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C-USA 1.0 example

(03-25-2020 04:32 PM)HiddenDragon Wrote:
(03-25-2020 03:15 PM)HiddenDragon Wrote:
(03-25-2020 01:17 PM)Auburn_Blazer Wrote:
(03-25-2020 09:17 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote: As weird as it may sound, UAB Basketball hit it's plateau in year four of existence and it has been on a decline since. There have of course been some successes along the way over the last 27 years but not the height of what took place in 1982.

Watched the video last night and you really did kind of get that vibe. How cool it must have been to be around back in those days. Elite Eight in only 4 years.

It was really cool. And the only coach that brought a similar level of excitement to Birmingham like Gene did was Mike Anderson. But the marquee teams that UAB beat in the early days with Gene were head and shoulders above what Anderson did.

I'm gonna walk back that last sentence. CUSA 1.0 was probably as tough of a basketball conference than any of those earlier Sun Belt or Great Midwest conferences UAB played in. UAB beat some pretty good teams under Mike A. to include beating an 8th ranked Maquette team with Dwayne Wade.