Sunbelt Action (1/2/10)

[CMJ]

Florida Intl.

@ New Orleans

AR Little Rock

@ LA Monroe

South Alabama

@ Florida Atlantic

LA Lafayette

@ Middle Tenn. St.

Denver

@ Troy

[CMJ]

League RPI's heading into today.

53 WKU

111 Denver

147 USA

150 North Texas

172 Troy

194 ASU

244 UALR

263 FAU

266 ULM

273 FIU

274 ULL

337 UNO

[TheTastyGreek]

FIU at UNO on ESPN360 right now.

That place is DESERTED.

[TheTastyGreek]

UNO played a good first half, faded right before the break. FIU cut what was a big lead, now 2 minutes into the 2nd half, it's 41-36 UNO leading with FIU continuing to rally.

[TheTastyGreek]

It was a one possession game for most of the 2nd half, up to about two minutes left. FIU gave up a few ill timed turnovers and UNO hit some clutch shots at the end, UNO wins 68-58.

Billly Humphrey had 29 points for UNO. Looked pretty damn good. Not quite Bo McCalebb good, but pretty damn good all the same.

The 12 fans who were in attendance are probably partying their asses off right now.

[TheTastyGreek]

UALR @ ULM in progress, grinderball getting close to the half. Tied at 32.

Channelsurfing url for video: http://channelsurfing.net/watch-ncaa-colle...ports.php?w=16#

The sound is terrible, so here's a url to the station carrying the live stream for ULM's broadcast: http://www.la105.com/

[TheTastyGreek]

More non-Sun Belt action... The Doherty situation is continuing to get worse... SMU trailed Texas State 45-27 at the half. Ugly, ugly game.

[CMJ]

It's like Doherty forgot how to coach since he was at Notre Dame. Ever since he got to UNC his career has spiraled downward.

[CMJ]

This UALR/ULM game is pretty good. Trojans up 1 with about twelve minutes to go

[CMJ]

UALR 64

ULM 68

[Censored by Laurie]

It was a one possession game for most of the 2nd half, up to about two minutes left. FIU gave up a few ill timed turnovers and UNO hit some clutch shots at the end, UNO wins 68-58.

Billly Humphrey had 29 points for UNO. Looked pretty damn good. Not quite Bo McCalebb good, but pretty damn good all the same.

The 12 fans who were in attendance are probably partying their asses off right now.

Its too bad Humphrey is a one and done at UNO...he's a real player. I'm intrigued by Carl Blair for UNO, true freshman with good size for a guard already with a triple-double under his belt. He and Carmouche are a nice young duo for Pasternak to build around.

[CMJ]

South Alabama 96

@ Florida Atlantic 93 OT

[CMJ]

ULL 58

@ MTSU 68

[SUMG]

Troy beating Denver by 14......too bad we may have missed an opportunity to move back into a tie in the West. (if that lead holds up)

[SUMG]

Troy 64

Denver 46

[CMJ]

Troy 64

Denver 46

That helps the cause

[CMJ]

Obviously it's easy enough to see when looking at the scores(and it's nothing new) - but it really is tough to win on the road. Especially in conference.

USA barely defeats FAU in Boca Raton (in overtime in the only road win)

Troy handily beats Denver in Troy

ASU crushed us in Jonesboro

MTSU takes down ULL in Murfreesboro

UNO defeats FIU at Lakefront in NO

ULM beats UALR at Ewing Coloseum in Monroe.

[CMJ]

New standings:

East

South Alabama 3-0 11-4

Troy 3-0 8-6

Middle Tenn. St. 2-0 7-6

West. Kentucky 1-0 7-4

Florida Atlantic 1-2 5-9

Florida Intl. 1-3 4-13

West

Denver 3-1 10-5

Arkansas St. 2-1 7-6

North Texas 2-2 9-5

LA Lafayette 1-2 4-10

LA Monroe 1-3 6-9

New Orleans 1-3 6-9

AR Little Rock 0-4 4-11

Never too early to start at least glancing ahead to the SBC tournament. Currently we'd be the 7th seed, granted we have a loooooooong way to go.

And current RPI's after yesterday's action.

69 WKU

113 Denver

125 Troy

154 USA

184 ASU

185 North Texas

246 MTSU

256 UALR

262 ULM

268 FAU

279 FIU

295 ULL

336 UNO

Edited January 3, 2010 by CMJ