(05-30-2020 07:09 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  CUSA fans clinging to the old days when they were the better conference. Those days are over.

Basketball - only thing that matters are tournament credits, Both are a one bid league.

Football - SBC higher ranked conference and therefore more CFB revenue three of the last four years. Better TV contract, App had 8 nationally televised games last year, you’d have to add 3-4 CUSA teams to reach that numbers.

Baseball - SBC has always been better

You are way off base....

Yes, the Sun Belt has been better at the top of their conference. But, for the most part the SBC has been carried by App State and Troy. The rest of the conference has not been that great...

Over the past 3 seasons, only 4 Sun Belt programs have winning records in football (App State, Troy, Arkansas State, & ULL). That means only 40% of the Sun Belt has played winning football over the last 3 seasons.

C-USA has 7 programs with winning records over the last 3 season (UAB, FAU, LA Tech, Marshall, FIU, Southern Miss, & North Texas). That means 50% of all C-USA programs have posted winning records over the past 3 seasons.

Sure the Sun Belt sold their souls to get games on ESPN, but that didn't help them get better bowl ties. As bad as C-USA's bowl ties are, they are still better than the Sun Belt's bowl ties.

Basketball isn't close at all. C-USA is much better. Most years C-USA enjoys a higher NCAA Tournament seed than the Sun Belt. I can't actually remember a year when the Sun Belt had a higher seed. Also, C-USA has actually had a few first round wins. When was the last time a Sun Belt team won an NCAA tournament game?

Baseball is not a major sport.

And overall, C-USA programs just have bigger budgets, which allows a fair amount of our programs to poach from Sun Belt programs. I know North Texas regularly poaches from Sun Belt members.

Objectively looking at the two conferences, there is no debate. Although it is really a tallest midget contest, C-USA is clearly the better overall conference.