I will add that some people do believe that when positive things do occur, many are reluctant to give credit to the team. That may be due to the past when results were not consistent. Also questions about the strength of the pre conference schedule are reasonable and I am ignoring the non D1 games when I say that. However you can never truly know the strength of a team in preseason and the players have no control over that. One ☝️ should not assume the current team will have the same inconsistent results. If you watch them play you will see that they play hard and have a team first mentality. Will that be enough to have significant success in conference play, I do not know.
This is one of the best Cajun teams in recent years for sure, but it aint gonna be easy to win this conference. The top half is going to be pretty good this year and we will be in that discussion, but the following teams are solid.
JMU is my favorite to win this year, they are playing some fantastic ball, they are currently 8-3, but their losses are UNC by 16, Valpo by 2 and UVA by 5. They score allot of points, including 7 games with over 95 points this year.
Marshall is solid as well, they are 9-1 and have not played a non D1 team this year. Their schedule has not been all that tough, but their only loss was the first game of the year vs Queens College in NC a newcomer to D1 basketball. They have a nice win over Dusquene.
USM is playing some really good basketball, again schedule has not been great, but they as well are 9-1 with wins over Vandy and Liberty, as well as Montana and Wintrop. Their lone loss was to a really good Northwestern State team.
Troy is playing some good ball as well, they are 7-4 with a win over Florida State. They have lost to a few teams that are surprising, but overall playing good ball.
ODU is a tough one to read. They are 7-4 as well, they lost to a very good VT team and a good Davidson team, they have a win over ECU.
All but ULM and USA (who USA has played a rough schedule) are at or above .500.
I think we can win it all this year in the Belt, but it will not be easy
Conference attendance as of 12/7. Think we got problems? 723, guess who.
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Whoever wins the league this year will have accomplished something. League is best it has been in a few years.
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