CUSA-fans.com presents the Conference USA Basketball Power 5, a weekly-updated ranking of the top 5 basketball teams in Conference USA as voted on by the CUSA-fans.com staff. Like the Top 25 polls, 5 points are awarded for a 1st place vote and 1 for a 5th place vote.
This week's guest voter is kyyote, the head man over at The Kyyote's Den. The Kyyote's Den is the newest Partner site for CUSA-fans.com.
All comments, records and RPI rankings are through 02/25 games.
updated 02/27/06
Rank
Team
Points
Record
RPI
Comments
1
Memphis (6)
30
26-2
(12-0)
6
Didn't really dominate the past two games, but the Tigers remain undefeated and clinch at least a share of the Conference USA title.
2t
UTEP
21
18-7
(10-2)
64
A 10-point loss to Memphis and a revenge win over Houston are enough to finally put UTEP into a tie for #2 in our Power 5 rankings.
2t
UAB
21
20-5
(10-2)
52
A win over Memphis could lock up an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament for the Blazers. A win over the Tigers could also pivot UAB back into sole possession of the #2 spot in the CUSA-fans.com Power 5. We all know which they'd rather have...
4
Houston
12
18-7
(8-4)
54
The loss @ UTEP dropped Houston to 8-4 in the conference. By no means is their record bad, but this team was expected to do so much more. The early C-USA losses really hurt the Cougars and will likely come back to haunt them.
5
Central Florida
5
12-13
(6-6)
197
At 6-6 the Golden Knights are 1 game up on both Rice and Tulane (5-7) for 5th place in Conference USA. While the records for #5 and down are mediocre we could spin it to show the parity of the league this year...