As the kickoff of men’s basketball conference play approaches with four games on Thursday, December 28th, here’s how the teams fared in OOC play. Listed by won-loss record.
C-USA Players of the Week
N13: Jon Elmore, Marshall
N20: Nick King, Middle Tennessee
N27: Chris Cokley, UAB
D4: Jon Elmore, Marshall
D11: Nick King, Middle Tennessee
D18: Ajdin Penava, Marshall
D26: Nick King, Middle Tennessee
Thursday, December 28th
Southern Miss @ Marshall
Louisiana Tech @ WKU
Rice @ UTSA
North Texas @ UTEP
Saturday, December 30th
CHARLOTTE @ Old Dominion
Southern Miss @ WKU
Louisiana Tech @ Marshall
Rice @ UTEP
Middle Tennessee @ UAB
FAU @ FIU
North Texas @ UTSA
Reading that 2017 C-USA All-Freshman 6-4 G Jalen Harris has left LA Tech. Sophomore was 2nd leading scorer for the Bulldogs at 15.3 ppg through OOC play.
Also read that WKU still waiting on NCAA to rule on the eligibility of two players - touted freshman 6-4 G Josh Anderson (2017 #60 per 247Sports) and redshirt sophomore 6-9 F Moustapha Diagne. Toppers basically an 8 player team at this point.
Niners will be facing the current C-USA POTW when they travel to Denton on Thursday. North Texas sophomore 6-3 SG Roosevelt Smart averaged 25.5 ppg and 5.5 rpg in two road wins for the Mean Green last week versus UTEP and UTSA.
And speaking of UTSA, G Jhivvan Jackson garners his third freshman of week award this season, tying him with teammate Keaton Wallace.
On Saturday the Niners will face yet another reigning POTW in Darius Thompson. The 6-4 SG for WKU had a triple double of 33 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Hilltoppers’ 112-87 win at Marshall.
And UTSA continues its stranglehold on FOTW as Jhivvan Jackson is named top frosh for the third consecutive week and fourth time overall.
Per Jon Rothstein, Anderson has been cleared to play, so we’ll see him next week when WKU visits Halton.
Fanragsports.com: NEWS Rothstein | WKU’s Josh Anderson cleared by NCAA[/quote]
And now Diagne has been cleared to play as well. The one-time Syracuse signee and 4-star high school prospect has taken a circuitous route to D-I hoops and will be joining his WKU teammates on their road trip to Norfolk and Charlotte.
[Quote]Under-The-Radar game tonight in C-USA: Western Kentucky at ODU. Both are 3-0 in league play. Two best teams in conference along with Middle Tennessee.
7:19 AM · Jan 11, 2018[/quote] Twitter.com: Jon Rothstein
Been looking at the latest Bracketology updates of both Joe Lunardi and Jerry Palm (as of January 15th) and the latter lists Middle Tennessee and WKU in his field of 68.
Of course, I realize the respective RPIs of the C-USA frontrunners are likely to suffer as the season progresses but nice to see more than just one conference rep on a list for a change!