Sunbelt Games (1/28/10)

[CMJ]

Quite a few big games this Thursday other than ours. Just about everyone, except the bottom dwellers, is right in this.

Denver

@ UALR

UNO

@ MTSU

ULM

@ Troy

ULL

@ ASU

FAU

@ USA

Official Standings off of the Sunbelt website.

East

Florida Atlantic 6-3 10-10

Middle Tennessee 6-3 11-10

Troy 5-4 10-10

Western Kentucky 4-4 11-9

South Alabama 4-5 12-9

Florida International 4-6 7-16

West

Arkansas State 6-2 11-8

Denver 6-3 13-7

Louisiana-Lafayette 5-3 8-11

North Texas 5-4 12-7

ULM 4-6 9-12

New Orleans 2-7 7-13

UALR 1-8 5-15

[Mean Green Matt]

It looks like in one night we could potentially move as high as the 3 seed, and as low as the 8 seed.

[CMJ]

A few of those games I'm not sure who I should root for. ULL/ASU for example. If we're still trying to catch the Red Wolves we need the Cajuns to win, but if we're just jockeying for a higher seed then ASU is who we should pull for. I'm sorta on the fence, because I really don't think we can catch ASU given they have the tiebreaker - we're in essence still very far behind them. However, I still would like a Division title - it's really the major thing JJ has yet to accomplish in league play.

Edited January 27, 2010 by CMJ

[Censored by Laurie]

I'm torn on who to cheer for in the ASU/ULL game...should we be pleased to let ASU distance in the West, considerring they'll have any potential tie-breaker, and hope for bad things for UD and ULL since their currently ahead of us...or do we pull for ULL and make a race of the whole West even if it hurts us in the short term standings?

ULL has 6 road games / 4 home...and I don't see them being favored in any of their roadies...I think ULL will fade down the stretch...so go Cajuns tonight.

[Green Lantern]

I'm torn on who to cheer for in the ASU/ULL game...should we be pleased to let ASU distance in the West, considerring they'll have any potential tie-breaker, and hope for bad things for UD and ULL since their currently ahead of us...or do we pull for ULL and make a race of the whole West even if it hurts us in the short term standings?

ULL has 6 road games / 4 home...and I don't see them being favored in any of their roadies...I think ULL will fade down the stretch...so go Cajuns tonight.

I really don't want to see ASU running rough shot over the conference heading into the SBC Tournament in a month. With a young ASU team consistently winning and gaining confidence, that could be bad news for us come tourney time. I'll be pulling for ULL to win, and hopefully instill some doubt in an ASU team that's been on a roll lately.

I stand by my previous statement that ASU is formitable, but beatable. We'll see.

Edited January 27, 2010 by Green Lantern

[Greendylan]

With most teams beginning the night with nine or ten conference games remaining, I'm not ready to concede the west just yet. I know it's unlikely, but a three game losing streak by one team and a winning streak for another can dramatically reverse fortunes. For instance, WKU went from first place in the east to fourth in the span of about six days. Sadly, I have a feeling they're going to take out their frustrations on us tonight, but I digress...

[CMJ]

ULM 56

@ Troy 75

UNO 46

@ MTSU 66

Denver 57

@ UALR 69

FAU 70

@ USA 59

ULL 60

@ ASU 62

[CMJ]

The SBC site will have the official standings tomorrow(still not sure of all the current tiebreaks) but here are where we stand after tonight.

EAST

Middle Tennessee 7-3 12-10

Florida Atlantic 7-3 11-10

Troy 6-4 11-10

Western Kentucky 4-5 11-10

South Alabama 4-6 12-10

FIU 4-6 7-16

WEST

Arkansas State 7-2 12-8

North Texas 6-4 13-7

Denver 6-4 13-8

Louisiana-Lafayette 5-4 8-12

Louisiana-Monroe 4-7 9-13

New Orleans 2-8 7-14

Arkansas-Little Rock 2-8 6-15

[CMJ]

New RPI's after last night. Unless someone goes on a real winning streak, I don't think any of us gets a seed better than a 15 for the NCAA's.

150 WKU

160 ASU

161 Denver

163 North Texas

180 Troy

202 MTSU

208 FAU

213 USA

259 ULL

260 ULM

262 FIU

269 UALR

331 UNO

[greenminer]

Wow we suck. I mean, I love our Belt, but we have a ton to prove on the bball front.