ESPN NCAAB - No. 11 Butler upset by Charlotte, 71-67; Bulldogs were 12-0 at Hinkle Fieldhouse before loss to 49ers

I thought Butler would do better in the A10. I wonder what seed they'll get in the tourney with wins over Marquette, Gonzaga, and Indiana.

Fkn A....great win guys!

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Great win, 9ers!

Congrats 49ers.

Proud to be a 49er

(02-13-2013 10:20 PM)NothingButKnight Wrote:  I thought Butler would do better in the A10. I wonder what seed they'll get in the tourney with wins over Marquette, Gonzaga, and Indiana.

Butler's 7-3 in conference which is pretty solid. The A-10 is a pretty good league, easily the second best non-Big 6 conference, after the Mountain West.

Great win Charlotte. This should get the Niners back into the Tourney discussion.

Oh yeah!....Good win fellas. Charlotte basketball is on its way back to where it should be. Looking forward to CUSA with the new basketball additions.

Very impressive. Congrats on a huge win.

Very nice! Charlotte will be a force in the nCUSA. Congrats!

Very nice win! Congrats.

Since no major news outlet is reporting it, one of our senior leaders JT Thompson and our leading scorer Demario Mayfield were both out for this game. All the articles I have read talk about Butler's Smith missing from the game but don't mention our players that were missing.

I think C-USA 3.0 will have the best basketball since C-USA 1.0.

Conference USA is going to be just fine. I am looking forward to it.

(02-14-2013 08:48 AM)MUsince96 Wrote:  I think C-USA 3.0 will have the best basketball since C-USA 1.0.

I actually agree with this. UTEP seems to be recruiting at a high level, so odds are they'll get better as their youth ages.

USM is playing great ball and has the youngest team in the country.

Many of Charlotte's biggest contributors are young and I expect to get a commitment from a very underrated player in Matthew Atewe in the near future. The recruiting sites haven't given him a lot of love, but look at his offer list. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/...ewe-121524 He also was getting interest from Duke until they landed Jabari Parker.

If Marshall can get everyone eligible and healthy they could be very good.

MT is having a good season, not sure who they return though or how well they recruited.

La Tech has a great team and is returning most of their players.

ODU is down in a big way, but hopefully they won't stay down for too long. Their facilities are too nice and their history too solid for them to stay down forever.

Tulsa is always fairly solid (and hopefully with the news of a potentially bad tv contract in the BE they'll stay). Not sure how they look going forward, but it seems Tulsa fans are excited about their new coach.

I was high on UNT this year and they let me down, but at least they have a nice arena and are building a new practice facility. They're investing in their program and that never hurts.

Losing Memphis hurts the league's profile for sure, but I firmly believe that CUSA can be a lot like the old CAA. We'll undoubtedly have 1 bid years, but I think it is a league that can get 3 bids in some seasons as well with 2 bid years sprinkled in between.

I can live with that.

(02-14-2013 08:48 AM)MUsince96 Wrote:  I think C-USA 3.0 will have the best basketball since C-USA 1.0.

But it won't even be close to how good C-USA basketball was back in the day. In 2004, we had 6 bids which was the tied for the most of any conference. I do think Middle Tennessee, UTEP, ODU and UNCC (glad to see they are back) will be solid though.

(02-14-2013 11:28 AM)Bearcat_Bounce Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 08:48 AM)MUsince96 Wrote:  I think C-USA 3.0 will have the best basketball since C-USA 1.0.

But it won't even be close to how good C-USA basketball was back in the day. In 2004, we had 6 bids which was the tied for the most of any conference. I do think Middle Tennessee, UTEP, ODU and UNCC (glad to see they are back) will be solid though.

No, it won't be as good as the end of CUSA 1.0, not by a long shot. Good to hear from a Sincy fan again, you guys should revisit Halton.

(02-14-2013 12:13 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 11:28 AM)Bearcat_Bounce Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 08:48 AM)MUsince96 Wrote:  I think C-USA 3.0 will have the best basketball since C-USA 1.0.

But it won't even be close to how good C-USA basketball was back in the day. In 2004, we had 6 bids which was the tied for the most of any conference. I do think Middle Tennessee, UTEP, ODU and UNCC (glad to see they are back) will be solid though.

No, it won't be as good as the end of CUSA 1.0, not by a long shot. Good to hear from a Sincy fan again, you guys should revisit Halton.

Would love to start back up a series with Cincy.

(02-14-2013 03:19 PM)moss2k Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 12:13 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 11:28 AM)Bearcat_Bounce Wrote:  

(02-14-2013 08:48 AM)MUsince96 Wrote:  I think C-USA 3.0 will have the best basketball since C-USA 1.0.

But it won't even be close to how good C-USA basketball was back in the day. In 2004, we had 6 bids which was the tied for the most of any conference. I do think Middle Tennessee, UTEP, ODU and UNCC (glad to see they are back) will be solid though.

No, it won't be as good as the end of CUSA 1.0, not by a long shot. Good to hear from a Sincy fan again, you guys should revisit Halton.

Would love to start back up a series with Cincy.

I'm all for it, maybe without Huggy the crowd might not be as rowdy


PS: I still root for all the old C-USA guys like UNCC, St. Louis, and UAB.