Why is MTSU so bad?
MT woes a combination of things:
Coach and player turnover (11 players on 2018 C-USA regular season championship team no longer at MT);
2018 recruiting class falling apart with Kermit Davis leaving for Ole Miss;
and an OOC sked deemed one of the most difficult this season (NET# as of 1-1-19) - #59 Belmont, #3 UVa, #48 Butler, #108 Stanford, #39 Lipscomb, #42 Vandy, #51 Murray State, #50 Toledo, #43 Ole Miss, and #103 URI - all losses by double digits.
Charlotte is arguably the worst team in the conference. #thanksjudy
FWIW, early battle for first place tonight when LA Tech travels to North Texas.
Finals - Thursday, January 3rd
WKU 68
Charlotte 50
FIU 83
Middle Tennessee 76
LA Tech 59
North Texas 63
Marshall 70
ODU 67
Southern Miss 65
Rice 73
FAU 50
UAB 67
UTEP 60
UTSA 75
Finals - Saturday, January 5th
Marshall 85
Charlotte 84
FAU 63
Middle Tennessee 56
Southern Miss 62
North Texas 65
WKU 66
ODU 69
LA Tech 66
Rice 78
FIU 65
UAB 84
And in the late game from last night, the Roadrunners complete the back-to-back sweep of the Miners.
UTSA 67
UTEP 63
Standings as of 1-5-19 (C-USA | Overall):
North Texas 3-0 | 15-1
UAB 2-0 | 10-5
Marshall 2-0 | 9-6
UTSA 2-0 | 8-7
Rice 2-1 | 7-9
ODU 1-1 | 11-4
FAU 1-1 | 10-5
FIU 1-1 | 10-5
WKU 1-1 | 8-7
LA Tech 1-2 | 12-5
UTEP 0-2 | 5-8
Charlotte 0-2 | 3-10
Middle Tennessee 0-2 | 3-12
Southern Miss 0-3 | 8-7
If the conference tournament started today, we’d be in it!!
C-USA players of the week (1-7-19):
Jack Williams, GR SR 6-8 F, Rice - POTW
Taevion Kinsey, FR 6-5 G, Marshall - FOTW
Finals from Thursday, January 10th.
Standings as of 1-12-19 (C-USA | Overall | NET#):
UTSA 4-0 | 10-7 | #149
Marshall 3-0 | 10-6 | #126
North Texas 4-1 | 16-2 | #57
LA Tech 3-2 | 13-5 | #101
ODU 2-2 | 12-5 | #105
FAU 2-2 | 11-6 | #186
FIU 2-2 | 11-6 | # 214
UAB 2-2 | 10-7 | #157
Southern Miss 2-3 | 10-7 | #138
Rice 2-3 | 7-11 | #219
WKU 1-2 | 8-8 | #114
UTEP 1-3 | 6-9 | #249
Charlotte 1-3 | 4-11 | #252
Middle Tennessee 0-4 | 3-14 | #325
Winning shot for UTEP vs Rice. Great D there, Owls! 
Players of the week (1-14-19):
Jhivvan Jackson, SO 6-0 G, UTSA - POTW
Nigel Hawkins, FR 6-4 G, UTEP - FOTW
No way he got that off in .5 seconds.
Hawthorne, you could be right about that.
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Apparently this happened just before the other clip at .5. The .5 shot should have never happened. Clock started later here.
Can an inquiry overturn the game result or does it just mean, “hey refs, you screwed up, do better”?
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Most likely the latter and that seems to be Rice’s intent per the KVIA report. Suppose the crew could be suspended also if C-USA determined they were wrong.
Wonder if UTEP’s Hawkins would have been named freshman of the week if the Miners had lost.
FWIW, I don’t agree with Gottlieb that the clock should have expired on the deflection that set up the final play. Now, being able to catch a cross court heave and then spin and shoot in half a second is another thing!