Sorry I Couldn't Resist

emmitt01 · March 11, 2010

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At the risk of offending Lee Jackson this is what I posted on SMU's board:

"I know, I know, it's tough to see your local paper the DMN (though I'll concede that Jean Jacque Taylor is a tool) pring stories about how far down the food chain you guys are in basketball...and then have to watch NT punch a ticket to the NCAA tournament on national TV. I know it makes you feel better to use the tired Baylor argument of "we play in a vastly better conference therefore we're cool by association." Sorry folks, it didn't work when you were in high school and it aint gonna work now. I know it's easy to say "North Texas (I'll even throw in the word "State" cuz it gets so much traction for comedy's sake around here) could never survive in the big bad CUSA and that the Sun Belt, minus Western Kentucky, is a horrendously poor league of wannabes. Still, just for the sake of my own sense of humor, let's do a little comparison shall we? This is how the current RPI rankings view things...thought I'd use their point of view since they don't have a dog in the fight (actually, let's be honest, it's been a loooong while since SMU basketball has had a dog in any fight).

UTEP- 39

UAB- 40

Memphis- 46

Marshall- 62

Tulsa- 71

North Texas- 99

Troy- 109

Southern Miss- 119

Western Kentucky- 133

Houston- 160

Denver- 164

Middle Tennessee- 183