Games of Interest: January 17th, 2015

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Games of Interest: January 17th, 2015

RICE OWLS (2-10, 1-3)
CHARLOTTE 49ERS (8-8, 2-2)

Non-Conference Opponents:

Purdue (10-7)
Penn State (12-5)

Miami (12-4)
12 Notre Dame (16-2)

Georgia State (10-6)
Appalachian State (4-10)

UNC Asheville (4-8)
Campbell (4-11)

Georgia Tech (9-7)
Pittsburgh (11-5)

George Mason (5-10)
George Washington (13-4)

Butler (13-5)
Georgetown (11-5)

North Carolina A&T (2-14)
Hampton (8-8)

Davidson (11-3)
Richmond (9-8)

College of Charleston (6-12)
Northeastern (12-5)

Elon (8-8)
James Madison (10-8)

South Carolina (9-5)
Auburn (8-7)

Charleston Classic Participants
Drexel (3-12)
Delaware (3-13)

Columbia (7-6)
Cornell (7-8)

Central Michigan (9-2)
Akron (10-5)

Conference USA
UTEP (11-5, 3-1)
UTSA (6-7, 2-2)

Middle Tennessee (9-7, 3-1)
Louisiana Tech (12-4, 4-0)

Marshall (2-13, 0-4)
Florida Atlantic (5-8, 0-4)

Western Kentucky(9-5 ,4-0
FIU(7-8, 2-2)

North Texas (5-9, 1-3)
Old Dominion (14-2, 3-1)

UAB (6-10, 4-0)
Southern Miss (3-10, 0-4)

Conference USA Standings
[table]
[tr]
[td]Rank[/td][td]Team[/td][td]Wins[/td][td]Losses[/td][td]Win%[/td]
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[tr]
[td]1[/td][td]Louisiana Tech[/td][td]4[/td][td]0[/td][td]1.000[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]2[/td][td]Western Kentucky[/td][td]4[/td][td]0[/td][td]1.000[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]3[/td][td]UAB[/td][td]3[/td][td]1[/td][td].750[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]4[/td][td]UTEP[/td][td]3[/td][td]1[/td][td].750[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]5[/td][td]Old Dominion[/td][td]3[/td][td]1[/td][td].750[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]6[/td][td]Middle Tennessee[/td][td]3[/td][td]1[/td][td].750[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]7[/td][td]UTSA[/td][td]2[/td][td]2[/td][td].500[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]8[/td][td]FIU[/td][td]2[/td][td]2[/td][td].500[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]9[/td][td]Charlotte[/td][td]2[/td][td]2[/td][td].500[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]10[/td][td]Rice[/td][td]1[/td][td]3[/td][td].250[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]11[/td][td]North Texas[/td][td]1[/td][td]3[/td][td].250[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]12[/td][td]Florida Atlantic[/td][td]0[/td][td]4[/td][td].000[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]13[/td][td]Marshall[/td][td]0[/td][td]4[/td][td].000[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]14[/td][td]Southern Miss[/td][td]0[/td][td]4[/td][td].000[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

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Good to see we easily have the strongest strength of schedule in CUSA. Our schedule’s ranked 58th in the country, while no other CUSA team is even in the Top 100.

Sadly, all it does is pretty much guarantee that we’re a 1-bid conference this year. That, and the fact that CUSA is ranked 18th in conference RPI at the moment. Pretty sure that’s worse than last year. Normally I’d think Rice, North Texas and UTSA are dragging us down…but even the top teams in CUSA are scheduling like pansies. Time to get a commish who demands more out of these schools/coaches. We’re never gonna be more than an afterthought in NCAA Tourney bids if 13 of our 14 schools have a SOS in the 100s. It’s embarrassing.
-G-