LADY RAIDER BB Middle Tennessee (23-7,15-2) at FIU (11-17, 7-10) Sat 03-08, 12 noon. ESPN+

[MTFAN61]

Lady Raiders attempt to salvage final regular season road trip. FIU appears to be going nowhere fast after losing at home to WKU 83-48. Would love to see those kind of offensive numbers tomorrow from the Raiders, but that doesn't appear realistic for this team.
Still a good opportunity to get a bad taste out of their mouth, & chance to share a regular season championship with Liberty. Good luck to the Lady Raiders in their regular season finale.

 

[SpaceRaider]

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3/8/2025 | 12 p.m.
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[MTOleBlue]

Definitely need to get a win here and most importantly use this as an opportunity to figure out the offense before tournament time.

 

[Blue Raider Lightning]

Just curiously, suppose we win and Liberty wins today. First place tie. I heard on Monte's show that if that happened we'd be the #2 seed. He didn't explain the tie breaker. Does anyone know that?

We lost to Western in our other conference loss. Liberty lost to LA Tech. La Tech will finish lower than Western so seems like we should be #1 because their loss, based on order of finish, was worse than ours.

 

[MTOleBlue]

Just curiously, suppose we win and Liberty wins today. First place tie. I heard on Monte's show that if that happened we'd be the #2 seed. He didn't explain the tie breaker. Does anyone know that?

We lost to Western in our other conference loss. Liberty lost to LA Tech. La Tech will finish lower than Western so seems like we should be #1 because their loss, based on order of finish, was worse than ours.

That is what makes more sense, I agree, but I believe the order is going down seed by seed and comparing head to head records. So our 1-1 against WKU would be worse than their 2-0 record against them.

 

[blueboro007]

Afraid whoever we play going to be an early out this tournament

 

[MTOleBlue]

Big issue remains Insell refusing to sub out players who are having terrible games. Blakely has 6 turnovers and offense is a mess yet she only sat a few seconds this half. It is okay to have an off night but if someone isn't hitting what you need in whatever aspect of the game, put someone else in and give them a chance to do better!

The thing is we're hitting a good number of shots, 11 for 22, but it looks so discombobulated still and we have had WAY too many turnovers.

 

[MTOleBlue]

Finally figured out the offense in the 2nd Half, but WAY too many turnovers still... Overall, a good bounce back though!

 

[blueboro007]

AB has just disappeared from our offense. That is unacceptable.

 

[Blue Raider Lightning]

Liberty takes the one seed by edging Western in a battle. Let's hope the Lady Raiders ride this second half dominance wave into the tourney.

 

[jakeboldenbrp]

With Liberty’s win over WKU, the Lady Raiders will be the 2 seed.

As of now, MT would play the winner of Kennesaw/Jax State (I believe?).

 

[jakeboldenbrp]

With Liberty’s win over WKU, the Lady Raiders will be the 2 seed.

As of now, MT would play the winner of Kennesaw/Jax State (I believe?).

If my tie breaking order of operations is correct:

If LT wins, UTEP will be the 10-seed and Kennesaw will be the 7-seed.

If UTEP wins, Jax State will be the 10-seed and Kennesaw will be the 7-seed.

 

[MTOleBlue]

AB has just disappeared from our offense. That is unacceptable.

Hard to get going on offense when they don't throw you the ball - similar story as we've seen all year. Fortunately the guards played well today.

 

[BlueAlpha]

Hard to get going on offense when they don't throw you the ball - similar story as we've seen all year. Fortunately the guards played well today.

Obviously we have a different definition of guards playing well. Against a team with an overall winning percentage of just under 40%, CB had 9 of our 18 turnovers. Yet played 36 minutes. That’s inexcusable. What other coach allows that type carelessness? Clearly she knows that regardless of how she plays, she’s going to continue to get major minutes.

Can you imagine a wide receiver dropping 3-4 catchable passes and staying in the game. Or, a running back with multiple fumbles staying in the game? But, 9 turnovers yet playing 36 minutes 😳🤔

 

[SpaceRaider]

The stage is set: MTSU basketball looks to Conference USA tournament

MTSU men’s and women’s basketball wrapped up the regular season on Saturday and are bound for the Conference USA tournament.

mtsusidelines.com

 

[SpaceRaider]

Women's Basketball Downed by Middle Tennessee in Final Game of the Regular Season on Saturday Afternoon - FIU Athletics

MIAMI – The FIU women's basketball team (11-18, 7-11 CUSA) fell to Middle Tennessee (24-7, 16-2 CUSA), 65-44, in their final matchup of the 2024-25 regular season.

fiusports.com

 

[SpaceRaider]

WBB: Bracket Announced for 2025 CUSA Basketball Championships

2025 CUSA Basketball Championship Bracket (PDF)

conferenceusa.com

Quarterfinal action will tip off Wednesday, March 12 at 11:30 a.m. CT as the Lady Flames will take on the winner of No. 8 Sam Houston and No. 9 Kennesaw State. The Lady Raiders will face off against the winner of No. 7 Kennesaw State and No. 10 UTEP at 2 p.m. CT to wrap up Wednesday’s action.

2025 CUSA Basketball Championship Bracket (PDF)

 

[MTOleBlue]

Obviously we have a different definition of guards playing well. Against a team with an overall winning percentage of just under 40%, CB had 9 of our 18 turnovers. Yet played 36 minutes. That’s inexcusable. What other coach allows that type carelessness? Clearly she knows that regardless of how she plays, she’s going to continue to get major minutes.

Can you imagine a wide receiver dropping 3-4 catchable passes and staying in the game. Or, a running back with multiple fumbles staying in the game? But, 9 turnovers yet playing 36 minutes 😳🤔

I’d like to direct your attention to my post earlier in the thread about CAB and the sloppy play… That said, she was much better in the second half and the guards’ performance is what counterbalanced the lack of post offensive production in this win. Even if it was very sloppy.

 

[MTTim]

If we can get our offense going it looks to me like a rematch with Liberty in the championship game. I believe we can beat them.
Lots of ifs.

 

[MTOleBlue]

If we can get our offense going it looks to me like a rematch with Liberty in the championship game. I believe we can beat them.
Lots of ifs.

Would be a tough road if we face WKU in the semis. But I agree -- we can beat them in Huntsville.

 

[blueboro007]

With recent offensive struggles I have concerns we can beat anyone.

 

[MTFAN61]

With recent offensive struggles I have concerns we can beat anyone.

Starting to think that me hoping our offense will turn around by the upcoming week is like me hoping my XRP will hit $25/coin in the same time frame.
I can always hope, but not at all likely.

 

[MTOleBlue]

With recent offensive struggles I have concerns we can beat anyone.

I do have concerns. But we do always seem to get it together in the conference tournament...