BASKETBALL Why only 3 games in 3 weeks?
- Thread starter MTsumner92
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It seems to me, whether it be men or women, they tend to be home or away for the Thursday/Saturday schedule.
If we have 12 or so schools in the current configuration, then by default 6 schools will be on the road each week. Otherwise who is the home team gonna play?
So unless I missed something, I don’t get how the 3 schools mentioned above got the short end of the stick?
I had been reviewing the CUSA composite men's schedule. The last 2 regular season games in question dated 03/02 & 03/04 the MT men for example have to spend a number of days traveling to Texas for games against UTEP & UNT. Only to come back home for maybe 1 to 2 days max before traveling all the way back to Texas again for the tournament. Who knows maybe they'll just stay in Dallas after the regular season's over. What bothered me most was Rice, UTEP, UTSA, & UNT all get home games 03/02. And on 03/04 once again Rice, UTEP, & UNT get their 2nd consecutive home game prior to the Dallas CUSA tourney being in their back yard anyway. In essence zero travel prep time compared to rest of CUSA the week prior to tournament. UTSA is off so in essence no travel wear for them either.
To me it appeared all of the men's Texas schools were being coddled in preparation for the tournament. Comparing the Texas schools who have the tourney in their own state it looked to me the MT men due to back & forth travel time to various Texas locations over a 2 week span got somewhat a raw deal. But of course each person can draw their on conclusions & may feel differently.
from a post on the cusa board:
NET data thru 02.18.23.
Current CUSA
Fla. Atlantic 24
North Texas 46
UAB 67
Charlotte 111
Middle Tenn. 114
Louisiana Tech 152
Rice 159
Western Ky. 171
UTEP 189
FIU 212
UTSA 303
Average 141
Future CUSA
Liberty 47
Sam Houston 61
Middle Tenn. 114
Kennesaw St. 133
Louisiana Tech 152
Western Ky. 171
New Mexico St. 188
UTEP 189
FIU 212
Jacksonville St. 270
Average 154
2022-23 average comps based on future conference affiliations (final average NET ranking from 21-22):
MWC 88 (113)
AAC 141 (107)
CUSA 154 (178)
A-10 165 (136)
SBC 180 (200)
MVC 187 (155)
MAC 208 (220)
What this analytic tells me is it doesn’t look promising for second NCAA bid for CUSA. It would have to be Florida Atlantic and tournament champion. This week, FAU is deep in RV category (6-AP) with loss to us, which means they need to win out until C-USA Championship and either lose to MT, UAB, or North Texas for reasonable hope. Not sure how damaging another loss to MT works in the “calculus”. Conference (and us) could stand to benefit with an additional NCAA tournament share with two teams. With this ranking, appears like a one bid league again (FAU-12, UAB/NT-13, MT/Charlotte probably 14, field no better than 15 seed—even possibly 16) in my view. Feel FAU would get an 10 if they totally run the table or 11 if they lose one more regular season and ultimately win the C-USA tournament.
I am expecting us to get 2 bids this year by default. Hope we win the tournament but I really think that UAB is the team to beat. Expect FAU to get a bid but get beat in the 2nd round of cusa tournament by a streaking bunch from middle Tenn!
