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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.  [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2008/10/24/2008-09-season-primers-18-sun-belt/feed/ 0