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Here's what I've come up with as the current standings and where we'd be if the tournament started today:

I'll do my best to organize the top 4 accounting for tie breakers.

Standings:
1. La Tech 12-3 (Beat Tulsa and MT)
2. Tulsa 12-3 (Beat SoMiss, MT)
3. MT 12-3 (Beat Tulsa and SoMiss)
4. USM 12-3 (Beat La Tech)
5. UTEP 11-4
6. ODU 8-7
7. Tulane 8-7
8. UAB 7-8
9. Charlotte 6-9 (Beat UNT)
10. UNT 6-9
11. FAU 5-10 (Beat ECU)
12. ECU 5-10
13. UTSA 4-11 (Beat Marshall)
14. Marshall 4-11
15. Rice 2-13



1st round
10 North Texas vs. 15 Rice
11 FAU vs. 14 Marshall
12-ECU vs. 13 UTSA

2nd round
5 UTEP vs. UTSA-ECU winner
6 ODU vs. FAU-Marshall winner
7 Tulane vs. North Texas-Rice winner
8 UAB vs. 9 Charlotte

Qtr Finals
1 La Tech vs. UAB-Charlotte winner
2 Tulsa vs. Tulane, North Texas, or Rice
3 MT vs. ODU, FAU, or Marshall
4 USM vs. UTEP, UTSA or ECU

I'm too lazy to go beyond this.

Some observations...as we sit today, the #1 seed would have a brutal 8/9 match up against 2 very capable teams, UAB and Charlotte. Seeds 8-12 have the ability to upset a lot of the higher seeds. This tournament could prove to be bananas. I believe we can fall no further than 10th and move up no higher than 7th. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that.
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03-03-2014 10:13 AM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
There is still at least one scenario where UAB grabs 6th seed thanks to the win at Tulsa:

IF Southern Miss, Tulsa and Louisiana Tech all end up tied for the Regular Season title (MTSU would obviously drop out in this scenario with a loss to the Blazers) and UAB ends up tied with both Tulane and Old Dominion, UAB would be seeded 6th.

UAB, Old Dominion, Tulane - all have 1-1 head to head records

vs. Southern Miss, Tulsa, La Tech - UAB 1-2, Old Dominion 0-3, Tulane 0-4

2014 C-USA Tiebreakers
03-03-2014 10:55 AM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
(03-03-2014 10:55 AM)blazerjay Wrote:  There is still at least one scenario where UAB grabs 6th seed thanks to the win at Tulsa:

IF Southern Miss, Tulsa and Louisiana Tech all end up tied for the Regular Season title (MTSU would obviously drop out in this scenario with a loss to the Blazers) and UAB ends up tied with both Tulane and Old Dominion, UAB would be seeded 6th.

UAB, Old Dominion, Tulane - all have 1-1 head to head records

vs. Southern Miss, Tulsa, La Tech - UAB 1-2, Old Dominion 0-3, Tulane 0-4

2014 C-USA Tiebreakers

I follow you. On Thursday we want LaTech, SoMiss, and Tulsa to win and ODU and Tulane to lose. That would put us in 6th, correct?
03-03-2014 11:27 AM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
I dont think we can hang with LaTech in the tournament. But, I think we could beat any of the other top 4 teams. 6th or 7th seed would be a great opportunity if we could get it, assuming that LaTech winds up as #1.
03-03-2014 11:32 AM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
(03-03-2014 11:32 AM)BlazrDawg Wrote:  I dont think we can hang with LaTech in the tournament. But, I think we could beat any of the other top 4 teams. 6th or 7th seed would be a great opportunity if we could get it, assuming that LaTech winds up as #1.

La Tech, Tulsa, and Southern Miss should be shoe-ins to win Thursday given they beat their opponents they're playing by 30+ points earlier this year.

The ECU vs ODU game is a toss up. ODU beat them at home earlier this year but ECU is hot right now. I'll certainly be a Pirate that night.

