The Mavs seemed to re-find their groove during a tough game at South Alabama monday. The ball was moving, the defense was locked in, Hervey was making scoring look easy and the boards were being crashed hard. One of these nights, the three-point shot will be there too (like a 9-16 or 11 of 19 performance or something). With such a balanced conference, I’ve got to think 13 conference wins probably gets you in the top spot. Coastal Carolina’s only loss is to UTA, and Georgia Southern has yet to lose. This is gonna be fun to see how the the rest of the season plays out.
So after a couple of weekends of action where it seems anyone can win on any given night, it’s a good time to look at the standings:
| Sun Belt Standings | ||||||
| School | Conference | Overall | NCAA RPI | Next two games | ||
| GA Southern | 5-0 | 12-6 | 81 | home vs. App. St., home vs. Coastal Carolina | ||
| Coastal Car. | 4-1 | 9-9 | 191 | at Georgia State, at Georgia Southern | ||
| UTA | 3-2 | 13-5 | 46 | home vs. LA-Monroe, home vs. Louisiana | ||
| Ark. St. | 3-2 | 12-6 | 70 | home vs. Troy, home vs. S. Ala. | ||
| Georgia. St. | 3-2 | 10-7 | 110 | home vs. Coastal Carolina, home vs. App. St. | ||
| TX St. | 3-2 | 10-7 | 261 | home vs. Louisiana, home vs. LA-Monroe | ||
| Louisiana | 2-3 | 12-6 | 142 | at TX St., at UTA | ||
| Little Rock | 2-3 | 11-7 | 218 | home vs. S. Alabama, home vs. Troy | ||
| Troy | 2-3 | 10-9 | 212 | at Ark. St., at Troy | ||
| South Ala. | 2-3 | 9-9 | 222 | at Ark. State, at Little Rock | ||
| App. State | 1-4 | 6-10 | 265 | at Georgia Southern, at Georgia State | ||
| LA-Monroe | 0-5 | 6-12 | 301 | at UTA, at TX St. | ||
| Bonus: non-conference (no particular order) | ||||||
| School | Conference | Overall | NCAA RPI | |||
| Texas | 0-4 | 7-11 | 154 | |||
| North Texas | 0-6 | 6-11 | 291 | |||
| Bradley | 2-5 | 8-11 | 207 | |||
| Fordham | 1-5 | 7-11 | 255 | |||
| Minnesota | 2-3 | 15-4 | 13 | |||
| Loyola Marymount | 3-3 | 9-8 | 159 | |||
| Arkansas | 2-2 | 14-4 | 35 | |||
| Fla. Gulf Coast | 6-3 | 14-5 | 71 | |||
| Mount St. Mary’s | 3-10 | 7-12 | 175 | |||
| St. Mary’s | 5-1 | 15-2 | 17 | |||
The Rusty Maverick 