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I was a little bit vanilla with this one to get my foot in the door but going forward I'll get in to the interesting nitty gritty of the important games each week between now and the tournament.

Also i'll be media credentialed for the C-USA tournament again this year and will be providing coverage for all teams. Some of you may remember last year I ran in to the uncomfortable situation of UAB losing early which led me to not publishing the rest of the tournament via the UAB blog. Now that I have MMM in addition to The Daily Dragon I'll be able to give all the coverage you guys deserve.

http://www.midmajormadness.com/2017/2/15...e-uab-utep
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No benches were cleared during the Charlotte/ODU scuffle. Both coaching staffs did a great job keeping them in place.
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You mentioned a win by Marshall puts them in a tie with UAB for fourth but wouldn't it put them a half game ahead of UAB. If ODU beats Charlotte then UAB would be outside the top four at least for a few nights.
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(02-15-2017 05:18 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  No benches were cleared during the Charlotte/ODU scuffle. Both coaching staffs did a great job keeping them in place.

We interviewed Mark Adams who was in studio that night for ASN on our podcast and he informed us players and coaches did in fact leave the bench and deserved to be held to the same ruling that took place between UAB and La Tech.

Regardless you're right they did do a great job of not letting it escalate. I certainly didn't write that to be a slight. Honestly I just took Mark's word of the accounting.
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(02-15-2017 06:39 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  You mentioned a win by Marshall puts them in a tie with UAB for fourth but wouldn't it put them a half game ahead of UAB. If ODU beats Charlotte then UAB would be outside the top four at least for a few nights.

Absolutely would and that's my mistake. I'll fix. Thanks for pointing that out. UAB having played a game more than Marshall threw me off.
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Sad to see this. As a fan of original CUSA, anything
against mid-majordom was hard fought.
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(02-15-2017 07:48 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  
(02-15-2017 05:18 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  No benches were cleared during the Charlotte/ODU scuffle. Both coaching staffs did a great job keeping them in place.

We interviewed Mark Adams who was in studio that night for ASN on our podcast and he informed us players and coaches did in fact leave the bench and deserved to be held to the same ruling that took place between UAB and La Tech.

Regardless you're right they did do a great job of not letting it escalate. I certainly didn't write that to be a slight. Honestly I just took Mark's word of the accounting.

I watched it. They replayed it several times on the ASN broadcast and made a point of mentioning that both staffs did a good job keeping the teams on the benches. They all certainly stood up and moved to join but didn't take more than a few steps onto the court. One ODU assistant did go out to break up the fight and should have been ejected. "Bench Clearing" is not an accurate description nor would be comparing it to what happened in B'Ham.
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(02-15-2017 08:03 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  Sad to see this. As a fan of original CUSA, anything
against mid-majordom was hard fought.

You'll like this, then.
The C-USA rep in this early season OOC tourney next year competes in the "heavyweight division" bracket in Vegas. There's a second, "middleweight bracket" scheduled, as well.
http://www.fanragsports.com/news/sources...ain-event/
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Any CUSA coverage is a good thing in my view. Thanks for all the hard work you keep putting in to spread the word about CUSA basketball.

And yes, you're definitely right that Rice matches up better against guard-oriented teams than interior-dominated teams. But I do think that if we beat UTSA tonight, then our momentum will be pretty strong heading into the UTEP game. And we're also better off facing teams without a lot of depth. If our big guys are getting into foul trouble, then that should mean (especially at home) that the other team's big guys are in foul trouble too. And since UTEP isn't a deep team, if Wilms and Thomas are in foul trouble, then we have a better chance of beating them.
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(02-15-2017 08:03 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  Sad to see this. As a fan of original CUSA, anything
against mid-majordom was hard fought.

Whether we like it or not, CUSA is mid-major. We simply don't have the resources of the P5 or Big East.
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(02-16-2017 08:17 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  
(02-15-2017 08:03 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  Sad to see this. As a fan of original CUSA, anything
against mid-majordom was hard fought.

Whether we like it or not, CUSA is mid-major. We simply don't have the resources of the P5 or Big East.

Not according to Lindy's Magazine, we are still listed as a high major in their preseason publication..shh don't tell anyone the conference has gone downhill last few seasons....
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(02-15-2017 11:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(02-15-2017 07:48 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  
(02-15-2017 05:18 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  No benches were cleared during the Charlotte/ODU scuffle. Both coaching staffs did a great job keeping them in place.

We interviewed Mark Adams who was in studio that night for ASN on our podcast and he informed us players and coaches did in fact leave the bench and deserved to be held to the same ruling that took place between UAB and La Tech.

Regardless you're right they did do a great job of not letting it escalate. I certainly didn't write that to be a slight. Honestly I just took Mark's word of the accounting.

I watched it. They replayed it several times on the ASN broadcast and made a point of mentioning that both staffs did a good job keeping the teams on the benches. They all certainly stood up and moved to join but didn't take more than a few steps onto the court. One ODU assistant did go out to break up the fight and should have been ejected. "Bench Clearing" is not an accurate description nor would be comparing it to what happened in B'Ham.

Fair point. I regret describing it as such and have requested that the editor change it. My apologies.
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(02-16-2017 08:06 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Any CUSA coverage is a good thing in my view. Thanks for all the hard work you keep putting in to spread the word about CUSA basketball.

And yes, you're definitely right that Rice matches up better against guard-oriented teams than interior-dominated teams. But I do think that if we beat UTSA tonight, then our momentum will be pretty strong heading into the UTEP game. And we're also better off facing teams without a lot of depth. If our big guys are getting into foul trouble, then that should mean (especially at home) that the other team's big guys are in foul trouble too. And since UTEP isn't a deep team, if Wilms and Thomas are in foul trouble, then we have a better chance of beating them.

I like Rice in both games this week. They have a great opportunity to cement themselves in the top 5 of the standings if they can TCB during this 4 game stand. In my opinion Rice can beat any team in CUSA on any given night and you have to admit that's not something that has ever been the case in past years. Regardless of some of the recent shortcomings it has to be a great time to be following the program.
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(02-16-2017 05:38 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  
(02-15-2017 11:04 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(02-15-2017 07:48 PM)BlazerGold09 Wrote:  
(02-15-2017 05:18 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  No benches were cleared during the Charlotte/ODU scuffle. Both coaching staffs did a great job keeping them in place.

We interviewed Mark Adams who was in studio that night for ASN on our podcast and he informed us players and coaches did in fact leave the bench and deserved to be held to the same ruling that took place between UAB and La Tech.

Regardless you're right they did do a great job of not letting it escalate. I certainly didn't write that to be a slight. Honestly I just took Mark's word of the accounting.

I watched it. They replayed it several times on the ASN broadcast and made a point of mentioning that both staffs did a good job keeping the teams on the benches. They all certainly stood up and moved to join but didn't take more than a few steps onto the court. One ODU assistant did go out to break up the fight and should have been ejected. "Bench Clearing" is not an accurate description nor would be comparing it to what happened in B'Ham.

Fair point. I regret describing it as such and have requested that the editor change it. My apologies.

I wasn't offended by it. Just pointing it out from my memory. If the coaches hadn't stopped them it would have gotten out of hand. Keep up the good work.
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