On Friday I posted an article about three Conference USA basketball games that could help Marshall’s league standing. http://marshallthunderingblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/marshall-basketball-important-c-usa.html
First a foremost Marshall needed to take care of business against SMU which they did with a 64 – 62 victory.
The Herd was also looking for Memphis, Central Florida, and Tulane to win on Saturday, how did those games turn out?
Memphis did not show up during a 74 – 47 road loss to UTEP.
Donnie Jones and Central Florida did Marshall a favor and beat Southern Miss 65 – 64.
Did not have a lot of hope for Tulane beating Tulsa and that hope was squashed with a 66 – 59 Golden Hurricane victory.
So what do the league standings look like now?
1. UAB 10-4
2. Tulsa 9-5
3. UTEP 9-5
4. Memphis 9-5
5. Southern Miss 9-5
6. Marshall 8-6
7. SMU 8-6
8. East Carolina 7-7
9. UCF 5-9
10. Rice 4-10
11. Houston 4-10
12. Tulane 2-12
Marshall currently sits in 6th place and still has a chance to reach the top 4. On Wednesday I will dive into the scenarios that will lead MU to a first round C-USA tournament bye.
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