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Sun Belt Wrapup & Tourney Preview

rtmsf — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:54:24 +0000

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.

Final Results Are In

A couple things were expected. And a lot was not. WKU sitting out the first round is no shocker. UALR atop the West was expected as well. But MTSU was expected to do a lot better. Additionally, who would have “thunk” that head coaches Mike Jarvis and John Brady would finish at the bottom of their respective divisions and as 12th and 13th seeds? Wow. Lastly, how does Troy, a team that actually was picked [...]

Checking in on the… Sun Belt

rtmsf — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:28:51 +0000

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.

Rohnert Seals Two Quality Wins for the Pioneers

Denver’s recent streak of bad luck in close games came to an end last weekend against East with a 78-74 win at home over Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers pulled within two points in the final minute last Saturday, but Denver’s Brian Stafford connected on a bounce pass to cutting teammate Nate Rohnert for a backdoor layup. This put the Pioneers up by four points with 13 seconds left to finish off the Toppers. WKU saw [...]

Checking in on the… Sun Belt

rtmsf — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:17:10 +0000

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.

No Sweep for Trio The talented trio of newcomer Head Coaches John Brady, Mike Jarvis, and Ken McDonald fared differently in first contests with thier programs. Mike Jarvis (Florida Atlantic) gained his first victory as the Owls defeated Monmouth to open the season, while John Brady (Arkansas State) and Ken McDonald (Western Kentucky) dropped contests to Houston and Ole Miss, respectively.

UNO Happy to be Back “Home” New Orleans will take the court this season in a quite impressive Lake Front Arena now that rennovations [...]

2008-09 Season Primers: #18 – Sun Belt

rtmsf — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:06:49 +0000

Rick Henderson of The Owl’s Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt conference.

Predicted Order of Finish:

East

Middle Tennessee (19-11, 13-5) Western Kentucky (18-11, 12-6) South Alabama (18-11, 11-7) Florida Atlantic (17-14, 10-8) Florida International (15 -16, 8-10) Troy (12-20, 5-13)

West

Arkansas-Little Rock (17-9, 12-6) North Texas (16-13, 10-8) Louisiana-Lafayette (15-14, 10-8) Arkansas State (14-15, 8-10) Denver (12-17, 7-11) Louisiana-Monroe (15-14, 7-11) New Orleans (11-19, 4-14)

WYN2K. The Belt took a step forward last season with the NCAA Tourney appearance of South Alabama, and the deep run of Western Kentucky into the Sweet 16, jumping from 17 to 14 in the RPI rankings. Accordingly, recruiting is on the way up all around. [...]

Conference Primers: #20 – Sun Belt

rtmsf — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:08:59 +0000

Predicted Order of Finish:

East

Western Kentucky (20-7) (14-4) Florida Atlantic (21-10) (12-6) South Alabama (15-13) (9-9) Middle Tennessee St. (14-15) (9-9) Troy (11-18) (7-11) Florida International (11-18) (6-12)

West

Louisiana-Monroe (19-9) (13-5) New Orleans (18-12) (11-7) Arkansas-Little Rock (16-13) (10-8) North Texas (14-15) (8-10) Arkansas St. (12-17) (7-11) Louisiana-Lafayette (8-18) (6-12) Denver (8-20) (4-14)

WYN2K. The Sun Belt is a league that has seen better days in the eyes of the basketball world. In the 80s and early 90s, the conference was a top ten league that regularly sent multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament (10 times from 1980-95), peaking at four bids in 1986. Since 1995, [...]