North Texas mentioned in this article

[ariputtie]

https://cbbreview.com/2022/01/12/underrated-college-basketball-teams/

[Texas Stranger]

NT beating any team in CUSA is not a "major upset"

[Tom McKrackin]

15 minutes ago, ariputtie said:

https://cbbreview.com/2022/01/12/underrated-college-basketball-teams/

Nice find and welcome to the site @ariputtie

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, Tom McKrackin said:

Nice find and welcome to the site @ariputtie

He didn't find it.  He authored it.

[Mean Green Matt]

22 minutes ago, greenminer said:

He didn't find it.  He authored it.

[letsgiveacheer]

"Remember how I just said UC Irvine is the second-best defensive country from a low-mid-major conference? Well, North Texas is first, sitting at 40th in the country."

Damning with faint praise.

 

[denton_days]

A.... Low mid-major? what a weird thing to say, lol. Lots of top 10 mid-major polls have like 2 C-USA schools. What a backhanded complement and weird self promotion.

Edited January 15, 2022 by denton_days

[MrAlien]

"low mid-major"-- Its been a pet peeve of mine, that college sports writers try to apply the college football P5 and G5 template to basketball. 

[DeepGreen]

I know we're talking basketball here but they might as well throw us in the FCS category.

[Mean Green 93-98]

2 hours ago, MrAlien said:

"low mid-major"-- Its been a pet peeve of mine, that college sports writers try to apply the college football P5 and G5 template to basketball. 

I don't love it, but when you're talking about C-USA basketball, if the shoe fits...

Here are the current RPI rankings by conference: https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/rpi-ranking/rpi-rating-by-conf

That's actually pretty good for C-USA--a few years ago, we were floating around #21-23.  If we can consistently get two teams in the NCAA tournament and make noise there, maybe fewer people will call C-USA "low mid-major."  All a moot point, since in a couple years we will be in a conference that no sane person would call "low mid-major."

BTW, the term "mid-major" in college basketball came decades before "P5" and "G5" in football.

[CMJ]

18 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

I don't love it, but when you're talking about C-USA basketball, if the shoe fits...

Here are the current RPI rankings by conference: https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/rpi-ranking/rpi-rating-by-conf

That's actually pretty good for C-USA--a few years ago, we were floating around #21-23.  If we can consistently get two teams in the NCAA tournament and make noise there, maybe fewer people will call C-USA "low mid-major."  All a moot point, since in a couple years we will be in a conference that no sane person would call "low mid-major."

BTW, the term "mid-major" in college basketball came decades before "P5" and "G5" in football.

The only real objection I have to calling CUSA "low mid major" is come NCAA Tournament time, the league almost always wins the first game in an upset going back several years now.