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(01-02-2014 02:58 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  We are the best team in CUSA IMO. If we don't win the conference, especially with our tougher games at home, ill be disappointed. The tourney is a different beast, as anyone can get hot. However, over the whole conference season, I think we should be the team standing at the top.

Let's wait and see if we can win at MTSU before we start declaring ourselves the team to beat.

(01-02-2014 03:01 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(01-02-2014 02:58 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  We are the best team in CUSA IMO. If we don't win the conference, especially with our tougher games at home, ill be disappointed. The tourney is a different beast, as anyone can get hot. However, over the whole conference season, I think we should be the team standing at the top.

Let's wait and see if we can win at MTSU before we start declaring ourselves the team to beat.

Right now, Pomeroy has the MTSU game as a real toss up, with MTSU winning 69-68.

RealTimeRPI.com has MTSU winning 81-74.

Massey Ratings has it as a 50-50 game, with MTSU winning 70-69.

A win at MTSU, to start conference play, would be huge.

Yes it would. They have a big home winning streak if I'm not mistaken. Even as inconsistent as they've been, they'll still probably be an upper half C-USA team.

They just lost to the Maine black bears at home. They were ranked like 340 in the rpi and were 1-9 I believe.

We could easily lose at MTSU but I think we're still the best team in cusa

I forgot about that. I actually believe the Maine game was not technically at home for MTSU, but I forgot the did lose to Belmont there. I believe their home win streak was up around 30 before that though.

Either way, if we don't find a way to shoot better than 40% most nights, I don't think we're the team to beat in CUSA.

Maine loss was in Chattanooga tourney, I think.

This may sound like a cop out, but I honestly think the weakness ofnournschedulencould be playing a part in some of our shooting woes. We've had at least 4-5 games on our schedule where it was obvious to everyone with eyes that we could play about 50% of our best and still win by about 10 points. I know we obviously haven't shot lights out in our other games either, but I definitely think we've played down to our competition a lot this year.

This is our worst team in decades and before the Rutgers game, we lost our starting SF for the season with a torn meniscus.

(01-02-2014 09:43 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  This is our worst team in decades and before the Rutgers game, we lost our starting SF for the season with a torn meniscus.

I just knew all wasn't well at Temple. I suspected an injury, but never checked it out.

(01-02-2014 10:24 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  

(01-02-2014 09:43 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  This is our worst team in decades and before the Rutgers game, we lost our starting SF for the season with a torn meniscus.

I just knew all wasn't well at Temple. I suspected an injury, but never checked it out.

We have no depth. We have a transfer from Texas sitting out the year. We had 9 scholarship players going into the season, one of whom was supposed to play D-II basketball until our idiot coach offered him a scholarship. With Dingle out for the year our roster is:

8 scholarship players

2 true freshmen
2 sophomores
2 juniors
1 senior
1 scholarship junior who is the talent equivalent to a walk on
1 actual walk on

It's an absolute travesty and embarrassment.

Just like our second half against you guys in Charleston!

Ask LIU how they feel lol