Conference Tournaments

[The Real SamC]

(times are Huntington time, it is an hour earlier in Birmingham)

MEN

First two rounds are produced by American Sports Network

WEDNESDAY
1 - UTSA - FIU 1:00 (Altitude, CSN Bay Area, CSN Chicago, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CST)
2 - MTSU - UNCC 3:30ish (Altitude, CSN Bay Area, CSN Chicago, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CST)
3 - WKU - MU 7:00 (CSN Bay Area, CSN Chicago alternate channel, CSN Mid-Atlantic alternate channel, CST) (assume WCHS will carry game on its GET TV sub-channel)
4 - UNT - RU 9:30ish (CSN Chicago alternate channel, CSN Mid-Atlantic alternate channel, CST)

THURSDAY
5 - UTEP - Game 1 winner 1:00 (Altitude, CSN Bay Area, CSN Chicago, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CST)
6 - ODU - Game 2 winner 3:30ish (Altitude, CSN Bay Area, CSN Chicago, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CST)
7 - UAB - Game 3 winner 7:00 (Altitude 2, CSN Bay Area, CSN Chicago, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CST)
8 - LTU - Game 4 winner 9:30ish (Altitude, CSN Chicago, CSN Mid-Atlantic, CST)


FRIDAY
Thursday day winners - 4:00 (CBS Sports Network)
Thursday night winners - 6:30ish (CBS Sports Network)

SATURDAY
Championship - 3:30 (Fox Sports One)

WOMEN

First two rounds are produced by American Sports Network, but are not carried on any dish distributed channels.

WEDNESDAY
1 - MU - UNCC -12:00
2 - RU - UAB 2:20ish
3 - FAU - LTU 6:00
4 - UTEP - ODU 8:30ish

THURSDAY
5 - WKU - Game 1 winner 12:00
6 - UTSA - Game 2 winner 2:30ish
7 - USM - Game 3 winner 6:00
8 - MTSU - Game 4 winner 8:30ish

FRIDAY
Thursday day winners 11:00 (CBS Sports Network)
Thursday night winners 1:30ish (CBS Sports Network)

SATURDAY
Championship - 8:00 (CBS Sports Network)

 

[Herdmeister]

With Fox and ASN now in the mix, the semi and finals are at much better times. 8pm finals are much better than 11AM start.
This will be by far the best TV coverage we've had of the tournament since we have been a member of the league.

 

[CarolinaHerdzilla]

@ Ty...I sent you my contact info via your email.....did you receive? I have an important business meeting Thur @ 9:30 am. Hopefully, the HERD wins their first game Wed...then I will head to B-ham after the Thursday meeting,

Sweeney (HerdZilla22)

 

[GREEN FEE]

Leaving tomorrow for Birmingham........

 

[connsinfonia]

Both tournaments are in Birmingham? With the time overlaps, they're clearly playing at different venues - anybody know what those are?

 

[The Real SamC]

First two rounds of women's are at the Bartow Arena (UAB's home floor). Semi-finals and Championship, and all of the men's are at the Birmingham-Jefferson County Civic Center.

 

[SquireJack]

Didn't tune in for MU v. WKU with crowd thoughts in mind... But wow - it looks like a women's regular season game between two also-rans. Crowd doesn't look to be more than 1000-1500 (at most). Pathetic. And the game, while close in score, isn't much better. Neither team is playing like it deserves any post-season bid (even pay-to-play games). Lousy atmosphere; lousy basketball.

 

[herdalicious]

Originally posted by SquireJack:
But wow - it looks like a women's regular season game between two also-rans. Crowd doesn't look to be more than 1000-1500 (at most). Pathetic.

So I'm guessing this is your first time watching a C-USA conference tourney, huh?

Originally posted by SquireJack:
Neither team is playing like it deserves any post-season bid (even pay-to-play games).

So I'm guessing this your first time watching a 2014-15 Marshall men's basketball game, huh?

 

[SquireJack]

No, on both counts.

I expected a "one and done" Birmingham trip for the Herd, but thought I'd at least see an inspired effort from Danny's "we're back" boys. They looked like they didn't care about being there. And both the team and its fans could go back to Huntingon on the same bus - with a few empty seats.

This post was edited on 3/11 8:57 PM by SquireJack

 

[herdalicious]

My bad - I'm not on here as much as I used to be, so I sometimes can't tell the johnny-come-latelys apart from the WVU trolls. Carry on with...whatever that is you're doing over there.

 

[ARandomHerdFan]

Is anyone else getting tired of SquireJack's act?
Posted from Rivals Mobile

 

[GoHerd35]

Originally posted by SquireJack:
Didn't tune in for MU v. WKU with crowd thoughts in mind... But wow - it looks like a women's regular season game between two also-rans. Crowd doesn't look to be more than 1000-1500 (at most). Pathetic. And the game, while close in score, isn't much better. Neither team is playing like it deserves any post-season bid (even pay-to-play games). Lousy atmosphere; lousy basketball.

You realize that a tournament crowd in Memphis didn't crack 1,000 in any game Memphis wasn't involved in? You didn't seriously think UAB was going to pack in 3,000+ did you? The Cam wouldn't crack 1,000 either unless the Herd was playing.

