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[SpaceRaider]

2017 Conference USA Championship Schedule
Legacy Arena at BJCC, Birmingham, Ala.

Wednesday, March 8
(8) WKU vs. (9) UTSA (Campus Insiders) - 11:30a
(12) Southern Miss vs. (5) Rice (Campus Insiders) - 2:00p
(10) Charlotte vs. (7) UAB (Campus Insiders) - 5:30p
(11) Florida Atlantic vs. (6) Marshall (Campus Insiders) - 8:00p

Thursday, March 9
WKU/UTSA vs. (1) Middle Tennessee (ASN) - 11:30a
USM/Rice vs. (4) UTEP (ASN) - 2:00p
CHA/UAB vs. (2) Louisiana Tech (ASN) - 5:30p
FAU/MAR vs. (3) Old Dominion (ASN) - 8:00p

Friday, March 10
Semifinal # 1 (CBS Sports Network) - 11:30p
Semifinal # 2 (CBS Sports Network) - 2:00p

Saturday, March 12
Championship Game (CBS Sports Network) - 7:30p

All Times CENTRAL

 

[Matt Dossett]

Thanks for posting this

 

[Matt Dossett]

Curious as to how big the crowds will be in Birmingham.. I'm guessing the UAB folks will be out in droves..

 

[MTBig Blue]

Curious as to how big the crowds will be in Birmingham.. I'm guessing the UAB folks will be out in droves..

Last night may have left a bad taste in their mouths. They lost to FIU...again.

 

[Matt Dossett]

Last night may have left a bad taste in their mouths. They lost to FIU...again.

True. If they win a game or two i'm guessing their fans will show up big time..

 

[Matt Dossett]

Interesting matchup between WKU/UTSA. WKU won by 15 the first time. Wonder who MT matches up better with..

 

[RandallThomason]

Interesting matchup between WKU/UTSA. WKU won by 15 the first time. Wonder who MT matches up better with..

I would rather play UTSA. Their offensive ceiling is not as high as WKU's.

 

[SpaceRaider]

al.com:
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/03/conference_usa_tournament_in_b.html
Conference USA Tournament 2017: Seedings, matchups, TV, complete schedule in Birmingham

 

[sWiley]

WKU, UTEP, and La. Tech will likely be our opponents. That's murders row IMO

 

[SpaceRaider]

fox17.com
http://fox17.com/sports/content/middle-tennessees-kermit-davis-previews-c-usa-tournament
Middle Tennessee's Kermit Davis previews C-USA Tournament

 

[SpaceRaider]

interview with Oregon radio station:

 

[SpaceRaider]

dnj:
http://www.dnj.com/story/sports/col...ngs-watch-conference-usa-tournament/98855238/
Six things to watch at the Conference USA tournament

 

[SpaceRaider]

Wednesday, March 8
(8) WKU vs. (9) UTSA (Campus Insiders) - 11:30a
(12) Southern Miss vs. (5) Rice (Campus Insiders) - 2:00p
(10) Charlotte vs. (7) UAB (Campus Insiders) - 5:30p
(11) Florida Atlantic vs. (6) Marshall (Campus Insiders) - 8:00p

http://www.midmajormadness.com/2017...ice-utsa-southern-miss-wku-charlotte-marshall
CUSA Tournament Day One Primer: The madness begins

 

[SpaceRaider]

The Virginian-Pilot:
http://pilotonline.com/sports/colle...cle_ead254b9-6696-5f60-8d15-f9e0c11f523a.html
Can anyone knock off Middle Tennessee? Previewing the Conference USA men's tournament

 

[SpaceRaider]

Miner Rush:

2017 Conference USA Tournament: Viewing Guide and Preview

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

[SpaceRaider]

 

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[SpaceRaider]

11:30am - UTSA vs WKU (WKU -4.5)

2:00pm - USM vs Rice (Rice -11.5)

5:30pm - Charlotte vs UAB (UAB -6.5)

8:00pm - FAU vs Marshall (Mars -7.0)

All games are on campus insiders. Links below:

UTSA/WKU: https://campusinsiders.com/live/cusa-fir...u-vs-utsa/

USM/Rice: https://campusinsiders.com/live/c-usa-fi...ississipi/

Char/UAB: https://campusinsiders.com/live/c-usa-fi...te-vs-uab/

FAU/Mars: https://campusinsiders.com/live/c-usa-fi...-marshall/

 

[MTBig Blue]

Is there anywhere to watch the CBSSN games online?

 

[SpaceRaider]

11:30am - UTSA vs WKU (WKU -4.5)


UTSA/WKU: https://campusinsiders.com/live/cusa-fir...u-vs-utsa/

that arena is empteeeeeeeeee....

