Sunbelt Action (1/7/12)

[CMJ]

Denver

@ USA

Troy

@ WKU

ULL

@ MTSU

ULM

@ FIU

FAU

@ UALR

[NT03]

Denver vs USA listed on espn3

[TheTastyGreek]

Root, root, root for WKU against Troy.

McDonald may be fired before our game if he loses that one. I'd rather play his team, beaten down and going through the motions, than Ray Harper's team, revitalized and with something to prove.

Ideal scenario for us: Denver, WKU, Middle, ULM (fat chance), and UALR all win.

North Texas / Sun Belt fan in-conference rooting priorities:

1) Middle doesn't lose except to us

2) West wins games against East teams

3) Short term: Ken McDonald keeps his job through the 13th.

[NT03]

How much does McDonald make ? Just curious what kind of money they would spend on his replacement

Edited January 6, 2012 by NT03

[TheTastyGreek]

How much does McDonald make ? Just curious what kind of money they would spend on his replacement

Don't remember the number, but he actually got hit with a pay cut after last season. Took it to avoid getting fired.

[KoldBeer]

Root, root, root for WKU against Troy.

McDonald may be fired before our game if he loses that one. I'd rather play his team, beaten down and going through the motions, than Ray Harper's team, revitalized and with something to prove.

Ideal scenario for us: Denver, WKU, Middle, ULM (fat chance), and UALR all win.

North Texas / Sun Belt fan in-conference rooting priorities:

1) Middle doesn't lose except to us

2) West wins games against East teams

3) Short term: Ken McDonald keeps his job through the 13th.

Why West over East? I assume this is for RPI but I'd rather win division. I'm not worried about RPI this year for North Texas.

[UNT90]

2) West wins games against East teams

I know your line of thinking is tied to the RPI, but I will be rooting for UALR to lose, because they are ahead of us in the west. Winning the west should be priority one for seeding purposes at the conference tournament.

Maybe overthinking it a bit?

Edited January 6, 2012 by UNT90

[CMJ]

I know your line of thinking is tied to the RPI, but I will be rooting for UALR to lose, because they are ahead of us in the west. Winning the west should be priority one for seeding purposes at the conference tournament.

Maybe overthinking it a bit?

You can root against UALR in other games versus the West. Because we play the Western teams twice, it'd be better for us if our Division dominated the East.

That said, once February rolls around, I'll root against anyone who is ahead of us in the standings.

[TheTastyGreek]

That said, once February rolls around, I'll root against anyone who is ahead of us in the standings.

Yup. This 3 line rooting guide only applies for as long as we CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY!!!

I don't think UALR will make it through conference at 15-1. But for us, Lauren Holly has been hinting around that we've got a chance.

[KoldBeer]

I'm still rooting for East vs. West. We'll need all the help we can get to win the West. I know it's better for RPI if the West wins, but I'd rather have the banner and be a #16 seed (vs. finish 2nd in West and get #15 seed).

Next year, maybe I'll go back to rooting for the East.

CMJ and Tasty can take dock me on my fan rooting report card. D is for Diploma.

[CMJ]

Denver 67

USA 50

[NT03]

Troy 67

WKU 65

[CMJ]

MTSU 65

ULL 53

[CMJ]

ULM 54

FIU 50

[CMJ]

UALR 40

FAU 38

[UNTFan23]

UALR 40

FAU 38

At the half or final?

[THOR]

At the half or final?

final...

[CMJ]

Updated Standings

East Division

MTSU 3-0 15-2

FIU 1-2 4-11

FAU 1-2 5-11

WKU 1-2 5-11

Troy 1-3 6-9

USA 0-3 8-6

West Division

UALR 3-0 6-11

Denver 3-1 13-3

ULL 2-1 8-9

ASU 2-1 8-9

North Texas 2-2 9-8

ULM 1-3 2-15

Besides the Blue Raiders, looks like the power of the conference resides in the West.

[CMJ]

These were the RPI's after yesterday's contests.

46 Denver

86 MTSU

161 USA

172 ASU

177 ULL

193 UALR

208 Troy

211 FAU

223 North Texas

229 FIU

275 WKU

325 ULM