FIU, UTEP, or La Tech don't win it all, we should avoid a 16 seed.

(02-10-2026 03:16 PM)Todor Wrote:  

(02-09-2026 05:17 PM)whupemall Wrote:  

(02-09-2026 04:47 PM)AssKickingChicken Wrote:  Even if we win out and lose in the tournament finals a return to the NIT is unlikely. If we win the tournament a play-in game is a possibility depending on how bad some of the others are. But a chance to earn an extra tournament credit in Dayton is preferable to getting blown out in our first game.

Oh, I've accepted that much.

For pretty much all of us in CUSA this season, Flames included, we either win the conference tourney or we'll be watching March Madness from our comfy chairs.

Liberty is the only one with a prayer of getting any kind of at-large bid, and those chances are slim.

The Flames are also the only team with any chance of being higher than a 16 seed in the Dance.

I'm with you, though. Between #16 and play-in, I think I'd choose play-in. The money's better.

I would change that to 15. There are some really low level conferences out there, and even if their best team wins their tourney, they will still likely get play in games. Add in a couple bad teams who get hot and win their conference tourneys and you can get the 16 spots filled up pretty quickly.

For example, I posted in the main discussion forum about some oddities of this basketball season. New Jersey Institute of Technology is currently first in the America East standings, and they are NET 305. Several others have league leaders deep into the 200’s in the NET rankings.

Yes, you are essentially right, but never underestimate how bad some other leagues are lol.

Ya, can almost guarantee that the 16 seeds in the tournament will be the conference tournament champs from a mix of the MEAC, America East, SWAC, MAAC, ASUN, and NEC.

If we assume Liberty is the conference regular season and conference champion then they probably get a 12 seed. If a different team wins the C*USA tournament and gets the autobid then, depending on other considerations, that team could range from anywhere between 12-14 seed with an outside chance of being a 15 seed. A 16 seed would be shocking unless something like the 8th place conference team gets hot in the conference tournament and steals the bid with an absolutely dismal record.

Data as of 2.14.26
https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ranking...ties/47272

CUSA
Liberty 77
Sam Houston 106
Middle Tenn. 161
New Mexico St. 173
Western Ky. 176
Kennesaw St. 187
FIU 200
Missouri St. 209
Jacksonville St. 216
Louisiana Tech 247
UTEP 264
Delaware 267
Average 190 - average is 177 EXCLUDING departing UTEP & LaTech

Conference Rankings and average conference comps
6-Mountain West 115
7-Atlantic 10 132
9-MVC 142
10-American 159
**11-CUSA 177 EXCLUDING departing LaTech and UTEP**
11-WAC 178
13-CUSA 190
16-MAC 199
20-Sun Belt 226

Below shows the number of Quad 1 wins and the number of Quad 4 losses (AKA good wins vs bad losses).
CUSA
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 38

SBC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 62

MAC
Quad 1 wins - 1
Quad 4 losses - 42

MWC
Quad 1 wins - 13
Quad 4 losses - 11

Atlantic 10
Quad 1 wins - 5
Quad 4 losses - 21

American
Quad 1 wins - 5
Quad 4 losses - 27

WAC
Quad 1 wins - 0
Quad 4 losses - 12

MVC
Quad 1 wins - 2
Quad 4 losses - 16