UTA Mavs have played well the last two weeks. Let’s look at how they’ve done and check out the conference standings.
Last time I posted…two weeks ago, the Mavs had just demolished Arkansas State by 27 points in Arlington to put their record at 9-6 overall, 3-2 in conference play with tough games coming up at Georgia State, at home vs. Texas State and back on the road at then-conference leader UL-Monroe and always tough-at-home UALR.
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So here we are, the Mavs playing for a three game winning streak, building some momentum going into the final day of play before the conference tournament. With a big come from behind win over WKU, having to play well to defend a lead against Troy, now a game against a South Alabama on the road…the Mavs are around the .500 mark in conference play, similar to 2007-2008…could this be a repeat of the NCAA tournament year?
At this point in 2007-2008, the Mavs were 18-10, 7-8 going into their final conference game against Texas State, a game which they would lose before defeating Lamar by 6, Sam Houston State by 6 and Nortwestern State by 3 in the Southland Conference tournament in Katy, TX to earn a berth into the NCAA tournament.
UTA won in double overtime thursday night…
http://www.troymessenger.com/2014/03/06/put-on-hold/
Game preview at USAJaguars.com:
http://www.usajaguars.com/news/2014/3/7/MBB_0307144520.aspx
A good article about USA’s star senior center Augustine Rubit’s final game at AL.com:
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/03/rubit_deserves_proper_sendoff.html#incart_river
Sun Belt standings as of Saturday morning, March 8:
| Team | Conference | Season |
| Georgia St. | 16-1 | 23-7 |
| Western Kentucky | 12-5 | 20-10 |
| LA-Lafayette | 10-7 | 19-11 |
| Arkansas St. | 10-7 | 18-11 |
| UALR | 9-8 | 14-15 |
| UTA | 9-8 | 14-15 |
| UL Monroe | 6-11 | 9-16 |
| Troy | 5-12 | 10-19 |
| South Alabama | 4-13 | 10-20 |
| Texas St. | 4-13 | 8-22 |
Tonight’s games:
WKU at Georgia State
LA.-Lafayette at Ark. State
LA.-Monroe at UALR
UTA at South Alabama
Texas State at Troy
The top 8 teams make into the conference tournament.
http://www.sunbeltsports.org/custompages/champs/basketball/2014/14MBBChampCentral.html?path=mbball&
The way the tournament bracket is set up, the No. 3 and 4 get one bye, the No. 1 and 2 seeds get two byes…
Round 1:
5 vs. 8
6. vs. 7
Round 2
(5 vs. 8 winner) vs. 4…winner of this game plays No. 1 to determine one of two final game contestants
(6 vs. 7 winner) vs. 3…winner of this game plays No. 2 to determine one of two final game contestants
As we’ve been looking at Sun Belt basketball schedules lately, we’ve seen some teams that will play several guarantee games on the road against schools we often hear about a lot in late March and April. Arkansas Little Rock might be playing the toughest non-conference schedule I’ve seen so far… Continue reading
Enough with concert reviews, although I did score tickets to see The Eagles in October. Another band I’ve always been a casual-at-best fan of, but a family member wanted to see them, so I said sure I’d go too.
But back to basketball:
To me, it’s always interesting to learn about other team’s gyms so before the season starts…so we’ll start with UA-LR.
Jack Stephens Center was built about 10 years ago, seats about 5600. One level of seats all the way around, scoreboards on the ends, a nice practice gym as well. Maybe it’s just me…but does the front entry remind anyone else of College Park Center at all?
The Trojans averaged 3,222 fans per game and had a 17-15 overall record, 11-9 SBC (including a 72-65 home win over Tulsa).
Athletics website:
http://www.ualrtrojans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7400&ATCLID=210218
Article on StadiumJourney:
http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/jack-stephens-center-s773/
