Marshall leaves

[GreenDuke]

CUSA and the league immediately has their greatest basketball season as a conference. Even though the two aren’t related you can’t make this stuff up.

 

[Chris McLaughlin]

CUSA and the league immediately has their greatest basketball season as a conference. Even though the two aren’t related you can’t make this stuff up.

That’s not even close to being true. Yes it is ironic FAU makes a deep run the year after we leave; but CUSA was a power in the early 2000s and Memphis was in the conversation for most the dominant program in all of CBB under Calipari from 2005-2009.

 

[MichiganHerd]

That’s not even close to being true. Yes it is ironic FAU makes a deep run the year after we leave; but CUSA was a power in the early 2000s and Memphis was in the conversation for most the dominant program in all of CBB under Calipari from 2005-2009.

Correct, but OP was likely referencing V4 or V5 of C-USA. Even Thuggins almost won a national title while at Cincinnati, but not sure if that was back before the Metro morphed into C-USA or not.

 

[Chris McLaughlin]

Correct, but OP was likely referencing V4 or V5 of C-USA. Even Thuggins almost won a national title while at Cincinnati, but not sure if that was back before the Metro morphed into C-USA or not.

That’s true. Been awhile since the conference had a team make a real run in the tourney.

That UC team was in CUSA. Might have won the whole thing had Kenyon Martin not snapped his leg.

 

[ohio herd]

Good for FAU but folks we are still better off in the long run in all sports where we are in the Sun Belt

 

[GreenDuke]

That’s not even close to being true. Yes it is ironic FAU makes a deep run the year after we leave; but CUSA was a power in the early 2000s and Memphis was in the conversation for most the dominant program in all of CBB under Calipari from 2005-2009.

I hear you but has the league ever had a FF team and both NIT finalists.

 

[i am herdman]

CUSA had a very good year.

Hey, but Marshall was 24-8, whatever.

 

[Chris McLaughlin]

I hear you but has the league ever had a FF team and both NIT finalists.

Probably not. Didn’t realize they did so well in the NIT. Impressive.

 

[HerdandHokies]

Sure but isn’t every team that did well leaving next year?

 

[GreenDuke]

Sure but isn’t every team that did well leaving next year?

Yes, all going to AAC

 

[Chris McLaughlin]

Yes, all going to AAC

And the AAC is losing Houston and UC. Probably a net loss overall for them.