 

[TheBigBluePeach]

that arena is empteeeeeeeeee....

I guess this is when I start to be unproductive at work.

 

[SpaceRaider]

UTSA 56-52 over wku, advances to play Middle Tennessee

 

[Matt Dossett]

UTSA 56-52 over wku, advances to play Middle Tennessee

Mildly surprised. I thought WKU would handle UTSA.

 

[MTBig Blue]

What a pillow fight.

 

[SpaceRaider]

What a pillow fight.

must stick in the craw of wku fans that old Ray Harper and his new team, Jacksonville State is representing the OVC in the dance, while they are done for the year...

 

[SpaceRaider]

Rice beats Southern Miss and advances to play UTEP...

Who we 'rooting' for?

 

[subkyle]

Rice beats Southern Miss and advances to play UTEP...

Who we 'rooting' for?

Thinking Rice. That foreign kid is dangerous but we are much more athletic than them. UTEP scares me more

 

[MTBig Blue]

Rice absolutely scares me more. We were up on UTEP by 15 in the second half and had a complete brain fart. If we face them again i guarantee our guys will be ready.The Rice game was much closer throughout than the UTEP game was and they have 2 very capable scorers.

 

[dukewayne]

interview with Oregon radio station:

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Nice find. I was thinking, how did Kermit end up on a sports radio show out in Oregon? I was thinking, the MT footprint must really be growing! The answer may have been in the interview that I had briefly forgotten about, Kermit coached out at Idaho. People very well may still remember his coaching days out there in that region. Whatever the case, good on Kermit for taking the time to do good publicity like that radio show all the way out in the upper Northwest.

 

[dukewayne]

Last year, I recall thinking that the 2 seed ended up helping MT once the conf tourney bracket came out. It just seemed that MT was looking at some favorable matchups in the advancing rounds.

I wish I could say the same for this year. You would think with a 1 seed that would likely be the case. Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely glad MT has the 1 seed. MT will definitely need to bring the A game though to bring the nets home.

You don't want to slack vs UTSA as just about any conference game. Survive and advance, and dang! Either potential opponent does not leave one with that feeling of, "oh what a good matchup for MT." The upside: If it's UTEP, it is an opportunity to get some payback! One would suspect that motivation would not be a problem if MT plays UTEP. Plus, MT is not playing them on the backend of a long fatiguing road trip. As I posted on here earlier this season, I thought the win at Rice would be better looking than it was at the time. I think that remained true at the end of the season. Rice has some good players, but at least MT beat them at their place. While B'ham is a neutral court, it would seem that a little advantage would lean MT's way considering the distance out to Texas compared to MT's proximity.

Regardless of various wins and matchups, it would seem that LaTech will be formidable in the conf tourney.

 

[SpaceRaider]

...UTEP is the only league team to beat top-seeded Middle Tennessee, and its losses to the second (Louisiana Tech) and third (Old Dominion) seeds came by just a point apiece......
http://www.whatsuppub.com/news/local/article_ee560d10-03a2-11e7-b322-9be016cee20c.html
Miners hope turnaround season ends with a title

 

[SpaceRaider]

uab guard Hakeem Baxter at it again. He needs to be ejected

 

[dukewayne]

uab guard Hakeem Baxter at it again. He needs to be ejected

Was going to ask if anyone else is watching these 1st round games. Almost another close one for UAB. Thought they were going to mix it up there for a moment.

 

[dukewayne]

...UTEP is the only league team to beat top-seeded Middle Tennessee, and its losses to the second (Louisiana Tech) and third (Old Dominion) seeds came by just a point apiece......
Miners hope turnaround season ends with a title

Most every season when MT plays UTEP, the game makes me uneasy. A coach who knows Kermit and his ways. Their coach is also an old veteran who has been around and knows what he is doing. Lastly, he recruits players that seem capable of being big time players. They usually have good size, skill, and athleticism.

It sure is a good turnaround story. It's hard not to pull for a good turnaround story like that. This season in particular, it has been a little irritating as a MT fan. C-USA needs to win in the OOC schedule. That is where so much ground is gained for the ever so important RPI rankings for the teams and particularly the conference. It really stinks that teams such as UTEP were terrible in non-conf play. Their RPI is terrible and it brings the conference down. Then they start playing better in conference, but the damage is already done.

If it was just UTEP this season, it wouldn't be quite so bad. Being that most of C-USA performed poorly in ooc play, it has really made MT's at-large chances that much more difficult. Not to mention it brings the conf down in general.

 

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[MTTim]

We are not scared to play anyone. These boys are ready to win. Bring it on.
GO BLUE!