Conference USA First Round Recap Recap by Zach Van Hart No. 5 Charlotte 78, No. 12 Tulane 48 Five days ago, Charlotte defeated Tulane 79-65 to clinch a share of the regular season title. Wednesday was more of the same, as the Niners sprinted to a 12-2 lead and never […]
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Conference USA Quarterfinals Preview
Conference USA Quarterfinals Preview Preview by Zach Van Hart No. 3 Cincinnati versus No. 6 Louisville It’s always a battle when the Bearcats and Cardinals take the floor. Thursday shouldn’t be any different as these two square off in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament. While the game is being […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart NCAA history? Two-way tie for the regular season championship, that happens all the time in Division I basketball. Three-way tie, not very likely yet occasionally could happen. But a five-way tie for the title; that’s not only uncommon, it may be unprecedented. When […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Happenings up top With five teams still in contention for the regular season title, there was a plethora of big games last week. Two of the biggest wins came via road teams, plus a few big wins from home teams. The first big […]
Sun Belt Notebook
Sun Belt Conference Notebook by Zach Van Hart Coming on strong They started out the conference season hot. Now they have finished it hot too. South Alabama, which lost eight straight Sun Belt games during the middle of the season, won its last three conference games to sneak into the […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Block party Welcome to C-USA, where all those who enter the lane beware; your shot may find its way into the third row seats. The conference is home to some of the nation’s shot blockers, while many are unheralded or just flat out […]
Louisville at Cincinnati
Louisville and Cincinnati – Ugly by Zach Van Hart CINCINNATI – When Louisville and Cincinnati faced each other Jan. 21, both teams were ranked in the top six in the country, as the game was built up as one of the biggest of the season in college basketball. Exactly one […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Breakthrough of the week Last week it was East Carolina winning on the road. This week it was USF winning – period. The last team with no conference wins finally cracked the ‘W’ column with a 68-60 against Southern Miss Saturday. Even without […]
Conference USA Notebook
Conference USA Notebook by Zach Van Hart Breakthrough of the week While this score line – East Carolina 59, USF 57 – is not going to make it anywhere on SportsCenter, it was a historic win for the Pirates. After two and a half years in C-USA, East Carolina has […]
State of C-USA
Farewell to the “Old” Conference USA by Zach Van Hart “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” What a great line, huh? While that was talking about two cities, I’m using it to describe one conference, Conference USA. During the past week and a half, […]