 

[SquireJack]

UAB is beating the crap out of MTSU - looking strong. Before the game, USA Today's bracketology "expert" had picked the Blazers to win and be CUSA's sole bid. Their prediction on UAB winning is clearly happening; up 20 with 3 minutes to play. But then they were predicting that UAB was going to be a 16-seed, opening up against UVA as the top seed in that region. Talk about disrespecting CUSA. Surely the CUSA tournament champ is better than a bottom seed. Seriously. I would think the Blazers ought to be about a 12-13 anyway. But no more CUSA "bubble teams" either.

 

[Always The Herd]

Question: Why should they respect CUSA?

 

[SquireJack]

Why should they respect CUSA? Granted, this year CUSA wasn't as strong as in years past; perhaps all the "raiding" of the best schools by better conferences has taken its toll. But still, a 16 seed (if that turns out to be true) means that UAB is considered one of the worst teams in the whole field - from a conference that apparently won't get any at-large bids either (based on projections). This means CUSA is viewed as being "on par" with the SWAC, MEAA, CAA, etc. Pitiful, if true.
UAB didn't have a great record this year, but they were the #4 seed in the CUSA tourney, which means winning it wasn't some outrageously unlikely upset or anything, especially playing the event in Birmingham. So that's really serious disrespect - undeserved, IMO. I could see a 14 even; but 16? UAB probably has the best basketball "rep" of any school still left in CUSA, and the conference is getting set to kick them out. Sad.

This post was edited on 3/14 6:29 PM by SquireJack

This post was edited on 3/14 6:33 PM by SquireJack

 

[oldeherd]

What makes anyone think that CUSA deserves a lot of national respect in basketball? For years, Memphis dominated the league completely, and the joke was CUSA basketball consisted of one "giant" and a bunch of "midgets". After the Tigers left, Tulsa won the championship last year ON THEIR WAY OUT THE DOOR!! Now, we have UAB repeating the same scenario, although their leaving is apparently not voluntary. And when you have former Sun Belt schools like WKU, Middle Tenn and LA Tech join the league and immediately having success, establishing themselves in the top echelon of the league, and challenging for the league championship, what does say about the remaining programs who have been in the league for a while? The league has a lot of work to do, collectively, in the area of gaining and earning national respect, beginning with MU, coming off of 3 seasons averaging 20 losses annually.

 

[SquireJack]

Oldherd, your remarks are reasonable although nobody ever said anything about CUSA deserving "a lot of national respect" in MBB. But if the "bracket prognosticators" who predict that CUSA's champ (UAB) is indeed a 16-seed, it means that CUSA is basically one of the 3-4 worst leagues in the whole country, and by far the worst BB league which is playing D-1 football. In other words, it's down around the MEAC, Colonial, SWAC, etc.

That's just pathetic, if true. As a UK alum I'm a big college BB fan and watch a lot of games. UAB played pretty well in winning the tournament. But if they come in as a 15 or 16 seed (as some are predicting), it will be another one-and-done for the conference in the Dance. I don't think CUSA is THAT bad...

But it's hard to argue the notion that about every decent team formerly in CUSA has been promoted into better leagues, leaving behind relative nobodies. Once upon a time (pre-Marshall), CUSA was damn good basketball (Louisiville, Cincy, etc. etc., plus Memphis too). Sad turn of events.

 

[The Real SamC]

Originally posted by SquireJack:
I'm a big college BB fan and watch a lot of games.

Really?

And you pay attention?

And you don't understand that, in one particular year, a team gets hot and wins a conference tournament with a bad record and gets a worse seed than the conference generally gets. In one particular year. Happens to one-bid leagues, mid-majors, and majors.

That says very little about the conference's overall status. Actually, the reverse is true. Look at years were the regular season champion also wins the tournament and contrast and compare from there. That proper analysis puts CUSA as a solid mid-major.

And you list the CAA (also a solid mid-major) with the two HBCU conferences (which are the bottom two conferences in Div I and would have trouble hanging in Div II) .

You need to watch more basketball.

 

[SquireJack]

Dear SamC -

If you would take the time to read for content, and comprehend what you're reading before opening your mouth, you wouldn't end up with your foot in it. I was not the one disrespecting CUSA. I know a little about BB. I was making the argument that the league is better than others ITT were suggesting. I'm not the one who thinks CUSA is on par with the bottom-feeder one-bid leagues. Peace.

 

[brothersville]

Square Jack come here and let me put my round peg in your square hole.

 

[SquireJack]

Brothers, I don't argue bathroom humor with middle-school queers; go find a buddy closer to your own age with similar intellectual challenges - you'll be happier.

 

[The Real SamC]

Originally posted by SquireJack:
I was not the one disrespecting CUSA. I know a little about BB.

Originally posted by SquireJack:
it means that CUSA is basically one of the 3-4 worst leagues in the whole country, and by far the worst BB league which is playing D-1 football. In other words, it's down around the MEAC, Colonial, SWAC, etc.

Whatever.

Yes, you know VERY little about BB.

 

[SquireJack]

Sam, anyone who actually read what I wrote ITT about the strength of CUSA and UAB knows that all you've done here is selectively cut, paste and misconstrue, all in an effort to hide that size 12 shoe sticking out of your pie hole. Just give it up. Bye.

This post was edited on 3/20 5:56 PM by SquireJack