2017-18 C-USA Basketball Preseason

From yesterday’s C-USA Tipoff event in Frisco.

Dentonrc.com: Conference USA aims to bolster hoops RPI, national perception

Middle Tennessee’s Brandon Walters on this list from Jon Rothstein.

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Rick Stansbury (#66) and Middle Tennessee (#67) make another list from Jon Rothstein.

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ESPN BPI
81 Middle Tennessee
100 LA Tech
108 WKU
139 UTEP
141 ODU
146 UAB
230 Marshall
255 FAU
264 CHARLOTTE
285 UTSA
287 North Texas
296 Rice
320 Southern Miss
346 FIU

ESPN.com: College Basketball Power Index

[quote=“Run49er, post:24, topic:31131”]ESPN BPI
81 Middle Tennessee
100 LA Tech
108 WKU
139 UTEP
141 ODU
146 UAB
230 Marshall
255 FAU
264 CHARLOTTE
285 UTSA
287 North Texas
296 Rice
320 Southern Miss
346 FIU

ESPN.com: College Basketball Power Index[/quote]

264 :’( Having been fanatically following this program since 1971-72 when I began as a student here, seeing this is just crushingly depressing.

[quote=“49er1, post:25, topic:31131”][quote=“Run49er, post:24, topic:31131”]ESPN BPI
81 Middle Tennessee
100 LA Tech
108 WKU
139 UTEP
141 ODU
146 UAB
230 Marshall
255 FAU
264 CHARLOTTE
285 UTSA
287 North Texas
296 Rice
320 Southern Miss
346 FIU

ESPN.com: College Basketball Power Index[/quote]

264 :’( Having been fanatically following this program since 1971-72 when I began as a student here, seeing this is just crushingly depressing.[/quote]

I have no basis for my opinion, but I think 246 is based on 10 years of past results and we are going to have to prove them wrong to move up. I don’t think we are going to be a 246 team this year, but we are until we prove that we aren’t.

[quote=“Nugget, post:26, topic:31131”][quote=“49er1, post:25, topic:31131”][quote=“Run49er, post:24, topic:31131”]ESPN BPI
81 Middle Tennessee
100 LA Tech
108 WKU
139 UTEP
141 ODU
146 UAB
230 Marshall
255 FAU
264 CHARLOTTE
285 UTSA
287 North Texas
296 Rice
320 Southern Miss
346 FIU

ESPN.com: College Basketball Power Index[/quote]

264 :’( Having been fanatically following this program since 1971-72 when I began as a student here, seeing this is just crushingly depressing.[/quote]

I have no basis for my opinion, but I think 246 is based on 10 years of past results and we are going to have to prove them wrong to move up. I don’t think we are going to be a 246 team this year, but we are until we prove that we aren’t.[/quote]

You just moved us up 18 positions, from 264 to 246. Good job.
:grinning:

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