If we win and these 4 games pan out we'l grab the 6th seed.
03-03-2014 12:10 PM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
Not that hot. They just lost to Marshall.

CUSA teams are so unreliable and inconsistent that no team is a shoo-in over any other team. The good ones are not good enough to overcome bad games, so they can lose to anyone.
03-03-2014 12:15 PM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
What we need to have the best shot at a 6th seed...

La Tech beat Rice
Tulsa beat UNT
So Miss beat Tulane
MT lose to UAB
ECU beat ODU

If this scenario happens, the conference would look like this:

1. La Tech.
2. Tulsa
3. So Miss
4. UTEP
5. MT
6. UAB
7. ODU
8. Tulane

9-15 is really fluid so I'm not sure how it will pan out in this scenario.
03-03-2014 12:24 PM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
This conference has been all over the place...to the extent that I think the seeds are irrelevant (other than the benefit of playing less games).
Might as well put the names in a hat and draw them out (of course I'm being a little facetious, but not completely)
03-03-2014 12:42 PM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
I don't want to play UTEP at home and I don't want to play USM again since they are a good team and we destroyed them. They would be gunning for us. Otherwise, bring any of them on.
03-03-2014 01:11 PM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
Agree with MB.

I do want another shot at any of the teams we lost to. I think if we play well we can beat any tem in this league. We can also lose to any of them. It's a better league that thought to be but still no world beaters and we have not played up to our capabilities.
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
(03-03-2014 01:11 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I don't want to play UTEP at home and I don't want to play USM again since they are a good team and we destroyed them. They would be gunning for us. Otherwise, bring any of them on.

Agreed. Those would definitely be the two teams I would most like to avoid
03-03-2014 02:35 PM
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
(03-03-2014 02:35 PM)LairDweller Wrote:  
(03-03-2014 01:11 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  I don't want to play UTEP at home and I don't want to play USM again since they are a good team and we destroyed them. They would be gunning for us. Otherwise, bring any of them on.

Agreed. Those would definitely be the two teams I would most like to avoid

Over the years, we've fared badly against teams we've swept, swept us, and beat once badly during the year. (See: Memphis, ECU, UCF)
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
I'd view it as progress if Haase could at least reach the semis this year. Winning two games in a tournament AND reaching the semis? That hasn't been done in nearly a decade!
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
Also, as I noted in the other thread (on second review, this is a more appropriate place to leave this):

6th is still attainable with a UAB win AND an ODU loss (at home vs ECU) AND a Tulane loss (at home vs USM).

A Charlotte loss at Marshall OR a North Texas loss to Tulsa in the Super Pit OR a USM win on the road at Tulane would clinch a first round bye for the Blazers, win or lose.

Should UAB, Charlotte and North Texas all finish 7-9, it would come down to performance vs whoever gets 1st. In that scenario:

-UAB's best win would be USM (with Tulsa next--obviously assuming Tulsa loses to UNT to finish 12-4).
-North Texas' best win would then be Tulsa
-Charlotte's best win would be UTEP/Tulsa
03-03-2014 09:16 PM
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About time you woke up, FN. I don't do well with numbers and thinking.
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RE: CUSA Standings and Scenarios
(03-03-2014 10:55 AM)blazerjay Wrote:  There is still at least one scenario where UAB grabs 6th seed thanks to the win at Tulsa:

IF Southern Miss, Tulsa and Louisiana Tech all end up tied for the Regular Season title (MTSU would obviously drop out in this scenario with a loss to the Blazers) and UAB ends up tied with both Tulane and Old Dominion, UAB would be seeded 6th.

UAB, Old Dominion, Tulane - all have 1-1 head to head records

vs. Southern Miss, Tulsa, La Tech - UAB 1-2, Old Dominion 0-3, Tulane 0-4

2014 C-USA Tiebreakers

UAB is 2-1 against the top 3, right ?
03-04-2014 12:44 AM
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Based on what the team looked like Sunday, if we make it to the semis, Haase deserves coach of the year honors. Especially if the injuries are serious.
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