Here are the current C-USA standings, (from usm99's post on the Conference Talk Board) ... with the remaining four series left in the regular season for the teams nearest us in the standings:

USM 13-4 (percentage points better, USM beat FAU 2/3)
FAU 13-4-1
LT 13-5
UTSA 9-8 (@MTenn, Rice, @ODU, Charlotte)
WKU 9-9 (LaTech, @Charlotte, FIU, @FAU)
UAB 9-9 (@FAU, USM, @Rice, MTenn)
Charlotte 9-9 (@Rice, Marshall, WKU, @UTSA)
FIU 8-10 (Marshall, FAU, @WKU, Rice)
----------teams below would not make CUSA-T "if" it began this week
Rice 6-10-2 (Charlotte, @UTSA, UAB, @FIU)
MT 6-11-1 (UTSA, @LaTech, FAU, @UAB
Marshall 5-13 (@FIU, ODU, @Charlotte, USM)
ODU 5-13 (USM, @Marshall, UTSA, @LaTech)

All of our remaining conference games are with four of the five teams that are currently just above us.

C'mon Owls!! Win or sweep these last four series and get into the tourney!!

I’ll point out again that the tie (now, ties) marginally help if we are in a sub-500 battle for seeding/survival.

We’re 1 game behind FIU but would pass them on percentage points if, say, we won our next game and they lost theirs.

I like Almaden’s strategy though.
Win the last 4 series and we are in with no problem.

(04-23-2018 03:45 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  I’ll point out again that the tie (now, ties) marginally help if we are in a sub-500 battle for seeding/survival.

We’re 1 game behind FIU but would pass them on percentage points if, say, we won our next game and they lost theirs.

I like Almaden’s strategy though.
Win the last 4 series and we are in with no problem.

I think we need to go 9-3 to be sure. Certainly doable, but we find new ways to lose each week, and the quality of the opponent rarely has anything to do with it.