East Carolina and Houston are off today.


**Tip-Off at 6:05pm CT**
in Orlando,
UCF (15-6, 5-2)...RPI: #102 (SOS: #159)
Southern Miss (18-4, 7-0)...RPI: #37 (SOS: #125)

*This is the game of the night in the league. UCF has won 6 of 8. The Knights are 11-3 at home. Their only losses in Orlando have come to #31 MTSU, #2 Miami and #94 USF. Southern Miss is rolling having won 10 straight and 12 of their last 13. USM is a very impressive 10-4 in games away from home, including 4-0 in C-USA road games. UCF is 2-4 vs. top 100 RPI opponents. Southern Miss is 10-0 vs. teams rated #101 to #200 in the RPI this season.


**Tip-Off at 7:05pm CT**
in Dallas,
SMU (12-11, 2-6)...RPI: #191 (SOS: #209)
Memphis (18-3, 7-0)...RPI: #40 (SOS: #102)

*Memphis is streaking big time, having won 12 straight and 16 of their last 17. Although the Tigers have lost their last two games @ SMU, they have won 8 straight road games overall going back to last season. SMU is just 6-4 at home this season, 1-3 at home vs. C-USA opponents. Memphis is 13-0 vs. opponents rated #101 or worse. SMU is 0-3 vs. teams in the top 100 of the RPI.


**Tip-Off at 7:05pm CT**
in New Orleans,
Tulane (14-8, 2-5)...RPI: #171 (SOS: #239)
Marshall (10-12, 3-4)...RPI: #195 (SOS: #107)

*The Thundering Herd have lost 7 of their last 10. Marshall has had a great deal of trouble winning away from home this year. They are 0-10 away from Huntington against Division 1 opponents, including 0-3 on the road in C-USA games. Tulane has struggled of late, losing 5 of their last 7. They have been strong at home, going 12-2 this season, although they are only 2-2 at home in C-USA play. Marshall is 6-1 vs. teams rated #101 to #200 in the RPI. Tulane is just 2-4.


**Tip-Off at 7:05pm CT**
in Tulsa,
Tulsa (12-10, 4-4)...RPI: #105 (SOS: #94)
UAB (9-13, 1-6)...RPI: #170 (SOS: #70)

*Tulsa has been struggling some of late, losing 3 of their last 4. TU is 8-2 at home this season overall and 2-1 vs. C-USA opponents. UAB's disappointing season continues, but the Blazers have shown some life of late, beating UTEP in Birmingham and coming close to taking down Southern Miss on Saturday. That being said, UAB has lost 7 of 8. The Blazers are a horrid 1-10 away from Bartow Arena this year. Against opponents rated #101 or worse, Tulsa is 10-4. UAB is 7-6.


**Tip-Off at 8:05pm CT**
in El Paso,
UTEP (12-8, 5-2)...RPI: #74 (SOS: #43)
Rice (5-16, 1-6)...RPI: #304 (SOS: #142)

*The Miners have won 6 of their last 8. UTEP has been almost unbeatable in El Paso this season, going 10-1 with the only defeat coming at the hands of UNLV by 2 points. Rice is a dreadful 0-9 away from home this season. UTEP is 2-0 vs. teams rated #201 or worse in the RPI. Rice is 0-13 vs. teams in the top 200 of the RPI.

We get our FIRST road win tonight!

I'll be rooting for ucf and smu. I'm hoping for a four way tie for conference champs.

Southern Miss
Memphis
Tulane
Tulsa (Rooting for UAB)
UTEP

I just hope we don't lose by quintuple digits like other road games.

That horrible UAB team- 28
Tulsa 10
8 to go in 1st half

At this point in Tulsa's rebuild season TU can cal beat all but the top 2 in the conference maybe. At home esp.

UAB up 12 at the half. 43-31
Tulsa ended 1st on a 15-3 run.

Memphis up by 5 on SMU at the half 22-17. Both teams playing like crap

thank you UAB...that helps us.

Very nice win by the Blazers. Seems as though UAB may be turning the corner.

Conference USA Men's Basketball Standings (after tonight's action)
1. Memphis...8-0...19-3...Sat game: @ Southern Miss (7-1)
2. Southern Miss...7-1...18-5...Sat game: Memphis (8-0)
3. UCF...6-2...16-6...Sat game: East Carolina (4-4)
3. UTEP...6-2...13-8...Sat game: Tulsa (4-5)
5. East Carolina...4-4...13-8...Sat game: @ UCF (6-2)
6. Tulsa...4-5...12-11...Sat game: @ UTEP (6-2)
7. Houston...3-5...14-7...Sat game: Tulane (3-5)
7. Marshall...3-5...10-13...Sat game: @ UAB (2-6)
7. Tulane...3-5...15-8...Sat game: @ Houston (3-5)
10. UAB...2-6...10-13...Sat game: Marshall (3-5)
11. SMU...2-7...12-12...Sat game: @ Rice (1-7)
12. Rice...1-7...5-17...Sat game: SMU (2-7)

RPI from WarrenNolan.com following tonight's games:

**Current RPI of each member of Conference USA**
(in parenthesis is each team’s record vs. Division 1 opponents only)
-Memphis (19-3, 8-0): #36 (SOS: #108)
-Southern Mississippi (16-5, 7-1): #37 (SOS: #121)
-UTEP (13-8, 6-2): #76 (SOS: #69)
-UCF (15-6, 6-2): #88 (SOS: #138)
-East Carolina (9-8, 4-4): #119 (SOS: #95)
-Tulsa (11-11, 4-5): #131 (SOS: #101)
-UAB (9-13, 2-6): #152 (SOS: #65)
-Tulane (14-8, 3-5): #169 (SOS: #247)
-SMU (11-12, 2-7): #191 (SOS: #179)
-Marshall (9-13, 3-5): #199 (SOS: #103)
-Houston (13-7, 3-5): #208 (SOS: #336)
-Rice (4-16, 1-7): #297 (SOS: #128)

WarrenNolan.com's predicted final C-USA standings and RPI's
(team records are vs. Division 1 opponents only)
1. Memphis...14-2...26-5...RPI: #36 (SOS: #98)
2. Southern Miss...13-3...22-7...RPI: #37 (SOS: #111)
3. UTEP...11-5...19-11...RPI: #65 (SOS: #70)
4. UCF...10-6...19-10...RPI: #93 (SOS: #120)
5. East Carolina...8-8...13-12...RPI: #107 (SOS: #91)
5. Tulsa...8-8...15-14...RPI: #128 (SOS: #114)
7. Tulane...7-9...18-12...RPI: #174 (SOS: #259)
8. UAB...6-10...13-17...RPI: #133 (SOS: #79)
9. Houston...5-11...15-13...RPI: #240 (SOS: #330)
9. Marshall...5-11...11-19...RPI: #205 (SOS: #100)
9. SMU...5-11...14-16...RPI: #201 (SOS: #193)
12. Rice...2-14...5-23...RPI: #308 (SOS: #137)

UAB played very well the first half of the game yesterday and couldn't miss and played okay the 2nd half. The first 15 minutes of the game was the worst I have seen TU play all season, except possibly the 2nd half of the SMU game.

East rules, West drools!