Take aways from last night, as I watched most of all 3 games.
#1. I can't take anything away from the USM vs Lamar game, Lamar is a terrible basketball team. They have 1 D1 win over Lindenwood, who is in there first year of D1 basketball. Lamar is horrendously bad. I think USM is a quality club, but nothing can be taken away from beating a team like Lamar.
#2. Texas State is bad, really bad or at least poorly coached. They are way more athletic than MHB, but MHB outcoached them from beginning to end. Texas State held the lead in the game for all of 20 seconds late in the 2nd half. MHB was undermanned and under athleticized, but they are a very smart basketball team that outplayed and out coached Texas State. Texas State is going to struggle to win many games this year.
#3. Marshall is a quality team, they just got outplayed by UNCG last night who is a better team than their 4-6 record would indicate. Marshall is a little over rated from their 9-1 now 9-2 start. Their best wins are against a 5-4 Akron team and a 7-3 Duquesne team. Their two losses were to Queens who just bumped up to D1 this year and now UNCG. They have a tough game vs a 7-3 Toledo team Saturday which will tell us more about them. They have some really good athletes and players on this Marshall team, they will compete for the top half of the SBC.