SFA & Lamar entered the season as the Southland favorites & have lived up to the hype. SLU could be right there with a quality group of guards (Veal is small but electric; Filmore, out the last two years with torn ACLs, can shoot & score) & bigs (Capps battled injuries last season and is an all-conference talent like Veal; Greenwood & Currington are also solid in the post). ACU has had a strong start this season as well and could be a darkhorse to watch in the SLC.