2007 Conference USA Basketball Tournament Semifinals Preview

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Date: Friday, March 10, 2007

Television Coverage: CBS

C-USA Tourney Championship Preview Notes

The 2007 Conference USA Basketball Tournament is about to come to a close to conclude a season of exciting basketball in Conference USA. A few game notes to think about:

Memphis' Fed Ex Forum is the host to the 2007 Conference USA Men's Basketball Championship which began Wednesday.

Memphis looks to win their 32nd consecutive game at FedEx Forum in Memphis, the site of thr 2007 C-USA Basketball Tournament
The 32 straight wins matches BYU's streak for the most consecutive wins in the nation
This will be the first C-USA title game for Houston
12 of Houston's 18 wins came at home this season
All 5 Houston starters played 31+ minutes on Friday led by Rob McKiver and Oliver Lafayette who both played all 40 minutes against Rice
Four Cougars average double-digit scoring per game led by junior guard Rob McKiver with 19.6 ppg
Two Tigers average double-digit scoring led by sophomore guard Chris Douglas-Roberts with 15.3 ppg

Previous match-ups
Memphis won both match-ups of these two teams in 2007 winning @ Houston 79-69 on January 11th and 77-64 in Memphis on February 25th.

How they got here
#1 seed Memphis defeated #8 Marshall in the Quarterfinals 92-71 and handled #4 Tulane 71-49 in the C-USA Tournament Semifinals. #3 Houston defeated #6 Southern Miss 62-59 in the Quarterfinals and #7 Rice 77-62.

by Alexander Firestone -
CUSA-fans.com Guest Writer

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