I know it's early, but... how about the American??!!

[EricLA]

The American conference is doing AWESOME. AND... Cinci is in first place at 1-0!!

8 teams have played their first game and all 8 won.

Cinci beat SE Missouri State 83-75
ECU beat Greensborough 107-40
SMU beat Texas State 64-56
Memphis beat Missouri State 69-60
UCF beat FIU 69-52
Temple beat St. Joe's 86-70
Tulsa beat UMKC 80-70
Tulane beat Grambling 79-56

UCONN is tied for last place with USF and Houston...

 

[triaddukefan]

The American conference is doing AWESOME. AND... Cinci is in first place at 1-0!!

8 teams have played their first game and all 8 won.

Cinci beat SE Missouri State 83-75
ECU beat Greensborough 107-40
SMU beat Texas State 64-56
Memphis beat Missouri State 69-60
UCF beat FIU 69-52
Temple beat St. Joe's 86-70
Tulsa beat UMKC 80-70
Tulane beat Grambling 79-56

UCONN is tied for last place with USF and Houston...

1) its Greensboro

2) Does it actually count as a regular season victory? Greensboro is a Division III school...

3) Nice to see the ECU coach helping out her alma mater

 

[EricLA]

1) its Greensboro

2) Does it actually count as a regular season victory? Greensboro is a Division III school...

3) Nice to see the ECU coach helping out her alma mater

Ah thanks for the correction. Most of my post was tongue-in-cheek in that UCONN won't end up anywhere near the bottom of the league, Cinci won't end up anywhere near the top, and it's probably the only time this season that 8 teams will be undefeated in our league...

 

[MilfordHusky]

It may take a while, but WCBB in the American will improve as a result of having UConn in the conference.

 

[CBear01]

UCONN is tied for last place with USF and Houston...

Started from the bottom now we here
Started from the bottom now the whole team *** here

Plus, I'm sure Geno would care less if we loss our first 6 games, he wants to win the last 6, the only ones that really matter.

 

[Carnac]

As I was reminded by a fellow poster last week. It's not where/how you start, but how you finish. I don't care who you play. It's ALWAYS nice to win your first game of the season!!!!!!!!

 

[Plebe]

The American conference is doing AWESOME. AND... Cinci is in first place at 1-0!!

8 teams have played their first game and all 8 won.

Cinci beat SE Missouri State 83-75
ECU beat Greensborough 107-40
SMU beat Texas State 64-56
Memphis beat Missouri State 69-60
UCF beat FIU 69-52
Temple beat St. Joe's 86-70
Tulsa beat UMKC 80-70
Tulane beat Grambling 79-56

UCONN is tied for last place with USF and Houston...

1) its Greensboro

2) Does it actually count as a regular season victory? Greensboro is a Division III school...

3) Nice to see the ECU coach helping out her alma mater

Valid question. My understanding is that games vs. D-II and D-III schools do count officially toward the win-loss record but are disregarded by the committee for tournament selection and seeding purposes.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Ah thanks for the correction. Most of my post was tongue-in-cheek in that UCONN won't end up anywhere near the bottom of the league, Cinci won't end up anywhere near the top, and it's probably the only time this season that 8 teams will be undefeated in our league...

Eric---I'm so happy you cleared that up!! When is a Donkey a Boro or a Borough or burro or buro?? /--sorry if I'm making an jackass of myself. Cinci has always been near the bottom of Ohio-

 

[Plebe]

The American conference is doing AWESOME. AND... Cinci is in first place at 1-0!!

8 teams have played their first game and all 8 won.

Cinci beat SE Missouri State 83-75
ECU beat Greensborough 107-40
SMU beat Texas State 64-56
Memphis beat Missouri State 69-60
UCF beat FIU 69-52
Temple beat St. Joe's 86-70
Tulsa beat UMKC 80-70
Tulane beat Grambling 79-56

UCONN is tied for last place with USF and Houston...

Although most of these wins came against teams that finished last season in the bottom half of the RPI,

Valid question. My understanding is that games vs. D-II and D-III schools do count officially toward the win-loss record but are disregarded by the committee for tournament selection and seeding purposes.

I should've added that, even though it counts toward the win-loss record, it is disregarded by both the RPI formula and the tournament selection committee.

 

[Plebe]

The American conference is doing AWESOME. AND... Cinci is in first place at 1-0!!

8 teams have played their first game and all 8 won.

Cinci beat SE Missouri State 83-75
ECU beat Greensborough 107-40
SMU beat Texas State 64-56
Memphis beat Missouri State 69-60
UCF beat FIU 69-52
Temple beat St. Joe's 86-70
Tulsa beat UMKC 80-70
Tulane beat Grambling 79-56

UCONN is tied for last place with USF and Houston...

While most of these wins can hardly be described as resume-builders (coming against the teams that finished last year in the lower half of the RPI), the win by Memphis over Missouri State — which just today beat the Big 12's Kansas in Lawrence by 23 — is pretty damn noteworthy.