Conference USA Basketball Power 5
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.
All comments, records and RPI rankings are through 02/11 games.
updated 02/14/06
Rank |
Team |
Points |
Record |
RPI |
Comments |
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1 |
Memphis (4) |
20 |
22-2
(8-0) |
4 |
Listening to their 17-0 run in front of a packed house @ Marshall, it was amazing at how quickly a 3 point deficit became a 14 point lead. Every time the Herd tried to put together a run the Tigers had an answer to quiet the crowd. |
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2 |
UAB |
14 |
17-5
(7-2) |
48 |
The loss @ UTEP was ugly, but when looking at the entire season the Blazers have the best chance at making the tourney of any C-USA team not named Memphis.
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3 |
UTEP |
13 |
15-6
(8-1) |
94 |
Miner fans will hate that they did not move up more, but when you look at this from a season-long perspective UTEP is not the #2 team in the conference. Not yet at least. |
|
4 |
Houston |
9 |
16-6
(6-3) |
59 |
Starting to round into form again with 6 straight wins. If they run the table, do they get back into NCAA hunt? |
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5 |
Rice |
4 |
10-12
(4-5) |
198 |
They get this spot by default as no other team deserves it. Tulane, UCF, Tulsa and SMU got a look for #5, but each of those teams has very unimpressive resumes. As a result the Owls take the #5 spot in the CUSA-fans.com Power 5 rankings. |
Also receiving votes: n/a
Added this week: n/a
Dropped out: Tulane
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