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BASKETBALL Middle Tennessee (20-9, 11-5) vs Liberty (23-6, 11-5) (CBSSN), 6:30PM, Thursday, March 6, 2025
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Liberty currently trailing by 14, midway of 2nd half to Kennesaw state
Liberty getting all the officiating calls their way, 24-6 on FTs
Liberty getting all the officiating calls their way, 24-6 on FTs
KSU takes down Liberty! What a crazy league! If we win out and KSU beats JaxSt then we win CUSA outright. 👀
Some big games to end the regular season, none bigger than this match-up of MT/Liberty!
2024-25 Conference USA Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville State | 12-5 | - | 20-10 |
| Liberty | 11-5 | 0.5 | 23-6 |
| Middle Tennessee | 11-5 | 0.5 | 20-9 |
| New Mexico State | 9-7 | 2.5 | 16-13 |
| Kennesaw State | 9-8 | 3 | 17-13 |
| Louisiana Tech | 8-8 | 3.5 | 19-10 |
| UTEP | 7-9 | 4.5 | 17-12 |
| Western Kentucky | 7-9 | 4.5 | 16-13 |
| Sam Houston | 4-12 | 7.5 | 11-18 |
| Florida International | 3-13 | 8.5 | 9-20 |
Man I would love to be at the game this Thurs v Liberty. Their loss today has to have our guys eager.
Projecting here but IF we win Thurs and presumably against FIU (last in the league) then we enter the CUSA Tourney at 22-9.
AND if we win that then what, 25-9? That should garner a respectable (all things considered) seed.
Even if not, CNM has done well this year. No arguing that. We all want more, but credit given where credit is due.
Projecting here but IF we win Thurs and presumably against FIU (last in the league) then we enter the CUSA Tourney at 22-9.
AND if we win that then what, 25-9? That should garner a respectable (all things considered) seed.
Even if not, CNM has done well this year. No arguing that. We all want more, but credit given where credit is due.
NET: MT #104 liberty #75
KenPom MT #116 liberty #74
RPI MT #48 liberty #72 SOS (MT 70, liberty 78)
Massey Composite MT #99 liberty #72
KenPom MT #116 liberty #74
RPI MT #48 liberty #72 SOS (MT 70, liberty 78)
Massey Composite MT #99 liberty #72
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Might be another conference matchup worth the drive over. The WKU beatdown in January was a pleasant surprise. 👍
NOTEBOOK: Huge First-Place Conference USA Showdown set for Thursday in the Glass House - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Your Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball team showed toughness on the road this past weekend, sweeping the CUSA Mountain Time Zone swing with
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Middle Tennesseee closes out CUSA play at home - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – In its final homestand of the 2024-25 regular season, the Middle Tennessee men's basketball program will look to secure a top seed in the CUSA
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MBB Game Day: Middle Tennessee - Liberty University
Game Day Coverage Liberty at Middle Tennessee (Murphy Center | Murfreesboro, Tenn. Tipoff: Thursday at 7:30 p.m. EST/6:30 p.m. CST TV: CBS Sports Network Rad...
What a hard fought tough game. We played hard but they are a slightly better team. Haven’t seen that many white boys on the court since Hoosiers.
We can't beat Liberty or La Tech. Mcdevitt obviously doesn't know how to gameplan them.
LA tech is currently 6th. I think tonight gives us 3rd place and liberty second. We could see both in two games if we won against LA tech.
Looks like Liberty is currently first. They have a tie-breaker? And WKU is ahead of La Tech. So it could be MT vs WKU.
That second half was coached horribly. Get the ball low and everyone else just stand around seemed to be the offensive play call every time.
If we don't win out in Huntsville I doubt we get invited to the NIT. Purely speculative, but looks like CBIT offer would likely be in the cards again.
May be too early, but if that plays out to be the case would a couple of wins in the CBIT be enough to save CNM's job next year with a 24 or 25 win season in hand?
May be too early, but if that plays out to be the case would a couple of wins in the CBIT be enough to save CNM's job next year with a 24 or 25 win season in hand?
I’m sure it would be. I don’t necessarily agree with it but a 24-25 win season is hard to get rid of a coach after.
NIT's new formula is wacky, but I've seen some predictions having us in.
The 1st non NCAA tourney team in the top 12 Ken Pom conferences (we are in top 12) get in. Then you've got reg season champs that must be avg 125 in combined Ken Pom, BPI, NET, KPI, SOR, etc. We should meet that metric no problem.
Then you've got the new Crown tourney too that will take some usual NIT teams.
We are 3rd in most rankings so probably 3rd in the combined metric, so it all could go either way.
As for extension, 24-25 wins would earn that (I'm still not personally 100% sold on McD), but only a short extension. Not a full blown new contract by any stretch of the imagination. I'd be good with just a year as it's rebuild every year now anyway.
Yeah, NIT is out unless we make it to the Conference finals by beating Liberty who has the highest RPI in the league. That would be our only shot. So we either need to win the tourney or expect the CBIT. The best situation for our conference is we win the tourney and Liberty gets an at-large.
Middle Tennessee loses 86-81 in back-and-forth affair with Liberty - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. –Middle Tennessee (20-10, 11-6 CUSA) had a career-best performance out of big man Essam Mostafa, who finished with 30 points and 20 rebounds,
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We gave them our best shot and it just wasn’t good enough. Hopefully we will get another chance and the third time is a charm!
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