Sunbelt (2/26/11)

[CMJ]

UALR

@ ASU

Troy

@ FIU

ULL

@ ULM

WKU

@ MTSU

[Mean Green Matt]

ASU clinches the W1 seed with a win and the winner of WKU/MTSU gets the E2 seed. If we win tonight, the game with UALR Tuesday will basically be a playoff for the W4 seed. If we lose tonight, we get the W5 seed. It all may seem irrelevant, but if we can get back on track we are going to need a good path in the tourney to have any chance of winning it. I would not mind playing ASU again even though they will have a large crowd.

[BonfireBrian]

ASU clinches the W1 seed with a win and the winner of WKU/MTSU gets the E2 seed. If we win tonight, the game with UALR Tuesday will basically be a playoff for the W4 seed. If we lose tonight, we get the W5 seed. It all may seem irrelevant, but if we can get back on track we are going to need a good path in the tourney to have any chance of winning it. I would not mind playing ASU again even though they will have a large crowd.

If we lose tonight vs. Denver and UALR loses at Arkansas St, wouldn't Tuesday's game still be a playoff for W4 seed. We could tie them in the standings with a win, and would get the 4 seed since we beat them twice. Am I missing something here?

[CMJ]

Speaking of...the battle for Arkansas is on ESPN3 today.

[Mean Green Matt]

If we lose tonight vs. Denver and UALR loses at Arkansas St, wouldn't Tuesday's game still be a playoff for W4 seed. We could tie them in the standings with a win, and would get the 4 seed since we beat them twice. Am I missing something here?

You are 100% right. My brain is fried from this Marketing Project. Good Catch.

[BonfireBrian]

You are 100% right. My brain is fried from this Marketing Project. Good Catch.

Just making sure. As many scenarios as you put together, I think it's acceptable if you make one mistake.

[CMJ]

UALR up at 5 the half

[CMJ]

ASU 71

UALR 63

Red Wolves --- West Division Champs

[CMJ]

In Overtime:

FIU 86

Troy 76

[CMJ]

ULL 61

ULM 46

[CMJ]

MTSU 57

WKU 39

[CMJ]

EAST

FAU 12-3 20-9

MTSU 10-6 15-15

WKU 8-8 14-15

USA 6-9 12-14

Troy 6-10 8-20

FIU 5-11 10-18

WEST

ASU 11-5 17-14

ULL 11-5 14-14

Denver 9-7 13-16

North Texas 7-8 18-10

UALR 7-8 15-15

ULM 2-14 7-23

[Mean Green Matt]

Here is what the bracket looks like now. The teams in red (UNT and UALR) are the only teams that don't have a guaranteed seed. UNT is technically the W4 seed right now, and UALR the W5 seed, but I forgot to change it, and since they are the only two teams that can change spots I just left it.

The winner of the UNT/UALR game will be the W4 seed, and will play Troy. The loser of the UNT/UALR game will be the W5 seed, and will play USA.

[chrisfisher]

I cannot decide which route I want... Troy and Florida Atlantic or South Alabama and Ark State??? I think I lean toward the USA/ASU route, but that means we lose at Ark-LR... We need all the momentum we can get so I'll pull for a win at Ark-LR, and then wins over Troy and Florida Atlantic.

[Mean Green Matt]

I cannot decide which route I want... Troy and Florida Atlantic or South Alabama and Ark State??? I think I lean toward the USA/ASU route, but that means we lose at Ark-LR... We need all the momentum we can get so I'll pull for a win at Ark-LR, and then wins over Troy and Florida Atlantic.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The bottom half of the bracket definitely appears to be the more favorable. I also do not like that WKU is on that top half of the bracket with us if we do end with the W4 seed. Either way, we are going to have to go through a good team.

If we lose in LR I won't be upset because of the better tourney path, but we do need the momentum...

[CMJ]

Ask me after Sunday. If USA knocks off FAU - then I don't want any part of them in the opening round. They would have defeated Denver and FAU on the road - arguably two of the top 3 toughest venues to win at in the league this year.