Mostly disappointing week of CUSA basketball

1. (1) UAB (10-3) Remains in first after mauling of winless Miss. Valley (0-10)
2. (3) La Tech (9-3) Really, playing Crowley Ridge (197 students?)
3. (4) NT (7-3) Did not play, Tulsa game cancelled
4. (2) WKU (8-5) Great win over Louisville (7-4) non-competitive vs Kentucky (8-2)
5. (6) Charlotte (7-5) Two wins this week
6. (5) MTSU (9-3) Split this week, win Costal Carolina (7-4) loss Chattanooga (9-3)
7. (7) ODU (5-8) Two losses to good teams Charleston (8-2), Richmond (9-4)
8. (8) UTEP (7-5) Loss to Bradley by 10
9. (11) FIU (8-3) Did not play
10. (13) UTSA (6-5) Loss to Illinois St (7-5)
11. (9) Marshall (7-6) Loss by 32 to Toledo (8-3)
12. (14) USM (4-7) Loss by 1 to East Carolina (8-3)
13 (12) Rice (7-4) Did not play
14. (10) FAU (7-6) Low point with loss to High Point

(12-24-2021 12:38 PM)Grandgreen Wrote:  Mostly disappointing week of CUSA basketball

1. (1) UAB (10-3) Remains in first after mauling of winless Miss. Valley (0-10)
2. (3) La Tech (9-3) Really, playing Crowley Ridge (197 students?)
3. (4) NT (7-3) Did not play, Tulsa game cancelled
4. (2) WKU (8-5) Great win over Louisville (7-4) non-competitive vs Kentucky (8-2)
5. (6) Charlotte (7-5) Two wins this week
6. (5) MTSU (9-3) Split this week, win Costal Carolina (7-4) loss Chattanooga (9-3)
7. (7) ODU (5-8) Two losses to good teams Charleston (8-2), Richmond (9-4)
8. (8) UTEP (7-5) Loss to Bradley by 10
9. (11) FIU (8-3) Did not play
10. (13) UTSA (6-5) Loss to Illinois St (7-5)
11. (9) Marshall (7-6) Loss by 32 to Toledo (8-3)
12. (14) USM (4-7) Loss by 1 to East Carolina (8-3)
13 (12) Rice (7-4) Did not play
14. (10) FAU (7-6) Low point with loss to High Point

Western was competitive for around 25 minutes.

I don’t have tangible evidence of this (other than what most other systems are saying, and the sense I have from following some of our games), but I’ll say it anyway:

You’re wrong about ranking Rice so low.